Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15
THE INSURGENTS
Will Put Up Lively Fight Today on
Floor Of the House.


see one of the most interesting fights
that has taken place on the moor or the
House of Representatives for a number of
wears. If. as has been the custom. MT.
Da,zell of PENNSYLVANIA moves the pre-
viCus question on the motion iof thc
aGoption h. the 6lst Congress of the rules
of the Goth Congress. the 'lnsurGent
Republican members and the Democrats
will vote together in an effort to defeat
the previous motion If they be success
full they will offer a resolution providing
for the election of a rules committee OF
l.. which will be instructed 10 report 10
the House on the first Monday in Deem
lien :: set Of rules to be adopted for the
6lst Congress. Speaker Cannon is 10 APP
point the committees on ways ana
mems accounts and mileage FOR the spt-
cifl session.
So confident Of victory are the "Ailies -
| the "Insur2ents" and the Democrats
| that Champ Clark. the minority leader
declared tonight that he would he elec'e"
Sneaker Of the House if the Allies had
| another week in which TO prepare lof ile
| trav. This assertion was based Largely
| on the fact that various RepubllcahS
have received a large number OF tele-
grams today from their constituents hfS-
| ing them to defeat Mr. Cannon 1of
Speaker.
| II is said by the Democrats that many
| who had thought ii Impossible TO defeat
Mr. Cannon were encouraged by the vote
at ,he Republican caucus last night to
renew their opposition to him. 1t is reit-
Grated, however, by "Insursents ana
| I.,t G
over the speakership. There are lndIca-
,;ors however that former President
| Roosevelt will receive a complimentary
| vote from some of those VINO are oppose"
to Representative Cannon
| The Democratic leaders claim tonSht
that they will have at least l65 members
i present tomorrow to vote down tue pre-
vious question and that the insurgents
have 81 members in line to resist the oio
lrules The insurgents leaders declare
that their forces have been increased to-
day to a greater extent than on any DAY
since the movement began. Throughout
the day Reps Clark and Underwood OF
Alabama for the Democrats, and KEEP.
lGardner OF Massachusetts for the "lnsur-
gents" have been eXertinG every effort
to whip their forces into shape.
Rep. Goldfogle of New York. who is
suffering from a serious affection of his
knee. is determined to be present II his
physicians will permit. lie will have TO
be carried to his seat if lie attends.
Mr.. Clark learned tonight that several
Democrats who it was feared would not
get lere would be on hand. Representa-
tive Clark of Florida. VIII" is 1T Muld"on $
sanitaiillln. wired that Rep. Gunner 81
New Hampshire had promised him that
he would be paired. Representative Ln-
| care OF South Carolina. WHO has been
| i'll for some time. il is asserted Is also
paired with a Republican member. AIT.
Clark received It telegram today WAlch
indicates that the successor of Rep. pa
lev OF Louisiana will be here with his
| certificate in time 10 he sworn in tonlor-
.,ow. thus giving Democrats an additional
lne expected vote.
The Regulars" have been as active
oday as the 'lnsurgenta und the Demo
rats. and have been lining up tAeir
forces. They are more rrticent about
their plans.
Aluc,, viii depend on the action of the
.Jcnucraiic caucus tomorrow Wnen an 81
fort will be made 10 nave III" c,,ucus
|
steering committee OF the insurgents"
and the Democratic leaders have CONF
:. promised upon.
: Representative Fitzgerald of New
, | York. recognized as one of the ablcst
| Democratic pailamentarians, ISSUED q
statement tonight i'll which lie opposed
the plan To elect committee q - TO
| select tie various committees of the
House ana declared that Whatever
changes are made in the rules should he
made before the tariff bin is taken up,
since that is the most important l"Gis!a-
don that has been before tie House in
Is years. lie proposed that the rule re-
emily adopted providing lor y ''aiend;ir
Wednesday, De modified SO as TO require
| a tWo-t thirds vote instead of 4 majority
to set aside the business in order l"r
| Wednesday. He also suggested 4 plan
ny which any member of the House may
at certain times have the right to haNr
any bill not on The private calendar sub
| hitted to the House 10 ascertain whether
IL can be considered by unanimous con
sent. Mr.. Fitzgerald will present this
| proposal 10 the caucus. I;cpr, sentative
L"sslter OF Virginia will present a prupu-
| stion that the rules be So amended that
| j communication addressed 10 the Speaf
| II and signed 10y Il ma jority OF the mem
| bers Of the House shall be considered a
| matter of the highest privilege.
| While the Democratic party has been
| c,amoring for years against the rules OF
| the House of Representatives, it WAS not
| until the Wisconsin school OF politics
| made itself felt at the Capitol that
| rious attempt had been made to amend
them. How completely the Wisconsin
delegation is opposed to the rules was
shown by the fact that not one OF the 10
members from that State attended the
Republican caucus last night.
During the 59th Congress the Wisconsin
members began to denounce the rules
from the floor of the House. Representa-
tive Cooper, for Is years member Of the
House, becoming pronounced in his crit
icsm. and Representative Nelson, strict
disciple of the La Toilette school in the
first session Of the Goth Congress. in his
maiden speech demanded that the rules
he changed.