Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-11
MEMORY AT ODDS.
W|THTHERECORD
Disclosure of Conditions A.
fecting Roll Call on the MuI-
hall Inquiry.

The integrity Of the voting in the
House was challenged today in q stAte-
ment under privilege by Representative
NJ Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania. pro-
gressive. After stating he agreed with
Speaker Clark's count Of twenty-three
members who rose in the House De-
cember 9, in: favor OF roll call as to
referring the Mulhall lobby inquiry
committee reports to the judiciary com.
mittee. Mr.. Kelly read letter from the
National Voters League Reporting
forty-seven representatives who had
advised the league they stood up on
the demand for roll call
Mr.. Kelly read the list Of forty -seven
members to the House and said that it
was a vital question affecting the in
tegrity Of the House.
What the Situation Indicates.
Here we have a situation which
would Indicate that we either cannot
secure a roll call when desired or We
cannot deoend upon the members, to
take the same stand in public when
the spotlight of publicity is turned
on. as they did in the House when the
votes were counted.
IF forty-ssven stood up it was more
than sufficient for roll call, which was
not ordered. l believe that the Speaker
counted correctly when he announced
I have here the names of forty-seven
members WHIP claim to have been stand
ing. I want to present the matter to
the House and insert these names in the
Congressional Record so that the mem
bers and the country may see them.
Mr.. Kelly read correspondence between
himself and Lynn Haines. executive sec
rotary of the National Voters League in
this city. ~ $3.50 -
Statement by Mr.. Haines.
SIN addition to the forty-seven." wrote
MI. Haines, "eight members were not
certain. but the majority Of these replied
to the leagues query in such a way as to
imply that they also had supported the
demand for the roll call.
lone member telephoned to THIS Office
that he had voted for the roll call. Six
teen returned more or less evasfve
answers. Fffty-sfx, many Of whom said
they would have favored the roll call
had they been present. replied that they
were not in the House on that occasion.
1.-TWO stated that they took no part
in the proceedings because their names
were involved in the MulhallS charges
Only Ave out Of the 1875 who replied
stated that they were against; the RON
call.
List of the Forty-seven Members.
1.-The fortyseven who replied definitely
that they had Joined in the demand for
roll call are as follows: -
Sydney Anderson William A. Ash
brook, Silas B. Barton. Ellsworth Z.
Bathrick. Charles G. Bell. Stanley e.
| Bowdle, NJ. E. Burke, Philip P. Camp
bell. Ira c. Copley. Louis c. Champion,
Charles H. Dillon, jeremiah. Donovan.
John J. Esch. John B. Farr. H. Robert
| Fowler, George E. German. Courtney
| w. Hamlin W. H. Hinebaughs wills. ].
| Rulings, ALERT johnson. Edward Keat-
| ing, NJ Clyde Kelly, Thomas. E.. Kenop,
William La Toilette, Fred E. Levin. W. J.
Macdonald, James Manahan. AHdreW J.
Montague. Victor Murdoch. William F.
! Murray, George A. Nicely, John !. Nolan.
T. p. ]. Morton, Dennis O'Leary, Percy
E. Quinn, John B. Raker. Arthur r..
Ripley, Dorsey W. Shackleford., r. B.
Stevens, Tom Stout, Howard Suther-
land, H. W. Temple, Charles NJ. Thorn
son. J. B. Thompson. Anderson II. Wall
ters, Otis Wingo and Roy o. Woodtpr.
Eight Who Are in Doubt.
1.-THE eight members who were in doubt,
but the majority OF whom replied to the
leagues query in such way as to imply
that they also demanded the roll call. are
as follows: Robert crosser. John J.
E,agan, w. r. Green. F. l. Hamilton,
Walter I. Mccoy, N. ]. Sinnott, Luther
w. Mott, John H. Small.
1.-The member who telephoned this Office
that he stood up to ask for the roll
call is H. T. Helgesen.''