The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-11
LLOYD IS CHAIRMAN
or DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
 CAMPAIGN C0AfMITTEE
xEs ygGs Elected an tke Face s3 strong
 0rpoefti0n by Iohh sharp WfI-
 Hams, fhe MinorftS Leader.

Washington, Feb. 10.--In the face of
 strong opposition by Mir. John sharp Williams of Mississippi, leader of the l minority in the House of Representa-
 tives. Mir. James T. Lloyd. Representa- tive from the First District of Mis- souri, was tonight elected Chairman of
 the Democratic Congressional Commit tee, defeating his rival and Mir. Will liams's candidate. Representative Will liam H. Ryan of New York City, Fifth District of New York, by a vote of 23
 to IA. Only one ballot was cast and after It's, announcement, the election of
 Mir. Lloyd was made unanimous on
 motion of Representative Fitzgerald of
 New York who had the proxy for Mir.
 Ryan.
 Representative Frank Clark of the
 Second District of Florida, was unani- mously elected Secretary of the Com
 mittee. The appointment of a Vice Chairman and an Assistant Secretary was left. respectively to Chairman
 Lloyd and Secretary Clark. A Treas
 urer will be elected tomorrow. Two
 candidates for the chairmanship Ren. resentatives Floyd of Virginia and
 Bowers of Mississippi. retired frtIn the race.
 John Sharp Williams opposition to
 the election of MT. Lloyd, the success
 or failure of which was of as much in-
 ferest to on1ookers as the individual
 race itself. developed about five days
 ago when the minority leader began an
 active and vigorous. though quietly conducted campaign for the defeat of
 the Missourian and the election of the
 representative from Buffalo. In the
 lack of an open statement by Mir Will
 Hams of his reasons for opposing Mir.
 Lloyd, two stories gained circulation.
 The first was that MT. Lloyd's adher- ence to the former candidacy of his
 colleague, Mir. De Armond, for the ni-
 nority leadership, was involved in MT.
 Williams support of Mir. Ryan.
 The second was that Mir. Williams beieived a northern man should be
 chosen as chairman of the campaign
 committee on the score that congress
 sionally. the south was soiidly demo- cratic and therefore the vote field lay
 in the north and should be captured by
 8 northern democrat. The latter theory was. indeed. preached in the committee tonight prior to the ballot and it is declared that even some of l Mr. Ryan's supporters discredit 1t l by the statement that the north and | east were friendly to democratic con | gressional issues. and the real fight lay in the west, the northwest and the middle west: that Mir. Lloyd's knowl- edge of conditions in those sections was
 a geunine asset to the party. Mir. Lloyd went into the election tonight | with fifteen votes and gained eight | from former supporters of representa-
 tive Flood and Bowers.
 ! Mir. Lloyd was placed in nomination. | by Champ Clark and the nomination was seconded by Senator Stone and | Representatives Kitchin, Gaines and Rainey Mir. Ryan's nomination was | made by Representative Fitzgerald who was followed in the speech mak- | ing by Representatives Coulden. Will Hams Hughes and Ansberry.
 | After the election. Mir. Lloyd declin- ed to say at this time whether. as has ! been rumored. the democratic congress | sional campaign headquarters will be | remover from Washington to Chicago