The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
ioway of New Hampshire. was appoint ed to bring the Speaker into the House.
 Ovation for Cannon.

OyQtt0D TOT CannOn.
 Amid thunderous applause in which Republicans and Democrats alike joined Speaker Cannon was escorted down the center aisle to his chair In brief speech, Representative Williams said the Speakership was the second highest office in the United States. He had the honor he said, for the third time of not introducing, but presenting to the Congress of the United States, the Hon. |. Joseph c. Cannon of Illinois as it's Speaker"
 When the applause had subsided, Speaker Cannon spoke as follows:
 "Gentlemen of the House of Repre- sentatives: We are today organizing the Sixtieth Congress in marking the one hundred and eighteenth mile stone in the government by the people under the legislation. Our predecessors in the years that are passed have left to us an example of wisdom, moderation and courage that has never failed to preserve the ideals and the interests or republican government in many crises whether of peace or war, diversity or prosperity
 Each generation of statesmen has it's own peculiar problems and It's own political embarrassment. No problems of government ever recur Tn exactiy tne same way. The formulas of acton m one exigency may never be applied safe- ly in another, Government. so Tar as if relates to courses of action, has no fixed precedents and no veneration Tor those who have gone before justifes living men in approaching live prop lems with purpose or with vision CIT cumscribed by the limitations of the past. But the fundamental facts or free government are eternal and uh- changing, resting on the VIII ana re sponsibility of the people and put III action through the deliberations or conscientious and zealous reports or that will. This House Is the only in- stitution under our Legislation Whero that will of the people may De explaih- ed with fairness approximatine to scientific accuracy. other deparu,e@nes @ of the gover,,ment have lofty and inn nortant functions, but to this House alone belongs the peculiar. the delicate and the all-surpassing function or m ternretine. of putting in definite form inc will of the people. I have right to expect your co-operation peca"s1 such co operation will be your outy. hope also that as we go on l may ,,o,,r it because of my enorts 10 ihof" ''~' confidence and good VIII.
 q am now ready for the oath'
 Oath Is Administered.
 Deafenine applause greeted tne Sneaker as he concluded. The oath was then administered by hepresemS, tive Bingham of Pepnsyivanla, ne | father of the House. and, in turh' .ns Speaker administered the oa'1 sron, ". os members who lined up Tn front ~ os | his desk in groups of twenty nve. ine | taking of the oaths proceeded without any special occurrence until s'Nla- Snn,, was called The Democrats conId not restrain themselves anu l loudly applauded the Representat,ve.s . | from the new State, who oowea 'ho'' l acknowledgements. l Cox of New York having consc'eh- 1 tious scruples against the taking or | oaths affirmed" tn cir allegiance to the | Government. The Republican anu | Democratic caucus appointments or | House officials were then presenteo
 by Messrs. Hepburn Qowal ana clay7 ton (Ala.). respectively, wHh 1ne | suit that the nominees or 0e Hepuu. l licans were elected and qualified. Ine usual resolutions appointing commit | tees to notify the Senate and President | that the House was In session weIe | nassed. and the Speaker appointeu Messrs. Payne tN. Y). Tawney eMlnn,l r | and Williams tMiss.), as the confii's-
 tee to advise the President.
 | The first fight of the session was
 ,naugurated by Representative VII | liams. who protested against the auop- | ton of a resolution making the rule~
 of inc last House the governing laws l for the present House. MT. Williams | declared that he thought there was en- | tirely too much power concentrated III l hafhand6. of the Speaker. To the sur | nrise of those present, and the oeIsnt | pY the Denocrats Representative Coo | mar (Ren) of Wisconsin expressed ms l annrovai of what Mir. Williams hao | said. MT. Cooper insisted tnat powei | given the Speaker was both unrepupii | can and undemocratic. lie causeu se | eral amusement by referring to ms uit | successful efforts in the past 10 get
 recognition from the Speaker or the | t,ommittee on Rules. MT. Dearmonu l (Mo.) rose. How much times uoes
 inc gentleman want?" inquired MT
 Dalzell.
 "I want recognition in my own risnt I as a member of this House. sald MI | nas rmond Speaker Cannon declareo
 that Mir. Dalzell had the floor and MT | Dearmond reluctantly recelVeu al M
 nsIzelrs hands twenty minutes tlfns
 to attack the rules. ..ors
 Mr. Dearmond asked the memoers
 why they destred to enslave helnseiVes %
 Sar tnch rules. Tt is proposed to
 shaclrIe the House by rules apout
 mbich a good many know nothing ana
 a good many others know good deai'
 he said. .b.rsa, the
 Now was the time to change the
 rrles he continued, so that members,
 ..us towards and cravens." need not
 hacl< to their homes and defeho | thomselves upon the mere miserapis
 urotevt that these rules had controlled
 .hcn, and they could do nothing else"
 '' Mr DalzelI could not concelVe ol
 '.thinq more unnecessary than d a,, S1is of the rules before the House.
 rS'o,, had been discussed ever since ana
 are rules of the last Congress and the Evs,y-first Congress both Republican,
 nd substantially of the Fifty second and Fifty-third Congresses both Demo- | cratic. 4 NFossrs
 c-oonar and DeArmond. MT. Dalzei
 said if was not unusual for a man with
 nrievance to denounce the power or the sneaker. whose power had existed
 II does today for one hundred years
 sneaker Cannon Explains.
 1 cnaaLer Cannon, at some length e&-
 ,airod to the House the parliament pc, sy,stem at the time of the request oS Mr DeArmond for recognition In pt o,vp right. and also in reply to MT. Hnoner who thought the Speaker sho,,ld occupy a seat on the floor Tbn nractice had grown up, he said, tha+ gentlemen seek the chair and the chair exercised his right as mem- Snr to say that 1t would be useless to ra,t recognition because if no one else Sehiacted the chair would obejct in his oanacitv as a member of the House, 1a said that he right of member to | ha recoenized can in most instances, -------.---.--------------~-