The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-03
CAUCUS OF
 DEMOCRATS Williams Nominated For Speaker. HAY IS CHOSEN CHAIRMAN Ex-Representative C0whsrd of Missouri Elected Clerk. Leader Williams, in an Extended Speech, outlines the Principles
 On which He Thinks Party
 should stand.

washington, Dec. S.--Fpf two hours today the Democratic members of the party policilss and procedure with a view to schdifying the minority and acting barmoniously on all matters Of q partisan character that may come before the House.
 This discussion followed the ncmi- nation of officers to be voted for Mon- day next and was preefpitated by q variety of resolutions on these sub- Jects.
 John sharpe. williams was unani- mously chosen as the nominee Tor speaker and this action of the cacus makes him the minority leader for the ensuing Congress to succeed him self.
 Following his nonnination. Mir. Will Hams made quite an extended speech outlining principle on which the party should stand and especially insisted that the party should oppose subsidies of all kinds and support antitrust leg isiation. Speaking of railway rate regulation he insisted that the party forms if every effort were used to fur ther legislation looking to government control of such rates.
 Not Following Republicans.
 As to the charge that the Democrats were following a Republican President. h declared that tho Democrats were supporting their own principles and IL mattered not if these prfQct1les were endorsed by a Republican prtsident.
 The chief discussion was preciptta- tad on resolution introduced by Rep resantative Lloyd, of Missouri. which was finally adopted. It requires menf- bers of the minority of various com nfittees to submit minority reports on bills where Democratic principles are , ksxss ~x.fttfnK ssf aa3nb laafns ority members. Some opposition de- veloped to this resolutions as 1t was considered by several members Of the caucus 10 cast reflection on minority members of the comnittees during pre- vlous sessions of Eonkress:
 Mr. Williams. in hts speech aecepfing the nominatioa for speakss. had ex- pressed views in line with tho resolu- ''Js., noth he and MT. Lloyd slscisimsd any Intention of reflectinN on members of the party, but insisted that the reHo- lution was somewhat needed, ana Mr. Fitzxerald, of New York, after deeiar- ing that 1t was instruction 70 Demo- crats to do their duty. which he claim ed was unnecessary. moved to lay the resolution on the table.
 ResoIutiOn Finally Adopted.
 This motion failed to carry, and the resolution finally was adopted. Among others who took part in the discussion were Messrs. Cochran, of New York; smith, of Kentucky; Sulser. of New York. ana Bartlett. of Georgia
 The routine proceedings of the cau- ct,s were without special incident. It was called together promptly at lS o,cIocr by Mir Hay of Virginia, who was chairman of the caucus during the last Congress. R. L. Hay Of Texas was elected chairman for this con nf MiaGtAs sinpi and Robertson of Louisiana secre- taries. After Mir. Williams had been chosen for the speakership and made his speech, the following officers were nominated without opposition:
 Clerk. former Representative William $. Cowherd of Missouri; Sergeant-at- Arms, Charles A. Edwards of Texas; poorkeeper, !. R. Yalor of Arkansas; Postmaster. Robert L.. Douglas of south Carolina Chaplain, Rev Austin Crouch of Alabama.
 The Special EmpIeyes.
 Tha minority has always been al- lowed number of special employees. and these are named by the Democratic caucus, and are accepted by the ma iority. All the special employees who served in the last Congress for the Democrats were renoniinated as fol- lows:
 Isaac R. Hir. Ohio; Joseph J. slnnott. Virginia; Feiton B. Knight. Georgia; James F. English. California.
 A resolution introduced by Mr. Bart lett was adopted providing that tho majority shall oppose the adoption by the House of Representatives of any set of rules to continue in force more than thirty days.
 Five amendments proposed to the rules of the House were referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Will nnUv lta- souri; McNary, Massachusetts; Howard, Georgia, and Smith of Kentucky. Tie first amendment proposed pro- l vided that there shall be one calendar | and that all bills and reports are to be l considered in order of their report un- | less given precedence by a two-thirds vote This amendment Is not to apply | to appropriation bills.
 1 The second amendment provides that ! the special rule for the consideration l of any bill shall be passed only by a | two-thirds vote.
 In the third amendment provision is made that all appropriation bills shall be given one reading and then re- l ferred to the Appropriations Commit ice, which shall make one general ap- proDriation bill.
 The fourth amendment stipulates ! that no speeches shall be included in | the Congressional Record which have not actually been delivered on the floor of the House.
 The last am sndment provides that all | motions of unanimous consent for the | consideration of measure to be given l to the clerk that he may have them | printed in the calendar. together with | the date for consideration. 1 After he had been chosen for another term as minority leader. Mir. Williams i addressed the caucus on matters of poll ] icy and the importance of virile mi- nority.
 Mir. williams is Vigorous. He spoke for nearly an hour and in vigorous terms repudiated the idea ai- | ieged to have been put forth by Re- 1 uublIcans that the Democratic Party was a do-nothing party. He referred to the long period that the Democratic Party was In power and declared very emphatically that the record of that long trust compared very favorably with that of any party in charge of any | Government at any time. Mir Williams said that the Demo- cratic Party favored free trade for the Philippine Islands. It did not believe | that these islands should be retained by this Government but 1t did believe they