The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
Harmonious Six Hour Cau-
Gus of House Demo
Gratis Held
SPEAKER CLARK
is RENOMINATED
Ways and Means Com 3 r e to Begin
Final Committee ision on
Tariff Friday So nations
by Accl' 6 : 4on
" Washington,

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Washington, 5.-speaker
Clark was renom' ! i. Representative
Underwood OF I" mn again chosen
chairman of the and means com
mittee, the entire democratic personnel
of thnt tariff making body named and
all the House officers renominated nj
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 c7O oi
the 200 House democrats were present
The following We're nominated for
ratification by the House when it meets
In extra session on April /:
Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri
Ways and means committee: Repre-
sentatives Underwood Of Alabama
chairman Francis B. Harrison. New
York; Dorsey w. Shackleford. Mis-
souri; Claude Kitchen, North Carolina
Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; Lincoif
Dixon, Indiana cordell Hull. Tennes.
ottf w. - ilcHiiiOlltt, AliHHtSOtds All
drew j Peters. Massachusetts; A
Mitchell Palmer. Pennsylvania; Tim.
othy 7, Ansberry, Ohio; John S. Gar
ner, Texas tnewJ; James w. Collier
Mississippi tnew); Augustus C. Stan
ley Kentucky new).
tIscpublican members to be chosen
Clerk of the House. South Trimblc
Kentucky.
DoorlSeeper, ]. J. Sinnot, Virginia.
Sergeant at arms, Robert Il. Gordon
Ohio
Postmaster, William NJ. Dunbar, Geor-
gia.
Chaplain, Rev. Henry n. Couder
Washington. ID. G.
The democratic members of the WAYS
and means committee will commence
the final committee revision of the
tariff next Friday, taking up the work
where the democrats constituting the
majority of the committee ain the last
session of Congress left it as ''tenta-
tive basis There viii be a tariff eau
Gus when the extra session convenes
to- pass vf'ea thF- report
Marked by Enthusiasm
The caucus WAS marked by good
deal of speechmaking and enthusiasm.
All the nominations for offices were
by acclaplation except that for SER
geant at arms. on which there was a
lively contest that resulted in Gordon S
choice over former Representative w.
II. Ryan of Albany. N. Y. on a vote
of 13S to 115 Messrs. Garner, Collier
and Stanley the new members of the
ways and means committed We're se-
lected as the result of a vote which
stood: Garner 209. Collier 141, STAN
ley 137, and Saunders, Virginia, 90:
Covington, Maryland. and Bartlett of
Georgia 81 each; Taylor Colorado, A.
Representative Taylors nomination.
was made by Representative Lobck
of Nebraska, who said he acted with
out Mr.. Taylors authority. The nom-
nation was the result of a move earlier
in the day. participated in by 2S DEM
ocratic representatives from western
states who organized in the interest of
the west and to get better recognition
on the more important committees
A resolution framed by Representa-
tive Sherley of Kentucky to forward
his budget reform plan to reduce con-
gressional appropriations was adopted.
1t recommended to the House crea-
tion of a special committee to con-
sider and report on changes needed
in the rule regarding preparation of
appropriation bills and especially on
the desirability of having all the sup
ply MtdSulto plCPoiOu w OttS NOiii-
mittee.
Deals With Party's Future
Speaker Clarks speech in acknowl-
ed gment of his denomination dealt with
the party's programme and the future.
He urged carrying out the party prom
ises and said the only way to achieve
this was for every democrat in an Of
ficial position ito give the best there
Is in him and subordinate individual
ambition TO the public veal"
ut is thing incredible," he de-
clared, 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 herculean and multi
farious tasks to redeem our pledges .
This utterance was cheered.
"The suggestion of any such state of
affairs comes from faint hearted DEM
ocrats who are forever seeing GHOSTS
the speaker continued, "or from ma
lignant marplots who though masquer-
aiding as democrats, are not democrats
at all, but wolves in sleeps clothing
Certain of these venemous eleventh
hour democrats are loud mouthed in
proclaiming trouble where none exists
and in laying down rule of conduct
for real democrats.
"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 slandering any democrat who
has earned their enmity by being a
democrat at all times, under all Cir
cumstances and at all places"
The speaker said the House demo-
crats had been together since March
10 1910. .'when. for the first time in
IL wears, the democrats in the House
electrified the country by voting to-
gether-not man missing in great
struggle"
~ predict" he concluded, that they
will in the Sixty-third Congress act
in unison not only with themselves
but with President Wilson"
$50. Worth of Opium Burned
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