New-York tribune., 1910-03-24
HARMONY ATCAUCUS
INSURGENTS TO SUP
PORT TICKET.
R6mbijcdHs Name Sir Rules
Committee Members. IncInd-
ing Mr. FaSsctf.
From Tn. Tribune Bureau !

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members Of the House this evening. the
slate presented by Representative Taw-
ney az the beginning OF the meeting was
adopted. the following nominations be-
ing made Cor the Republican member
ship 81 the new Committee on Rules:
Representative Smith, Of Iowa: DalzeII.
OF !ennsy lvania: Lawrence. Of Msssa-
chusctts: Fas7ett. Of New York: Smith.
of California and Boutell. OF Illinois
IS NJ. Smith received the largest num-
her OF votes it is expected tina; he will
be chosen chairman.
The manner in which the election was
conducted was satisfactory To the So
called Insurgents. and all OF them will
support the ticket nominated. The four
Democratic members Of the committee
viii be nominated at caucus OF the
minority tomorrow night. II is be-
lieved that the action taken tonight viii
make for harmony amoE.s tho Republi-
cans Of the House and will pave the way
for early and favorable action or the
administration's legislative programme
on the first ballot the vote stood,
Smith, of Iowa. l6S: Dalzell. 146: Law
renee. l26. Fassett, li3: BouteIl. 81;
Smith. % California, % Kahn. IS: Long
worth. ;;:i: Stevens. rs: Gardner. of Mas
sachuetts. IS. Mccall, rs: Hamilton. Il;
Parsons. II: DENLY. 10: Malby. @: Haw-
ley. :. and Murdock. :. on notion of
M Fordney. of Michigan, the first four
men were declared nominated. on the
second ballot Mr.. Smith. OF California.
received 1873 votes and Mr.. Boutell los.
and these two we're declared duly noni-
mated Mr. I.ongworth received 80
votes. the rest being widely scattered.
Representative Gardner Absent.
When the caucus convened practically
every member OF the House was in his
seat including the entire insuTgent mem
bership. with the exception Of Repre-
sentative Gardner. Of Massachusetts,.
who was confined 10 his home by a slight
Illness Representative TaWney, OF
Minnesota. Immediately offered the fol-
lowing ticket and asked that II be rati-
fed. Representatives Dalzell. of Penn
sylvania. smith. OF Iowa Boutell. Of
Illinois. Lawrence. of Massachusetts:
D
California. In view Of the fact that the
insurgents ~ their meeting this after
noon decided that they did not favor the
election - Representative Fassett and
would oppose him Ia the caucus, there
wss q storm 81 protest against the
/ Ts wnsy slate and IL was immediately Y
voted down. Representative PAYNE then
moved that general ballot he taken. on
which each man present might write six
names. and that balloting continue until
six men had each obtained a majority.
I Representative Hubbard. of Iowa. moved
that The ballot he secret. and both of
these motions were carried.
Mr Payne appealed to all Of the 1913
members present 10 act as Republicans.
without regard 10 any schism whatever.
He appealed for harmony, united Re
puhlicsnism. and characterized any di-
vision within the party as unfair and
needless 50 far as he was concerned.
he said. ne was IN favor of putting one
insursent on the Rules Committee. He
declared his opposition 20 any state. and
he insisted that everybody-regular and
insurgent alike-shouid have a fair
ohanc-
During the early hours Of the caucus
Speaker Cannon spent the time in his
room reading newspapers. He felt that
us presence in the caucus might be mis-
interpreted shortly after = O'Clock.
however. he made up his mind 10 enter.
Guess IA better go in and cast my
ballot. he called 20 Mr.. Boutell, Of I'LL
/ nois. who had strolled IN. They went
into the House chamber together and
r, mained there for the rest Of the ses-
sion Thl Speaker voted for 1he TaW-
ney slate.
Nominating Speeches Limited.
Nominating speeches were Iirnitei 10
thirty seconds and the following names
were presented 20 the cauCus: Reprcsen-
tatives LongVorth. Gaines. Gardiner.
Fsssett. Malby. Smith. Of Iowa Boutell,
Dalzel. smith. Of California. Kahn,
Lawrence. Lowden. Miller. Of Kansas:
stevens. cooper DENLY. Murdock, Da-
,idson. Martin. Needham. Olmsted. Nor
ris ana Parsons. The last four
Withdrew their names before the
balloting began. The insurgents were
nominated 10y their colleagues
NoHe of the chairmen 81 the great
committees ~ the House was placed in
nomination. - il was deemed unwise
that one of these leaders should hold
two important positions The gathering
Was among the most dispassionate ever
held al the capitol 10 consider an i'm
portaut question Representatives Mur-
dock Nelson. Norris and Poindexter an
nouu,ed that they were entirely satisfied
With the methods employed in the caucus.
This expression was general among the
insurgents. and was extremely gratify-
ing to the regulars
Previous 20 the caucus the insurgents
held meeting at which several mem
bers opposed both Mossrs. DaIzeI and
Fassctt and agreed 10 contest their Sc
lection. Al The same time they agreed
that they would abide by the result.
The Pennsylvania member was objected
10 because II his long association on the
comk.ittee with Speaker Cannon and be-
cause he had presented on the floor
many nj me rules which had been re-
garded as particularly obnoxious to
Democratic rule. Fassctt was in dis
favor chiefly because his speech during
Tho recent insurrcction against the
Speaker vas one of tie most vitrioIlc
arraignments of tEe insurgents that was
delivered. "a cut the insurgents 10 the