El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-20
CLARK CHOSEN As
SPEAKER Of The
NEXT HOUSE
Underwood Will Head Com
mittee Which Is to Re
wise the Tariff.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 20.-Repre-
sentative Champ Clark, of Missouri,
Democratic leader of the house and
receptive candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency, was
nominated by reclamation for speaker
of the house in the 62nd congress by
the Democratic caucus last night.
This. with the selection of a COM
mittee on ways and means to make an
early preparation of tariff legislation
for submission to congress at the be-
ginning of the next session in
December, when the house becomes
Democratic was the main event of the
caucus.
Mr.. Underwood, of Alabama. long
the lieutenant of Mr.. Clark, heads the
new ways and means committee, which
will take over much power heretofore
held by the speaker.
The caucus developed considerable
difference of views as to the method
of selecting committees, but when the
time came for voting, various resolu-
tions were voted down.
FItzgeralds resolution to leave the
committees to the speakers selection
was defeated, 166 to 29, being opposed
by Clark himself, and the Foster reso-
luton placing that power in the ways
and means committee carried by 166
to 7.
Democrats Pull Together.
About 40 Democrats were present.
only eight being absent. Mr.. Hay, Of
Virginia, presided and Mr.. Ashbrook,
of Ohio, was secretary.
Mr.. Lloyd, of Missouri, placed Champ
Clark in nomination for speaker. Mr..
Ansbury, Of Ohio, Pou, of North Caro-
lima; Adamson, of Georgia; Rainey, Of
Illinois; Sulzer, Of New York; Hef
lin, of Alabama, and others seconded
the nomination and it was carried by
reclamation.
Mr.. Clark with a broad smile, for
malTy accepted the honor.
great ovation was given Mr.. Clark
when Mr.. Wilson, Of Pennsylvania, de-
cIared that he would gladly vote for
Mr. Clark for president.
The caucus adopted the Foster reso-
luton clothing the. ways and means
committee with the power of naming
the standing committees of the house
subject to the caucus notifications. Rep
resentative oscar W. Underwood, of
Alabama, was unanimously nominated
for chairman of the ways and means
committee. His name was proposed by
Champ Clark.
Mr.. Clark's speech met with. vocIrer-
Gus cheers.
Henry Conspicuous.
Mr. Henry, of Texas, conspicuously
mentioned for chairman Of the rules
committee, made the formal motion
outlining the order of business. His
plan carried. This involved the selec-
ton of the personnel of the ways and
means committee as informally agreed
upon in advance by the leaders as fol-
lows:
Underwood, of Alabama, chairman;
Randall, of Texas; Harrison. of New
York; Brantley. Of Georgia; Shackle-
ford, OF Missouri; James, of Kentucky;
Kitchen, of North Carolina; Hull, of
Tennessee; Dixon, Of Indiana; Rainey,
Of Illinois; Hammond, of Minnesota;
Hughes, of New Jersey, and A. Mitch
ell Palmer, of Pennsylvania.
A motion by Harrison. of New York,
to strike out Akin, of New York, from
the Democratic roll, was adopted Mr..
Akin was elected on an independent
ticket aud had the Endorsement of the,
Democrats. He says he is Rerub-
Hcan.
Ready to Go to Work.
Mr.. Underwood. after the caucus, said
that the committee would meet i'm
mediately after the closing of this
congress and be fully prepared to bring
in its tariff bills as soon as congress
reassembles in December.