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terms. but were willing to allow tht
regulars an easy way out II they chose
10 take it. 1t was claimed that a Ger
tain majority was in sight for the Nor
ris resolution whenever the speaker
rules. If he does rule.
The hurry calls sent out by the Re-
publican n Democrat whips resulted
in a good many additions to the at
tendance in the House today. Seven
teen members showed up in response,
ten Regulars, n In%surgent and six
Democrats. The Republicans were Nc
Call. of Massachusetts; Simmons, OF
New York: M. f. Driscoll, of New
York: Moon, Of Pennsylvania; Tener,
of Pennsylvania; Campbell, of Kansas;
Denhv. OF Michigan; Nye, of Mime
sofa. Burke. of Pennsylvania, and
sFoelker, of New York.
The Insurgent. or rather. near-in-
surgent was Representative Parsons, OF
New York. Rhinock, of Ohio; Alex
ander, Of Missouri; Talbot, of Mary
land; Boehne, of Indiana; Hobson, of
Alabama, and Pou, of North Carolina.
were the Democrats.
Norris Resolution.
Following is the resolution of Repre-
Sentative Norris, of Nebraska, which
caused all the trouble:
Resolved, That the rules of the
Horse be amended as follows:
Tile committee on rules shall con-
fsist of fifteen members, nine of whom
shall be members OF the majority party
tand six of whom shall be members of
1.-THE minority party, to be selected as
follows:
THE States of the Union shall be di-
vided by a committee of three selected
E by the House for that purpose, into
9nine groups. each group containing as
H,near as may be an equal number of
members belonging to the majority
party. The States of the Union shall
likewise be divided into six groups, each
group containing as near as nay be an
equal number of members belonging to
1.-THE minority party.
.'At 1O:3O O'Clock a. m. on the day
following the adoption of the report of
said committee, each of said groups
shall meet and select one of its number
as a member of the committee on rules
The place of meeting for each of said
groups shall be designated by the said
committee of three in it's report. Each
4.Ol Sd1Q SlOQPS St0h lCPOib W SHS AAOAS~
the name of the member selected for
membership on the committee on rules.
THE committee on rules shall select
its own chairman; the speaker shall not
be eligible to membership on said COM
mittee. All rules or parts thereof in
8 consistent with the foregoing resolution
are hereby repealed"
The big fight over the resolution was
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was precipitated late in the afternoon,
when Representative C~rumpacker, of
! Indiana, tried again to secure consid-
GRAFTON of a resolution amending the
] census act. The issue was a purely
technical one of parliamentary pro-
= cedure; but it was the same as that on
which the speaker was defeated the day
before.
Representative Norris (Neb.), forth
with took occasion to produce from his
desk the resolution providing for reor-
g~anization of the committee on rules.
REPRESENTATIVE Dalzell CRepublican,
Penna.) made the point of order that
the resolution could not be presented
under the rules in the order of business
then in process The regulars"
throughout the whole struggle have
made this their fighting point.
1.-The allies" on the other hand, de-
manded a ruling by the speaker on this
point, their evident plan being to APP
peal from the expected adverse deci-
sion, and to overrule the speaker.
The speaker, on his part, insisted that
in order to make a prope ruling on
the point of order he must have time
to consult the precedents. The Demo
Gratis tool every occasion to demand a
ruling of the speaker. As the battle
lines were thus drawn the speaker and
the regular organization were thrust
with their backs to the wall, fighting
for very existence.
In the early hours of the day the in
dications were that Speaker Cannon
and the regular organization were
at the point of decisive defeat at the
hands of the Republican insurgents and
Democrats. who throughout the night
pounded the regular" position relent-
lessly, defeating the organization upon
every issue upon which there was a
vote.
1t was an open secret early today
that the regulars" believed they were
beaten; that it was their plan to give
the speaker until II o'clock today to
rule upon the point of order upon which
the attack was centred, and that only
a forlorn hope of some kind, not at all
likely to materiali2e, could be relied
upon to save the situation.
The long night in the House was re
plete with amusing incidents, as the
weary Democrats tried to while away
the hours of waiting for the sergeant
at-arms to bring in the recalcitrant Re-
publicans.
The funniest of them vail came when
the officers found one lone Republican
-Hollingsworth, of Ohio-peacefully
asleep at his hotel. They served the
House warrant, required the Ohioan to
get up and dress and come before the
bar OF the House. He came, protest
ing with vosuble Indignation that he
was regularly paired anf entitled to be
in bed.
For half an hour the "horse play"
went on, the Democrats shrieking with
laughter at Mr.. Hollingsworth's indig-
liant protest. Finally he was excused.
"J1ncle Joe was In his room all
night, now and then coming out into
the House, where Representative Dali
zell held the chair. He seemed imper-
turhed by all the warfare going on
about his head.
Underlying all the events and hilarity
Of the night was an exceedingly serious
vein. This appeared especially when
Representative Norris at $50 proposed
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