Show COMBINATION OF DEMOCRATS I AND INSURGENTS WIN OUT HOUSE HOUS RULES HIT SPEAKER Members of the Joint Commit Committee tee to Investigate Interior Department Will Not Be BeT Appointed by Cannon T VOTE UPON QUESTION EXCEEDINGLY CLOSE Three Regular Republicans Friends of Pinchot Joined I Disturbers and Made Defeat of the Organization Possible T THREE HOURS U OF DEBATE 1 Washington M J n House s of Representatives today after a par parliamentary parliamentary battle in which a corn com of insurgent Republicans and Democrats defeated the Republican Republican lican organization adopted a joint resolution providing for an investigation tion of the interior department and the forestry bureau The resolution provides for an investigation to o be conducted by a joint committee of the House and tIle the Senate i iThe The defeat ot of the Cannon organization came ame In the n by a vote ot of it 11 to HG of an amendment providing that House members of the joint committee be appointed b by the House Itself and aud not by Speaker Cannon Cannons As s soon as the Presidents special mes messagE sagE aage had been road read in the House today Chairman Dalzell of the rules committee brought In a privileged resolution pro providing viding for the Immediate consideration of oC the joint Investigation resolution duN dued several days das ago by Ue Humphrey of Mr Ir Dalzel explained that after Its adoption by he Senate and Its sl signature nature by the the joint resolution would become a law giving the Invest gating committee power to summon wit witnesses nesses and compel them to t Debate Opened An agreement to limit the debate to three hours with the privilege ot of offer oCter offering Ing amendments being Mr FItz FItzgerald gerald erald of New York opened the struggle 4 gle Mr Fitzgerald declared he was In favor tavor ot of this regulation Ho He the opinion It sho should ld be narrowed so itS as asto to eliminate In the Inquiry Gifford Pin Pinchot hot chot whose only defense he asserted has hae been that he has be ben n too ac against land thieves and land and so as to deal only with tile the gray harges made against the Inter r rity t and personal honor of a of the Presidents cabinet Mr Ir ger Mr Ir Fitzgerald said ho he thought It be beTh Th ath the dignity of Congress to ask tb President to Investigate a member ot of hit ht and therefore he was as opposed to toa t ta a joint resolution which would require th tb signature to Secretary Ballingers let ha hat t 1 to Senator Jb es asking the for tor forest est service be Included In th the pro olEd Mr Ir Fitzgerald objected to Ur Mr attempt to dictate the char ater of the inquiry I Amendments Offered Mr Ir Fitzgerald offered two amendment t the pending resolution aimed to eliminate eliminate nate the forest bureau from the proposed Representative Norris of oC Nebraska said that the proposed investigation was such an 1111 Important matter that he believed the six members of oC the committee to nt the House should be elected by that tody ody Instead of being appointed by th the sp aker and lIe he offered an amendment to t that effect k of NebrasKa the right of Mr 11 to diLate the form torm ot of the that C make Pinchot Criticised Representative Martin Democrat Demorat f Colorado criticised the forest service and tl tIe all ministration administration of Forester Pinchot If quoted Mr h Pinchot as saying that thal 11 had the forest service Continued on Page Six e i p 3 S I i f 3 w t A AJ J A At AI R I t j ja ji a i 7 r i iI I p it L I i t 1 JOSEPH U G CANNON Speaker of the House of Representatives He was attacked by tIle the insurgents insurgents II gents yesterday and suffered a temporary defeat I 1 I COMBINATION OF DEMOCRATS AND INSURGENTS WIN OUT Continued From Page One entirely within the limits of oC the law but If this were the he case said the speak speaker er there are some laws in hi The e coun country country try that were In I ad d need of American Americanization Representative Martin was overwhelmed by br a series of pointed questions from both Republican and Democratic sides Representative Sims ot of Tennes Tennessee e wanted to why Mr Taft retained in office such II a man as ou describe Mr tin chot to be Representative Martin replied There were vere Indications that that official would not ho 00 retained In office indefinitelY at least Demand by Mr Cooper Can you nl name me a single vIolation ot of law by Mr Pinchot demanded Mr Cooper You say you are wholly fa familiar millar with this question from first hand experience and not from information gleaned leaned through Ugh Pullman car ear windows then tell u about what J ask Mr Martin replied that his was full of oC about aboul such looked like offense |