The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-06
PARTY RENOMiNATES THE MS MoURIAN AS THEIR cANDl-
 DATE FOR SPEAKER.
UNDERWOOD TO BE LEADER
Number of New Candidates Named FA chairmanships to Replace Republicans Holding in the
 Last Congress. N

Washington, March 5.-Speaker Clark was renominated, Representa- tive Underwood again chosen chGS man of the ways and means commit tee, the entire democratic personnel of that tariff-making body named alsd all the house officers renominated al a harmonious six hour caucus of the democrats of the house of the sixty third congress today The caucus took place in the house chamber and 270 of the 290 house democrats were present.
 The following were nominated fCi ratification by the house when it meets in extra session on April l.
 Speaker-Champ Clark of Missouri.
 Ways and Means aommittee-Rep resentatives Underwood of Alabama, chairman; Francis B. Harrison, New York; Dorsey w. Shackleford, Mis- souri; Claude kitchin, North Caro-. lima; Henry T. Rainey. Illinois; Lin. coin Dixon, Indiana; Cordell Hun. Tennessee:s w. S. Hammond, Min nesota: Andrew H. Peters. Mfasss'. chusetts: A. Mitchell Palmer, Penn sylyania; Timothy T. Ansberry, Ohio: John S. Garner. Texas; (new): James w Collier, Mississippi; (new) Au- gustus c. Stanley, Kentucky tnew)
 Clerk of the house-South Trimble, Kentucky.
 Doorkeeper-J J. Sinnott, Virginia.
 Sengeantoat-arms- Robert B. Cor don, Ohio
 Postmaster-Wm. M. Dunbar, Geor- gia.
 Chaplain-Rev Henry N. Cousen, Washington, D. c.
 The democratic members of the ways and means committee will com mence the final committee revision of the tariff next Friday, taking up the work where the democrats, constitut- ing the majority of the committee in the last session of congress, left it as tentative basis" There will be tariff caucus when the extra session convenes to pass upon the reporS.
 The caucus was marked by good deal of speech-making and enthus iasm All the nominations for offices were by exclamation, except that Tor sergeant-at-arms. on which there was lively contest that resulted in Cor don's choice over former Represen' tative w. H. Ryan of Albany, N. I.. on d vote of 13S to 115. Messrs Gar ner Collier and Stanley. the new members of tne ways and means cofn- mittee were selected as the result or a vote which stood: Garner 2o9; Cel. Her, Al: Stanley, 137, and Saunders. Virginia, 92; Covington, Maryland, and Bartlett of Georgia, 91 each; Fay Tor, Colorado, i2.
 Representative Taylors nomination was made by Representative Lobeck of Nebraska. who said ne acted with. out Mir. Taylor's authority. The nom ination was a result of move earlier in the day, participated in by 2S democrats representatives from west. ern states, who organized in the in terest of the west and to get better recognition on the more important committees
 A resolution framed by Representa- tive Sherley of Kentucky to forwarr lis budget reform plan to reduce con
 sional appropriations was adopt ed It recommended to the house the creation of a special committee D consider and report on changes need ed in the rule regarding preparation of appropriation bills and especially on the feasibility of having all the supply measures prepared by one committee.
 Speaker Clark's speech in acknow- ledgment of his renomination dealt with the partys program and future
 urged carrying out the party prom ises and said the only way to achieve this was for every democrat i'll an official position ~to give the best there is in him and subordinate indl' vidual ambition to the public veal.
 Tt is thing incredible" he dc- clared, that any man fit for official station would let his personal likes or disiikes interfere with his cooper ating with any other democrat in uni lying the party in it's herculean and multifarious tasks to redeem our pledges This utterance was cheek ed
 "The suggestion of any such state of affairs comes from faint heartSi democrats who are forever seeing ghosts, "the speaker continued, or from malignant marplots who, through masquerading as democrats. are not democrats at all but. wolves m sheep's clothing
 Genuine democrats who have the good of the party and the country at heart would do we'll to give no heed to these self styled democrats whose chief business is to stir up strife by foully slaDderIng any democrat who