The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-25
Squsbble at Conservation
Probe About Secretary's
Examination. Democrats
Of Lower House Caucus.


gressional inquiry. Attorney Yer
trees. who represents Ballinger. pro-
tested. Vertrees put up a fight to
prevent Ballinger being brought into
the case before he was called by
himself. claiming he would be cross
questioned before he was directly
examined. Attorney Brandeis, who
is representing CLAWS, cited the Ball
niger letter in which he said he'd be
glad to be present at any stage of
the proceedings. He said he desired
to prove matters that could only be
brought to the attention of the COM
mittee In the presence Of Ballinger.
Brandeis declared that he considered
Ballinger a material witness in the
presentation of his part OF the case.
Finally it was decided the question
should be threshed out in executive
session.
Democrats Caucus.
Washington, March 25. - With
scarcely a semblance OF a struggle,
the Democratic members of the
house last night elected their four mi
nority members of the enlarged rules
committee as follows:
Champ Clark. of Missouri, 125
votes.
Oscar Underwood. Alabama, 1O2.
Lincoln Dixon, Indiana, 80.
John Fitzgerald, New York, 9S.
A long hist of candidates received
scattering votes, Slayden. of Texas,
receiving So, the highest given to
an unsuccessful aspirant. The total
vote of the census was 40, which re-
qured II votes to elect.
The expected fight on Representa-
tive Fitzgerald, because of his atti-
tude on the rules question at the be-
ginning of the present congress, when
he, with 23 other Democrats, left the
leadership of Champ Clark and voted
with the Republicans, materialized
early in the meeting but failed to ac-
complsh any definite result.
Sims, of Tennessee, headed the fac
tion which opposed the selection OF
Fitzgerald, and introduced a resolu-
ton proposing to instruct the Demo
cratic members to support the reso-
luton to provide for the election by
the house OF a committee to select
all standing committees which power
of selection Is now vested in the
speaker.
The maximum strength shown by
the followers of Sims was 80, which
they polled against the motion TO ad-
journ. The Sims resolution did not
come to a vote by reason OF the
adoption of a motion to adjourn be
FIRE he had an opportunity to get II
up for consderatin. The Sims reso-
lution follows:
Resolved. That we hereby In
struct the Democratic members on
the rules committee selected by this
caucus to support any resolution OF
bill seeking to take from the speaker
of the house of representatives the
power to appoint all standing com
mittees in the house, and that they
use all honorable efforts to brint
about such change in the rules Of the
house as to have a committee or con
mittees, to be elected by the house
whose duty 1t shall be to appoint al
standing committees thereof"
When the caucus adjourned Sims
announced that he would proceed al
once to circulate call for another
caucus and consider the subject oi
lhis resolution. Only 25 signatures
are required to compel the holding OF
another caucus. AS the Sims sup
porters polled SO votes, another eau
Gus is In prospect.
Sims was not in the best of humor
over the manner in which his resolu-
ton was treated. The minority lead
ers. Clark and Underwood, are ap-
parentN satisfied with the result OF
the caucus.
everything was harmonious" said
Clark.
| Sims objection to the manner In
which his resolution was treated
was based on the parliamentary adj
vantage which was taken of him by
the interjection of the motion to ad'
journ.
| In all the speeches directed
specifically to the Sims resolution no
single word was uttered in dis
paragement for Fitzgerald for plac'
ON the rules committee. Amoni
lthose of the minority. Hammond o
Minnesota. received is votes. Raine