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The Omaha Daily Bee. TIIE OMAHA DEE Is tbn rniwt powerful businfaa pettcr in the west, bcranse. It goeg to the homes of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. For NebrnsVn Fnlr; mild. For Iowa Fntr; 111 lid. For weather report see- jingo 2. VOL. XXXIX-XO. 2M. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXIXU, ' MARCH '23, 1910 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. STATE SENATOR NAMED IN SUIT ' Eij; Tim" Eullivan Mentioned in i Connection with Insurance Scan dal in New York State. LARGE SUM 07 MONEY PLAY- PART Witness States Offer Wat Made to Pa?s the Measure )V- ' 'yment. POLITICIAN DEFE t.,. .'IMSELF r. Sullivan Says All is ' and I Shows Little Ct 1 z . - 'LEGAL EXPENSE" UNL BE 'Oeianlonol Inrldetals" Alsa .4 Into hf Insnrance t'oinmi e r (idih Thuttt l.laht " "In fluenced Legislation. SEW YORK. Marrh 21. The name of Sale Senator Timothy 1. Sullivan, famll arly known as "Hlg Tim," figured briefly In the fire Insurance Inquiry today when (leorge K. Seward, president of the Fidel ity and Cuusnallty company, testified that itjii escntatlve of "Dig Tim" offered In .l of 1S92 to "take oft a bIM" objection able to the rojiiiiany . tor a consideration of SIO.IOO. Sullivan who came to New York tonight from Albany, apparently docs not take the charge seriously. Seward's testimony, hn snld, was more hearsay and does not Concern him. The bill became a law In iwrj. Klljah R. Ken nedy. for years a lobbyist at Albany for the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, van back on the stand today and through William Hotchklss, state Insurance super intendent, developed Interesting testimony of Incidents In years gone by, Including an alleged offer of a one-time assembly man, named Towns, to kill .a bill for a consideration of SHUKW. No testimony was adduced to ehoy where Mr. Towne Is at present. Farther Collusion Aliened. Besides his reference to "Big Tim" Sul livan, .Seward Intimated that there has been collusion tan former years, between the State, department of Insurance and leiialn life Insurance companies. The Urady re-insurance bill, which, as hown yesterday was passed after three foreign companies bad spent a large sum for the purpose figured In the testimony. When Kennedy was on the stand he was I kel why U won that Former Governor B. B. Odell, oft?r vetoing the bill, recalled It and approved It. "Thf ve-lnsuiunue companies wanted the bill, and they nud powerful friends." said the witness. " bo v try they?" "I am thinking of ono In particular. He was a very prominent man. He Is dead." He askei to bo -excused from revealing the name and Mr. HotchklKS did not press him. Hegat; Ri !waars,n- The big bills paid year after year by fire Insurance companies under the compre hensive head of "legal expeilcs," with oc casional "Incidentals," again were under ixamlnatlon. Mr. Hotchklss wab anxious to find out what the causes were which led to the member of- the- board of fire underwriters In 1904 to write a letter In which the state ment wits made that a bill affecting rein surance had been "bought through senate" In that year. The superintendent Is also seeking to light on the expenditure of tens of thoua sands of dollars which It now appears the. companies contributed in 1901 and several successive years to combat unfavorable leg islation and help along bills In the pas luge of which they were interested. - The reinsurance bill of 1904, which Is still a law, whs the object of especial solicitude on tha part of its examiner. , A. P. Correa. vice president of the Home Fire Insurance company, was on the stand again today. Through his testi mony the activity of the Insurance men in Influencing legislation were brought up to a few montbs ago. Jdr. Hotchklsa forced Mr. Correa to admit that bis conipauy had made an erroneous Itatement In its annual report for 1904 to '.he state Insurance department. t Other Companies Implicated. casualty companies were brought di re y Into the Inquiry with the appearance is a witness of Ueorgu F. Seward, presi dent of the Fidelity and Casualty com pany. "For years," said Mr. Seward, "the In surance and casualty companies have been harassed In every part of the country by Insurance departments and by 'strike bills' and by bills Introduced by legislators who were not well Informed." Mr. Hew ai d told of an attempt to force him to pay Jlu.oOO for killing a bill ad vcisely affecting casualty companies. "A man named Brown." he said, "tele graphed to me from Sing Sing that he wanted to see me. "I went In response to the telegram and saw Brown at Sing Slug prison. "This man Blown said to me: ""Urn Hiililvan will put this bill off for I io, (it;. 