The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22
BOOM
SERIOUS AFFAIR
Politicians Waking Up to FACT
That He Is Live White House
Possibility.
sH GENERALsHIP
May Not Be Pushing Own Cam
paign, but Is Not Hinder
ing It.
Especial to The Times. pispatch. ]


Washington. January el.-Champ
clark's presidential boom is a serious
affair. Politicians hero arc Just walk
Ing up to the fact. and noting, incl
dentally. that while tho prospective
Speaker of the next House may not be
pushing his campaign actively. ma
is carefully avoiding any movo that
may hinder Il.
Credit for shrcwd political general
ship is now generally bestowed on MIR.
Clark for tho manner In which no
lodged responsibility for tho appoint
ment OF committees in the new House.
II was n concession to public opinion
to begin with. but, in addition. ana OF
equal Importance. il removed Clark
from tho danger zone of sectional pru-
dence. Injured pride and defeated I'M
billion. The Democracy has long been
out OF w The boys" are eager
FOR the plums. There are sixty-two
committee ch~airmanships In tho House,
but of these not moro than Il score, ut
the outside. are OF Importance. Many
Democratic representatives, therefore,
with influence in the selection Of prcsi-
Dental delegates in their own states,
are bound to be disappointed.
I Neatly Side-steps.
Uncle Joe" Cannon's fail dates back
to tho day when ho preferred certain
Republicans to some others for I'M
%portant committee assignments. Champ
Clark has neatly side-stcppcd this pit
lail by declining tho responsibility or
naming the committees. His voice was
powerful in swinging Thursday night,.
caucus IN favor OF the committee on
committees plan.
Aiready tho struggle has begun. Tho
Rules committee Will be tho first one
10 be named by tho Ways and Means
Committee. otherwise the COMMITTEES
on committees. 1t is q powerful body
IN tho shaping of tho leglslatibe pro-
gram. The Committee on Committees
WIZ tackle the problem at the meeting
called tor next Friday. Henry. Of
Texas. is tentatively suggested as
chairman, with Fitzgerald. OF New
York; Stanley, of Kentucky. Graham,
OF Illinois. and ~I1ardwick, OF Georgia.
following In the order named.
There there Is tho Committee on An.
preparations. almost as important ma
the Ways and Means. Fitzgerald, OF
New York. und Burleson, ~ Texas
are engaged In q battle royal for this
position.
Both New York and Texas delega.
n VIII be big factors in the next
Democratic National Convention, and II
- R1Sh " LIOuDlO
Clark would be In IL he were com.
PEELED to decide between the asplrants.
The second problem Wall figure
largely In this matter also. "a It will
in many more OF the chalrnanships.
For years the bulk OF the Democratic
representation In the House has oome
from he South. Therefore, most Of
The ranking Democratic ember of
the big committee who ordinarily would
be advanced to c~hairmanships are
South arm men.
For instance, there nre Burleson, OF
Texas; Pon, OF North Carolina; Adam
son, Hardwlck and Bartlett. all OF
Georgia. claiming, respectively the
ch~airmanships OF tho Committees on
Appropriations, District OF Columbia.
Interstate II Foreign Commerce,
Weights and Measures and Accounts.
When 1t is considered that Clark
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