The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-17
CHAMP CLARK
MAPS POLICY
ProclaimS Himself in Favor of
Letting House Members Name
Standing Committees.
ADVOCATES REVISION OF
THE TARIFF By SCHEDULE
Democrats Issue Call for Caucus
January 10, to Select WAYS
and Means Committee.

WASHINGTON, Dec l6.-Rcprcsenta-
tive Champ Clark issued statement to-
night fully outlining his Platform as pros
peciive speaker OF the Democratic house
OF representatives in the next congress.
He procIaims himself in favor OF the ap-
pointment of house committees by a
committee, rather than by the speaker;
and he states his belief that the tariff
should be revised schedule by schedule,
rather than IN one single BILL Those two
subjects. says Mr.. Clark, are the ones
upon which he has been continually i'm
portuned 10 make some statement.
Democratic house members sent out d
call today for caucus January le OF the
Democratic membership of the next
house Mr. Clark s statement is both an
explanation of the call and n declara-
ton OF his own platform as the proba-
BILE speaker Of the house.
To Select Ways Committee.
The caucus viii select a ways and
means committee and rules committee
somewhat larger than the present COM
mittee OF seven. Mr.. Clark believes one
OF these committees should then be en-
powered TO select the other committees
Of the house.
There arc two theories of tariff re-
vision saws Clark in his statement. "rc-
vision by one general bill, and revision
by separate bills for separate schedules
This is matter not OF principle, but OF
method,
individually. ! prefer the scheme of
separate bills for separate schedules.
taking the schedules with the most oo
noXious features first. perhaps in certain
cases having separate bills for particular
items
The statement proceeds 10 say that
whatever method is decided upon. full
hearing. as comprehensive as that which
preceded the framing OF the Payne
Aldricll law, Will be had by the new ways
and means committee.
THE assumision, growing out of ts-
norance in certain quarters says Mr..
Clark. that President Tart or Senator
Cummns or any other Republican has
discovered something new In tariff re-
vision by the separate schedule scheme,
is Prcposterous.
Declares Plan Is Ancient.
"As far back as the flfty-second con-
gross. Chairman Springer introduced
separate bills Tor separate schedules, and
even for particular items. which were
dcrisiycly denomlnated 'SprinGers pop
gun bills by ribsd Republican speakers
and writers.
Several years before Judge Springer
was chairman OF tine committee on ways
and means. Mckenzie OF Kentucky
achieved both great renown and the
the passage OF bill putting auinine on
the free list and touching no other item
whatsoever in any tariff schedule,
Clark declares that he is heartily in
favor Of inviting TO the caucus all Dem
ocratic membcrs-elect
OF the two iesns for the election OF
committees by the Democratic caucus or
directly by the house itself, Clark fayurs
that In the debatable states the inde-
pendent voters appear TO favor II. ana
The future speaker of the house frankly
acknowledges that il may be adopted oe-
cause OF The influence il would have in
returning IL Democratic president and
Democratic congress in 1872.