1 " "What did you rcpiy" "I tol 'linn 1 would give my reply In a teh-gram to Mr. Sullivan. My reply was: 'Al. Sexwud frays you can go to ' " Ml. Sew aid tcstiried that "Tim Sullivan" who a man iiannrd Urown had represented "would put off the bill for 110,000 was "H g Tim ' Sullivan. "You mean 'Rig Tim' Sullivan, the prea fht senutor?" asked Mr. Hotchklsa. " 'Pig Tim,' " he said. "I didn't know there was any other. Ho was persistently active." ' The h.-aMtiig adjourned until 11 o'clock to morrow. ENGLISH GIRLS ATTACKED BY MOB IN BOGOTA Two Yuan Woiuen, Mlatabeu for Americans, Are Madly Urate la Street. BOGOTA. Colombia, March !2. The anti American sentiment here continues to find (xprvrslon In rioting. Yesterday two Eng. ' llsh girls who were mistaken for Ameri can s vera mobbed and beaten. Subse q.ie? v President Kamon Oonzalcs-Valen- ':! n official call upjn American MlnuV-r Northcott. Former Governor T'rlbe's house was again stoned by the rioters. An official decree has been Issued placing a transport tax of g per cent on all American flour leaving the coast towns for the Interior.' Joaquin Samper, minister of finance, objected to this move by the government, and follow 14 the Issuance of tha decree resigned. President Taft Has Big Program in New York Chief Executive Makes Three Ad dresses, Attends Luncheon and Re ceives Many Callers. NBW TOHK, March T. -With a busy afternoon and evening In prospect, Presi dent Taft arrived here from Providence over the New York, New Haven A Hart ford railroad at 6:6"i o'clock thin morning. When the Huston express rolled Into the Grand Central station no one In the presi dent's pilvate car was stirring. The car was detached and shifted to a side track where It was surrounded by secret service men and detectives. Itwas some time after their arrival that the .president appeared, to go to the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft. where he planned to remain until afternoon. Lunch with Henry. W. Clews, at the lattfr's home, was the first set Item on th? day's program. Following thl, at 3:30 o'clock p. m. the president called on the New York Press club. Tonight he ad dressed the banquet of American I'esic" and Arbitration league and made a brief call up the republicans attending the dinner to Congressman Herbert Parsons, farmer piesident of the republican county commit tee. Half an hour after midnight he left Jersey City for Washington. The first, visitors seen by President Taft at his brother's residence were President Hubert C. Morris of the H-publican club end Secretary Humphrey of the Peace and Arbitration league. They chatted with the president for a few moments, shortly after hlf arrival. First Big Break in General Strike at Philadelphia Twenty-Two Hundred Journeymen Bricklayers Decide to Return to Work. PHILADELPHIA. March 22.-Tha flrwt big break in the general strike came today when tho Journeymen brick layers, number ing about 2.200 men notified tho master brick layers that they were ready to return to work. Th members will act on this to morrow, and It la expected work will be resumed. Thirty-five strikers who were arrested Inst night, following the dynamiting of a car in the Kensington district, were given hearings today and held In $1,000 ball on charges of conspiracy to destroy property of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company and endangering the lives of passengers. Testimony was given at the hearing that revolvers were fotind In the hall where the arrests were made and In the possession of some of the strikers. Aged Man Killed' by Automobile Cyphrian Philibert of Kansas City is Run Down, by Machine Driven by Young Woman. , KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March 2T Cyphrian Philibert, a retired farmer, 74 years old, was killed In front of his home on Swopo Parkway boulavard In this city last night by a motor car driven-by Miss Gertrude McCourt, aged 23 years, of McPherson. Kan. Miss McCourt, who. with her three com panions, were arrested, said that sho was driving the car ten miles an hour when the accident occurred. Sho said that Phili bert , became confused and deliberately stepped