Show Y THIRD PARTY PLANS r ACTIVE LEGISlATIVE i. i 1 CAMPAIGN IN HOUSE t Flood 00 of o Oratory Characterizes Caucus 0 of 15 75 Bull Moose nose Representatives AS April 4 At 4 At the first W WASHINGTON caucus caucus caucus' of or tho Progressives I the third party organization or In the nominated Representative Representative- Victor of ot Kansas t Jam aa ns n the candidate for speaker and perfected plans for Cor n legis- legis JC Ji r latho n campaign Fifteen members of tho House attended the tho conference nce and to affiliation of or four tout moro members who have havo not yet ct r reached ached Washington was wa announce announced t The Tho caucus or conference was teas hold held kiln n the tho majority conference room of oC the Huse office building and 1 a crowd crowel of or orI I interested i many of ot them woman wornon attended A flood lood of ot oratory fi through tho rho entire proceedings and tho now new contro congressmen were accord accord- cd abundant applause as they d denounced de- de both Democratic and c ican n parties parUM- bo bossism And special privilege c and lauded Pro- Pro J vc principles and Theodore Roose- Roose An Au unexpected keynote message mes- mes sage tram train Colonel Roosevelt failed to materialize j The rhe members who attended the cauCuS cau- cau CuS e Rupley Tem Tem- Walters Lewis Jowl Hulin Hulln Hulings s and Kel- Kel feley le of oC Pennsylvania anla Dell Bell and Stephens I or of California Murdock of or Kans Kam Kansas as aR I h and Copeley of r Illinois Br Bryan an of Washington ton Lafferty of or Ore- Ore I If Kan gan n Chandler of or New cw York and Lindbergh Lind- Lind bergh h of or Minnesota Those recorded as affiliating but not present were r Falconer of or Washington Woodruff of or Michigan an Nolan of oC Cal- Cal and Thomson of or Illinois i e Th The caucus adopted a n. resolution declaring de- de r claring that Its action was not binding upon the members attending but that each roach member was free tree to support Progressive Pro Pro- Progressive Jr s lve measures appearing in tho the house from any source I I At After r a lengthy length th discussion In the tho course ourse of or which Mr lr Murdock declared that tho Progressives were entitled to representation on the important public committees not only because of their numerical strength in the House House- but hut ilso because of the largo large Pro Progressive rote ate for fOl the In the tho cast party part election a committee was ap- ap appointed ap ap- pointed to consult Majority J Leader Un- Un h about PrO Progressive 0 as assign assign- ts Representatives Murdock h and Stephens wi will trill servo on his this committee Mr Murdock said he ho thirty or fort forty committee laces for Cor Progressives es A Je legislative committee composed of or Kelley Chandler Cope Cope- oy ey Boll Bell and and Lindbergh bergh was appointed o o 0 framo frame the thc Ic legislative I c measures which IJ form the Pro Progressive r pro program ram All Allf f t lit tho Progressive members will meet ext cat Tuesday with Dean Lewis o of I Pennsylvania Penn enn- enn sylvania J university ul Jane lane Addams Giford GICard Gifford Gif Gif- ford ord ard Pinchot Walter c 1 and other embers o of f the legislative c committee f t the tho n national Llona I Progressive l party t to lder t the he J legislative program ram c Lafferty Lafferty- I of or Ore Oregon on at- at cited cd the present rules of or the Hou House o ond rid n offered a number of or amendments r r the consideration of oC the the- conference committee was appointed to take up CI tIC the matter Still another committee was as named lamed to consider the complaint of or Representative e Bryan Dran that tho the new members were being discriminated against in Jrr inthe tho the assignment of or office space The conference w went ll on record as in favor avor of or a new standing committee of or orthe the he House to consider the woman suffrage suf- suf frage frag-e rage question |