The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
ELECTIVE OFFICERS OF
 LAST HOUSE ARE RETAINED
Rules of the 57th Congress Are Adopt ed as Rules for the 58th, Notwltn- standnq an Effort to Amend.
 18o Attend the Caucus.

Washington, November t'-fA1 e'N GUS of the republican members ol 'ne house of representatives in the haii oi the house tonight Representative rosepA Cannon of Illinois was chosen cahuiua' 'e of the majority for speaker or the nooSS' Representative Hepburn of Iowa was elected presiding officer of the caucus and Representative Loudenslager Of Ne" Jersey. secretary. The roll call showed 1sO members present Representative Dal- zell of Pennsylvania placed Mir Cahhon in nomination. After Representative sherman of New York had seconded It, the election was made. A committee con sisting of Representatives Heminway oi Indiana Sherman of New york; anu Mann of Illinois appointed by the cnar- man, proceeded to the appropriations committee room and there advised Mr. Cannon of the action of the caucus. He was escorted into the chamber where he was greeted with applause.
 Mir, Cannon, addressing the caucus said:
 Cannon Makes Speech.
 Your action in designating me as your candidate for speaker of the house of representatives of the United States to be vitalized speedily by an election is an expression of your good will and con fidence that gratifes me beyond my power to express. From my standpoint, it is the highest honor that could be con- ferred on me, and materializes the only great personal ambition in the way Of place that I have.
 Almost continuous service in the house for twenty-eight years, some times in the majority and some times in the minority, has made me proud of the house of rep resentatives, and proud of the people who make 1t by their direct vote every 1wo years. 1t is a representative body, Volc- ing the policy of the majority and Iesis- lating for all the people,
 "rhe speaker Is the servant, not the master; and any speaker who does not understand this relation and act accord ingly, cannot properly perform his func- tion and is not entitled to the respect and confidence of the fIblic. govern ment of the people is recessarily gov ernment through party. which is but an- other name for organization; another CO., operation of those who agree as to the proper policy for the republic.
 Republican Party Praised.
 "The republican party stands for the policies that have in the main prevail ed since 1861 under which in forty years, from a comparatively small nation we have grown. to the first amorg the na tons of the earth: ard sovereignty with us is in the people. The republican party, being in the majority. IS responsible, and is entitled to the credit.
 Under these policies we enjoy a ma terial well being exceeding that of any for tod i'm i-ta 10 pie never were so well and profitably em- plcyed as now, and consumption of the product of each individual engaged in gainful occupation was never before D generous and profitable to all at the same time leaving a surplus for future reed in the shape of capital, which is et- ter distributed among the people ar1 much larger in the aggregate than ever tefore.
 Tt is not strange under thesc cond- tons that a comparatively small nuu,- Der of people should seek to nvercapi- telize the machinery of production and exchange. But the refusal of the n'Iti- tude to invest it's savings in such over capitalization has destroyed fictitious values and the recovery from loSd, jn- digestion arising from consumption Of wind and water is assured
 The Cuban Treaty.
 Under these conditions, in my iudg- ment, our policy should be to consider and to enact proper legislation covering the convention for reciprocal trade be- tween the United States and Cuba; to make generous not extravagant appropri- ations at the regular session of congress for the public service; then to adjourn and to return to our lopess and the people, setting the seal of approval on our action, will do the remainder, working out their own salvation.
 ''I thanksyou for your action in conferr- ing this distinction on me. I pledge my best efforts to justify your confidence and ask your cooperation without which cannot hope to succeed
 resolution was adopted making the elective officers of the house in the last congress the nominees of the caucus for the 5Sth congress. They are Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the house, Henry Cas- son. sergeant at arms, Frank P. Lyon. doorkeeper, J. c. McElroy postmaster and the Rev. Henry D. Couden, chaplain
 Representative Payne of New York. moved that the rules of the 57th congress be adopted for the 5Sth. Representative Hepburn moved to amend so as to make them rules for forty days, saying that that would give the new members an op- portunity to familiarize themselves with the rules so they might vote knowingly on the question of the government of the house. He said that if this was done, he would make an effort to have the rules amended in three or four particulars. The amendment was lost by vote of 10S to 23 when the original motion was carried. On motion. 1t was decided that fifty shall be the number necessary to call caucus.