The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-03-08
SD CONGRESS ORGANIZED.
CHAMP CLARK AND UNDER.
WOOD REMAIN LEADERS OF
THAT BODY.
harmonious Caucus of Democrats
Selects Men to Represent Party on
Ways and Means-Speai1er Pledges
Himself to Forget Personalities.

tive Underwood of Alabama again
chosen chairman of the ways and
means committee, the entire Demo-
cratic personnel of the tariff making
body named, and all the house officers
renominated at a harmonious six
hour caucus of the DemocI ats Of the
house of the Sixty-third congress to-
day The caucus took place in the
house chamber and 27O of the 29O
house Democrats were present.
The following were nomin,. ted for
ratification by the house when it
meets in extra session April /:
Speaker-Champ Clark of Missouri
Ways and Means Committee-Re
resentative Underwood, Alab.
chairman; Francis B. Harrison, Ne.s
York; j. w. II. Shackleford, Mis-
souri,; V. Claude Kitchen, North Car
olina; Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; Lin
coin Dixon, Indiana; Cordell Hull,
Tennessee; w. s. Hammond, Min
nesota; Andrew J. Peters, Massachu-
sets; A. Mitchell Palmer, Pennsyl-
vania; Timothy T. Ansberry, Ohio;
John s. Garner, Texas (new); James
w. Collier Mississippi (new); Angus
tus o. Stanley, Kentuck (new).
Republican members to be chosen
in April)
Clerk of House-South Trimble,
Kentucky.
Doorkeeper-J. ]. Synott, Virginia.
Sergeant-at- at-arms-Robert B. Cor
don, Ohio.
ostmaster-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 pext Friday, taking up the
work where the Democrats constitut-
ing the majority of the committee
in the last session of congress left
it on a tentative basis"
There will be tariff caucuses when
upon the report.
The caucus was marked by a good
deal Of speech making and enthusi-
asm. All the nominations for Of
ficers were by accalamation except
that for sergeant-at-a arms, on which
there was a lively contest that result
ed in Gordon's choice over Former
Representative w. II. Ryan Of Albany,
y. Y, by a vote Of 13s to 115.
Messrs Garner, Collier and Stanley.
the new members of the ways and
means committee, were selected as
the result of a vote which stood: Gar
ner 209, Collier 141, Stanley 1877 and
Saunders, (Va) go, Covington (Md }
and Bartlett (Ga.) 81 each, Taylor
(Col) AZ.
Representative Taylor's nomination
was made by Representative Lobeck
or Nebraska, who said he acted with
out Mr.. Taylor's authority The nomi-
nation was a result Of a movement
earlier in the day participated in by
2S Democratic representatives from
western States, who organized in the
interests of the West and 20 get bet
for p,,it
mittees.
resolution framed by Represen-
tative Shirley Of Kentucky to forward
his budget movement plan to reduce
congressional appropriations was
adopted. 1t recommended to the house
creation Of a special committee to
consider and report on changes need
ed in the rules regarding preparation
of appropriation bills and especially
on the feasibility Of having all the
supply measures prepared by one
committee
Speaker Clarks speech in acknowl-
edgment of his denomination dealt
with the partys programme and fu-
ture. He urged carrying ont the party
promises ana said the only way to
achieve this was for every Democrat
in an official position Ito give the best
there is in him and subordinate indi-
Vidual ambition - the public veal"
"It is a thing inCrrdiblr n. do
clarcd. that any man in Official sta
tion would let likes or disIkes inter
fcrc with his cooperating with any
other Democrat I'm unifyrg the party
in its hcrcUl,an and muluCarious
tasks to redeem onr pledges"
This utt,rauce was chccGcd.
The SUGGESTION Of any such state
Of affair comes from faint-ncartcd
Democrats uho arr forever s,,iur
Ghosts the speaker declared cor