The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-18
NAMES
PROBE COMMITTEE
STEEL TRUST WILL BE INVEST
GATED; SUGAR TRUST ALSO
CAUCUS COMMITTEE.

Washington, May l7.-Charses thai
Democratic members of the house
committee on rules were seeking
to usurp functions of a caucus by
nominating the members of commit
tees which will investigate the so.
called steel and sugar trusts, created
the most serious break that has Oc-
Cured in the Democratic ranks of
the house since the opening Of con
gress
Chairman Henry was denounced by
Representative Fitzgerald, chairman
of the appropriations committee with
having made an "unwarranted as.
sumption of authority" for the rules
committee.
Other Democrats said the action of
the rules committee, if ratified by
the house, would be a complete abro-
cation of the principles for which
the Democrats had stood namely,
the selection of committees by ac-
ton of the Democratic caucus.
Two lists Of names, one being the
proposed steel trust committee and
the other the sugar trust commit
tee. were submitted by Mr.. Henry
in the form of privileged resolutions,
which he asked the house to adopt.
Immediately questioned by Demo
Gratis who had not been consulted
as to the authority by which the
rules committee offered these names,
Mr. Henry said about $50 Democrats
had approved the Democratic list,
and Republican members were named
by minority leader Mann.
The steel trust investigating com
mittee was approved before the
Democrats woke up to the full effect
of the situation The resultant fight
fell upon the sugar trust commit
tee, and a continuation of the strIg-
gle finally was averted by the action
of Democratic leader Underwood In
adiourning the house while the reso-
luton was still pending.
Mr.. Henry denied there had been
any assumption of authority or that
the action of the rules committee
would defeat the whole Democratic
principle of the election OF the com
mttees by the party caucus and the
whole house.
Democrats then began TO jump up
all through the house and protest
that they had never been consulted
by the rules committee. Repre-
sentatives Cox of Indiana, Martin OF
Colorado, Shackelford of Missouri
Sisson of Mississippi, and Fitzgerald
: of New York joined in the protest
and were backed up by many othel
Democrats who circulated about anC
offered advice. The Republican,
kept silent, except for occasiona
Whispered suggestions to some of th'
angry Democrats. There was n,
complaint as to the Democratic pei
sonnel of the two proposed commit
tees. the objection being confined Il
the manner of appointing them Rel
resentative Cooper Of Wisconsin SAT-
he had heard that a Republican wh
- was selected as one of the commi'
e tee had been a local attorney OF tn
steel trust, but minority leader Nam
said he knew OF no such fact.
The steel trust investigating com
- mittee, which was duly elected b.
the house, follows:
Representatives Stanley Kentucky
chairman; Bartlett, Georgia; BeaT
= Texas; Littleton, New York; McGil
licuddy, Maine; Olmstead, Pennsyl
vania: Young, Michigan; Sterling
Illinois, and Danforth, New York
The sugar trust investigating som
mittee, as proposed by Chairman Hen
ry. but not acted upon, consists o
t Representatives Hardwick, Georgia
. chairman: Garrett, Tennessee; Sulzer
New York Jacoway. Arkansas; BaE
l er. California: Malby, y. Y; Ford
t ney, Michigan; Madison, Kansas, an,
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