The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-03-15

iS9 for the adoption Of the rulos
Of the previous house, the iusur
gents won a great victory today
and scored the first point against
Speaker Cannon. who, nevertheless.
was elected 10 the apeakerahip for
the fourth time.
The republicans who voted
against the motion made by Repre-.
sentative Dalzell OF Pennsylvania,
that the previous rules be adopted,
we're the following:
klncaid Of Nebraska, Kopp and
Kueatormann. Wisconsin; Lenroot,
Lindberg and Lowering. Massachu-
sets; Madison. Murdoch. Kansas;
Nose. Wisconsin: Nelson. Norris,
Woods and Pickett. Iowa; Johnson
81 Ohio. pOindexter OF Washington
and Volgtead OF Minnesota.
The democrats who voted with
tbs regular republicans we're.
Estoplnal Of Louisiana. Moon %
Tennessee. O'Connell Of Pennsyl-
yania. Goldfogle. Conroy and Rlor.
dan o. New York and Bruasard Of
Louisiana.
Speaker Votes aye"
On the roll call on the question
the speaker made clear that he did
not wish any question as 10 his
attitude. and shouted Aye"
Representative Clark then intro
duced a resolution providing for
the election by the house Of a com.
mittee on rules consisting Of II
members. representing the various
sections of the country. Clark i'm
medinteiy demanded the previous
question. on which Mann OF Illinois
demanded a roll call.
Dalxell stood beside the speak.
cr's deck while the roll call was
being taken on the previous ques.
ton. Clark caused some excite.
mant by demanding that Dalzell
return 10 the floor. denying that he
had a riRht 10 remain where he
There Wah a heated argu-
ment.
when the vote was taken the
house refused the previous question
By a vote OF i7s for 10 203 against
which left the matter unsettled.
Opposition 70 Cannon.
Every congressman who was not
prevented by illness was In his
place. Messenger boys delivered 10
every member kilograms from a
group Of New York publishers. urg
Ing opposition 20 Cannon's re-elec.
tion as speaker These kilograms
were signed By $ S Mcclure.
Rldgway. David Graham Phillips.
Lawrence Abbott and Robert J
Collier.
The members arrived earlier than
usual Twcthirds were present az
m 80 O'Clock. order was called az
exactly noon. and Chaplain Cuuden
prayed Then the clerk read Tafts
proclamation summoning the con
Eress 10 meet In special session.
Vote on Speaker.
This was followed by the roll call
by states. ana The vote for the cleo
ton nf a speaker. which resulted as
follows;
For Cannon. 2Of. for Clark. i66:
FOR Cooper, s Tor Norris q for
Esch. q. for Hepburn. I.
The insurgents bad been IN eau
Gus from ? o'clock until nearly noon.
They numbered about rs. Every
i%nsurpcnt was left 10 follow his own
desire In voting on the speaker
ship. their fight being centercd on
the effort TO bring about a change
IN the rules. The following voted
for Cooper. Hubbard. Of Iowa;
Cary. Of Wisconsin; Davis. OF Min
neHnta; Lenroot. Of Wisconsin
Morse. o. Wisconsin: Murdoch. Of
Kansas: Nelson. Of Wisconsin
Polndexter, OF Washington
Cooper. OF Wisconsin. and Hin
shaw. OF Nebraska. voted for Norris
Cheers for Candidates.
Koppa, Of Wisconsin, voted for
Fsch. Lindberg. OF Minnesota.
voted for Hepburn The absentees
were: Clark. Of Florida Russell.
OF Texas. Legare. Of South Caro-
lima. aud Sheppard. OF Texas, all
democrats.
Champ Clark. Of Missouri. the
democratic caucus nominee. and
Cannon. Of Illinois. aid not vote
Cannon retired az soon as he an-
swered the roll call by states. aud
was not present al the election.
There were 3S2 members pres
ent. Carrier. Of New Hampshire
nominated Cannon. whose name
was greeted with applause. Clay
ton. az Alabama. nominated Clark,
and his name was also received
with cheers. Vreedlaud. Of New
York. and Dent, OF Alabama, we're
appointed tellers
Cannon Escorted 10 Chair.
when Clerk Mcdowell announced
that Clark had polled 1874 votes,
clayton Indignantly doclared' Il
submit that the tollers have rot yet
reported" Mcdowell had evidently
read his personal count and then he
announced that ne would wait for
the report OF the t%ollers. Aftor this
was done. Campbell OF Kansas and
Bartlett OF Georgia and Clark OF
Missouri were appointed 60 escort
Cannon 20 his desk. There was a
great demonstration on tho republi-
can side OF the house.
Clark presented Cannon as the
second man in the history OF the
United States TO be elected speaker
four times. The oath Of office was
administered by Representative
Bingham Of Pennsylvania, who Is the
oldest member IN point OF service.
cannon's Address.
The new members then We're.
sworn In, the several delegations
from the various states being sworn
la at a time. The other officers