The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01
AGAIN LEADS
PARTY HOSTS
IN THE HOUSE
John Sharp Williams Unani-
mOuSIy Selected as Demo-
cratic Choice for Speaker.
ELOQUENT SPEECH OF
THOMAS OF VIRGINIA
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN BEFORE
ACTION ON TARIFF REsoLU-
TON COULD BE HAD.

Washington, Nov. 3O.-By agreeing to
place in nomination for speaker John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi. the
| Democratic members of the house today
in effect decided to continue him in the
position of minority leader for the Six
| tieth congress. The nomination of Mr.
Williams was agreed on I'm a caucus
| OF the Democratic members held in the
hall of the house of representatives be-
ginning at o'clock today Represen-
/ tatiVe Henry d. Clayton of Alabama
presided and Representative Ryan of
/ the Buffalo, n. Y, district. was chosen
! secretary. Immediately after the or
ganization of the caucus had been COM
pleted Representative Thomas of North
| Carolina was recognized and he pro-
! ceeded at once to place Mr. Williams in
nomination. There was no opposition
and Mr.. Williams was selected by &C
clamation. In presenting Mr.. Williams
name, Mr.. Thomas said in part:
Speech of Mr.. Thomas.
"Re-eIect him minority leader. fellow
Democrats, and from whatever part
of the union of states you come, what
ever your personal views as to Demo-
cratic policies. you will find him fair
y
| best type of southern craftsmanship, Of
a Democracy which believes with JEFF
ferson in equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none: which opposes
monopoly, which stands for strict con
structiOn and stands aiways for the
rights of the people and the states.
For four years he has led the Dem
Ocratic hosts upon this floor. Always
at his post Of duty in the forefront
and thickest of the fightest. he has
been able, adroit, skillful, honest, cour-
ageous and successful His tact and en-
ergy, power Of organization and ability
as a debater have been unsurpassed by
any leader of the minority without eX-
ception, in my opinion.
Wins Victory Where Possible.
From the time he entered the Fiji
ty-third congress to this good hour he
has never made a fight where victory
was possible in Mississippi or here
which he did not VIM
Mr.. Williams was absent from the
chamber when his election took place,
but he was soon afterward escorted to
the floor by a committee appointed for
that purpose, and spoke at some length,
thanking his fellow members for the
confidence repOsed in him and prOmis-
ing them to serve them to the best Of
his ability. He especially urged to stand
together in the support of party prin-
ciples, saying it was most important at
this time that the Democrats should
have team work"
I'VE should" he said, work together
as a football team and by so doing We
may win important victories in the fu-
ture."
other Candidates Nominated.
Candidates for the other offices were
designated as follows:
Clerk Of the house, Charles A. Ed
wards. Texas; sergeant at arms. J. Tel
lington, North Carolina; dOOrkeeper, H.
z. draper, Tennessee; postmaster, 4.
L. Douglas, South Carolina; chaplain,
Rev. z. D Bagley, District of Colum-
bia. These nominations are merely COM
plimentary, as it is recognized that the
Republicans will organize the house.
Robert Z. Covert Of Texas was chos-
en- deputy ergeant-at-arms.
Nominations were made for other spe-
cial offices as follows:
Paul D. Porter, pair clerk; F. B.
Knight and J. J. SinnOtt, messengers.
Resolution Offered.
The offices disposed of. Mr.. Hay OF
Virginia introduced a resolution declar-
ing il to be the sense of the caucus that
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