The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
FAIL TO UPSET MANN's POWER
TO NAME ALL REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES.
ON o U COMMITTEES
Are Beaten by Vote Of 1877 to 1o7.-
Lodge Amendment stirs Up
Unexpected Opposition by
Democrats.

insurgents met defeat in the house II
an attempt to upset Republican Lead
er Mann's power to name all Repub
lican candidates for places on the
house committees.
Led by Representative Norris o.
Nebraska, who managed the grea'
rules fight of the previous congress
the insurgents tried to set aside Mr.
Mann's nomination Of Philip B. Camp
bell of Kansas, regular, to succeed the
late e. H.. Madison, insurgent, on the
committee on rules; and to nominate
in his place Victor Murdoch of Kan
sas, insurgent.
Opposed by both Democratic and
Republican leaders, the insurgent at
tempt was beaten by a vote of 161
to 107. OF the 107 votes cast in favor
Of Murdoch, 26 were Republican and
81 Democratic, while 107 Republican
votes were cast against the proposed
substitution.
That Lodge Amendment.
The Lodge amendment to the reso
luton for ratification Of the arbitra
ton treaties with Great Britain and
France has stirred unexpected opposi
ton from Democratic senators. 1t is
favored, however, by three-fourths OF
the Republican senators, who accept
1t as a happy compromise Of all diff
ferences.
The Republican senators are not
strong enough to put through the
treaties without considerable trouble
and some concern was expressed as to
the attitude of Democratic senators
who heretofore have been classed as
friendly to the treaties. Senators
Raynor and Williams are favorable to
them without any modification. Sena.
tor Raynor announced his intention
of again addressing the senate on the
treaties some day next week.
The text of the Lodge amendment
to the ratification resolution Is as fol-
lows:
The senate advised and con
sents to the ratification of the
treaty with the understanding to
be made a part of such ratifica-
ton that any joint high commits
sion of inquiry to which shall be
referred the question as to
whether or not a difference Is
subject to arbitration under Ar
ticle l of the treaty as provided
by Article Ill thereof, the Ameri-
can members Of such commission
shall be appointed by the presi-
dent subject to the advice and
consent Of the senate and with
the further understanding that the
reservation in Article l Of the
treaty that the special agreement
In each case shall be made by the
president by and with the advice
and consent Of the senate means
the concurrence of the senate in
the full exercise of it's constitu-
tional powers in respect to every
special agreement, whether sub
mitted to the senate as the result
of the report of a joint high COM
ission of inquiry under Article
III Or otherwise"
Gompers on Sherman Law.
Backing up his demand that the
Sherman antitrust law should be so
amended as to exempt labor ~organiza-
tons from its provisions, Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, who appeared before
the senate interstate commerce COM
mittee, quoted an interview he had
with former President Roosevelt in
1908.
Washington, ID. ~C.-Senator Will
liam Lorimer began testifying in his
own defense. 1t was the Illinois
senator's first appearance in the wit
ness chair since the senate ordered an
investigation of his election and the
event attracted to the committee
room a large audience composed
chiefly of women, which waited
through an uninteresting day for a
sensation that failed t o develop.
Senator Lorimer was not called I'M
til Edward Hines. the Chicago lumber
man, and HI. A. j. Upham, a Milwau-
kee lawyer and partner of Senator
Stephenson in several lumber compan-
les, had occupied the better part of
the day. Upham was examined at
length by William j. Hynes, who ap-
peared as counsel for Hines. Edgar
H. Farrar of New Orleans, counsel
for the Weyerhaeuser lumber inter-
ests, also sat at the lawyers table.
Judge Elbridge Hanecy. Lorimer's
counsel, remained in the background
until the examination of Upham
ended.
The first question Judge Hanecy put
to Senator Lorimer after the witness