The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19

present Nnen the slibseSluent acllon Vas
taken and he would not assume the re-
sponsibility OF issuing warrants On that
Questionable authority.
About O'Clock some Of the sergeant
az arms's deputies appeared with lev
more Republicans and then thu cannon
men began To dribble in. hooking mighty
fresh and comfortable Comparei With
the dIshevelled appearance ii those Who
had remained all night GA the dOor After
1:2O one ~ the insurgents made point
Of M quorum. which neC,,ssitated a roll
call. The roll call showed lss present
while only IW were neeSl.-i for a quorum
oUoRUM DISAPPEARS
The allies SEEMED To be- more hopeful
then that they would get action Of some
sort or other on the potnt Of order before
the House IIheythadnt reckOnsd though
with the parliamentary Schemes ~ the
iannon forces. for a moment later when
the roll call on the QUESTION II "A quorum
was brought mp again u vas found mat
several ms.mlp-rs OF the Cannon nrganiNa-
ton had Disappeared That's the way the
pruc~cyiingS dragged along III the early
part of the morning Speaker Iannon's
quorum was pretty much like the Irish
man = nea- now Il was there and now a.
wasn't. II WIS apparent to the insur-
gents that the Speak~r and hls friends
we're 'sisTeiy batting them: cha; re
Speaker wanted TAI Crs'gf. the impression
thing toward rounding up the Republican
organization men but at the same time he
had no immediate intention Of having
enough Of them in The chamber at any
one time tn enable the allies tO prOc.-sd
with business. II was evident that Speaker
Cannon was playing a waiting game
while compromiss MAS b~ing urged nv
some ~ hIs followers
INSURGENTS OPPosE RFCFss
The extreme Suspicion Of the InSuT.
gents tow ard the regulars was well H.
Illustrated when sam" Of the regulars
suggested alOCg about O'Clock that
they take an hours recess ~ that the
cleaners could enter the chamber aud
sweep the floor Goodness knO~S there
Vas need enough for a -s-pIng The
aisls-- were Cluttered with a twenty four
hour collection Ut scraps Of paper and
other debris and the chamber hooked
generally a. " u had h.--n miAed zap with
a hurricane The insurgents. however,
rejected this cleaning up suggestion,
fearing that ~ might involve sOni- change
IA the parliamentary situation Of adVan
tag - tn" regulars The cleaners had
10 Ire content with walking down the
aisls@ and picking up hat they could
By this time the galleries had illed
again and long lines were standing m the
corridors waiting for admission among
those ia the gallery ere the wives 81 many
~ the members. who ~'-,tned Ia ~ lOv the
dlsheVells-i appearance 1T their husband
a. they moved about the nOOr
RTMoRs ~ PossTB; . COAPEONIS'
kumor- Of q possible compromis-' ere
current IN the chamber from shqSiiy
after daylight and Occa~ioned sNpnsidsra-
bile concern on the part of the lNsmO-
Gratis " Vas mot. however. until about
~ O'Clock that word came from the r~gu-
lars that they would like to meet repre-
s-ntatiVa- of the insurgents AZ n ~ 'clOsA
a0N,
n possible. upon which they could g, N
slider plans Tor saving IN. party This
was the conference held in HepT, --nta-
tive Gardner room and which failed
To yield any dehnit~ results.
While 'hs conference b.stwe-n the two
factions was on the House practically
went into . state ~ coma again some
~ the insurgents and Democrats Who
had remained on duty all nIght acre -
badly used up that thew could hardly
keep their eyes open. ~ hi" SONS. " them
made no pretence ~ fighting na'uF,
any longer and moved over - a corner
or out into the cloak rootns where they
cuuH snOoze v Ithput attracting much
attention
I'ncie Joe himself. however. seemed TO
he little Affected by his all night vigil
and the intenzs. strain under which he
had labored With the butt OF cigar
IN his mouth tilted az the usual Cannon
angie h- wandered about the corridors
sell -pO-ss-sss-t and apparently ready to
fight to the end Even has enemies were
ready TO conccde thaE Jncle Joe hash {
peer as a fighter.
80 AGREEMENT ANOTHER CpNT ERENCV
The lns'Irgent~ fileSt hack INTO the Hou-e
at ~ ~. after their Conierencr and u
Immediately became known that no
agreement had been reached. hut that
there was possibility Of . rpy.s-s being
taken The insurgents returned from
their conference ia y Siillsn and deter
mined tram. 81 mind II was shortly
after this that the insurgents -s.lsCtsd
MeNsrs Gardner at Massachusetts Have
Of California. Isnrnoi ~ Wisconsin and
Norris of Nebraska - meet a representa-
tIon from m" Cannon for,Ts m another
Conference IN an attempt Ia find a basis
ot agreement IN the CON rysssions which the
regulars we're willing TO make
iverv little white tho resentment felt
nv tho Democrats against th'. sergeant
At arms would darp up \ motion WAS
prstar,-i bv one of TIE Democratic mem
bcr- providing for the removal nj the
sergeant at -artpg for Wtlful negligence
hat th.- member finally reIented : hsn u
bsCane known that until the speaker
had ruled on the point IT order raised on
the Norris re-ohIt on such a motion could
not be entertained
Representative ShacL leforyl n Missouri
aHOrdssi rho gallery = few minutes of
pleasure 4 hon IN declared that th..
Syeake or had privately instructed the ser
geant at arms not ~ arrest ab~entees
hecau~. he Sas unabl" To command q
majority yot"
The Speaker Of this Hous- - main
tanning a state ~ anarchy" ~houtsi Nr
shack leford
QUARTET sINGs ~ OIL HF ~oNGs
about this time a quartet Of very sleepy
Representatives started up the rong
-Thsre'ii. Be Hot Tiuse m tho Dld
Town To-night The singers were over
IN one corner ut IN" chamber Rspre-an-
tAtive Moore 81 P"nn-N lvanla who vas
in the chair nearly hrok" IN" gAvel bang
ing for order
Tho sergeant at. arms sits here
shouted Mr. Shacklefoyd above the din
~ the raRtIme chorus. and makes No
effort to perform his duty because thu
Speaker may have privately directed him
10 pursue that co,IT-e II non action
But tho sergeant alarms ~ hound To-
arrest ah@entee- and bring them in here
When he refuses 10 de- that he Is bringing
anarchy upon ~.
Representative PAYNE ~ New York
happened IN at this ttInP. He character
i1ed Mr.. ShacklsfOrd's remarks az a
haTAng'le.