Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-20
WALK
OUT OF CAUCUS
WAS CALLED 10 NAME COMMIT
TEE or INVESTIGATION IN
nAI.IlNGRR CASH.
THREE Regulars. One Insnrgcnt and
Two Democrats Named.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 2N.-
The caucus OF republican members
Of the house last night named the
house members OF the BaliInger-
Pinchot Investigation committee and
incidentally rejected Ralney Of Illl-
nols. one OF the democrats selected
by the democratic caucus last sat
urday night a. the minorlty'a rep
resentatlye on the committee. The
six men selected include three reg
ular' republicans Mccall OF Mas
sachusetts. olmstead OF Pennsyl-
vania and Denly OF Michigan; one
"ihsurgent" republican. Madison Of
Kansas. aud two democrats. James 81
Kentucky and Lloyd Of Missouri.
The caucus lasted three hours. and
while characterized by much acri-
mony. was more peaceful than most
members had expected. Even NJ
that. there was a bolt OF six insuF-
gents. led by Cooper Of Wisconsin.
the other boilers being I.enroot, Mel
son and Carey OF Wisconsin and Da-
Wis and Lindberg OF Minnesota.
Protest Democratic selection.
In several apeeches strong objec-
tIOna 10 both James and Raincy we're
voiced. the objectors claiming 70
express the views "a President Taft.
There was no objections TO either Of
them personally. but. II was argutN
especially against Rainey. that their
alleged partiSanShip would unilt
them.
Against Rainey was cited activity
in stirring np trouble for the re-
publican administration In Panama
canal matters.
The matter probably viii come up
In the house today. and II n OK
pected the democrats 10 a man viii
vote to repudiaie the republican eau
Gus action Incidentally there IL the
question whether. In the eircnm-
stances, Lloyd will consent 70 serve.
Separate Vote ON Democrats.
After the vote nominating the re-
, publicana had been taken resulting
In practical unanimous approval
, a separate vote was ordered on the
democratic members OF the commit.
tee. At this juncture Mr.. Cooper
declared he was authorized By
I number OF hts colleagues TO say thai
they were opposed TO naming demo-
= cratic members OF a committee IN
a republican caucus.
I'll would be harmful TO the re-
publican party to DO so. declared
Mr. Cooper
Mr.. Cooper constantly caused
laughter by repeated inadvertent al
fusion to ollie Jams AZ "Jessie"
James. When corrected. he said
he had got the name OF the famous
outlaw In his mind through reading
one OF his Law cases yesterday aud
meant no reflection upon Representa-.
tive James. But the laughter was
uproarioua when. in making bis sx-
PLANTATION. he said he meant no re-
heetion on Jesse James.
Wants Committee An Republican
The strongest partixnn speech wal
that Of }. sioat Fassett Of Nev
York. who adjured the republican,
TO name the whole committee without
regard TO democratic selections
This Is 3 republican cleaning. sais
Mr.. FasEett. and the democrat
have nothing TO do Nith II
Speaker Cannon opposed any com
promise. You've only got ~
propositions" said he Either az
eept the democratic selections OF re
Iect them"
when the caucus opened q notie
from the democratic caucus va
read apprisinE the majority Of h
democratic selection Of James an