The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
.I0 OPPOSE CANNON7
.,,,orNT REPUBLICANS AND 'N,,ocsATs TRYING TO DUST
 HOUSE SPEAKER.
ulIEO FORCES ARE IN CONTROL
s, on the House Rules Caused an r's sw Night Session of the Body r',r Al Now of Making Champ Clark Speaker.

A" , Now of Making Champ Clark Speaker.
 w..bineton. Mar. 19.-With Speak
 csnnons power in the house of osentatives hanging in the bal TIP bis supporters fencing for time, anS'' on me in position to say wkat an,d an he the outcome. the fiercest sa..tIe ~v probably that ever has been .sed pas, against the house rules obiit- r.atsd "~s party lines in the historic cham Der. rteis Q, ,o.oo m when minority leader Clark, ",,or . hot denunciation of the fiilibus- ais' wbich he charged the speaker z r.,,h heading. moved that the speaker V. recrired to rule on the pending sol,tion 10 reorganize the commit tee on rules
 .nor heinz in continuous session s- hours a motion by Representa- ,,'o Martin of South Dakota, a regu- # ,a. that the house take recess until o,clook was carried by vote of 161 E to 15l.
 ..u vells greeted the result of this, the z s,nrth test of strength. on the ques- | ton of obtaining respite. 5 Talk of Champ Clark for Speaker.
 The election of Champ Clark, minor z ,,y leader. as speaker is seriously con s,dered by some regular Republicans. rbev say they would follow Demo cra, in preference to Republican urbo dehes the majority Of his party. rh,s course would be contingent upon ,be defeat of the organization in the z present crisis.
 From one of their Democratic allies eame the startling report at Il o'clock that the Insurgent Republicans also vere considering whether 1t was in ,bejr power to depose Speaker Cannon or discharge the sergeant-at-arms of < the house.
 Tryina for Compromise. # Insurgent Republicans selected Gard. nor of Massachusetts. Hayes of Cali fornla, Lenroot of Wisconsin and Nor ris of Nebraska to meet similar rep resentation for an enlargement of the rules committee to ten or fifteen mem- # hers. with the elimination of the speak # ere
 committee of the regulars com posed Of Dalzell of Pennsylvania. |& Smith of Iowa and Olmstead of Penn. # sylvanIa, met the insurgents at their # meeting in an effort to reach a basis .# of compromise.
 Resolution That Started Fight.
 Here is the resolution presented by & Representative Norris of Nebraska # that caused the house struggle. the ob-
 jee,ionable part to the regular Republi-
 cans being that relative to the speak. # CT:
 # That the rules Of the house be amend W .d ss follows;
 The committee on rules shall consist # Of fifteen members nine of whom shall M bs members of the ma aiority party and
 six Of whom shall he members of the # minority party to be selected as fol- X lows.
 The states Of the Union shall bc d- # vided by a committee of three elected # by the house for that purpose into nine # groups each group containing as near as
 may be an equal number Of members be-
 longing 10 the majority party. The states F of the Union siiaii likewise be divided
 into six groups each group containing as ' near as may be an equal number of mem- # bes belonging to the minority party.
 At i0.30 o'clock a. m.. o~ the following *# fay adnnttdn nf pprf nf said
 committee each of said groups shall meet a and select one of It's number a member a Of the committee on rules. The place # Of meeting for each of said groups shal M be designated by the said committee ol ~ thrre in it's report Each Of said group:
 shall report to the house the name o # the member selected for membership or
 the committee of rules.
 The committee on rules shall eject 1t
 own chairman. The speaker shall no
 he eligible to membership on said com # mittee All rules or parts thereof incon
 sis'eHt with the foregoing resolutions ar,
 hereby repealed
 The organization saw in the passage
 Of this resolution the demolition of tn. z machine that has so long dominate,
 congress. They saw in it the end o
 the Cannon regime. the political fun
 eral so to speak. of Uncle Joe.
 The insurgent opportunity came owe
 resolution amending the census act
 Cannon ruled the resolution having i'
 ao with the census was privileged H pointing that the constitution provide
 TOT the census and also provides con
 sress shall make rules, hence his clain q mat one resolution Is privileged upol
 'ne same ground as the other.
 The Insurgents quickly saw thei
 cnance and took 1t to force decision
 ,hey knew they had the votes to d. # and the flibuster began.