Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-03-25
DEMOCRATS WAGE
STRENUOUS FIGHT
ON FITZGERALD
Many Do Not Approve of His
Presence on the Rules Com
mittee on Account of His
Leaning Toward Cannon
MAKEUP OF COMMITTEE
is NOT SATISFACTORY
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The new
rules committee if the expectations of
minority leaders are fulfilled at to-
nights Democratic caucus. will be MAIDS
up as follows:
DalZell, of Pennsylvania, chairmahs
Smith. of Iowa; Lawrence, of Massachu@
sets; Fassett. of New York; Smith, of
California; Boutelle, of Illinois; Clark
or Missouri; Underwood. of Alabamas
Fitzgerald, of New York, and Dixon. of
Indiana.
Regular Republicans today conceded
that the augmentation of the COMMITTEES
was a step in the right direction and
there is talk of increasing the members
ship to IL, to provide against tie votes.
1t is not thought. however, that the in
crease will be made during this ses@
sion.
The election of an insurgent Republican
member would have made the commits
tees work more difficult. Many members
would have accounted their inclusion on
the committee as a direct bid for a
defeat at the polls because of the anti-
rules feeling.
Representative Hauhen. of Iowa, may
make the next move on the insurgent
| eheckerboard. Although Haughen -
strongly in favor of party harmony, he
is determined to press at the first OPP
poTtunity his resolution for COMMITTEES
on committees. The rules committee must
now for the first time obtain a commit.
tee room.
PROTEST AGAINST FITZGERALD.
Numerous Democrats continued today
| their expressions of opposition to the
| election of Representative Fitzgerald as
one of the Democric members of the COM
mittee. 1t is predicted that a contest
will be waged tonight over his selec-
| ton
Minority Leader Champ Clark and
Representative Underwood, of Alabama.
both worked industriously for Mr.. Fitz.
gerald and incidentally in the cause of
party harmony, which they believed
would be promoted by the continuance
Of the New York member on the ruies
committee. Many of the Democrats wers
won over, but score or more are stu
active in opposition. Among those who
DO not believe in the honoring of Mr..
Fitzgerald are Representatives Hay and
Glass. of Virginia; Hardwick and Bart.
lett, of Georgia: Sims, of Tennessee, ami
Pujo, of Louisiana. Some of these ars
actively engaged in a canvass to defeat
MIR. Fitzgerald. The opposition is based
on Mr.. Fitzgerald's championing of the
present rules of the house at the be-
| ginning of the session when he led a
revolt of % Democrats. Representative
Sulzer, of New York, is mentioned fof
Fitzgeralds place, the former outrankin4
him in point of service and having voted
consistently on the rules question.
REPRESENT CANNONISM.
Representative Underwood said: II
think the men chosen by the Republicans
caucus last night are able men, but they
represent absolutely the Cannon faction.
The influence of the speaker with them
will be potent. When the new congress
comes in, however, a rules committee viii
be selected that is not dominated by The
speaker and the country will feel the ben.
eft of the reform for which we have been
lighting
Representative Poindexter, of Washing-
ton one of the leaders of the radical in.
surgent wing, commenting on last nights
caucus, said he believed that the issue
alive.
help TO keep the principle before the
country and show that the only way. to
settle this subject is to elect enough in.
surgents to congress.
~ think the Cannon Republicans elect
ed to the committee last night may b.
characterized as insurgents "