The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-24
RULES COMMITTEE
MEMBERS CHOSEN
BY REPUBLICANS
Unanimously Adopt Action of
Party Caucus Held Last
Night.
Insurgents Are Satisfied With
Makeup.
DEMOCRATS CALL A CAUCUS.

Washington. March 24.-The Re.
publicans unanimously ratified the
nominees appointed b ythe caucus to
day. Representative Butler. OF Penn
sylvania. predicts one more ruction
before the close OF the session. lie
says he hasn't quite got all the bile
out OF his system. Norris. the inSur-
gent leader. says he Is ready for per
manent peace. but the new rules com
mittee must work stNight, or the
battle will be fought over again.
Republican Caucus.
With only the friendliest sort OF
rivalry. although arousing keen In
terest. the Republican caucus last
night reelected ak members OF tho
rules committee Apportioned TO the
Republican majority Of the house.
The following. all members OF the
regular" wing Of the party, were
chosen:
Walter |. Smith, OF Iowa. les
votes.
John DalEell. Pennsylvania. 146
votes
George p. Lawrence. Masaschu-
sets. IsG votes.
J. Sloan Fassei. New York. ia
votes
sylvester c. smith. California. 1876
votes.
Henry 6. Bontell. Illinois. Ies
votes.
Two ballots we're taken, four OF
the first named receiving a majority
OF the votes cast on the first ballot,
the two last named being chosen on
the second ballot.
The six members named represent
the slate prepared by Tawney. Of
Minnesota. during the day after con-
ferenees with both the regulars and
insurgents.
The vote OF the caucus was taken
by written ballot. each member writ
ing the names OF six men for whom
he desired to vote. There were nine
teen names placed for nomination.
and a large number besides these re-
ceived complimentary votes. Repre-
sentative Gardner, OF Maaschusetts.
received 38 votes. the highest num-
ber east for any lnsurgent
Needhsm. OF California, olmsted.
Of Pennsylyanla. Parsons. OF New
York. and Norris. OF Nebraska. de
clined 10 permit their names TO be
considered
The only incident which threatened
TO produce anything approaching ex
element kas when Tawney arose
soon after the meeting began and
offered resolution proposing the list
OF six men as named.
Immediately there were objec-
tons from an lnsurgen, from Iowa
to restricted nominations and an In
formal nominating ballot was pro
posed
To this Tawney demurred. and
Mccall. OF Massachusetts,. told the
former that when the slate was
brought into the convention, "it was
generally considered not a very dem
ocratlc way OF doing things" lie be-
lieved there should be an open bal
lot. Payne settled the controversy by
declaring, amid applause. In favor OF
the informal ballot.
Tawney withdrew the resolution
and list. His slate. nevertheless,
proved successful on the ballots
which followed.
The Democrats will caucus tonight
to name the four members allotted
to the minority. The insurgents APP
peared 10 be satisfied.
Norris, OF Nebraska, said:
ut was a fair, square deal. think
everybody Is well satisfied. or course
the men are not the men | would
have named II had been choosing. I"
During the early hours OF the eau
Gus Speaker Cannon remained in his
room reading the newspapers. He
felt that his presence at the caucus
might be misinterpreted. Shortly
after Q o'clock. however, he entered
and voted for the Tawney slate.