In front of tho machine. Miss McCourt and her three companions were released pending the result of the coroner's inquest over the body of Fhlll bert, which will bo held tomorrow. Governor's Son Engaged to Wed Lieutenant M. C. Shallenberger Fort Crook Will Marry Miss Ina Dowby of Colorado. of The engagement Is announced of Lieuten ant M. C. Shallenberger, son of Governor Shallenberger, to Miss Ina Dowby of Los Animas, Colo. The wedding probably will take place In June. Miss Dowby Is an army girl, being the daughter of Major Robert W. Dowby, re tired. Major Dowby was at Fort Crook when the Twenty-second Infantry was sta tioned there. Lieutenant Shallenberger and his bride are expected to spend most of their honey moon In Alaska, where his regiment will go from Fort rCook. Pioneer Thinks Old Hickory Could Straighten 'Em Out Ianky, six feet tall,' gray-haired and thin faced, a representative of the sturdy type that comes from the granite soil .of Ver mont, C. II. Hurdick, IS years old, Omaha's one adherent of Artdrew Jackson, sat out on the porch at his home at Twenty-fourth and Maple fctreets to talk with a visitor about the Nebraska of 1&6. "liecn reading a bit about the big row down at Washington," said the aged man, with an air of interest. "Now, I never was much for politics, but there's something about the central figure of that mass that reminds ine of Andy Jackson. I remember w hen he ran for president and got there, and I'm sure he's the greatest of them all. I'd like to see how Andy would straighten 'em out In all thfse wrangles now-a-dajs. "This Is regular sugar weather," re marked Mr. Burdlck, drawing himself up to feel the March breeze. "Just like the days when the sap starts to run up there In the maple groves In Vermont, where I was a boy. . "Some such a day aa this. In 'at, I came across the river from Couaoll Uluffs. There were twelve families In ths city tlien. NINE CONFESS TAKING BRIBES Former Members of Pittsburg Council Take "Immunity Bath" in Big Municipal Graft Scandal. ACCEPTED MONEY FOR VOTES Some Admit Selling Honor for Paltry Sum of Fifty Dollars. MORE SENSATIONS ARE EXPECTED Fully One Hundred Men, it is Thought, Are Involved. "CAPTAIN" KLEIN WELL GUARDED Penitent Tagrhoat Skipper Who (Isti Signal (or Investigation Mar be ;.eana of Wringing Farther Confession. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 22.-Nlne more former members of city councils, before the district attorney today, confessed their guilt In accepting money for' their votes while members of municipal bodies, and before Judge It. S. Frazer received their "Immunity baths" In the way of a sus pended sentence. When the grand Jury adjourned for the day. Just before 6 o'clock, It had re-turned no Indictments although It had listened for hours to developments In he bribery scandal even more sensational than ds veloped yc;terday. Men admitted selling their honor for from S30 upward. John F. Klein was before ths grand Jury tho grtater p.irt of the day and continued his narrative of ccunellmanlc graft. Klein recounted some of his experiences In hand ing out the money to the cotmcllmen. "There was one fellow," he said, "who was a daisyi-a regular Shylock for the dough. In the South Seventh business dis trict I handed him SSI. He looked at me for a minute and then yelled like a. stuck p!g for ithe extra 10 con-ts, you know $81.10 was tho standard price In that deal. Well, he got the 10 cents all right." Tralllna Bribe Olvers. .District Attorney lilake.. sji soon as the councllmen bribe-takers have been rounded up, will go after the brlbe-glvors. These are said to be bank offickils, of Institutions whose names have heretofore never been breathed In connection with the graft probe of the laet two yers. The "tip" has been passed to- theoe banik men that they may come 1n and take the "Immunity" bath extended by the district attorney, but they so far have failed to avail themselves of the offer, and it Is re ported some bombshells will be dropped Into the eoclul construction of Pittsburg when county deteotlvea "turn the money changers out of their own temples," and bring them before the bar of Justice. i ' With all that has thus far been dis closed In this gigantic municipal graft con spiracy, there la a feeling that what has been thus far accomplished is but a scratching of the surface. What one hour mad develop, no one is able to foreeee. Even the district attorney Is frank In his