The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-15
INSURGENTS
WILL FIGHT TO
< THE LAST Ditch
Speaker Cannon and the Rules
Committee May Be
Sh0rn of Power.
MINORITY MEMBERS
WILL VOTE SOLIDLY
SOME OF FOLKS AT HOME" OF
REPUBLICAN, FAITH VERY
MUCH AGAINST CAR.

Washington. March 1f.-Tomorrow will
see one Of the most interesting fights
that has taken place on the floor of
the house in years.
u, as has been the custom Mr. DalzeU
or pennsylvania moves the previous ques-
Ton on the motion to adopt 70 rthe Sixty
first congress the rules of the Sixtieth
congress, the insurgents and the Demo-
Gratis viii vote together in an effort to
, defeat the previous question motion
should they succeed they will offer a
resolution providing for the election of a
rules committee of fifteen which will be
instructed TO report TO the house on the
first Monday in December a set of rules
TO be adopted for the Sixty-first congress
Champ Clark JubiIant.
So confident Of victory are the allies
the insurgents and the Democrats-that
Champ Clark tonight declared he would
be elected speaker If the allies had an
other week in which to prepare for the
fray. This assertion was based largely
on the fact that various representatives
received a large number of kilograms to-
day from their constituents urging them
TO defeat Cannon for speaker. 1t was
said by the Democrats that many who
had thought II impossible to defeat Can
non were encouraged by the vote at the
Republican caucus last night to renew
1nelr fight against him. II is reiterated
however, by insurgents and Democrats
that the fight will not be made on the
SpedkeTship.
Roosevelt Will Get Votes.
There are indications. however. that
former President Roosevelt will receive
q complimentary vote from some of those
who are opposed to Speaker Cannon. The
Democratic leaders tonight declared they
would have at least 165 members present
tomorrow to vote down the previous qUes
ton. and that the insurgents have thirty
four members in line for the fight on the
rules The insurgent leaders declare that
hair
are greater than on any day since the
movement was begun. Throughout the day
Minority Leader Clark and Representa-
tive Gardner OF Massachusetts,, for the
iqsyPgents have been exerting every eff
faH 10 whip their forces into line
Representative Gcldfogie Of New York,
who is suffering from a serious affection
of his knee, is determined to be present
IL his physicians will permit He will
have to be carried to his seat If he at
tends.
Will Be on Hand.
Mr.. Clark learned tonight that several
Democrats who, il was feared, would not
get here, would be on hand. He received
3 telegram indicating that the successor
of Representative Davey of Louisiana will
be here with his certificate in time to be
SWORN in tomorrow, thus giving the
democrats an additional and unexpected
The regulars have been as active today
the insurgents and the Democrats and
have been lining up their forces. They
are more retcent about their plans.
Much will depend upon the Democratic
caucus tomorrow, when an effort will be
made to have the caucus bind itself to
the resolution which the steering commit
tee OF the insurgents and the Democratic
leaders have compromised on.
FitzgeraId's Plans.
Representative Fitzgerald Of New York,
recognized as one of the ablest Demo
cratic parliamentarians, issued a state
ment tonight opposing the plan to elect
2 committee of fifteen to select the vaTi-
Gus committees of the houses, and de-
clared that whatever changes are made
in the rules. they should be made before
the tariff bill is taken up He proposes
that the rule providing for calendar
"Wednesday should be modified SO as to
require q two-thirds vote instead of
majority He also suggested n plan by
which any member of the house might
al certain times have the right to have
any bill not on the private calendar sub
lnitted to the house to ascertain whether
il could be considered by unanimous con-
sent. Mr.. Fitzgerald will present this
proposition to the caucus.
Representative Lassiter OF Virginia VIII
present a proposition to amend the rules
so that a communication addressed TO
the speaker and signed by majority Of
the members of the house will be consid-
cred matter of the highest privilege.