The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-19
GE0RGIANS TELL
WHY THEY VOTED
FOR AMENDMENT
CONGRESSMAN sRANTLEY NOT
WORRIED OVER CHARGE
OF sOLTlNG.
Other Georgia congressman Who
Voted With the Regular" Republi-
cans Tell Why They "Bolted" the
eau Gus.

Much discussion has been engaged
in during the past few days over the
Ipress dispatches from Washington.
-stating that Congressman Brantley
together with four other Georgia
congressman, bolted the democratic
caucus in the house Monday and voted
with the Cannon or regular" repub-
lieans and against the insurgents. The
Gdorgia congressman have been criti-
cised in many quarters for their ac-
lion, but here in Brunswick. where
Congressman Brantley is known. cri-
ticism has been withheld, as the peo-
pie know that the congressman was
justified in his action and an express
ion from him has been awaited with
interest MIR Brantley's course, it is
believed, will be endorsed rather than
censured by his constituents, when
the full facts are known.
In "A special article in the Atlanta
Constitution yesterday appeared inter
views from the Georgia congressman
vino are charged with boiling. They
don't seem to take much stock in the
charge of boiling" preferred against
them, claiming that they We're not
bound by any action of the caucus,
Congressman Brantley is quoted as
saying
when the Fitzgerald amendments
were proposed, nearly all the demo-
cratic members said the rules were
all right, but that the republicans
would never consent for them to be
adopted Those who are the most in
censed now are the gentlemen who
wanted to be appointed on the com
f4,ttre OF committees. authorized in
the Clark resolution They Will re-
Qlirc little time to cool off and to
recover their sanity. This same pro
posal for committee on committees
was brought mp two years ago in the
democratic caucus. The idea was to
take he nomination of democrats out
of Williams hands. It received but
seven votes and one OF the bitterest
opponents of the measure was Champ
Clark Yet This suggestion was the
basis of the resolution offered last
Monday by Mr. Clark.
In speaking of the course followed
by himself and four other members
OF the Georgia delegation Represen-
tative Livingston said:
We voted against the previous
question called by Mr. Dalzell We
voted against The adoption Of the old
rules We voted for Champ Clark for
speaker Of the house. When the old
rules were voted down we took ad-
vantage of the opportunity 10 amend
the rules in some way and voted for
the Fitzgerald amendment Mr. Clark
had stated in the caucus that it would
not be objectionable to him for this
to be done
Representative Giggs attributed the
cbulition in the house caused by the
Georgians action to the disappoint-
ment of a handful Of republican insur-
gents, who had set out to control the
business of the house by having them
selves named on the committee on
committees. aud secure for themselves
better committee assignments. He
also called attention to the inconsis-
tent attitude of those who object to
the speaker naming committees and
who insist that this power should be
divided with the democratic leader
He said every democratic speaker Of
the house down to Crisp had eXer-
cised the right 10 name committees
Representatives Lee and Edwards
expressed the view that the last
democratic national platform advoca-
ted changing the rules of the house
and they were carrying out those in
structions. Their idea was that some
thing definite now was better than
an uncertain advantage based on what
nine republicans and six democrats
would report next December.
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Mo airs AFTER YESTERDAY,