| Show RAINEY WILL VILL NOT SERVE ON BEHALf OF MINORITY 4 4 iSa t ts s 4 4 y tL 4 I i T I i i I iL I V i V Vt t 4 0 V V VV V V I a I V V I q 4 I 44 r 4 t V SENATOR GEORGE SUTHERLAND Who was riven honor by the Vice President of the United States yes yesterday yesterday I SUTHERLAND Of UTAH V V REPRESENTS SENATE Latest Concerning Status of Baum Ballin Investigating V Committee CommitteeS S Special elal to The 4 Washington a Jan 9 4 wa 8 honored today h 4 beine selected as ont one or of the six x 4 to t ut t upon the t b to It ii the 9 trouble The rhe appointment I is It a 4 distinct compliment to the 4 V senator as the ws wa 9 with great care in p order 4 that the investigation he free fre 4 from suspicion of ism or 9 prejudice Mr 1 stand tand 9 ing all as a lawyer in the le al 4 Conspicuously fitted him fu en enice 4 ice In this capacity as many mallY le legal I 4 will wH arise in 4 with the matter The other men 4 bers of the committee aPPoint 4 bj Vice Ice President Sherman ate are 4 Nelson of Minnesota Flint of Call fornia Root OOt of New York 4 Beans and Pa Painter of Kentucky Kentuck 4 and Fletcher of Florida 4 cratl 4 t Washington Jan iThe ih cans today mustered their entIre emire parry parr strength In the House and a id fOI et if through their caucus program el li Dating Mr Rainey Halsey J Demona t from the in ing committee The Tue vote wa ayes aye 14 noes 18 voting present The Hu House e first voted ote l down an amendment offered hy by lIr M Clayton Democrat Alabama t I Raine for tOI Lloyd who announced tai he would not serve A of the wall w a after announcement of the vote on re resolution to t follow ly allf adjournment of the House Houst tda to d termine whether the shon 1110 I decline entirely representation on tl i i committee Of the E eighteen who HI n I lii Ii nOis I Lundin V Illinois and Young Sew York were ele regular 1 ry Vi Cooper Wisconsin t Ia Da it t Minnes ta LEon Lenroot root Minnesota Wa Washington Madtson nl l Nelson Wiscon WisconSin in i hart insurgents Insurgent V Ashbrook Hurlon Texas Carter Oklahoma PYU Pu r h Carom Carn Continued on Page Two RAINEY Will NOT SERVE I ION ON BEHALF OF MINORITY Continued From Page One Una lina RaIney Illinois and Webb North Carolina were Democrats Democrat of at PennsylvanIa and Olmstead Republican ot of Pennsylva PennsylvanIa ala nIa were paired Control An attempt by Representative Lloyd of Missouri to resign as a member of the joint congressional committee to investigate gate gale the controversy brought about a curious condition In which the House for a time found Itself In practically control of the minority ac tuat control of the body being prevented only by parliamentary tactics It having been given out that there would be a Democratic caucus at 43 most of the Republican members went home while practically every Demo Democrat Democrat crat was In his place Motions to adjourn were defeated by vociferous cheers and from the Democratic side Mr Lloyds resIgnation was read where whereupon whereupon upon Representative Tawney made the point ot of order that no one was authorized to receive It and would not be so authorized au authorized until the joint committee should be organized ed Even then he explained the committee would have authority to receive a resignation or of one of Its mom mem members bers only by Inference Mr Tawney us un undertook to demonstrate that Mr Lloyd basing been elected membership to on the committee could not escape service ThIs vIew was by Mr Under Underwood Underwood wood or of Alabama who said the House could accept the Lloyd Unable to Get the Floor Mr Lloyd att to obtain the floor for an explanation but was barred out by the parliamentary situation Mr Taw Tawney Tawney ney seeing the impossibility of an ad adjournment adjournment attempted to resume consIder consIderation consideration of the deficiency bill as a means the to force an adjournment Again Democrats In overwhelming numbers voted down hIs motion Renewing hIs motion to adjourn Mr oIl Tawney demanded a on the ground that no quorum was present While the was In progress and RepublIcan members were being culled called from theIr homes and hotels several miles away Mr Underwood arose to make an explanation After some del delay a the Alabaman sue suc succeeded In saying t ere had been a general misunderstandIng He explained ex explaIned that he had had nO n knowledge of Mr Lloyds Intention to otter offer his resignation at that time The minority he added had not purposely taken ad advantage advantage vantage of the absence of Republican members member He saId It was manifestly fall fair that he should move to adjourn and In doIng so he received unanimous unanimous support and the House at 5 05 adjourned just mIn mInutes mm utes after the tIme agreed upon for forthe forthe the Democratic caucUs The Demo Democratic Democratic cratic caucUS then assembled Democratic Caucus At the Democratic caucus Representative Rainey of at Illinois who was de denIed denied nIed a place on The Investigating committee liy jy a vote of the Republicans addressed hIs col colleagues colleagues leagues and withdrew his name from further consideration In that connection connection tion Representative James also asked to be relieved from service upon the committee but upon motion Of Mr Ir Rainey the caucus voted to ask Mr James to continue Mr Lloyd having stated a desire to tobe tobe be left oft off the commIttee the caucus expressed a vote of confidence In Mr Lloyd and decided to meet agaIn to tomorrow morrow night when the question of acting upon the successor will willbe be taken up A motion by Representative SIsson or of Alabama that Representative Representative Clayton ot of Alabama chaIr chaIrman chairman man ot of the caucus appoint a commit committee tee to consIder the on the Investigating In Investigating committee and to draw up an address to the country was adopted by a vote of 49 to 4 |
