The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-05
FORMER SPEAKER CANNON PRO
POSES HIM TO CAUCUS WHICH
MAKES SELECTlS-;.
THE CHOICE IS UNANIMOUS
Republican Vote Against Democrat
ic Plan Of Making Selections for
Committees-Exhaustive Debate on
Party Leadership.

| tive James II. Mann of Illinois was
unanimously chosen candidate for
! speaker of the house and floor lead
er of the republicans in the house
of representatives, in a caucus he'd
/ in the house chamber last evening.
/ He was proposed to the caucus by
former Speaker Cannon, and receiv.
ed the support of the regulars and
those insurgents who were present.
| This Endorsement means that he will
I receive the republican vote in the
house tomorrow when a speaker is
elected and that he will become act
i've head of the minority party in The
house in the new congress.
After a long debate the caucus
voted down a plan similar to the
democratic method or making com
mittee appointments through spe.
cial committee. 1t placed in the
hands of Mr.. Mann authority to name
the republican members of the stand
ing committees. substitute plan
calling for the special committee
was voted down, 70 to 33, but the
republicans present are left free to
take whatever action they desire in
the house in supporting or opposing
rulep roviding for a committee on
committees.
Chairman Underwood of the demo
cratic ways and means committee
will, as the result of tonight's ac-
ton by the republicans, confer with
Mr.. Mann as to the filing of the
republican places on the committees.
Two members of the house have the
distinction of having taken part in
neither the republican nor democrat
ic caucuses. one is Mr.. Berger, of
Milwaukee, socialist, and the other
Theron Akin of New York, elected
as an Independent democrat. The
democrats have decided to give both
of them committee assignments, ir.
respective of the two large parties
in the house.
More than a dozen insurgents were
not present at tOnights caucus. Dur
ing the afternoon the insurgents held
meeting, at which forty-six were
either present or accounted for. For
more than four hours they discussed
the party leadership and the method
of filling committee assignments.
While majority of those present
favored Mr.. Mann as party leader
and approved the plan of having a
committee on committees to file the
republican places, no definite action
was taken on either.
Many of those who are opposed
to Mr.. Mann did not attend the eau
Gus tonight There was no concerted
action, however, toward disagreeing
from the general party program.
The caucus proceedings were har-
monious on all points except the
method of selecting the minority
members of committees. On this |
there was a clean-cul
difference of opinion between thosa |
who had advocated the appointment
of the committees by Mr.. Mann and
those who wanted to follow the dem |
ocratic plan of having a special com.
mittee to select the other commit |
tees.
Speaker Cannon was on of those |
who strongly advocated the selection
of the minority committee members |
by the republican floor leader In a |
speech he reviewed his !
own eight years as speaker and |
pointed out the satisfactory results |
which he believed had been obtain |
ed by placing upon one man the
for selecting commit
teemen. He expressed belief that bet-1
ter committee assignments would be |
made by this method than through |
a committee on committees.
Mr. Madison OF Kansas, who had
been a prominent figure at the af-
ternoon meeting of the insurgents,
strongly advocated the plan of hav-
ing committee on committees The
to put the nppointive pow
er in the hands of Mr.. Mann was
submitted to the caucus by Mr.. Ohm
stead of Pennsylvania. one OF the
regular republican leaders. The sub
stitute motion calling for a commit
tee on committees, was offered by
Mr.. Good of Iowa, an insurgent.
The debate over the committee
continued for two hours
md a half. There were many advo-
'ates Of the committee on commit
ees in addition to the insurgents.
The caucus was marked by the
irst protest of the republican minor