expression that he "can't tell what will happen." Ilnndrrd Persona Implicated. Twenty have thus far confessed, thirty seven have been indicted, but have not yet confessed and sixteen have been Im- f plicated, but have not been indicted. It Is said at' the district attorney's office that before the grand Jury is dismissed fully 100 persons will be Implicated. These will Include the bribed and the bribers. Yesterday and today Klein was In the district attorney's office overtime trying to get Former Councilman William O'Brien I to come In and tell his story. Brand was to have gone to the pciiltentlary, but his Incarceration was deferred by the Illness of a daughter nnd partly In the hope that he would confess. . Klein also telephoned Joseph C. Wes son, who entered tho penitentiary Monday. Wasson was permitted to answer the tele phone by Warden John Francles. As a result Wasson, too. will Join the band of penitents. The crowd could not suppress a laugh when William Frederick testified that he had carried 1100 around In tils hip pocket for a week before he knew It was there. He said k had been placed In his pocket during the councllmanlc ball game at Ne ville Island In July, 1908. After Men "Higher l'p.' That the graft Investigation is but started well on Its way Is the prediction of those who profess to know. Repeated rumors today have It that "the men higher up" are to be given the full advantage of the dis trict attorney's plea to "come In out of the rain" before another twenty-four hours have rolled around. It is generally be lieved that the little "captain's." Johnny Klein, confession has not been all told and that Its complete telling will still further rip apart oity politics and politicians. "Captain" Klein, who started the muni cipal uproar by his confession of Saturday Is being cared for by the district attorney. Guarded by two detectives, the former towboat captain Is living at a downtown hotel, his meals ara being served In his (Continued on Second Page.) The principal building was a sod house about where Jefferson square Is now. "First building I was In." Then tho old man turned about with a glance at bis wife. "It was Charlie Lewis' bar, "bout the best patronised business house In the west," he whispered. ' "Those days we could see all the way up tha river to Florence. Wa could stand In Omaha and see-the Mormons crossing the river then from Winter Quarters. "I stayed out here a year and then took a wagon and team and went back to Rock Island, 111., the wetsern end of the rail roads, and brought my family out here. It waa about a week's drive, but It was the only way to make It. , "I've lived In Nebraska ever slnoe. I took up a claim In Washington county and stayed there until three years ago. I'm getting to old to work, ao I came to Omaha to rest", Mr. Uuidlck has been a pioneer on two frontiers. Ha went to tha pine woods of Michigan and helped tha early-day folks carve out their farms; later to move on with tha vanguard to tha newer west. From the New York World. FELTON TO SPEND -MILLIONS Great Western, Says President, to Outlay $10,000,000 on Road. CAMPAIGN FOR BETTERMENT He and Other Officials Look Over Property . In On4- and Call on Vice President Olohler of I n lou Pacific. President S. M Felton of the Chicago Great Western road and a number of the company's officials, visited Omaha Tues day to examine the corporation's property and to hold a conference with Vice Presi dent' and General Manager MoMr of the Union Pacific. President Felton said the Great Western would have expended $10,000,000 in Im provements, equipment and repairs between September, 1909 and July, 1910. When the Morgan Interests gained control of the road, new plans were made for the future, and Mr. Felton was chosen to command the campaign of Improvement. "We aro buying a lot of new equipment," said the visiting raliroad president, "and fully 110,000,000 will have to be expended by July 1, In additions, equipment and Im provements. At present, most of our work has been from Oelweln east, as this portion of the road needs more attention than the other divisions, as It is fed by the Omaha, Kansas City and Minneapolis branches. The western lines will receive awentlon In due time. Pot rioad In Better Shape. "It has boen our object to build new bridges, cut down the gradea and provtde new engines and cars and improve the track generally. "My visit here has no particular signifi cance, as I um