Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-06
Renominated by House Demo-
i - III ssst
Gratis at Caucus.
WAYS AND MEANS BODY
Underwood Chosen for Chairman
Along With Three New Members.
Other Officers Selected.

Will convene mere IN Apf1I After re-
nominating Champ Clark for Speaker
electing Representative A. Mitchell Pal
mer Of Pennsylvania chairman Of the
caucus and Representative Ashbrook OF
Ohio secretary. the caucus proceeded to
select the majority members Of the new
ways and means committee.
Representative Oscar W. Underwood of
Alabama was renominated chairman Of
the committee and the following MEM
bers were also nominated for places on
the committee: Francis Burton Harrison
New York: Dorsey W. Shackleford, Mis-
souri,; Claude Ktchin. North Carolina;
Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; Lincoln Dixon,
Indiana; Cordell Hull. Tennessee; w. s.
Hammond. Minnesota: Andrew ]. Peters,
Massachusetts,; A Mitchell Palmer, Penn
sylvania; Timothy T. Aneberry Ohio
John g. Garner, Texas: James w. Collier,
Mississippi, and Augustus o. Stanley,
Kentucky.
New Committee Members.
Representatives Garner Of Texas, STAN
ley of Kentucky and Collier Of Missis-
sippi are new members of the ways and
means committee.
The officers of the House were nomi-
mated as follows: Clerk Of the House.
South Trimble. Kentucky; doorkeeper. j.
J. Sinnott, Virginia; sergeant-at-arms.
Robert. B. Gordon, Ohio; postmaster.
William, M. Dunbar. Georgia.. chaplain,
Rev: Henry N. .Couden. Washington.
D. C.
The democratic members Of the ways
and means committee will commence to-
morrow the final committee revision Of
the tariff, taking up the work where the
democrats constituting the majority Of
the committee in the last session Of Con-
There will be tariff caucus. when the
extra session convenes, to pass upon the
report.
But One Contest.
All the nominations for officers were by
reclamation? except that for sergeant-at-
arms, on which there was a lively con-
test that resulted in Gordon's choice
over former Representative w. H. Ryan
Of New York, on vote Of 1873 to 115.
The vote on the candidates for three
vacancies on the ways and means COM
mittee were as follows: Garner, 200; Col
lier. al; Stanley. 1877; Saunders. Vir-
ginia, 81; Covington, Maryland, and
Bartlett of Georgia, 81 each; Taylor, Col
Orado. AZ.
Representative Taylor's nomination was
made by. Representative Lobeck of Ne
braska, who said he acted without Mr..
Tayior's authority. The nomination was
result of move earlier in the day.
participated. in by twenty EIGHT demo-
states, who organized in the interest OF
the west and to get better recognition on
the more important committees.
Budget Form Aided.
A resolution, framed by Representative
Sherley of Kentucky, to forward his
budget reform plan to reduce congress
sional appropriations, was adopted. 1t
recommended to the House the creation
of a special committee to consider and
report on changes needed in the rules re-
garding the preparation OF appropriation
bills and especially on the feasibility Of
having all the supply measures prepared
by one committee. .s~sse.. ..-.sz
The caucus adopted a rule making the
number OF democrats necessary to call a
caucus fifty instead Of twenty-five.
Clark's Acknowledgement.
ment of his denomination dealt with the
party's program and future.
sit is thing Incredible he declared,
that any man fit for official station
would let his personal likes or dislikes
interfere with his cooperating with any
other democrat in unifying the party in
It's nerculean ana multl1ariOuS TASKS TO
redeem our pledges.
1.-The suggestion of any such a state
of affairs comes from faint hearted demo-
Gratis who are forever seeing ghosts" the
speaker continued, cor from malignant
marplots who though masquerading as
democrats are not democrats at all. but
wolves in sleeps clothing. Certain OF
these venomous eleventh-hour democrats
are loudly mouthed in proclaiming trouble
where none exists. and In laying down
rule of conduct for real democrats.
Would Ignore Slanderers.
Genuine democrats who have the good
Of the party and the country at heart
would do well to give no heed to these
self-styled democrats, whose chief bust
ness is to stir up strife by foully SLAM
dering any democrat who has earned
their enmity by being democrat at all
times. under all Circumstances and at all
places"
The Speaker said the House democrats
had been together since March 10, 1910,
when for the first time in seventeen
years the democrats in the House cleo
trified the country by voting together
not a man missing in a great struggle"
II predict" he concluded, that they
will in the Sixty-third Congress act in
unison not only with themselves but
with President Wilson,"
SUES TO RECOVER 1921, oil.