Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-21

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both James and Rainey were voiced, the
DIRECTORS claiming to express the views
of President Taft. There was no objection
to either Of them personally, but It was
urged, especially against Rainey, that their
alleged extreme partianship would unfit
them for a judicial investigation.
Against Ralney Yves cited activity In
"stirring up trouble for the republican
administration In Panama canal matters.
After the vote nominating the four re-
publlcans had been taken, resulting in
practically unanimous approval, a separate
vote was ordered on the democratic MEM
bers Of the committed. At this %juncture
Mr.. Cooper arose and declared that he was
authorized by a number of his colleagues
10 say that they were opposed to naming
the democratic members Of a committee in
a republican caucus. @
Cooper Makes Then1 Laugh.
1T would be harmful to the republican
party To do So" declared Mr.. Cooper. who
is afraid?' He constantly repeated. ''Whc
Is afraid that harm will come to us from
James and Rainey? with all their haran.
CUES have they ever been able to hurt the
rerul can party or any membe of the
republican party? What chance have they
against men like Root or OImsted or Nc
Call? Let EN- stay on the committed; they
can't hurt u.s." =
Mr.. Cooper constantly caused laughter by
repeated inadyertant illusions to Ollie
James as jesse James. When corrected
he said he had got the name Of the IA.
nous outlaw in his mind through reading
one of his law cases today and meant ne
y ~ fIaof4nn 80 -.
the laughter was Lproarous, when in max.
ing this explanation he said he meant nc
reflection on jesse James.
The strongest partisan speech was that OF
j. Sloat Fassett of New York, who ad.
jured the republicans to name the whole
committee without regard to the demo.
cratic selections.
This is a republican cleaning said Mr.
Fassett, and the democratic nave nothing
to do with IT."
Speaker Cannon opposed any compromise
you've only got two Propositions sait
he, either accept the democratic selection.
or reject 'em."
Communication from Democrats.
When the caucus opened, notice from
the democratic caucus was read, apprlsinl
the majority Of the democratic selection Of
James and Rainey. A motion by Dougla.
OF Ohio to return the communication will
the request that other democrats be sub
stituted was overwhelmingly voted down
A motion by Representative Norris of Ne
braska, an insurgent, that the caucu!
first vote for the republican members o.
the committee. was laid on the table. Rep
resentative Goebei OF Ohio then offered
resolution naming the four republicans an(
Representatives Clayton and Lloyd as tn,
democratic members of the committee
Gardner of Massachusetts,. an insurgent
offered a substitute. providing for the, nam
ing of only the four republicans and leav
ing the two democratic places open. Ate.
a lengthy debate this was defeated, 104 L
GO.
1t was at this ~juncture that Representa-
tive Cooper and his insurgent colleague
left the caucus. A motion to substitute
James for Clayton made by Representatiy
Morse of Wisconsin, was adopted by
vote Of sS to "a. The two democratic selec
lions We're then ratified by a vote of 10
to 4. Just before the final ballot Represen
tative Ames Of Massachusetts,, moved t
substitute the names of Champ Clark. tn
minority leader, and Representative Under
wood, the democratic whip. for those o
james and Lloyd, but this was defeate,
~ a pt"OpSAhN uidllHlOuS vote.
holt Canses No stir.
The walkout of Representative Coope
and his little band Of insurgents cause
comparatively little excitement and wa
attended by no dramatic features.
Mr.. Cooper, after concluding his brle
speech. left the hall and was followed b
the five others, one at a time.
All Of the insurgent members OF tn
house were present at the caucus. The az
plause was frequent during the speeche
and at times the pounding on the desk
and the handclappipg could be heard ia
out in the corridors. Several speeches wer
made in opposition to the naming Of tn
democrats in a republicanscaucus.
: II was stated. after the caucus. this
Representative Cooper Sas supported /
this stand by several regular republ
cans, including Gaines of West Virgini,
Gillette OF Massaehusetts; Fish OF Ne,
York and Douglas OF Ohio. The overwheIr
ing majority. however, WASH in favor Of dic
tating the personnel Of the whole eommit
! tee, thus indicating that when the matte
| comes to the floor OF the house tomorrow
there will, In all probability, be amp
7 votes to carry the ticket through over an
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