Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-30
DEMOCRATS SELECT
RULES MEMBERS
CLARK, UNDERWOOD, DIXON
AND FITZGERALD CHOSEN
IN CAUCUS.
EXPECTED OPPOSITION TO THE
NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN
FAILS TO DEVELOP.
EXPECTED OPPOSITION TO THE

Washington, March 25.-With
scarcely the semblance of a struggle,
the democratic members of the house
last night elected four minority mem
bers of the enlarged rules committee
as follows:
Champ Clark, Missouri, 125 voteS.
Oscar Underwood, Alabama, 102.
Lincoln Dixon, New York, SO.
John Fitzgerald, New York, SO.
A long list of candidates received
scattering votes, Slayden of Texas
receiving SO, the highest given to an
unsuccessful aspirant. The total
vote of the caucus was lao, which re-
CURED II votes to elect.
The expected fight on Representa-
tive Fitzgerald, because Of his atti-
tude on the rules question at the be
ginning to the present congress,
when he, with twenty-three other
democrats, left the leadership OF
Champ Clark and voted with the re-
publicans, materialized early in the
meeting, but failed to accomplish any
definite result.
Mr.. Sims of Tennessee headed the
faction which opposed the selection
of Fitzgerald, and introduced res
olution proposing to instruct the
democratic members to support res
olution to provide for the election by
the house of a committee to select all
the standing committees which power
of selection is now vested in the
speaker.
The maximum strength shown by
the followers of Sims was 80, which
they polled against motion to ad-
journ. The Sims resolution did not
come to vote by reason of the adop-
ton of a motion to adjourn before ne
had an opportunity to get it up for
consideration. The Sims resolution
follows:
Resolved that we hereby instruct
the democratic members of the rules
committee, selected by this caucus,
to support any resolution or bill seek
ing 10 take from the speaker of the
house of representatives the power 10
appoint the standing committees of
the house, and that they use all hon.
orable efforts to bring about such
change in the rules of the house and
to have a committee on committees,
to be elected by the house, whose
duty it shall be to appoint all stand
ing committees thereof
When the caucus adjourned, Mr.
Sims announced that he would pro-
coed at once to circulate a call for
another caucus to consider the sub
ject of his resolution. Only 25 sigma
lures are required to compel the hold
ing of ano her caucus. AS the Sims
supporters polled thirty-nIne votes,
another caucus is in prospect
Mr.. Sims was not in the best OF
humor over the manner in his resolu-
ton was treated The minority lead
ers, Clark and Underwood, apparent
ly are satisfied with the result of the
caucus.
Everything was harmonious"
said Mr. Clark
Mr.. SIMS objection to the manner
in which the resolution was treCted
was based on the parliamentary adj
vantage which was taken of him by
interjection of the motion to adjourn.
All speeches were directed specific
ally to the Sims resolution, not d
word being uttered in disparage-
ment if Mr. Fitzpatrick for a place
on the rules committee. Among those
of the minority, Hammond of Min
nesota received 1S votes and Rainey
of Illinois 4.