Tuesday, December 6, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Party chairman to step down Several candidates already aiming for key Democratic position
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Paul Kirk announced plans yesterday to step aside as Democratic national chairman when his term expires, setting up a free-for-all when the party picks a new leader early next year.
Kirk, who had been beechened by many top-ranking Democrats to seek a new term, said at a news conference that when he took the job in 1985, "The time I set for myself was four years.
"My plans are as they were at the beginning, which is to return to the practice of law," said the 50-year-old Boston native. He quickly added that he does not intend to bear a "political dropout."
several candidates for chairman already were jockeying for position in the event of Kirk's decision to step aside Ronald H. Brown, a longtime party activist who played a key role in Keystone Jackson's campaign, is expected to announce his plans to seek the post at a news conference this morning.
conferred Richard Wiener, Michigan Party chairman, also said he would run for the post and said, "I feel confident I can win."
Former Rep. Jim Jones of Oklahoma also said he expected to make an announcement Monday. Jones, who practices law in Washington, said he had contacted some party officials last month and received encouragement to
run for the job if Kirk stepped down.
express the views of
The Democratic National Committee meets Feb. 9-10
to pick a new chairman.
Kirk won praise for his work even as the competition to succeed him began.
Dukakis' running mate, Sni. Lloyd Benten, said Kirk's tenure was excellent and added that his departure made it "much more difficult to arrive at a choice without some bloodshed."
succeed him again.
"He leaves the chairmanship with our party rejuvenated and prepared for the future," said Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.
without some misunderstanding.
Kirk said his purpose had been to "give something back and to leave something better than existed before I was given the honor and the opportunity to serve."
He said repeatedly at his news conference that the party was better off financially and politically than it was four years ago. He said his biggest disappointment was the loss of the presidential race last month.
"During these four years I have spoken of the value of politics, and I have worked to practice the politics of values and to enhance respect for our political parties and for public life and our public institutions."
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Leader decries House ethics
WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert H. Michel, re-elected House Republican leader, yesterday decreed the low ethical quality of the House and called on Democrats to join in an effort to reform ethics standards and election campaign practices and limit outside speaking fees.
The Associated Press
"The record of (ethics) enforcement in this House is a national disgrace," the Illinois Republican said as House members met in separate party caucuses to choose leaders for the 101st Congress.
choose leaders for the Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, unanimously selected by the 260-member Democratic bloc for his second two-year term as the top House officer, disagreed with Michel's assessment, but offered to discuss the issues with him.
"For the most part, members of the House ... are decent, responsible and ethical people," said Wright, whose personal finances and possible divulging of government secrets are under investigation by the House ethics committee. He has denied any wrongdoing.
8. The exchanges between Wright and Michel came as both parties elected their leaders for the new Congress, which begins Jan. 3. 2. female House members lost bids to crack the all-male top leadership ranks on both sides of the aisle, but Rep. William Gray, D-Pa., was named to the Democrat's number four post, the highest level ever achieved by a black party member.
Michel, who was chosen unanimously by the 175-member GOP contingent for a fifth term as minority leader, did not refer to any specific ethics cases in his remarks, and said "we must more clearly define our ethics rules and then we have to enforce them. . . The time for reform is here."
In his acceptance speech several hours later, Wright said the House would pass "clean elections legislation."
tion," but the only specific proposal he mentioned was to establish uniform poll closing times nationwide.
Wright also said the new house in the 101st Congress would approve a new Clean Air Act and work to "clean up those areas of our business practices where management needs regulation."
He cited the disappearance of banks, corporations and farms in economic reshufflings and leveraged buyouts that "intensify and concentrate economic wealth in fewer and fewer hands."
On the Republican side, Rep. Lynn Martin of Illinois came up four votes short of beating Rep. Jerry Lewis of California for chairman of the House Republican Conference, the number three leadership post. Rep. Bill Dannemerne of California was a distant third.
Bill Dallman,
Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, D-Ohio, was easily defeated by Gray in the voting for chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth-highest rung on a leadership ladder that traditionally has led to the speaker's office. Rep. Mike Synar, D-Doka, ran third
Gray earned high marks over the past four years as Budget Committee chairman, a pivotal House post
that carried on his legacy. Gray, asked about the significance of his ascent for blacks, said he was proud of his heritage but was not elected on that basis.
The rest of the leadership races were uncontested and were filled by acclamation.
election on the board.
He said he hoped to be a role model to blacks "to show them you ought to strive, you ought to work, you ought to aim high. . . But as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, I will represent the interests of the entire Democratic party."
and were hired by Wright is under investigation by the House ethics committee in two cases: one involving allegations that he improperly used his office for financial gain and another alleging he violated House rules by disclosing secret U.S. CIA operations in Nicaragua.
Daley joins mayor's race Son takes on dad's legacy in Chicago politics
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Richard M. Daley, bearer of the most recognizable name in big city politics and seasoned by an unsuccessful run five years ago, announced Monday he will seek the mayor's office his father occupied for 21 years.
Daley's entry into the race expands the Democratic field to seven, with an eighth. Mayor Eugene Sawyer, expected to announce within a week that he also is a candidate.
According to a recent poll, the 46-year-old Daley, who last month overwhelmedly won a third term as Cook County state's attorney, jumps into the race as the clear front-runner.
"I'm running," he told a packed news conference, "and I'm going to win."
Daley said he is not concerned by a crowded field. "I don't need anyone in or out. If I stood here worrying about this scenario or that, or about odds, I would not be running as a candidate for mayor of Chicago.
or serving as mayor for half the people." Daley said.
Daley becomes the fourth white candidate in a city that made the late Harold Washington its first black mayor in 1983 and has split its vote along racial lines since.
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"I'm not interested in running as the white candidate*
The Democratic primary, which has been the stepping stone to the fifth floor office at City Hall for every Chicago mayor since 1931, is scheduled for Feb. 28.
"Fighting crime is not a white issue or a black issue. Schools is not a white or black issue. Protecting taxpayers is not a white or black issue." he said.
Chicago, Ill., the Special election, set last month by the Illinois Supreme Court to complete Washington's second term, follows on April 4.
richard J. Daley, who controlled a political army through patronage jobs and earned the nickname "Boss" for his iron-fisted grip on both local and national politics, served as Chicago's mayor from 1955 until his death in 1976.
The younger Daley, who served as a state legislator during part of that time before moving to the prosecutor's post, made a first attempt to fill his father's shoes in 1983.
A Gallup poll in October, the most recent survey pitting announced and expected Democrats against one another, found Daley winning with 37 percent to 22 percent for Evans and 10 percent for Sawyer.
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