Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-12-15 | Page 4 | Williams is Attacked

WILLIAMS 18 ATTACKED john sharp williams aitho minority leader in the house of representatives was severely criticized criticised by members of his party yesterday laamar of florida and of missouri denounced him in g trong language that williams ial not the most popular leader the democrate Demo crata have had in congress ia evident but the only explanation far his Is that he has of fondon members of his party by tailing to place them on desirable committees mit tees evidently R hegrat is the disappointed and disgruntled or his papers aro most uncomplimentary in their references to mr williams here is one of the editorials an that gentleman newspapers have atad much to say in the esst few days about the leader of the minority party in the houe of representatives john sharp williams he has been acl eb rated tor a cheap witticism at the expense of a young member from illinois who naturally thought it discourteous for even a leader to refer to young men in the houe as alda ie asis been credited with a purpose to change of certain committees because their members did not vote according to his liking in the ask session indeed with one week of leadership to his credit in this session ho has succeeded only in creating new antagonism in the ranks of the democratic party in fomenting new discords in a party already cursed with unnecessary discord we sai emphatically unnecessary discord because wo know that the voters of the democratic party are solid for the light they stand for ices for radicalism if sou will it is the cheap leaders who hold the blaces by force of political intrigue hat betray the party as soon as they gel into power john sharp williams has made himself loader or the democratic side of the house of representatives he was leader last session and characterized his leadership by such complete incompetency such notorious in er atiat he Is today the loaded of atie emarest minority the house has over seen it is not a mere coincidence that the smallest man that ever led the democratic party should now be followed by the smallest delegation the democratic voters ever sent to congress must we keep the minority as small as this to satisfy bis absurd lovo for adulation from tho othe his utter failure to comprehend tho essentials of real democracy under un democratic control democracy s disappearing from the house of representatives and it is well that it should go better that all seats on the old time democratic side bo empty or filled with republicans than that they should be occupied by meu pasing as democrats but be braying the principles for which their constituents stand to curry favor with the present incapable intemperate and autocratic leader of smallest minority he house has ever cnown