The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-20
DEMOCRATS LAY
PLANS TO RULE
Start BOOms for Champ Clark
and JudsOn Harmon for
Presidency.
CAUCUS CHAIRMAN WANTS
NO DELAY in TARIFF CUT
May Expel New Yorker Said to
Have Republican Pre-
dilections. Z

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1a-Champ
Clark of Missouri nominated for speaker
OF the next house Of representatives and
rousingly checred on mention OF his name
for the presidency, Judson Harmon
also cheered In the same connection,
ways and means committee chosen to
name the standing committees and frame
the tariff legislation for early action by
the next congress, a New York member
read out OF the party, a 2riSt OF rcSolu-
tions and host OF speakers were fea-
lures of tonights caucus of Democratic
members of the house.
There were only eight absentees among
the old and new Democrats OF the sixty
second congress. The programme adopted
by the leaders was carried out almost 10
the letter. al! members. however, having
latitude In. debate.
Mr. Underwood OF Alabama, long the
lieutenant of Mr.. Clark, heads the new
take over much power heretofore held
by the speaker. The caucus developed
considerable differnce of views as to the
method of selecting committees, but when
the time came for voting, various reso-
lutionS We're voted, down.
The Fitzgerald resolution to leave COM
mittees to the speakers selection was
defeated: 1866 TO 20, and the Foster rcso-
luton placing that power In the ways
and means committee carried by l66 TO I.
About 210 Democrats were present.
Mr.. Hay Of Virginia presided and Mr..
Ashbrook OF Ohio was secretary. Francis
Burton Harrison of New York called the
attention OF the caucus to the fact that
the name of Theron a. Aiken, represen-
tative-eiect from New York, had been
called twice in the opening rollcall. Mr.,
formed that Aiken had declared that he
would not enter the caucus tonight and
that Aiken had said he would vote with
the Republicans Mr. Harrison there
fore asked that Mr.. Aikens' name be
stricken from the roll OF Democrats.
Clayton Outlines Duties.
Mr Clayton of Alabama. who is the
regular chairman of the Democratic eau
Gus, gave up the chair TO Mr.. Hay OF
Virginia, and made speech; He said:
"It has been suggested that the first
duty that Will confront us in the next
house OF representatives Will be the con-
sideration and passing OF tariff iegisa-
tion-Democratic legislation-not a meas
ure prepared by The beneficiarles of
protection or formulated according to
the dictation of selfish and special inter-
ests, but such legislation as will show
proper regard for the taxpayers and
consumers. who bear the burdens OF the
government.
Perhaps it is unnecessary TO remind
you, my fellow Democrats. that our op-
ponents have heretofore defended their
unfair and class tariff tax laws by say
ing, Let well enough alone and by de-
claring that they would stand pat on
their highly protective and prohibitory
tariff schedules
1T must now be painful history to our
opponents that they promised In the last
presidential campaign a revision of the
tariff downward from the high rates OF
the Dineley law, and 1t must be an
equally painful recollection that they
broke this promise and passed the more
burdensome Payne Aldrich bill
But. without dwelling upon these mis-
takes OF our opponents. let me call your
attention TO the present status of the Re-
publican party on the tariff That party
Is now divided into groups holding di-
Toned. hidebound Republican protection
lists. who still standing pat upon the
old-t time doctrines and utterances OF their
party, Again, there are some Republi-
cans who favor some sort OF revision of
the tariff by schedules or by a commits
sion.
'The suggestion Of the appointment of
commission may be. made. by those
who really want no revision OF the tariff
downward. But, whatever the motive, IL
must not be forgotten that the country
has had the experience OF tariff COM
mission and no man knows Of any good
that came from it. and more than that
even the report OF the commission is
hardly memory,
Must Revise Tariff.
Let me adjure you 10 learn lesson
of profit from the mistakes made by our
opponents They passed an indefensible
wise It downward as they had promised
We have promised to reform the tariff
by lowering y TO revenue basis. We
must and VIII endeavor to keep that
promise.
Let us declare as Democrats that the
government has no right TO exact even
so much as 81 from the citizen under
the guisc Of n tariff law, except for The
support of the government"
Mr.. Lloyd of Missouri then placed
Champ Clark in nomination for speaker.
Ii carried by reclamation. Mr.. Clark.
with Il broad smile. stepped TO the front
of the chamber and formally accepted
the honor saying;
From the bottom of my heart ! thank
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