The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
CLAYTON TALKS OF
 COMING SESSION
Thinks Underwood Is the
 Best Man
WORK OF COMMITTEE.
Alabama Congressman Utterly Op- posed to Bureaucratic Govern ment at Washington-Dis-
 agrees With Roosevelt
BY WALTER HARPER

Washington. November 21.-t -tSpecial.)- Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives, arrived in Washing ton tonight and is stopping temporarily at the New Ebbett. Mrs Clayton will arrive a few days later, when they will keep house in a rented place on Sixteenth street.
 Judge Clayton said tonight that the first matter to be considered by his com mittee is the court injunction bill that he introduced at the special session of Con gross and which is now before the com mittee.
 The first meeting of the committee will be December 5, the second day of the session. After the Injunction bill is out of the way, the committee will take up consideration of some sort of trust legis- lation.
 '1 have already given some thought and study to this question: said Judge Clay ton. 'There are many opinions of what is the best course to take to solve the trust problem, and no one man can per feet bill that will give the remedy that IS utSlIcu. l 1lo Qutstlpi VIII plOpobi9 consume much of the time and thought of the committee.
 You may say for me that it is my opinion that the Alabama delegation to the next national democratic convention will be Instructed to vote for oscar ", Underwood for presidential nominee. l am firmly convinced that if Mir. Under wood is the nominee of the party the party can win. MT. Underwood's long and large experience in national legisia- tion of leading importance, his level head ed wisdom and brilliant mind peculiarly fit him for party leadership at this time, and l am fully convinced that he can carry the part yto tsuccess.'
 Discussing the work of his committee, Judge Clayton sad:
 ,The Judiciary committee at It's first meeting after the assembling of charges will consider the bill now before that cenmittee defining and regulating the trial of contempt of court cases. l intro duced the bill at the last session.
 Tt is in line with what is known as the Hill bill. which passed the Senate in 1896, and which has been indorsed by the democratic national conventions since that time
 ''The bill defines direct contenpts to be an contempts committed in the pres ence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice and in such cases the judge is the sole trier, just as he is under the law as it now eX- ists. All contempts of court committed without the presence of the court and not so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice are indirect contempts. A trial by jury upon the de- mand of the defendant is provided for in these cases.
 "The committee has not considered any bill relating to the amendment or abroga- tion of the Sherman antitrust law, but will do so early as practicable I favor and think the committee will, favor the retention of the Sherman antitrust law and the strengthening of it by amend ment. This law ought not to be repealed and a plan like that suggested by former President Roosevelt substituted.
 Fl think MT. Roosevelt's plan, accord ing to his Outlook editorial, means q bus reau at Washington vested with the dis
 
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