The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-14
CANNON WILL
HANDLE GAvEL
ANOTHER TERM
Caucus of Republican Mem
berS of the Lower House
Lined Up Again.
INSURGENTS DID NOT
PUT IN APPEARANCE
FULSoME PRAISE OF SPEAKER
BY REPRESENTATIVE
RODENBERG.

Washington, March 1S.-Joseph G..
Cannon of Illinois was tonight chosen
Republican candidate for speaker of the
house.
The caucus agreed to vote Monday for
the adoption of the rules of the last
house.
1t was the fourth time the honor had
been conferred upon Mr.. Cannon, but
tonight neither the selection of d can
didate for speaker nor the vote on the
rules was characterized by the una
nimity of party feeling that attended
the three preceding caucuses.
There was plenty of evidence of the
instruction promised for Monday
against the Cannon organization, but
in the main the most determined anti
Cannon Republicans were not present.
Committee on Rules.
The most strategic move of the eau
Gus was the selection of two Republ;-
cans of the house committee ON rules
Speaker Cannon himself spoke III favor
OF this action. This followed the adop-
ton of a resolution recommending that
the speaker appoint to the rules COM
mittee two Republicans selected by the
Republican caucus, and two Democrats
selected by the Democratic caucus
Representative Dalzell, q member o.
the rules committee for number of
years, and Representative Walter
Smith of Iowa were selected for the
committee. The rules of the house
that have prevailed for years make the
speaker a member ex-officio of the
committee.
The consideration of the rules for
the next house came up when Mr.. Dali
zell moved that the members vote for
the rules of the last house. Mr.
Haughen of Iowa walked out He ex-
planned TO those outside the caucus
that he did not care to be bound by
the action taken. Without debate, the
Dalzeli motion was carried. The viva
voce vote showed seven OF eight OPP
posed to il.
Mr. Smith of Iowa then introduced
his resolution regarding the selection
of the committee on rules. Speaker
Cannon addressed the caucus. Inas-
much as the other committees of the
house fpertaiHed to legislation, he said,
he regarded it best for them not to be
selected by the two caucuses. but the
rules committee being designed for the
management of the proceedings on the
floor of the house, could we'll be Sc
lected by the parties in caucus, The
resolution was adopted without oppo-
sition.
Vote Not Unanimous.
The vote for Cannon as candidate for
speaker was not unanimous. Out of 1856
votes cast, Mir. Cannon received 162.
Mr.. Cannon did not vote. and Mr.. Stur-
giss of West Virginia arrived too late
for the roll call. Following the nomi
nation of Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. Stevenson
of Minnesota named Mr. Tawney for
Mr DaAdnr Of n1lnpI
in nomination Mr. Smith of Iowa, and
Mr.. Rowland of Ohio named Mr.. kei-
fer. The roll call resulted:
Cannon. 1852; Smith, 10; Tawney, I;
Keifer, 3; Representative Crumpaeker
Of Indiana, 1, and Representative Ma
guire of Oklahoma, I,
Insurgents Encouraged.
Among those voting were four dele
gates from territories. After the eau
Gus had adjourned, Representative Nc
Kinley OF Illinois declared that fully
twelve of the thirty-four absent mem
bsrs would be with the regulars"
when the vote on the previous question
was taken Monday. This would give
the regulars total vote of 1856. which
would be one more than Is necessary to
defeat the insurgents The latter
tonight claimed that they had more
1han the tWentN-fOur necessary 10 vote
down the previous question.
Representative Murdoch of Kansas.
speaking for the insurgents after the
caucus. declared that the result of the
ca ucus tonight Only served further to
encourage the insurgents. I'VE will
vote down the previous question on
Monday" he said. ''and the proposition
that will be presented to the house by
our steering eommitte will be adopted"
Old Officers Chosen.
Following is the personnel of the
house organization as chosen by the
Republican caucus tonight:
For Speaker-Joseph G. Cannon of IL
linOis.
For Clerk of the House-Alexander
Mcdowell of Pennsylvania
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