The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-12
WOOD RESOLUTION
is RETURNED TO
RULES COMMITTEE
House lakes Action Without
Record Vote,
LAWSON MAY BE RECALLED
Republicans Offer Substitute
During Debate,

WASHINGTON. Jan T. The house
today rrcommiucd the Wood leak
resolution without taxing vote on It.
Taunted BY G. o, p.
Taunicd by republicans who charged
they did not dare investigate further
the charge, of A stock market leak on
President Wilson'S peace note, the
house democrats today abandoned their
plan, Tor closing the inquiry and re-
committed the Wood resolution to tho
rules committee for further action
without vote.
WASHINGTON. Ian. l. - After
I Representative Cantrill Of Kentucky
Cdemocrau. dissenting from the views
OF his colleagues. had requested that
the rules committee recall Thomas w.
/ l.awson. Chairman Henry asked unani.
/ nous consent that the Wood leak
! resolution be rccommlltcd and that the
/ committee be directed tn cite lawson
/ Tor contempt II he continued TO refuse
,o answer questions The sudden turn
in the situation precipltatcd parlia-
mentary tauglc with the prospect that
lawson would be recalled.
The majority report was bret. frc-
Scn,cd hy Chairman Henry. II merely
said mo evidence was adduced sus-
tanning the charges in the Wood resolu-
ton
Offers Substitute.
Representative Campbell offered as
| substitute. his resolution to make the
widest possible inquiry into all angles
| Of the leak charges -..
"Not one 7partlcie II evidence was
produced to sustain the resolution OF
iered by Representative Wood" said
Chairman Henry. "No democrat, will
, submit that there was any warrant
found for these charges and surely no
republican will assert here that there
. was any evidence found to sustain them.
{ Another Resolution.
S5Ihefe IS another resolution, the
d original resolution. for an inquiry into
v leak IN the presidents message. stu
before the committee \ suboommit-
tee has been appointed to consider the
conduct OF oontumaciouS witness.
c Thomas " lawson. who refused to an
o swer certain questions Those matters
u may be considered by the committee
q and the house later
Il Representative Wood OF Indiana, au-
II thor oi tho resolution, addressed the
l. house, declaring he has no apology To
c make Tor his action
r Attitude OF Wood
&c II was compelled to introduce tho
= resolution" said Mr. Wood. because
n everywhere, both in and out OF con-
ID grcss, there were reports that men in
te high places had proiited OF the stock
market through advance information,
There still is a general belief through
?. out the country that there is something
40 wrong somewhere 1ha, there was Z
leak every member OF this house be-
icvcs To deny It would be ridiculous
As to whether II was caused purposely
OF not, there may be honest differences
oi opinion among us.
Representative Harrison democrat
Of Mississippi attacked Mr. Hood and
all the republicans who we're opposing
u the uniavorable report Partisan poll
tics, he maintained, was responsible,
. for the whole agitation Il do no, be
lcyc there was a leak" said he Their
VI were thousands oi ways that news %
Sc the coming note could have gotten out
II. Charges of Lenroot
p Representative lenroot, republican
tn also spoke Tor an investigation.
nd ~ reluctantly have been compelled
en- to come to the conclusion by the &c
he ton OF the majority OF this commit
at tee" he said, tina, there is a meubc
nd oi congress whom the committee seek
to- protect and am also compelled 4
its conclude that this member OF congreS
n belongs on the democratic side OF ,hi
an chamber"
to Statement Kissed.
he Kisses from the democratic side an
his loud applause from the republican
greeted the statement
Representative Gartet. democrat
renn(Fee declared that no evidence
suggestion or intima,ion had bee
found by the committee that any meu
bers OF the house had in any way bee
connected with stock transactions OF
se leak. Representative Bennc, repibl
can, said that the majority OF the rule
committee were afraid of an investis'
va ton and that every time the point WI
ace reached where there was a tracing
res things back to Washington, the ma
Of iori,y stopped.