The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-18

There does not seem to be one"
replied Moore.
How much are we shy" asked
SABBATH.
-Four blue chips and a red one,
exclaimed the vice. president In an au
dlble tone, and the house laughed.
Representative Sims, Democrat,
Tennessee. attempted shortly befor,
noon to force the chair to do some
thing but beyond indulging in
lengthy argument with Moore ac-
complished nothing. Sims tried to
make Moore admit that the record
taken at the last rot call, despite
the fact that ocular demonstration
proved otherwise.
''What rule Of the house gives you
a right to use ocular demonstration IL
a case like this?" demanded Sims.
| Moore admitted there was no such
a rule but did not argue the matter
further.
Fire Begins 10 Fly.
At 11:45 the Democrats near the
Icenter aisle began singing, first hymns
then popular songs "Old Black Joe
and "a Hot Time In the Old Tow
Tonight" wound up the chorus, which
was quelled by Moore's gavel
Representative Shackleford, Demo
'crat, Missouri, then declared the spea
I ker had contemporary abdicated his
chair" and that the house was "in .
state of anarchy"
"You are the representative of the
speaker" he continued. "Do your
duty and stop this everlasting fiasco;
bring to an end this disgraceful situa-
tion and allow the members to do the
duty the constitution demands. The
gentleman from Illinois has quit the
chair because he knows he cannot
rule the majority. The sergeant-at.
arms did not arrest the members last
night because the speaker did not
want him to do 1t. ] demand that
you. as the representative of the
speaker allow legislation to proceed"
Majority Floor Leader Payne leaped
TO his feet to reply to shackleford
declaring he had never heard more
senseless speech"
"a point of order cried Schackle
ford.
"The gentleman from Missouri
wouldn't know n point of order from q
hole in the ground" cried Payne
Payne and Shackleford then wrang-
led over the question of the latter's
presence during the last nights pro
cecdngs.
IT move that the gentleman from
Missouri be arrested for contempt of
the house" cried Payne. "He absent
ed himself without permission
'While the speaker was abdcatlng
his chair and was turning this de-
Lucrative body to a state of anarchy
I was here" cried Shacltleford. 81
have been here twenty-five out of
twenty-four hours If the speaker
wishes to cause my arrest. | am here
@ and waive any rights that might pre-
n vent"
Y Shackeford was not arrested and
l.. Moore resigned the gavel to "Unclo
II Joe" at FIVE minutes before noon.
Q, Cannon on the Throne.
l. Nearly every member OF the house
p was I'm his seat when Cannon ascend
3 ed the throne" The galleries We're
n jammed and people stood twenty deer
!. in the corridors behind the gallery
d doors.
r 81 don't need any sleep" remarked
a the speaker as he strolled in.
q GAS we grow older we need less
, sleep" said Cannon. "When / was 0
: member of the appropriation com
= 'mittee / frequently went the two last
e weeks of the sessions with three cl
% four hours sleep a night. What ] do
n need Is exercise In the open air. IL
could get out and walk four or flv'
hours I'd be all right"
" on taking the gavel, "Uncle Joe
:, announced:
- "The chair will hear the gentleman
, from Iowa. Mr.. Smith, Republican
'e and then will shortly rule"
ie Smith defended his votes of yester
10 day and the day before in favor o
Is the organize ton
III Speaker Cannon then turned th'
V gavel over to Olmsted of Pennsylvania
le and the new speaker pro TEN recog
l. nized Representative Campbell, Re
m publican, Kansas. Campbell also de
le Tended the old rule.
e. Mrs. Taft was an attentive listene
& from the executive gallery during thi
t. stage of the proceedings. In her par
n ty was Frank B. Kellogg, the gov
D. ernment's trust buster
l. While Smith and Campbell wer
N speaking, committee Of insurgent
us regulars and, Democrats We're tryln
TO TeucH IL oiiu thN'
ne We're all sorts of rumors on the floor o
ns the house. Meanwhile. both sides wer
We scurrying about and getting all thei
OF men in their seats.
e, The Insurgents.
IN The twenty-six Republican mem
a bers of the house who are acting a
of insurgents are:
s. Cary and Davidson, Wisconsin
is Davis, Minnesota; Fish and Foelkel
e. New York; Fowler, New Jersey
at Gardner, Massachusetts, Gronnf
OF North Dakota; Hangen, Iowa; Hayes
e. California; Hinshaw, Nebraska; Kop
rs and Lenroot, Wisconsin; Hubbard an
Kendall, Iowa; Kinkaid, Nebraska
Lindbergh, Minnesota; Murdock an
Madison. Kansas; Miller, Minnesota
Morse Wisconsin; Nelson, Wisconsin
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