simply here to settle up a number of routine details with the Union Pacific. It is nothing that will interest the pi-bllc, as the business is such as may be considered regular and has to do with contracts, repairs on bridges and stations and the like, where our lines ciobs the Union Pacific. We expect to have the road In such good shape by the first of Sep tember that we will be disappointed If we do not have a big Increase In our business." The party of Great Western officials consisted of the following besides clerks and stenographers: President 8. M. Felton, Vice President J. W. Blabon, General Manager H. J. Slifer, Secretary J. F. Coy kendall. Chief Engineer L. C. Frltch and Division Superintendent M. Diiley. The officials left Omaha In their private car for Chicago and the east. Man Accidentally Shot. HURON. S. D-. March 22. (Special.) Reinhart Rholnsihmldt, living near Yale, waa seriously Injured by the accidental dis charge of a shotgun. The charge entered the left lrg a few Inches above the ankle und It Is thought amputation of the foot will be necessary. He has been removed to the hospital at Rochester, for treatment. This is moving and house cleaning sea son. You are interested in it in one way or another. It ia made easy by those dealers In that line. Read the column today, Moving and House Cleaning. It will help you to do what you are thinking of doing. Fhone Douglas 233 and an accommodating staff will at tend to you in a jiffy x vi.-- -W 'v- A FAMILIAR PAIR. Switchmen Arc Given More Pay By Many Lines Men on Roads Entering Chicago Given Substantial Advance By : . Arbitration. . CHICAGO,. March 22. An Incrcasei of S cents .an hour to switchmen and of K a month .to swltchtendera and towermen of several railroads la granted In a decision of the aabltratlon board announced here to day. ( The Increase Is retroactive, going Into ffect February 10, 1910. on the following railroads, which became involved with the Switchmen'a Union of North America: Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chlcaao Switching district. Chicago Great Western, entire ayatem. except Twin cities district. Rock- Island, entire system, except In- nergrove, Minn. Terminal Transfer railroad, entire system. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, yards only. Michigan Central, west of Detroit river. Fere Marquette, entire system: Wisconsin Central, Chicago switching district. The advance is Justified by the arbitration board on the grounds of Increased cost of living, approximated at 25 per cent In the last four years. 7T t Chicago "Wets" Win First Round Election Commission Decides Against Placing Local Option Ques tion oh Ballot. CHICAGO, March 22. Owing to a decision of the board of election commissioners today adverse to the "dry' there Is said to be but the slightest chance that Chicago voters will ballot on the decision of local option on April 8 next. The "wets" recently came before the board with the allegation that 35.000 names on the "dry" petition to have the local option question placed on the ballot were not those ct the registered voters. The "drys" are considering the bringing of a ault for a writ of mandamus before Justice Carter of the Illinois supreme court to compel the placing of the local option Issue on the ballot. Fire la University at t'blcaRO. CHICAGO. March 22 The Kent chemical laboratory of the University of Chlcaao. caught fire today, following an explosion of a gaq pipe In front of the building. The damage Is estimated at SlO.ouo. Roosevelt and Pinchot to Meet in London on Business WASHINGTON, March 22. In response to cablegrams from former President Rooseveltt became known hero today that Glfford Pinchot, late chief of the forestry service of the United States, sailed from New York on the steamer President Grant, and will meet Mr. Roosevelt when the lat ter reaches London. The fact that Mr. Roosevelt sent for Mr. Pinchot as soon as he emerged from the African Jungle and began to hear both sides of the story of tha ructions that had occurdred in Washington slnoe he left Is considered of the greatest possible signif icance In Its bearing on Mr. Roosevelt's at titude toward the present administration and Its accomplishments. NEW YORK. March 22. Amos R. Pin chot. a lawyer of this city, a brother of Glfford Pinchot, said oday that hit brother aalled last Saturday for Europe. "My brother needed a vacation and WRECK TICT1MS FORTY-SEVEN Death Roll Grows