Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-06
BULL MOOSERS CHOOSE
MURDOCH As SPEAKER
caucus" is Open to All and
OFatOFy AbOUndS

first caucus, held this afternoon, the
progressive, the third party organiza-
ton in the house, nominated Repro
sentative Victor Murdoch. of Kansas.
as candidate for speaker of the house
and perfected plans for an aggressive
legislative campaign Fifteen mem
bers of the house. attended the confer
ence and the utilization of four mem
bers wha have not yet reached Wash
lrgton was announced
The caucus, or conference, was held
in the majority conference room of
the house office building and a crowd
of interested, spectators, many of them
women, attended
A flood of oratory swept through the
entire proceedings and the new con-
gressmen were accorded abundant APP
plause as they denounced both DEM
ocratic and republican parties, spoke
OF "bossism' and "standpatters" and
lauded progressive principles AMI
Theodore Roosevelt.
An expected keynote message from
Colonel Roosevelt failed to material
ize.
The members who attended the con-
ference We're: Representatives Ruy-
ley, Temple, Walters, Lewis, Huilings
and Kellery, of Pennsylvania; Bell and
Stephens, of California; Murdoch, of
Kansas; Hinebaugh and Copley, OF
Illinois; Bryan, of Washington; LATER
ty, of Oregon Chandler, of New York,
and Lindberkh, of Minnesota.
Those recorded, but not present
were: Falconer, of Washington;
Woodruff, of Michigan; Nolan, of Ca
ifornia, and Thomson, of Illinois.
The caucus adopted a resolution de
claring its action was not binding up
on members attending, but that each
member was free to support measures
appearing in the house from any
source.
After lengthy discussion in the
course of which Mr. Murdoch said the
progressives were entitled to repre-
sentation on the important house COM
mittees not only because of their
strength in the house, but also be-
cause of the large progressive vote
cast for the party in the presidential
election, a COMMITTEE was appointed 20
consult with Majority Leader Under
wood about progressive committee as
signments. Mr.. Murdoch said he ex-
pected thirty or forty committee plac-
es for progressives.
A legislative committee composed
of Representative Kelley, Chandler,
Copley, Bell and Linderbergh was ap-
pointed to frame the legislative meas
ures which will form the progressive
program
All of the progressive members will
meet next Tuesday with Dean Lewis
of Pennsylvania university; Jane
Adams, Clifford Pinchot, Walter
Weyl and other members of the legis-
lative committee of the national pro-
gressive party to consider the legisla
tive program.
Representative Laferty of Oregon.
attacked the present rules of the house
and offered a number of amendments
tc the rules for consideration of thu
conference, A committee was appoint
ed to take up the matter. Still another
committe was named to consider the
complaint of Representative Bryan
that the new members were being dis
eliminated against in the assignment
Of office space. The conference went
on record in favor of the creation of
standing committee of the house 10
consider the woman suffrage question
He who never asks question neY-
er learns-some consider it beneath
their dignity ever to ask about any