The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-19
MEMORABLE PARL| L|AMENTARY
IN CONGRESS ENDS A DRAW.
Midnight Found the Warning Factions Ready to
ADJOURN Consideration of Norris Amendment
Resumed When Congress Reconuened Sat
urday NoOn--Lull in Battle wGs We'll
coined BY Both Sides.

of the insurgent following of Norris of
Nebraska, left him and sided with the
majority for postponement The re-
suit, they said, conveyed no signif-
canoe and meant anything else than
that they had deserted the insurgent
cause.
The lull in the long battle came with
apparent welcome to both sides, al
though there was not cheer of vic
tory from either. When the speaker
put the motion to adjourn a general
chorus Of ayes came from the repub-
lican side. The democrats made no
protest, and there was no answer to
the call for noes. The house for the
first time in the present session had
almost its full membership on the
floor.
When the speakers gavel fell the
members rose wearily from their seats
and filed out through the Uttered
aisles, and in five minutes the scene of
, the record breaking endurance strug-
gle was cleared of its 400 principals.
The galleries were emptied of the
hundreds of spectators who had oc-
cupied them constantly for nearly
thirty hours, and only a score or. so
of janitors moved about cleaning up
the evidence of the fray.
No such series of scenes have been
witnessed in a congress in recent
years. The performance embraced
every element from the serio-tragic
effort to wrest from the speaker the
chief source of his power, to the
songs, jokes and jests that the mem
bers banded during the long hours of
vigil. Always there was the bone of
contention between the two opposing
sides over which they fought and
wrangled fiercely but for hours at a
time. The scene was on the aspect
of comic opera, and laughter and
applause ruled the house.
What of the result? The usual and
almost inexplicable ending caused a
thousand questions as to the mean
ing of the armistice. Did it mean
that the regulars had won enough of
the insurgents to declare truce in
the fight, and enough to rally their
forces and form some new plan of
action, or that both sides were weary
and worn to the limit of exhaustion,
and were glad of the opportunity to
defer the final struggle for few hours
and give all chance to freshen them
selves for it?
1--WE have lost nothing" said Rep
resentative Norris. "This postpone
ment means not a thing more than
that we have deferred consideration
of my resolution until Saturday. The
issue is not affected at all, and the in
surgents stand solidly and unbroken
now just where they stood "a hours
ago."
The regulars, following adjourn
ment, talked over the situation infor-
mally and individually. Their mood
is a waiting one, If the republican in
surgents win the fight they say that
upon the "ailies" will devolve the re-
sponsibility Of legislation.
The particular obstruction in the
pathway of agreement between the
regulars and the insurgents is the pro-
posed elimination of the speaker. The
REGULARS say the speaker, having COM
mitted no wrong, should not be dis
credited Some of the friends of the
speaker contend that if the house over
rules him today that he will welcome
relief from the committee. The speak
er himself is silent, and no statement
has been forthcoming from his Office
as to his point Of view.
Representative Champ Clark. leader
of the minority, and his chief lieu
tenant, Representative Underwood, of
Alabama, were satisfied with the sit
uation at adjournment, although with
their old solid party they had against
it.
Concerning the conference of the re-
publican regulars and the insurgents,
which was held today and viii con-
tinue tomorrow morning, Mr.. Clark
had to say:
They may agree upon something
that we democrats can also stand for,
but I don't believe it, and you can de-