The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-20
INSURGENTS HAVE
CALL FOR HONORS
Will Get Places Oh Many
Big Committees.
CANNON MEN SLATED TO GO
Democrats I'm Control of Next House
VIII Give PrOgressives an OPP
pOrtunity to Make Their Deeds
square with Their Words Regard
ing TarIR-Champ Clark Confident.

Republican insurgents who favor tariff
revision downward and who advocate
advanced legislation along other lines
are to be given an opportunity in the
Democratic House 10 make their deeds
square with their words.
Information comes direct from Demo-
cratic leaders that In organizing the
/ house IN the Sixty second Congress the
I insurgents are to be given strong repre-
sentation on all committees that deal
with legislation of the first magnitude.
Democrats charge that Joseph G. Can
non. in building the Ways and Means
Committee. saw TO 1t that Republicans
were selected who could be relied on 10
stand pat on the tariff Even in assign
| ing Democrats to the committee, they
allege, Mr.. Cannon named men with
protection predictions. They instance
the case Of Representative Broussard. OF
Louisiana, who voted with his Republi-
/ can colleagues on many schedules in or
del taht sugar and other products in
/ which his constituents are interested
might be assured Of protection,
So the responsible Democratic leaders,
who expect TO offer a tariff-revision bill
when they come into control of the
House. will push aside standpatters such
as Representative Mccall, OF Massachu-
sets, who takes pride in the wooden and
cotton schedules, and Representative
| Fordney, of Michigan, who was instru-
mental in keeping lumber off the free
! list and put in their places such men as
! Representative Murdoch, of Kansas. and
! Representative Norris. OF Nebraska, who
voted against the Payne-Aldrich bill in
| 1903 and have been denouncing 1t ever
| since
Places on Many Committees.
Ways and Means is not the only COM
mitIee to which Republicans viii be as
| signed by the Democrats in the hope of
reaping party capital in the effort that is
to be made to keep the House Republic
cans divided
! Insurgents will be placed on the com
mittee dealing with railroad legislation
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 1t is
the expectation of the Democrats that
/ the administration. early In the life OF
the new Congress. which viii be organ
lied in December 1911. viii recommend
| the passage Of "a law providing for gov
/ ernmental supervision over the issuance
| of railroad securities.
The Democrats will enlarge the scope
OF the bill that Will be presented In this
/ connection IN behalf of the administTa-
ton. By assigning Representative Len
| root. OF Wisconsin. a Lieutenant OF Sena-
/ tor La Toilette. and a few other radical
! insurgents 10 the Commerce Committee.
/ the Democrats believe they will have the
names of Republican members on any re-
post that they may submit calling for re
| strietive railroad legislation.
Champ Clark, of Missouri. who win
| probably succeed Mr. Cannon as Speaker,
makes no concealment OF the purpose OF
/ the Democratic leaders to preserve party
harmony. on the other hand, every effort
VIII be made 10 render nlgat0Fy any
plans that may be Matched 30 reconcile
/ the differences that now divide the Re
pubHcans into insurgent and regular
groups Whether the committees are
named by the Speaker or selected in eau.
Gus. the Democrats viii hold the whip
hand. and in the naming OF committees
they will do everything possible to fomeni
mischief IN the ranks of the opposition,
Champ Clark Confident.
/ Friends Of Champ Clark say that his
! election as Speaker is assured. They de-
clare that ne has received assurances
/ from a sufficient number Of Representa-
tives-elect TO warrant the statement that
! no opposition candidate can possibly hope
/ to make even a fair showing in the party
caucus Mr.. Clarks friends say that rs
members have already bound themselves
/ TO support him for Speaker, and that ad-
/ ditiOnal pledges are coming in by every
mail
While Mr. Clark is coy about express
/ ing himself on the subject Of the plan 10
| take the power of naming committees
/ from the Speaker and Vesting il in a COM
mittee on committees. il is said that he
! has come TO the conclusion that the adop-
( ton Of such a reform cannot be STAYED
1 off. Democrats arriving here say that the
plank in the Democratic national plat
/ form of 1868 denouncing Cannonism and
! the House rules was aimed 1T one-man
/ power, and that One-man power in the
| House is made possible only by the great
| influence exercised by gthe Speaker in
naming committees.