The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-21
CLARK
NOMINATED
llFOR SPEAKER
DEMOCRATS PLAN EARLY
START IN TARIFF
LEGISLATION
lBY AssocIated Press.l

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sentative Champ Clark OF Missouri.
Democratic leader OF the house, and
receptive candidate Tor the Democrat
ic nomination for the presidency.
Thursday night was nominated by ac-
clamation for speaker of the house
in the Sixty-second congress by the
Democratic caucus.
This, with the selection of COM
mittee ON ways and means to make
an early preparation OF tariff leglsa-
tion for submission TO congress at the
beginning OF the next session in De-
cearbeil when the hpuse becDmes
Democratic, was the main event OF
the caucus.
About 2l0 Democrats were pres
ent. Mr. Hay of Virginia presided,
and Mr.. Ashhrook of Ohio was secre-
tary, Francis Burton harrison or New
York called the attention of the eau
Gus to the fact that the name of Their
ona Aiken, epresentative-elect from
New York., had been called in the
opening roll call Mr.. Harrison an
nounced that he had been reliably in
formed that Aiken had declared he
would not enter the caucus and that
Aiken had said he would vote with
the Republicans.
Mr.. harrison, therefore, asked that
Mr.. Aiken's name be striken from the
roll of the Democrats
Mr.. Clayton, of Alabama, who is
the regular chairman of the Demo-
cratic caucus, gave up the chair to
Mr.. Hay of Virginia, and made a
speech.
Clark's Name Presented.
Mr.. Lloyd of Missouri, then placed
Champ Clark in nomination for speak
er. Messrs. Ansbury of Ohio, Pou of
North Carolina, Adamson OF Georgia,
Rainey of IMinois, Sulzer of New
York, Heflin of Alabama and others
seconded the nomination and ii car
ried by acclamation
Mr.. Clark, with broad smile, step
ped to the front Of the chamber and
formally accepted the honor.
From the bottom of my heart"
said Mr.. Clark, 4 thank you for your
generous Endorsement for the high
office of speaker of the house of rep
resentatives. | shall endeayor to dis
charge the duties OF that great posi-
tion so fairly so Justly, and so inn
partially that you will never have
cause to regret what you have just
done
Clark Advises Haste.
This caucus was called for the
purpose of selecting the Democratic
contingent of the ways and means
committee for the sixty-second con
gress in order to expidite tariff legis-
lation by procuring as speedily as pos
sible the data on which to base a bill
or bills which we believe will promote
the prosperity OF the whole country
and give new impetus to every le-
gitimate business undertaking within
the broad confines of the republic.
The quicker our plans are formulated
and known the better for all concern
ed
A great ovation was given Champ
Clark when Mr.. Wilson of Pennsyl-
vania in speech declared he would
gladly vote for 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 caucus ratification.
Representative Oscar w. Underwood
of Alabama was unanimously nomin-
ated for chairman of the ways and
means committee. His name was pro-
posed by Champ Clark.
I s Mr. Alark's speech met with yocif-
eroussPheers. One of the significant
xspeeehes Sin the Nomination of Mr.
|Clark was. by AHs Ashbury of Ohio.
Repre- sentative Frank Clark of Flor
ida struck the first discordant note
by obiecting to the fixed program.
Messrs. Adamson of Georgia and
Sulzer of New York, ranking men,
bers respectively of the interstate
commerce and military affairs COM
mittee protested against stripping the
speaker of the power of selecting the
committees.
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 sell
ecti0n OF the personnel of the ways
and means committee as informally
agreed upon in advance by the lead
erS as follows: Underwood of Ala
bama, chairman; Randall of Texas,
Harrison of New York, Brantley Of
Georgia. Shackleford of Missouri,
James of kentucky, Kitchin of North
Carolina. Hull of Tennessee. Dixon
of Indiana Rainey of Illinois; Ham
mond, of Minnesota, Hughes of New
Jersey and Mitchell Palmer of Penn
sylvanla.
Mr.. Foster of Illinois introduced a
resolution providing for the election
of the standing committees of the
house by the house committee. He
proposed that Democratic members of
the ways and means committee chos-
en- at this caucus be authorized to
nominate the majority OF members of
these standing committees 0f the
next house to the adjourned caucus.
Under this resolution, Democrats
on the ways and means committee
would be ineligible to serve on any
other committee. &M
Mr., Fitzgerald OF New York then
offered a substitute resolution, EN-
powering Champ Clark as speaker TO
designate the Democratic members
OF tentative committee On ways
and means. his resolution paying tri-
| butte to Mr. Clark as "one in whom
the members had unbounded conf.
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