New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
Quorum Was Present ~ First.

When the committee met there "ers
eight members present. constituting quo
rum. bur before the voting on the Madison
resolution was reached Senator George
Sutherland. Republican of Utah and Rep
resentative Samuel x. Mccall, Republican
of Massachusetts. Withdrew. Chairman
| Nelson remained. but took no part in tbs
voting
The Republicans assert that the with
drawsl Of Messrs- Sutherland and Mccall
broke the quorum. In this view Repre-
sentative Madison totrE- He said
Final action has not been taken, Nc
report has been adopted. and majority
can, Of course, If 1t sees fit, reverse TO-
days action
| The Republicans say they DO not see
| how the assertion can be made that q
quorum was present. when seven constitute
| a majority of this particular committee,
| and that only six were present.
The resolution adopted today is believed
J 10 be along the line of the minority report
| which is being prepared for presentation
| possibly Al the meeting Friday. The mem
/ bers al the meeting to-day decided their
report should be made public at the session
! here. along with the ma aiority findings, and
| given TO the public tmmAdia telv. Represen-
tative Madison is preparing an independent
minority report. which, il Is said. will sus-
| tain the course Of Clifford Pinchot
| The resolution offered by Mr. Madison
and adopted IS as follows.
! First-That the charges made by L. T
| CLAWS against Secretary BallinEer should
/ be sustained that in the matter OF the dis.
| position OF the Cunningham coal lands, MI
/ Rallinger was not faithful trustee of the
! interests of the people and did not perform
RI IL
! protect such interests.
! Secord-That the charges made by Mr.
Pinchot should be sustained. that Mr
/ Bdllinger : course in the aduinistra tion OF
/ the Department If the Interior has beer
! characterized hv z lack of fidelity 70 the
| public interests that this has been shoWr
/ in his treatment of the Cunnin CHAM cOal
! claims, the restoration OF the waterpower
| sites 70 entry without intention to rAwith-
| reclamation service, the later resulting in
| unnecessary humiliation 70 the director and
/ tending toward the disintegration of the
! service. that he has not shown himself tr
| be that character Of friend TO the policy ot
| conservation of our natural resources that
the man should be who occupies the i'm
| in our government. and that he should nr
! longer be retained in that office.
i Amendments offered by Mr. James pro
viding for presentation of the COMMITTEES
/ findings AZ the session in this city and for
| immediate pubIica ton we're adopted Those
voting 70 adopt the foregoing. along with
| the amendments. were the following Demo
| cratic representa- tives. Ollie NJ James, Of
! 'kentucky. James NJ Graham. Of Illinois
! Senator'S Fletcher. IF Florida. and " z
/ Purcell. Of North Dakota. and the Rerub-
! Hcan tnsurgent. Mr. Madison
! The matter of the Cunningham coal lands
| figured extensively in the hearings held in
Washington At which Claws. the dis
! charged chief Of field division Of the Gen
/ cral Land Office. was = principal witness
/ Charges agairet Secretary Bsllinger with
respect 70 the Cunningham claims were
/ made hv Claws Mr. Finchots charges
| dwell largely the question of Western
| power sites
When the committee met this morning
| those present were Senator's Nelson and
| Sutherland and Representative Mccall and
| Madison Republicans. and Senators Purcell
| and Fletcher and Representatives James
| and Graham Democrats. Word was re-
! ceived that Representative DENLY Republi-
! can would be here tomorrow, that Repre-
| sents tive Olmsted, who ta IN Maine would
| arrive on Friday, and that Senator Root
| Republican New York might also be here
| on FRIDAY Frank J. Flint Republican OF
California is abroad and is not expected
| for some time
The Democratic members were deter