The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-08
Four States Unanimously Agree on Birmingham for Loca-
 ton of Sub- Treasury
GEORGIA DELEGATION
 BOLTS FROM CAUCUS
Ways and Means Committee Meets This Morning and Alabamans Will Continue to Press
 Their Claims.

Washington. January 7.-(Special) )-Br- mingham, hands down, won the United States sub-treasury fight today.
 Amid the jeers of over forty members of Congress the Georgia members bolted the caucus they themselves were largely re- sponslble in getting up and in a body left the caucus room. This not unexpected result occurred after lively meeting personal. Senator Bacon, Senator Clay and Representative Livingston of Georgia all made speeches seeking to turn the caucus into a conference. that its decision be not considered as binding. The Ala bama, Tennessee and South Carolina mem- .bers replied to their every argument and finally the Georgans, unwilling to abide by the decision of the caucus left the room.
 Atlanta or Nothing.
 It was simply plain case with them of would be beaten by Birmingham or Columbia on the final vote, and conse- quently declined to be party to the eau GUS. When the caucus was rid of the dis turbing element a vote was taken on the several cities and on the seventh ballot Birmingham had seventeen votes and Co., lunbia sixteen Upon the motion of Rep resentative Lever of South Carolina the election of Birmingham was made unsni- nous, amid loud applause from the eau GUS.
 In making his motion MT. Lever said that he desired to say that Birmingham, having been selected, would receive the enthusiastic support of the South Caro- linians and the Tennesseans. and all of them will use every effort with the ways and means committee to see that the House bill giving the site to Birmingham becomes law.
 Atlanta May Continue Fight.
 The ways and means committee will meet tomorrow morning. It is, of course, presumed that Atlanta will continues its efforts for the sub-treasury and will ap- pear before that committee, but the eau GUS having given Birmingham the pres tige, Atlanta is in the attitude of a bolter and the only thing it's delegation can ac- complish is the defeat of the entire sub treasury proposition. It now has no claims of its own and can only withdraw gracefully adopt dog in the manager policy. That the latter course will be taken became quite evident from the re-
 
 tion. Seevral of them said: There will be no sub treasury" and Senator Clay and Representative Bartlett seemed es- pecally indignant over the proceedings.
 Georgia Makes Excuses.
 The burden of the speeches of the Geor- gians, who led off with Senator Bacon, was to the effect that the Georgians were not in position to feel bound by a caucus action; that they had two cities as can didates-Atlanta and savannah-and that at conference this morning an agree ment between the two had not been reached. The delegates of the two cities, therefore, drew up a resolution to the effect that they would not go into a eau GUS which term they construed as bind ing but wuold attend conference, mean ing thereby that they were willing to dis cuss the subject but not reach decision; as Representative Clayton injected into one of the Georgians' speeches: Simply a jaw party"
 Representatives Underwood and Bowie, both of whom made stirring speeches for binding vote, pointed out to the meeting that 1t was perfectly useless to discuss the situation further It was known by every member and everybody in the south fust how the matter stood. The secretary of the treasury had stated that he would recommend the establishment of sub treasury if an agreement could be reached. The meeting was called for the purpose of reaching an agreement and MT. Underwood demanded that vote be taken on his resolution that the members support the city which would win out.
 File From the Room.
 After efforts by Senator Clay and Rep resentative Livingston to defeat a vote on this proposition. the latter announced that the Georgia members could not remain in the caucus and accordingly withdrew. Senator Clay declared that he did not know what states had a right to participate in the caucus and he cited the two North Carolina senators, whom he felt sure ought to be considered on the matter. Representative Bowie called the Senator's attention to the fact that not a single bill for the establishment of a sub-treasury in North Carolina had been introduced by a member of that delegation but Senator Clay very plainly showed that he was at the meeting for Atlanta or nothing and his senatorial dig nity prevented his noticing the sugges- ton. Senator Clay's remark concerning the position of the secretary of the treas-