The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-17
Proclaims Himself in Favor of
the Appointment of House
Committees by a Committee
Rather Than by Speaker
TARIFF REVISION ONE
SCHEDULE AT A TIME
Democratic Caucus to Be
Called to Facilitate Work of
the Next Congress in Deal
ing With Tariff Question,
EARLY FRAMING OF BILL
yASHiNGTON, Dee. Ie.-Repr,-
y sentative Champ Ctnrk ISSUES

WAs .eI,Si,To DE De. le.-Fepre-
IIaInr n atsInent tonight fully ont
Srchcr OF the Democratic Rotrsc ~
u htatiNeS In the next Congress
, Prociatns himself in favor a. an.
N'.utst OF House committee. a.,
committee, rather thaR by tbr .r-,I.
and he states his hrtfrf fh.f a..
should be revised -chr,iuIr Nv
echcdule, rather than In onc .r-,,-,.. III
those two subjects. say. Wr. &C., -
nc ones uron which he has t-,-, -,
.nuaIy tmportuned 20 make some
Democratic House member sent ,,,.
call today Tor a csrc,,. 2tnI out
~, OF the Democratic rnernbc1s,ii'iii,,.,o -
sle next House. Mr.. CIark'g Statement
9oJh an eNplana lion OF the car and
declaration or his own Dlafforfr, -
me probable speaker or the Houeo
,. me caucus viii select a WAYS and
.,le"is committee and = rules commit
committee Of seven. Mir Cl,rt tt,tf,,, y.
yhe OF these committees should then
oe empowered TO select the other com
mittees OF the House
There are two theories Of tariff re-
elslVh' says Mr.. Clark in his state
--l.i. revision by one general bin
ana ~, revision vision by senarafe bills for sep
ef.Principle. but on method
Vidua ily prefer the scheme Of
- oiils for separate schedules.
obnoxious features first narhape fr
,,..- En- cases having separate bills for
particular items.
Hearings Promised.
Inc statement proceeds to say that.
WhateVer method rs decided upon. filii
nearing as comprehensive as that which
preceded the framing Of the PAYNE
AluIich law viii be had by the new
W9Ns and means committee
The assumption. growing out Of ie-
~ ahce IN certain quarters" saws AIR
lark that President Taft or Senator
... ,.,,.L.l ms or any other Republican dis
covered something new in tariff revfs-
preposterous.
As far back as the Fifty-second
congress. chairman Springer introduced
separate bills FOR separate vchodfi1es
and even for particular items. which
were derisiyely denominated 'SprinEer's
popRun bills by ribald Republican
speakers and writer's. Several veare
before Judge Springer was chairman
OF the committee on WAYS and means
Mt mckenzie OF Kentucky achieved
petn great renown and the sobriquet
of 'Quinino Jim by securing the mas
sage OF "a bill putting quinine on tho
Irce list and touching no other item
whatsoever in any tariff schedule
Democratic Caucus
Mr.. Clark declares that no is hear
Jlly IN favor or inviting to the caucus
an Democratic members-elect. lie qave
9is eftorts Tor two years have been
W Nta' liAAAAaAiNu OF the ANfm-
ocrats i'm the House and for that req
son members-eleCt should be given
every opportunity TO express their
cholcc IN the naming OF committees.
The questions Of interest 10 the conn
Try. as Mr.. Clark sees them. are how
the Democrats viii select their commit
tees and what the party will do with
the tariff. This last question has beeD
answered and, proceeding TO thc first.
he SAYS:
As TO the mode OF selecting com
fnF
ton TO the spcakership. 7 would not
care the snap OF my finger to exer-
else the power Of appointing them
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