Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
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WILL READ INSURGENTS
our OF REPUBLICAN, PARTY
Speaker Cannon BIDS Defiance to
Members of His Party Who
Buck Against Rules.

WASHINGTON. March l2.-Reprc-
sentative Cannon Of Illinois. recognize
ed by Mr. Taft as prospective Speaker
OF the next House, yesterday. irhed
upon the "insurg,nrs. who propose
TO revise the rule h., joining with the
| Democrats when the lioHSc meets
next Monday
Y In an interview he gives fair warn
ing to the ''insur"'nt" that h" VIII
read them out OF the party. ii they
dare 10 'insurge'
i he l.,lives tina, his House organiza
ton assisted by NJ. TAFT and Ei"",
President Sherman. who came over 10
the House side for The purpose. nave
reduced the oppOsit ON TO about uOz-
en-
4 Twenty years ago. MIR. Cannon
said, "a Republican majority in The
House was loudly assail,d because OF
The rules adopted. and Speaker Reed,
who was denounced as Car. re-
marked: 1t so happens that the
noise made by a small but loud min
Ority liz the wrong j. TOO often mis-
taken for the noise OF the people and
the voices of God. That seems TO
desc ribe the situation now.
! The House to BE- organized next
Monday consists OF 2iG Republicans:
the remainder Democrats. The Re
publican majority is AZ. Now. it IS
impossible in the organization of the
House for every member either of the
majority or the minority to have his
choice OF the offices Of the House. in
Guiding the Speaker<hp. or to approve
the rules. The Republicans. being
endowed with the power. have full
responsibility for legislation. 1t is
the duty OF the Rel'It lican members
20 meet in caucus and. the majority
controlling to aerr" on organization.
1T is ACKNOWLEDGED that of the 2lS
Republican members there ar" at
least 1876 who will agree regarding
the organization and the rules. It Is
alleged tina. there are o4-Some clam
30-Republican members who Will re-
fuse to abide BY the decision OF the
1856 OF their colleagues. II these Ike
publicans are sufficient in number to
Join the Democrats and organize Tn"
House then the House is Democratic,
and the people who chose a. tie las.
; election Republican majority are
deprived of the power of having their
Will expressed in legislation.
/ The President recommended in
his inaugural address that the House
enact a revenue tariff bill according
to the pledges OF the Republican plat
, form, and to make sure it be prompt
: " enacted that no other business
should enter into this extraordinary
sesson. We will know next Monday
, whether there is a Republican major
, ity in the House. which must co OPP
crate if platform pledges are Kept. is
really Republican majority. We
, will know the result next mOnday.
! Much has been said about CZarism
in the House If the present efforts
,, of "a Republicans. who some allese
will refuse to cooperate with the
, other 1876 Republicans. are successful.
; then We have ~ Cars that insist on
, having their way and. failing to have
, their way make impossible for the
Republican majority in the House to
, keen the pledges CT the platform
The insurgents held a council or
| war last night. 1t developed that not
only were their own forces depleted
! but that Representative Champ Clark.
| the Democratic leader, might not he
| able TO control enough OF the minority
, 10 permit an effective alliance even
had the insnreents held az! their
| number in line.