The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-07
Bv Ernest G. Walker.

.o.;ves Ii has remarkable poiltIcai
"a parliamentary aspects. 1t has
@ ,o5 a crushing defeat for Speaker
Iasepb G. Cannon. 1t eliminated IN
s ost unexpected and gratifying vie
NV. Cor him. Men say nothing like it
=, over transpired in the national
ma that the scenes during the
L DAYS that the revolution-more
sonsarvative men call it an evolution
"a. in progress are without parallel IN
tbe legislative history Of the body
70 start with, let it be clearly I'M
,,rs+ooa what has been accomplished.
The fight centered around the house
,,;ttee on rules. 1t now has five
ombors-three Republicans and two
nomocrats-of whom the Speaker Is
sx.otBcio chairman. An alliance OF all
=, bouso Democrats and al lnsurgent
peoublican group which at times con
.;.-oa Of as many as forty odd men,
s,,osa the abolition Of this kind Of
.,., committee. Hitherto the Speaker
has appointed that committee, as he
nnnoints and continues to appoint six
= and more other committees of the
house.
In the place of this rules committee
.ho -,inmphant majority of Democrats
and Insurgents has set up an elective
-,los committee of ten members, SIX
g whom are to be Republicans and
four Democrats. The election OF the
members is to be by the house itself,
presumably through the choice of the
Renublican and Democratic caueuses
,esneetively. The Speaker IS made IN
sliaible for membership, which means
+,a, he can no longer be chairman.
Tho committee will choose its own
chairman The resolution, providing
for this radical change in the makeup
Of the committee which is the key to
the control of the house organization,
was offered BY Representative George
" Norris, a Nebraska insurgent, ear
RED by vote of 1873 to l59. 1t pro-
vded for ten days IN which to elect
the new committee.
However. this was not the climax
Of the greatest day and the most ex'
citing procedure the house OF repre-
seutatives has ever seen. Speaker Can
nan had been tremendously battered
He fought gamely through to the last
ditch Many thought he would resign,
after the house By dozens of rollcallS
had demonstrated an apparent lack OF
confidence in his leadership. He an
nOunced that he would not resign. But
in most dramatic terms he Informed
the house that he would welcome a
motion to vacate the chair. That
meant in palmer English motion tc
depOse the Speaker. The motion was
WduC IIDH lut CEAittNi q ~ 4'N@S'
was the most thrilling moment IN tins
career of any man who has served al
Speaker Of the American house. 1nt
insurgents excepting an lmplacabit
group of nine, executed a right about
They joined their Republican brethren
once more and voted that motioL
down. The verdict Of the roll call wa
l9l against deposing the Speaker anC
l55 for deposng him. This restored
the Speaker to power and entrenche(
him there, at least for the life of con
gress-tlll March I 1911.
Words do not easily lend themseive
to an adequate description If th
scene that ensued. The national con
ventions of the two big parties otfe
nothing in the way of 4 demonstration
that equaled the demonstration wh'c
greeted the Speakers triumph. TIL
Republicans conducted themselves W.T.
an enthusiasm which was bounded on
" by their ability to cheer and way
handkerchiefs and pound upon theI
mahogany desks and shout. \ substan
lal victory had been snatehed fror
defeat.
All TINS in hr,af 5,..r:r..z r-bat va
done. The JaveIoro,e.,.. ,~.-s 81 swift
and sweening and yr,,bef g. connlfca,
el tbat tha n+ ,,l' .,.4..:lnz .
bath nroo. ,oL -.o>. as w.. '.r o,
no, fully analvzed the significance c
what has been accomplished OF graspe
the probable outcome.
able nine|w gT,[ ,or, u 81 ,oe T'1 Sar
Of Milwaukee, Henry 4. georcr Of r.