Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1916 — WOOD WONT LET ’EM SMOTHER LEAK PROBE [ARTICLE]

WOOD WONT LET ’EM SMOTHER LEAK PROBE

Hoosier Representative Intends to Bring Investigation of Stock Market Cleanup to House.

Washington, Dec. 27.—Representative William R. Wood, of Indiana, stated today that he does not intent that the committee on rules shall smother his resolution providing for the appointment of a special committee to investigate as to whether any high official of the government, or the relatives of any high official, made a“cleanup” in the stock market as a result of the contradictory statements given out by Secretary Lansing concerning the president’s peace note. “I am going to bring this matter up in the house at the first opportunity, which wifi be on Jan. 9,” said Representative Wood. “There is a rule of the House which provides that after a bill or resolution has *been in a committee seven legislatuve days a motion may be made to discharge the committee from further consideration

of it and bring it before the House for action. If a majority of the House, on a roll call, sdys the committee on rules shall be discharged, then the resolution can be taken away from the committee and brought up for action in the house. January 9 is the earliest time when that motion can be made, and if I am alive on that day and the rules committee has not acted I intend to make the motion.” When Representative Cantrill, of Kentucky, who is a member of the rules cojnmittee, was told that Representative Wood has served notice the rules committee can not smother the Wood resolution, he- smiled and said: “Mr. Wood is a new member, le has got a lot to learn. He does not seem to know what the rules committee can do, but he wilj find out m due time.”