with Three Fatali ties Durinv Night. FOUR BODIES ARE IDENTIFIED Others Are Being; Sent to Respective rr -Maan--tor -taislal Commissioner to Invest! nte Cue, . MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. March 22. Iden tification of the dead, care of the Injured and an attempt to place the responsibility for tha disastrous wreck of the Rock Island Twin City express occupied officials of 'the road, the Iowa Board of Railway commis sioners and I scores of volunteer assistants here today. Tha list of the dead In the wreck has grown to forty-seven, several passengers having died as the result of Injuries, while other deaths are expected hourly. Many of the Injured have been taken to other cities. As rapidly aa possible the Identified dead are being removed from the morgue and sent to their respective homes. Four women are still among the unidenti fied dead. It Is declared by the officials that all the bodies have been taken from the wreckage. Those who died during the night were J. S. Goodenough, engineer of the second engine of the double-header, and Mrs. Lizzie Anderson of Cedar Rapids. A. X. Brown of Waterloo, la., died Just before noon. All night a dozen undertakers, snnie of them from neighboring towns, were busy preparing bodies for burial and seeking in formation that would lead to Identification. The bruised and crushed condition of tho bodies made Identification difficult If not Impossible In some cases. . Identification la Difficult. The clothing had been torn from many bodies, leaving almost no clue to Identi fication from that source. Hardly a body but what had both legs and arms broken and In many cases one or more of the mem bers torn off entirely and some entirely missing. William Ward of Westbranch. a travel ing man, was one of the first Identified last night His legs were broken and his face fearfully crushed. Relatives identi fied his body by the fragments of his clothing. Another of the dead Identified was Lizzie Purvis of Washington, Ia. A description of tha clothing worn by her and a locket found on the body tallied with a description given In a telegram from anxious relatives Inquiring If she had been found among tho dead. The other body Identified was that of Mrs. F. U. Lyman of Cedar Rapids. This identlflca- (Contlnued on Second Page.) thought the preset was a good time to make a visit to Copenhagen," said Mr. Pinchot. "So far as I know he has re ceived no cablegram from Colonel Roose velt, summoning him to Europe, but I am not In a position to say positively whether he had or not." LUXOR, Upper Egypt. March 22.-The greater part of today waa reserved by the Roosevelts for one of the most delightful excursions of the week, that which took them Into the Plains of Thebes and amid the majestic ruins of the ancient city that outshone Babylon. The return to Luxor was made leisurely and It was nild-afternoon when the tourists reached their hotel. They were enthusiastic over what had been seen and though they did not discover the "one hundred gates," they cheerfully accepted the tradition as well aa that of tha "twenty thousand char lota of war." with which beautiful Thebes was onca credited. 1IE1MJBLI0ANS -ELECT THURSDAY House Members Hold Caucus to Choose Representative on New Rules Committee. TENTATIVE SLATE PREPARED Plan Indicates that Men Will be Chosen on Geographical Basis. EVEN NUMBER OBJECTED TO They Say Much is at Etake with Chance to Tie Vote. GOSSIP CONCERNING COMMITTEE smith of lown, UtCirtl vrllh Tt r'nstrrtirrn on Proposed ltfi1lot- Others Are TJoulrll. l.onwrt ortb. Iloncll anil Ilmvlej. WASHINGTON. March 2 Through the maze of speculation renardlnK the prob able personnel of the enlarged rules com mittee of the house was developed today a slate for republican membership In that body. Several conf ermines were held and as a result It Is understood the members of the commit tee may be selected on a geo graphical basis. Tho tentative slate Is divided Into groups out of which the lenders expect one each to beehosen. The groups follow: Ialzell of Pennsylvania, Smith of Iowa, McCnll or Ijnvrenre of Massachusetts or J. Slont Fassctt of New Yolk. Houtell of 1'liimls or Longworth of Ohio, Young of Michigan or Stevens of Minne sota, Smith of California, Hawicy of Ore gon or Howell of Utah. From this slate the six republican mem bers of the committee of ton may be se lected at the republican caucus tomorrow night. The list of probable