The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
HOUSE GETS READY
CHAMP CLARK and UNDERWOOD
Still LEADERS.
PARTY CAUCUS IS Held

4 HU URUUUO ~ ukAB
The Democrats Hold Most Harmon.
ious Meeting to Select the Men to
Represent the Party on the Ways
and Means Committee in the House
at This Congress.
Speaker Clark was renominated,
Representative Underwood Of Ala
bama again chosen chairman Of the
ways and means committee, the en-
tire Democratic personnel Of the tar
if making body named, and all the
House officers renominated at a har-
| monious six-hour caucus OF the DEM
ocrats of the House of the Sxty-third
congress Wednesday. The caucus
took place in the House chamber and
27O of the 290 House Democrats
were present. The following were
nominated for ratification by the
House when it meets in extra session
April i:
Speaker-Champ Clark Of Mis-
souri,.
Ways and Means Committee-Rep-
resentative Underwood, Alabama,
Chairman; Francis B. Harrison, New
York; J. W. H. ShackIeforu, Mis-
souri,; v. Claude Kitchen, North Car
olina; Henry T. Raihey, Illinois; Lin
coin Dixon, Indiana; Cordell Hull,
Tennessee; W. S. Hammond, Mime
sofa; Andrew J. Peters, Massachu-
setts; A. Mitchell Palmer, Pennsyl-.
vania; Timothy T.. Ansberry, Ohio;
John S. Garner, Texas; James w.
Collier, Mississippi; Augustus O.
Stanley, Kentucky. The last three
named are new members.
Clerk Of House-South Trimble,
Kentucky.
Doorkeeper-J. J. Synott, Virginia.
Sergeant-at-arms-Robert B. Cor
don, Ohio.
William D. Dunbar,
Georgia.
Chaplain-Rev. Henry N. Couden,
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
on tentative basis. There will
be tariff caucuses when the extra ses-
sion convenes to pass upon the re-
port.
The caucus was marked by good
deal of speech making and enthusi-
asm. All the nomination for officers
were by acclamation except that for
ergeant-at-arms, on which there was
a lively contest that resulted in Cor
don's choice over Former Representa-
tive W. H. Ryan of Albany, N. Y, by
a vote Of 1873 to lis.
A resolution framed by Represen-
tative Shirley of Kentucky to forward
his budget movement plan to reduce
congressional appropriations was
adopted. It recommended to the
House creation of special commit
tee to consider and report on changes
needed in the rules regarding pre-
paration Of appropriation bills and
especially on the feasibility of having
all the supply measures prepared by
one committee.
Speaker Clark's speech in acknowl-
edgment Of his denomination dealt
with the party's program and future.
He urged carrying out the party
promises and said the only way to
achieve this was for every Democrat
in an official position "to give the
best there is in him and subordinate
individual ambition to the public
veal"
''It is thing Incredible" he de-
clared, "that any man in official sta
ton would let likes or dislikes inter-
fere with his cooperating with any
other Democrat in unifying the party
in it's herculean and multifarious
tasks to redeem our pledges" This
utterance was cheered.
"The suggestion Of any such state
of affairs comes from faint-hearted
Democrats who are forever 3eelng
Ghosts" the speaker declared, cor
from malignant marplots, who, mas
ouerading as Democrats, are not
Democrats at at all, but wolves in
sleeps clothing. Certain of the ven
omous eleventh hour Democrats are
loud mouthed in proclaiming trouble
where none exists and in laying down
a rule of conduct for real Democrats.
Genuine Democrats who nave the
good of the party and the country at
heart would do well to give no heed
to these self-styled Democrats, whose
chief business is to stir up strife by
foully slandering any Democrat VINO
has earned their enmity by being
Democrat at all times, under all cir
cumstances and at all places"
The speaker said the House Demo-
Gratis had been together since March,
1910, when for the first time IN II
wears the Democrats in the House
electrified the country by voting to-
eether, not man missing in a great
struggle" 81 predict" he conclud-
ed, that they will in the present
congress act in unison not only with
themselves, but with President Will
son."