Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1910 — HOOSIER CONGRESSMEN [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER CONGRESSMEN

Declare Intention to Vote for Champ Clark for Speaker. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 13. Repesentatives-elect to Congress from Indiana have been asked to give their preference for Speaker of the next house, as it has been represented that a number of conservative Democrats hold the view that a Northern Republican, other than Champ Clark, would better the chances of the party in the Presidential race in 1912. The opinion seems to be that sectionalism does not count, and that the dominant consideration in the selection of a Speaker is the election of a man who will give each party in Congress the right to make its ow n committee assignments. In each instance the memberselect declare their intention to vote for Clark. ‘