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Show I f,LL P10BE ) ! fair mm . I House Caucus lakes I Decision, f - k t New Investigating Commit-l Commit-l tee Is Given the Powers j of a Court. 1 Walton's Ltind Board Bill Posses the j Senato as -a Party Measure ' Bank Bill Is Passed. 'i 2 J A'.l o the financial operations of the 5 I IOtlslona Purchr.eo Exposition commls- i ilon will bo gone Into by a spoclal Houso t ;j committee, which 13 Instructed to make tbo Investigation as rigid as possible and )3 empowered to summons witnesses and take testimony. i f Virtually every Republican member of ! (ho House was present at a caucus called ? after the afternoon silling yesterday. Mr. i Austin was called upon to preside. Ho ' Ftated that the caucus had bcn called to 4 formulate a policy for the disposition of y i the report of the special commlttco on I the Louisiana Purchase deficit. lflcr some Informal discussion, In f.1 ifceh various members mentioned m-.iSl; m-.iSl; V6 that had come to their cars, a moil mo-il f in was inade tlmt lne report bo taken J 5 from the table and submitted to a nbw J ij commlttco with judicial powers. Tho mo- f ilon was not opposed, although Mr. Ed-I Ed-I iPi w.inl criticised the foim of proccduro 1 I eurgested. Mr Kinney was selected to 2 j I'rvparo a resolution embodying the dccl-j dccl-j i tion of the caucus. a It was also decided to hold up tho Sen-t Sen-t ate bill for an appropriation to cover tho i d deficit In the exposition fund unttl tho j conclusion of the Investigation. The pro- ! Frammo wns dulv carried out at the night '1 raslon. Mr. Kinney handed in the reso-s reso-s j lutlon and It was adopted unanimously, j In addition to Its routine business the j. , House yesterday passed two bills, both t o Involving long arguments. In tho nftcr-I nftcr-I J noon it was II. B. No. G3, by McCrea, re- j, quiring plaintiffs to pay a fco of J1.50 be-j be-j 1 'ore garnishees can be compelled to make i F answer In the evening Anderson's bill j '4 providing for tho InGpcctloii of private 3 tanks hy the State Bank Examiner wns t .1 put through b an overwhelming major-i major-i ;J it)", despite the opposition of Joseph, Kln- I I noy and one or two others, ft Senators Bamberger, Bennion and Bar-S Bar-S ter. the Democratic members, mado a i Ij pliant tight against the Republican ma-i ma-i if Jortty yesterday to prevent making tho t I Slate Land board a purely partisan ma- ,1 chine, and went down with colors riy- I inr The friends of tho administration, f which Is seeking to make good all cam- palfn promisee; for places at the pic counter, resisted any chango In the Wal- ton bill that would destroy Its partisan jotrcrs, and it passed by a strict party 6 ' vote. The bill suffered several Impor-4 Impor-4 ' tart amendments, one of which was ti reduce the secretary's salary from $2500 t to $ltiD and take his appointment out of s tho Governor's hands. i f Appropriation wan mado by the Senate 'J amounting to $7oX to reimburse- tho SL Jj Louis World s Fair commission for funds i borrowed to cover exhibit deficit and thin ; was rushed to tho House for as early t action as possible. |