The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-21
Coalition With Democrats to De- feat Regulars Is Completely
 Knocked Out
PRESSURE IS BROUGHT
 ID BEAR ON INSURGENTS
President Taft Throws Out Hint to the RebeIIious Republicans Which They Are Not Slow to See and
 Understand.
uy WATTERsoN sTEALEY.

ny PATTERSON STEALEY.
 Washington, January 20-(Special.)- The insurgents of the House Of Repre- sertatives have again been corralled by the Cannon organization. The majority of them are still just as bitterly opposed to the Cannon-Payne Dalzell way of manipulation of the membership of the popular branch of Congress but The much vaunted coalition with the democratic minority, whereby the power of the speaker was temporarily broken a fort night ago has dsintegrated
 The rock over which the loosely con structed insurgent craft was wrecked was the declaration of the democratic caucus in favor of the selection of Messrs. James and Rainey as minority members of the Ballinger7 Pinchot in- vestigating committee. Through pres adential pressure and shrewd generalship the nomination of Rainey was today re- pudiated by a majority vote of the House and when the lony participated show down came only one insurgent-Miles Poindexter of Washington, who was elected on an anti-Cannon plank-was found voting with the democrats in favor of the election of Representative Rainey
 Like Gentle Lambs.
 All of the other insurgents either voted like gentle lambs with the republican majority in support of their caucus nom- inee of last night or were also record ed either as present or absent but not voting. By vote of 1S6 to 145 along strict party lines with the exception of the lone disaffection of Mir Poindexter and after one hour of debate during which there was neither oratorical ex- plosion nor sensation, the House repuh- Icans today put through the ratifica- ton by the House of the caucus nom inees chosen in the republican caucus of last night
 Prior to this an amendment offered by Judge Clayton of Alabama to have inc name of MT. Rainey substituted for Rep resentative Lloyd of Missouri, was sle- feated by vote of 192 to I47.
 This, in spite of the fact that the House itself had provided for the elec- ton of its own members of the inyesti- gating committee instead of their an pointment by the speaker the personnel chosen was elected practically at the dic- tation of the Cannon forces, with the aid aAd comfort they had received dur ing tne White House conferences be- tween the President and Messrs Dwight < and Hayes, the chief spokesmen for the { regVars' and the insurgents" The prece4nt was also established that 1t Is within the power of the majority in caucua to put through a slate which amounts to a practical repudiation of the right of the minority to choose their own nominees bu a Of thai,
 Message From Taft.
 During the progress of the reamalga- mation Of the divided forces of the re- publicans message was received at each end of the capitol from President Taft stating that he had attached his signature to the joint resolution proyidins- for the appointment of the Ballinger- Pinchot committee, and It's investigation of the big controversy. This made the resolution calling for an inquiry the law of tho land and the vice president, un- der authority granted by that resolution, at once announced the Senate members of the committee.
 While the name of Senator Elihu Root of New York appears at the bottom of the majority side of the committee 1t Is the New York senator the friends of tho administration are looking for ward to to do the real work of bringing in a report favorable to the Secretary of the Interior. From the administra- fion standpoint no better man could have |. been chosen. Much of his life has been Opent In handling just such cases, and if he cannot clear Mir Ballinger the Secre- tary of the Interior is in desperate straits
 The House democrats tonight held a caucus at which at his own request Rep resentative Rainey of Illinois. who was turned down by the republicans, rendered h a m a Sso IrnI r1n1 1fvan It was accepted Representative James of Kentucky then rendered his resigna- tion. but upon the motion of MT. Rainey 1t was not accepted. It is therefore set tied that MT. James will serve on the committee with every democratic sanc- ton.
 Lloyd Resigns.
 A committee of seven democrats was appointed to consider the case of Repre- sentative Lloyd of Missouri, who was elected on the committee with MT. James by the republican caucus and the House today. Before adjournment was had this afternoon MT. Lloyd rendered his resigna- eion in the House. There were many ab- sentees at the time and the republicans thought they saw in the action an at- tempt xo have the resignation accepted by vote of the House. call of the House was at once ordered, but was stopped by Representative Underwood of Alabama, who gave assurances that no undue advantage was being attempted by the democrats. The call was stopped, the Houseashortly after adjourning, leav- Ing the Lloyd resignation suspended in khe air.
 MT. Lloyd. who is the chairman of the democratic committee, does not want to serve for the double reason that he is not the choice of the democratic caucus and in addition is already engaged in the preliminaries of tho congressional lampaisn. Whether tho democrats win