The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-16
Hope for the Future.

Two years from now, if not before and this Is prediction made by republican members of the organization. the rules will be further modified and maybe on that date the House will pass into it's own and select the committees as Champ Clark's resolution provided for today. The whole proceedings were characterized by the finest kind of political generalship. In addition to the republican and dem ocratic whips" not less than a score of senators from each side of the cham ber came over to the House to lend their assistance. Among them were Sen ator Bailey of Texas, for the democrats, and Senator Burrows of Michigan for the organization.
 The day started off with victory for the organization. By a vote of 1s4 to 19s the ''previous question" was ordered. Originally this would be supposed to set tie it. the remaining votes being purely pro forma. To the surprise of the dem ocrats and insurgents, however, the next vote, taken on the re-enactment of the rules In the last Congress, was beaten by 193 to 1S9. Little less than pandemon- ium regned in the House. The speak CT had hardly announced the result before there was a tremendous yell from the democrats and the insurgents. Hats and newspapers were thrown into the air, members paraded around the hall and the widest disorder ensued. The organiza- ton was staggered. MT. Clark then was recognized and presented his resolution, taking from the speaker the power to ap- point committees except upon the au- thority of the House.
 New Rules Committee.
 The resolution named the new rules committee as starter. As its democratic membership. Clark of Missouri, Under wood of Alabama, Ollie James of Ken lucky, Hitchcock of Nebraska, Hay of Virginia and Burleson of Texas. were designated. The other nine members com prised organization men and insurgents.
 At this point Representative Fitzgerald of New York arose. The democratic leader. MT. Clark, knowing that he could not be relied upon to support his party on any given proposition, had declined to place him on the proposed rules com mittee selecting in his place the loyal democrats named above. He offered to the Clark resolution a substitute amend- ing the rules but still giving to the speak CT the right to name the committees. It was greeted by misses from the regu- lar democrats and insurgents. By the regular republicans 1t was welcomed. They realized that the organization had just been defeated on a fair and square vote and what Fitzgerald now offered was better than anything they could hope to obtain from the House.
 The word was passed around by Payne and Dalzell that the Fitzgerald resolution would be satisfactory. One hour was allowed for debate and in that time the matter was fixed. It was pointed out to wavering democrats and several insurgents that the organiza- tion was yielding much more than 1t had intended to. Promises were made to further notifications in the future. It is not beyond reason to suppose that many a desirable committee assignment was disposed of while the Fitzgerald substitute was pending before the House The House whip cracked long and loud and many members were brought into line, and when the speak ar announced the result the Fitzgerald amendment had displaced the Clark resolution by a majority of SS, 211 to 172.
 insurgents Disguised.
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