Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-18

when the caucus met there was no
indication Of any wide difference ~
opinion regarding the action that would
be taken, nor was there any evidence Of
4 bolt. The members Of the Georgia
delegation who had prepared a set Of
resolutions proposing to bind the republic
can insurgents to vote against Mr.. Can.
non for speak er. to favor free debate and
unrestricted amendment to the tariff bill.
and to favor the adoption Of new
sci Of rules. offered a resolution proposing
that each and every democratic MEM
Der OF tho House present at the caucus
should be bound BY It's action.
Representative Henry OF Texas. pre-.
SIDED during the selection Of officers
which resulted in the reelection OF Rep
resentative Clayton Of Alabama as cha'.-
man and he nominated Mr.. Clark for
speaker OF the House this afternoon.
Representative Robinson OF Ar::ansas
was elected secretary. Representative
Underwood Of Alabama. was recognized
BY tho chairman TO present his resolu-
ton which pledged the members TO sup
rurt the democratic leader I'm his ef-
| fcrts to overthrow the present arbitrary
eules Of the House and % adopt rules
that will enable the majority o. the rep
resentatives in Congress to legisiste.
"To accomplish that end, We favor the
enlargement Of the number Of the meme
hers on the rules committee 70 IS to %
elected by TIE members OF the House
and we favor the complete revision OF
the rules Of the House"
The resolution also declared that We
dcnounce the present rules OF the House
Of Representatives as machine tnteno-
ed to thwart and destroy the representa-
tive character Of the 3ouse. and TO en-
able the speaker Of the House absolute
| " to control legislation. regardless OF
the will OF the majority"
! Representative Champ Clark OF MIS-
souri,, was chosen as democratic candi-
date for speaker on nomination or
Representative Lloyd Of Missouri.
REPRESENTATIVES, Bartlett OF Georgia.
Dixon of Indiana. Rucker OF Colorado
and Wilson OF Pennsylvania. seconded
Mr.. clark's nomination. each making
a short speech. The only roll call
taken showed 1es present out OF III
democratic members OF the House, )
or belated members entering the
caucus after the roll call.
C1ARK's ACCEPTANCE.
Mr.. Chairman and fellow democrats:
| Last December the democratic cau-
Gus elected me minority leader by un-
animous vote. A moment ago you un-
animously nominated me for speaker.
For these hattering evidences OF your
confidence and esteem I am deeply
grateful.
I'm the last days OF the eoth Con-
eress We won some notable victories
astonishing victories when we remem-
Der that there was a republican ma .
tority OF 81 in that House.
I'VE achieved those triumphs by
standing together and fighting to-
gether We can in the present Con-
gress win more victories. more easily
because there IL now a majority OF
only Al against us.
1--WE must stick together in order ia
do our duty. The country expects US
to stick together and night together.
Eve must remember that to very
large extent we have in our keeping
the immediate future Of the Demo
cratic party Recent events have
demonstrated that tho republicans arr
disorganiEed. disgruntled and at log
gerheads generally Let us close VI
our ranks, present q solid front ant
demonstrate TO the world that we are
worthy OF the high vocation wherein
we are called"