The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-25
SPEAKER CANNON'S
HOUSE GRIP FIRM
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Great Victory in the Vote on the
Statehood Rule in the
Z House.
Bede of Minnesota the Bright
Star Among the Insurgent
Speakers.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, Jan. 25.-Uncle Joe
Cannon is much in the saddle today.
He has achieved victory such as
has to come to few speakers of the
house. Under his skillful management,
but much more by his own persuasive
influence, party management has been
maintained and the republican insur-
gents have been routed, horse, foot
and dragon.
The rule forbidding amendments to
the statehood bill against which they
made their stand went thru. It was
democrats voting against it, together
with forty three insurgents. That was
ell they could MUSTER a beggarly forty
three. The ffty-seven who had pricked
the balls Of their thumbs and signed the
roll of revolution with their heart 's-or
teen. The fifteen others who would not
sign, but would vote right, never did
Sad, Sad Affair.
1t was sad, sad affair. The militant
majority of the house stood up boldly,
even brashly, and consented to be
gagged. They acted as if they liked the
idea. The machine rolled over the in
surgents without a jar. It never
e oHeE nce cG ee canno wh beamed w on tha
house with the bland and satisfied smile
of the tiger, who swallowed the young
lady of Niger and said: "Boys, you
know this is government by party
shall PREVAIL
43-Count EMS. s
And there they are, the forty-three
appreciable extent, forty.three- count
forty three, who are outside the
breastworks with no result for all their
hot, air except the shuddering knowl-
edge that when pork is to be distributed
they will not get enough of the rinds,
even, to grease their renominating ma
els this asfree countrys' they ask.
-. Are we to be shackled forever by the
sSYou are, say 1872 republican mem-
bers: "and re the boys who have
shackled you.' -, .-.- b. l.,....
s 80 Whip Was Applied. %-t#z.
The president and Uncle Joe picked
them off. pulled them off, dubbed them
They had enough when the movement
first began, but the pressure was put
on, the wise was twisted, the whip was
applied and where Tuesday an insur
gent was factor, today he is dub
And he knows it., Once more history
has repeated itself; once more the or
ganization has taken the meal and left
the kickers holding the sack.
The insurgent leaders claim that they
were beaten because their followers
were taken into camp by the opposition
and for the reason that the organiza
they figured on.
Representative Babcock Of WiscOn
sin, former chairman of the republican
congressional committee, who led tn
republican rebellion, has been so com
pletely discredited that it is the gen
eral belief he will not be returned b,
his district to the next congress, am
because next to Senator Spooner tn
man he gunned for most PERSISTENT
was Babcock, and now Babcock has az
parently committed political suicide
Overwhelming Vote.
Speaker Cannon triumphed by an over
whelming vote. The insurgents droppe
off one by one when they faced tn
deadly. roll call and realized that the
would be obliged to go back to thei
constituents and explain how it har
!. pened that they voted against a meas
ure regularly Endorsed by the republica
caucus, recommended in his message b
the president and pushed by the speal
er Of the house:
The resurrection went to pieces NOR
completely than that which organize
i against the Philippine tariff bill.
Nothing at this session has arouse
such an extraordinary interest in I'll
: proceedings Of the house as the know
edge that the preliminary skirmish owe
the statehood bill was to be fought
finish yesterday afternoon. Mr.
l
the presidential box in the executi1
4 gallery and were interested spectator
4 listening to the debate with the utmo
eagerness.
President Interested,
This arose from the fact not alo1
that revolt was under way whit
threatened the organization of II
house. but more particularly becau
was distinctly injected into the issu
"A Almost every speaker on both sides
the question referred to the fact tn
4 the president had recommended ioi
a statehood for the two southwest teri
8 tories. ..-
The debate over the statehood b
a spoke for more than few minutes, al
"A SOME extremely telling short speech
e were made.
Bede's Notable Speech.
"A The most notable was made bv
"A Alan Bede Of Duluth, who sustain
his reputation as wit, altho it is to
feared his public reputation of t
4 speaker and his boiling of the par
declaration Endorsed by the formal ca
Gus, will in the end destroy Al
u chances he might have had for polite
distinction in Washington. Uncle J
A. is a man with long memory and d,
ing the time he remains in the speaker
chair he is not likely to hand out a
h good things to the people who foug
him. Sooner or later the republica
81 of Duluth are likely to find that thu
representative on the floor is not al
to secure recognition for local measul
4. Il which some other man might cas-
~ have passed. When the Duluth repl
Me- 1icans discover this fact, Mr.. Bedt
II hold or the district may be shak
ia y rather rldely.
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