selections does not Include It singlo Insurgent republican; Old Insurgents lllmiderf . Republican leaders take the position that only by a rock-ribbed unflinchingly stal wart rcgnlor republican membership can the rules committee transact any reully effective" business. They contend that the Insurgents made a mistake l:i fixing tho membership o fthe committee at ten in stead of some odd number; that It jilalnly made Impossible the Inclusion of any ln suigent republican. It was said by the regfar republicans that to permit the lncluslo'.of an Insurgent as one of the six would give him as great power as the speaker has enjoyed, In that ho would doubtless consult his Insurgent colleagues on every move and that tho regulars would have to agree with him or else leave the committee ruhject to a tlo voto of five to flvo, In case the Insurgents chi;se to voto with the four democrats, who are to be selected In caucus Thursday night. Most of the Insurgents disavow any da- ri'W-rmCK Jrro'-'rtTsrai'ChTBtlott of Their branch of the party. Iui i csentatlvo Hayes of California, one of tho leaders of the In surgents, Is accredited by the regulars with endeavoring to bring about Insurgent representation, but the move has taken no definite shape. Iluu;cn Has Proposition. Representative Hnugen of Iowa, the in surgent, who had drafted a resolution pro posing a committee on cnmmlitees, bald today that he had finally decided to In troduce that measure at the first favor able opportunity.' He has talked over the proposition with sonio of his Insurgent collegues. About ten Insurgents today signed tho call for tho republican caucus. Among these were Miller, Volxted, Mtcenerson and Pickett. Several declined to sign, although they probably will attend the caurus. These were Murdock, Norrls, Llndburgh and Cooper. A number of the house organization said the oigatiifcatlon desired It to bo under stood that It was taking no part in tha selection of the new committee. The democrats decided today to cau cus on Thursday night to Select tlielr four members of tho committee. This decision was reached following the an nouncement thot t lie republican caucus would bo hold on Wednesday night. On the floor of tho house. In the cloak rooms und In some of the committee rooms there was considerable discussion of the Insurgent po.-itlon. Some of the democrats took dVcasion to commend the attitude of the Insurgents and to express their personal regard for the speaker though lnsstenf upon tho course mupped In the voting of last Saturday. Attitude of rtemorrnts. "I did not base my support of the Hur leson f resolution declaring the speaker's chair vacant to any personal ill-feeling to ward the speaker," eatd Representative Slmms of Tennessee, a democrat. "I have never used a word of dlsrespeot toward him In my life. I approve the position of the Insurgents who voted against the Bur leson resolution on the high ground of re forming the house procedure Instead t showing personal antagonism to tkij speaker. I voted for the resolution on Its intrinsic merits not on account of tho particular occupant of the chair." Other democrats voiced the sania views. There was oonslderablo speculation over the probable personnel of the rules com mitted under the Norrls resolution. There were various slates. Probable lleiiilllean Slate. "If I were going to forecast the repub lican members of the committee," said one prominent western republican, who has been In close counsel with colleagues In thu house and Intimately associated with the speaker, "this would be my guess: Dalzill of Pennsylvania, tWalter I. Smith of Iowa, two members of the present committee; Passett of New York, Henby of Michigan, McKlnley of Illinois and probably Gardener of Massachusetts. "Tho last named has all along refrained from anything of personal antagonism ti the speaker, and Is the only Insurgent ac ceptable to all of the regulars." C.4X(n IHTTKKI.Y ATTACKED ( onaresaman Miurltlrford In Personal Attnek llrnounees Pfieuker. WASHINGTON, March 3. One of the inMt bitter personal attacks upon Kt.euker Cannon thus far was made In the house Just before adjournment toiluy by Mr. Shackelford of Missouri. "I am not talking iibout Cannonlsm," Shouted Mr. Shackelford, looking straight lrto 1he eytu of Speaker Cannon, who oc- cupled a seat on the republican side, "l"am talking about Cannon." Mr. Prince of Illinois, who was presiding during the consideration of tha pension a-