The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-29
Some Want Clark to Name
 Committees and Some Don't
RESOLUTION TO BE OFFERED
ness to Name Committees Will Be Expressed In Resolution
 To Be Framed
By wATTERsoN sTEALEy

Fly PATTERSON STEALEY
 Washington, December 2S.-(special.)-- Paradoxical as 1t may seem a resolution expressing confidence in the ability and fairness of Representative Champ Clark to name the committee of the next House of Representative will be voted down by his friends and supporters in the democratic caucus which will select him for the speakership.
 It is stated to be the intention of several democrats to propose such resolution. It will be couched in terms of praise for the prospective speaker, but will be over whelmingly defeated.
 Efforts are now being made to preevnt the offering of the resolution, but 1t is stated today that Representative Fitz- gerald of New York or some other dem ocrat will urge the caucus to adopt 1t and he will have at his back several of the most skilful parIIamentarians among the democrats, members who believe that the selection Of the committees through any other method than their appointment by the speaker means legislative chaos if not party disruption.
 In view of the statement issued by the prospective speaker in which he de- clned to name the committees, his close friends in the House say that any such resolution will receive neither MT. Clark's consent nor silence and they, therefore, will be put to the necessity of voting it down regardless ot the fact that it voices the esteem in which MT. Clark is held by his supporters.
 Problem For Dem ocrats
 In addition to the naming of the tenta- tive ways and means committee at the approaching caucus, 1t is considered like ly by. the democratic congressman that the whole matter of the rules and method of appointing committees will be threshed out.
 With the selection of a ways and means bers believe a tentative rules committee should also be named in order that 1t may be ready to report to the House at the beginning of the next session what changes in the present rules are desira- ble.
 The method of selecting committees still remains undisposed of.
 Four propositions are being discussed:
  committee. by the rules committee. by committee of committees or by the cau- GUS. Any method chosen will have it's work indorsed by the caucus.
 It is claimed in behalf of the first proposition that the democrats will pre- sumably pick out their 12 strongest men for the ways and means commit tee and in view of that the personnel would be supposed to have a better knowledge of conditions and qualifica- tions of members than any other com mittee which could be named.
 The counter argument Is advanced that this would give everything to the ways and means committee which would control exactly as Speaker Can non Is now controlling. Difficulties be- set the democrats on every hand in seeking a solution of the problem.
 It is generally agreed that member ship on the ways and means commit- tee should make one ineligible for oth- CT committee assignments.
 This, for example. robs the rules cOm- mittee of the services of several of the best parliamentarians in the House, Representative Underwood of Alabama, for example
 Frequent conferences will be held by democrats from now on and the plan Is to have everything as nearly agreed upon as possIule by the time the eau GUS meets on January 19.
 Exposition Contest
 New Orleans exposition boomers say they have won their fight for the Pan- anna canal exposition and that it will go to the Crescent City. They claim to have practically all of the democratic vote except a few western members and a sufficient number of republicans pledged to turn the trick.
 The committee is declared to be safe for New Orleans, but the real fight will take place on the floor. Politics plays no small part in the settlement. the republicanism of Cali fornia being urged to lead eastern re. publicans through the Golden Gate. There is much interest over the con- test and the rival railroads are taking no small part
 It is understood that the rules com mittee will bring in rule for the con- sideration of the matter about the mid dre of January.