The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-01-21
CAUCUS PROGRAM
CARRIED THROUGH
DEMOCRAT RAlNEY REJECTED ON
A VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
LLOYD REFUSES TO TAKE PLACE

The Republican Party Musters Its En-.
tire Strength and, by United Action
OF Regulars" and wnsurgents" Re.
lects Objectionable Democrat.
Washington, Jan. 20. The repub-
licans today mustered their entire par
ty strength in the house and forced
through their caucus program, elm.
mating Mr.. Rainey (democraD of IL
linois from the Ballinger-Pinchot In.
vestigating committee. The vote was
1856 ayes, las nos, 1S voting present"
Representative Lloyd of Missouri an
nounced to the house that he would
not serve on the committee. His
statement was greeted with applause.
Representative Clayton of Alabama
(democrat offered an amendment to
the republican rule naming members
of the Ballinger committee proposing
to substitute Rainey for Lloyd, but
this was voted down.
Senate Members Named.
Vice President Sherman today an
nounced the following as the senate
members for the Ballinger-Pinchot
committee: Senators Nelson of
Minnesota, Flint of California, Suther-
land of Utah, Root of New York ire
publicans); and Paynter of Kentucky
and Fletcher of Florida (democrats).
Murdoch Takes Shot at Cannon.
Legislative authority is on the run.
Its chief exponent, Speaker Cannon,
has lost his power and every effort
will be made to see that his legislative
system goes with him." said Insurgent
Leader Murdoch of Kansas comment
ing upon the action of the house today
in naming the Ballinger-PinChot inves-
tigating committee.
Taft Wants Square Deal"
What the president wants in the
Ballinger investigation is a square
deal" and he said so yesterday and
today with much emphasis to the in
surgents who went to see him. 1t is
understood that he regarded the selec.
tion of Rainey and James by the dem
ocrats as the opposite Of Square
deal" aud believes They we-o picked
out by the democrats purely with a
view to stirring up political trouble.
The chief difficulty with Representa-
tive Murdoch, when talking with the
president, was his uncertainty as to
what the people would say if he were
to back water and stand with the pres
ident for the rejection of Rainey and
James. 1t was in this connection that
the president said that he was in favor
of Square deal" in the Ballinger in
vestigation, and didn't care what the
people said unless they, too were in
favor of the same square deal" as
he assumed they were.
States Views to Insurgents.
The president could not refrain from
indirectly letting Murdoch know what
he thought of the action of the insur
gents in combining with the democrats
and making the present mixup posi-
BILE. He said that the insurgents would
not sonsent to let the republicans o.
the house name their own members o.
the investigating committee, but in
sisted that he (the president) should
name them. This the president did
and the house republicans accepted
his list of names. But when 1t came
to naming the democratic members o
the committee, the insurgents did no
go to the president, but permitted the
democrats to select their own men
The result was the present confusion
Mr.. Murdoch was compelled to ad
NIT that there was much force anC
truth in what the president had saiC
to him.
The rejection of Rainey, it was real
lied, will leave the democrats oppor
tunity to cry "whitewash," but this, i
is believed, is better than having tn,
investigation proceed as mapped out
Washington. Jan. 20.-The caucus o
republican members of the house las
night named the members of the house