Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-23
CANNON STICKS
TO SPEAKERSHIP
Wins Great Personal Triumph
In Midst OF Defeat
HE is SHORN OF HIS POWER

Dropped From Rules Committee by
Allied Forces of Democrats and In
surgent RepubIicans-Latter Balk
at Move to Declare Speakership Va
cant-UncIe Joe Defies Enemies to
Proceed to Election of New Speaker
Washington, March 21.-Joseph
Quincy Cannon of Danville. Ills, is
still speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, but he lost the ancient
prestige and weapon of that Office
when the allied Republican insurgents
and Democrats took from him not only
the craftsmanship of, but even mem
bership in, the all-powerfull commit
tee on rules, the chief asset in his
stock of power.
Amid scenes of widest disorder,
for the like of which one must go back
to the exciting days just prior to the
Civil war-perhaps even those times
might not duplicate 1.-THE veteran
speaker, almost "a. stood erect and
defiant, his head "bloodied but un-
bowed"
And at the end. when a big Texas
Democrat accepted the speakers dar
ing challenge and introduced a resolu
ton to fling him out of the speaker
ship, the Republicans, regulars and
insurgents, with few exceptions, raj =
lied with almost unbroken party front
and gave him vote which almost off
set the Reputation of Cannonism ."
BY a vote of 1871 to 1856, the Repub-
lican insurgents voting solidly with
the Democrats, the house adopted the
resolution of Representative Norris
Republican. of Nebraska. requiring
a reorganization of the rules of the
mittee, increasing it's membership
from five to ten, and declaring the
thereon.
BY the curiously identical vote ot
191 to 155-but with decidedly diff
ferent personnel-the house defeated
a resolution of Representative Bur
Lesson of Texas, declaring the speak
ship vacant and ordering an immedi.
ate election of a successor to Cannon
, The Norris resolution which wa;
adopted is as follows:
There shall be a committee or
the committee of five, like all other
house committees, has been appoint.
ed by the speaker), consisting of ter
members, six of whom shall be mem
bers Of the majority party and four o
whom shall be members of the minor.
ity party. The speaker shall not b.
a member of the committee, and the
committee shall elect it's own chair
man from it's own members.
Resolved, further, That within
ten days after the adoption of this res
olution there shall be an election o
this committee, and Immediately upor
its election the present committee or
rules shall be dissolved"
Here is the resolution of Burleson
which was defeated:
Resolved, That the office o
speaker of the house of representa-.
tives is hereby declared to be vacan
and the house of representatives shall
at once proceed to the election of ;
speaker"
his future policy?"
The speaker laughed. "TT jus
keep on speaking and praying" h,
said.
The Oldest man in congress make
no pretense of remembering any paral
lels for the sensational scenes which
have characterized the past few days
There were no comments when i
looked as though the preponderantl
Republican house might even cap tn
climax by electing Champ Clar
speaker.
In fact, not only was this actual
proposed in a motion by Mr.. Clar
tFlaD, but Cannon himself, in hi
def" to the house, declared that hi
enemies should be consistent and pro
coed to the election of a Democrat
speaker.
Indeed, it was this challenge to tn
house, daring as it was, which, in
stantly provoking the Burleson reso
luton for his reinforcement, turne
the tide again in his favor, and rallie
the Republicans, regulars and insur
gents, together with few exception
TO the point of what may we'll b
termed a vote of confidence.
Through it all the aged speaker. in
variably calm, stoical, consistent
the end, stood in his place, his gave
with steady thumps upon his desl
punctuating the riotous confusion
Upon the conclusion of the vote whic
cast him out of his place of power
the head of the rules committee, |
asked 1.-The indulgence of the hou
for three minutes, +" and made a sho
speech in defense of his attitude, Il