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islation, and there would be absolute
~ no one TO hold responsible for II.
80 ioEs as We democrats are cur @.
power what We want is the power To
organize the minority end of all com
mlttees, and this is right that here
tofore Speaker Cannon has conceded
to us to a greater extent than any
republican speaker has ever zone and
TO a far greater extent than any dem
ocratic speaker has ever conceded 10
the republican party wnen in the mr.
nority
Fitzgerald advised Champ Clark
fully as to what would result to him
If he followed under the head of the
republican insurgents He told him
that all the democrats would not go
with him, and that the result would b.
that he would lose the power over
democratic committee assignments.
lie urged him to make the demand
on Speaker Cannon Tor absolute con.
troll over democratic appointments and
for increased democratic representa-
ton on the committees, and for such
notifications of the rules as would
protect the rights of the minority.
| do not think there is any question but
that If Clark had followed Fitzgerald's
advice our party would now be in
much better shape than it is. Under
| Speaker Reed and Speaker Henderson
| where the speaker absolutely CONTROL
ed all committee appointments it was
the invariable practice to put protec-
| ton democrats on the ways and means
committee. Louisiana was always
there with a protection democrat. I'm
der Joe Cannon We got rid of this un-
til Mr.. Clark made his break the Other
day, and now we have gone back t.
having the speaker again put a protec.
ton democrat from Louisiana on thi.
committee.
1T is recognized by every one tina
no democratic caucus for many year
has been anything more than con
ference and advisory only and in thu
, face of this admitted fact il is wors
than folly to be now holding democra
., tic caucuses for the purpose of dis
. cipliniug democratic members for do
, inc what they had the admitted RICH
TO do and more than that, for dom
what was in strict accord with dem
ocraic precedent for more than
r century of time
+ "ln addition to all this in this par
r ticuiar instance, we Georgians wer
, specifically authorized in the cauou
; by Mr. Clark himself to do what. W
, did 1t is special Spreading and a sub
terfuge Of the worse kind for him t
say that he consented to amendment
. and not to a substitute because thar
has never been book on parlamer
tary law written that did not treat
"A substitute as an amendment
We have reached most deplor
able state If we have reached tn
, point where | cannot vote and cannc
accept a committee appointment un
4 less | first get an o. K. from Nj
Clark If this Is democracy | hay
to confess that | have never hereto
fore understood the meaning of tn
terms
Il want to call your attention ais
to the fact that the sensational storie
that have gone down to some of on
newspapers have been wholly unau
thorized 50 far as We six Georgian
are concerned. We have displayed n
temper and no resentment toward
any one and we have absolutely de
clined to give out any sensational
statements.
Il know that it is not necessar
for me TO tell you. nor to tell any othe
man who knows me, that | had abso
lutely no conference with any repub
lican. directly or indirectly, prior t
my vote in the house, nor did any re
publican know how | would vote II
to the time my name was called.