The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19
Refuse TO Accept Offers Of Com
j promise That will Save Speak
er's FEELINGS Flight to Be Re-
sumed Today With Renewed
vlgor.
Cannon's Friends Predict That
Il Beaten In This Contest He
I Will Resign His Position as
] Speaker.

Washington, March 19.-Speaker
Cannon's close friends acknowledge
that the combination of insurgents
and Democrats has control of the sit
uation In the house, and that unless
some compromise can be effected or
there is q break In the Democratic
ranks the speaker is likely to go
down to defeat This admission
was made with noticeable sadness by
the men who have stood shoulder to
shoulder with Speaker Cannon for
many years In dominating the affairs
Of the house. Mr.. Cannon friends be-
iieve further that he may resign from
the speakership IL he is beaten in the
present fight. >@ -
Speaker Cannon's supporters them
selves, after an all-night struggle on
the floor Of the house, made overtures
to the insurgents in the hope Of
reaching common ground on which
both can stand. Three conferences
were held by representatives of the
two Republican factions in the course
OF the day. but when the house voted
4 recess until this morning, the dead
lock was still on.
Tho Cannon forces have. consented
TO an enlargement of the committee
on rules from five to ten members,
ak to be selected from the majority
and four from the minority party.
They have further consented to have
these 10 committeeman nominated by
q party caucus and elected by the
house instead Of being appointed by
the speaker.
The Norris resolution. which has
brought the trouble In the house to a
head, provides for the election OF 10
members to the rules committee by
the house. The compromise proposi-
zion as submitted by the Cannon
forces Is acceptable to the nearinsur-
gents except In one additional fea-
ture. The near.insurgents, to say
nothing of the real radicals, will not
listen to any proposition which does
not include the elimination of the
speaker from membership Of the rules
which the two Republican factions in
the house are Immediately at issne.
Speaker Cannon's friends have told
the near-insurgents that they will not
stand for any proposition that humil-
iates the speaker through such an
elimination provision. The insurgent
eonferees have found II impossible
thus far to accept any compromise
that does not contain this feature,
and members of the insurgent band
were emphatic In declaring that they
will not alter their attitude.
Effprts are being made and prob
ably will be continued to get the
speaker himself to solve this embar'
RAISING question. Several OF Mr.. Can
mons friends are urging him to go
into party conference and volunteer
the assurance that he will not serve
on new rules committee.
Another ground for compromise
that is being suggested by the Can
non forces Ia that the speaker be al
lowed to serve out his term on the
present rules committee until March
under gentlemen's agreement that
he will not serve after that date. In
the hope that some such understand
lng can be reached. a resolution was
drafted In the conferences which
while providing for the enlargement
of the rules committee and its selec'
tion by. the house, contains nothing
derogat0ry to the speaker,