The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-21
ALL DEMOCRATIC
 PROTESTS IGNORED
Rainey Is Displaced From The
 Investigation Committee
MIR. UNDERWOOD EXPLAINS
Alabamlan Declares That the Minority Had Not Taken Advantage of Re- publicans When Latter Were
 Absent.

Washington, January 2o.-Ignoring the protests of the democratic members the republican majority in the House ratified their caucus nominees for the Ballinger-Pinohot Investigating com mittee, disrlacng Representative Rainey of Illinois, one of the democratic selections, and naming in his stea d | Representative Lloyd of Missouri wh o indicated his willingness to serve on the committee.
 Consideration of the urgent deficiency appropriation bill was resumed but was laid aside until tomorrow after three hours debate.
 The Senate had a brief session. the only incident of which was a speech by Senator Bradley of Kentucky in which he defended Kentucky and charged that the tobacco trust" was responsible for the acts of violence which had been perpetrated by the so-called night riders in that state.
 The attempt by Representative Lloyd of Missouri to resign as a member of the Ballinger- -Pinchot committee brought about a curious condition to- day in which the House for time found itself practically in control of the minority, actual control of the body being prevented only by resorting to parliamentary tactics
 It having been given out that there would be a democratic caucus at 4:80 o'clock most of the republican members went home, while practically every democrat was in his place. Motions to adjourn were defeated by vociferous oh oruses from the democratic side.
 MT. Lloyd's resignation was read and Representative Tawney made the point of order that no one was auth orized to receive it and would not be SO author ized until the joint committee should be organized. Even then, he explained, the committee would have to have au- tn ority to receive a resignation of one of its members only by inference.
 MT. Tawney undertook to demon strate that MT. Lloyd, having been elected to membership on the commit tee. he had no avenue to escape from service.
 This view was combatted by MT. Un- derwood of Alabama. who said the House could accept the resignation of anybody 1t should create.
 MT. Lloyd attempted to obtain the floor for an explanation. but was barred out by the parlimentary situation.
 Mir. Tawney seeing the impossibi1ity of an adjournment attemtpsd to resume consideration of the deficiency bill as a means to force an adjournment. Again the democrats in overwhelming g numbers voted down his motion. Re- newing his motion to adojurn, sar Tawnsy demanded roll call aa an an swer to the chorus of negative votes on tho ground that tn ere was no quo rum present
 While the roll call was in progress and republican members were being called from their homes and hotels sev- eral miles away Mir. Underwood arose to make an explanation.
 After some delay the Alabama man succeeded in saying there had been a misunderstanding. He explained he had no knowledge of MT. Lloyd's intention to offer his resignation at the time. Tn 0 minority, he added. had not purposely taken advantage of the absence of re- publican members. He said it was man ifestly fair that he sh ould move to ad- Journ and in doing 50 received unani- nous consent. The House at o'clock adjourned 35 minutes after the time agreed for on the calling of tho demo- i cratic caucus.
 The Senate adjourned at an earlier hour. Senator Gore of Oklahoma, when the vote defeating the caucus nominees was announced, said: Tt is like Ra- poleon at Austerlitz where he said that when the enemy is making a mistake, don't disturb him.