Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-25

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face was punched: not a brick was
thrown. There were few speeches
Representative Sims of Tennessee struck
the only discordant note that married
the perfect harmony of the gathering.
And he struck it only once. Before he
had time to repeat the assembled caucus
rose.
Fight Against Fitzgerald.
Mr. Sims is one of the thirty-odd dem
ocrats who wanted to see anybody other
than Fighting Fitzgerald of Brooklyn on
the rules committee. They have never re-
covered from the fact that on the first
day of the special tariff session of Con-
gress, when the combined republican in
surgents and democrats had defeated the
adoption of the rules of the Sixtieth
Congress. and were about to put some
thing across on the republican organi-
cation. Fitzgerald, followed by the New
York and southern high protection dem
ocrats. made a sortie and saved the day
for the machine. These faithful TWEEN
ty-three,' as some folks have called
the Fitzgerald crowd, have been in bad
odor with the radical democrats ever
since.
But their fight on Fitzgerald last night
was hopeless. Minority Leader Clark
Underwood and other democratic leaders
who are not wild about Fitzgerald per-
sonally, but who insisted on harmony
even at the price of row, worked open
Nv for the Brooklyn member and his cleo
ton was assured.
Committee on Committees.
This is the resolution which Mr.. Sims
endeavored to have adopted by the eau.
Gus prior to the selection of the minority
members OF the committee on rules:
Resolved by the democratic members
of the House of Representatives of the
Sixty-first Congress, in caucus assembled
That we hereby instruct the democratic
members Of the rules committee selected
by this caucus to support any fesoiutioE
or bill seeking to take from the Speaker
the power to appoint the standing COM
nnittees az the House and that they use
ali honorable efforts to bring about such
a change in the rules as to have COM
mittee on committees to be elected by the
Housee whose duty it shall be etc appoint
all standing committees thereol.
II was figured out by the opponents o.
| Fitzgerald that il they could succeed IN
the caucus to this proposition
the BROOKLYN member mlsnt decnne
service on the rules committee He Is
known to be opposed to this committee or
com mittees business, and at the least 1,
was hoped the Sims resolution would TIC
him up and make him harmless. But l,
was not adopted.
Fight Just Begun, Says Sims.
Zone thing is certain" said Mr.. Sims,
Immediately after the caucus adjourned
this fight has just begun. The first
thing tomorrow I shall begin the circula-
tion of a petition for caucus to be
called specifically to consider this ques-
ton Of going on record in favor of a
committee on committees AS only TWEEN.
ty-iye signatures are necessary to call
a ca,Icus and as thirty-eight democrats
| voted with me against adjournment and
| for the immediate consideration of my
proposition, 1 don't think / shall have
anv trouble in getting the minority to-
eether in caucus again
There were 40 democrats present a,
| the caucus In order to keep things run.
ming as smoothly as possible it was
agreed, on motion OF Representative Raj
new of Illinois. who, heretofore has not
| that there should be no nominations, bu,
that each member present should vote
tnr the four members he wanted on the
| nor u,ittee Champ Clark got 125 votes
| Indarwood 1O2, Dixon 90 and Fhzgeral ID
| oa Next was Slayden with 90 ther
Iamrnond with IS and Sulzer with 5
| a score or more of the faithful received
Complimentary votes Of one and two each
Sims Proposition Out of Order.
Warm arguments in favor of the Sim.
proposition were made by Representative.