The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-27
Insurgent Republicans Getting
Orders From Home" to
Continue the Uncompleted
Job of Deposing Speaker.
CLERK KINDS Is SPOKEN
OF AS CANNON SUCCESSOR
Parliamentary Clerk of House
Talked Of as Candidate of
Democrats and Their Rene
gade Republican Friends.
HOT AIR IN WASHINGTON

w WASHINGTON, March 2e.-Many
w of the insuFgent Republicans Of
the House, who last Saturday
voted 10 retain Speaker Cannon in the
chair, are clearing from h0me,'' ac-
eOrding 30 reports ia circulation about
the capitol.
These advices are said to be not at
all reassHring.
Following closely upOn this fnforma-
ton come statements from several that
the war against sCannOnism" is TO xo
on to the extent of ultimately causing
the dethrOnement of Speaker Cannon,
the election of his successor and the
complete reformation of the RULES OF
the House.
The overthrow of the speaker and
the taking away from the speakeFship
OF all power TO influence Legislation
are aimed at.
Some of the insurgents discussed
these statements freely today.
a proposition to remove Speaker
Cannon by means of the combined voice
Of Democrats and insurgents and sub
stitute in his place Asher G. Kinds the
parliamentarian of the House, is one OF
the plans which several insurgents ad
vOeated today. The idea of placing I'm
the speakers chair a pure parliament
tartan, not a member of the House,
who will be entirely uninfluenced by
considerations Of partisan advantage,
was pointed out by Representative
POindexter of Washington and others
as the logical and proper course. Un-
der the constitution, the House may
choose a speaker who is not a member
Of the body.
A Bid for Fame.
Representative Poindexter, who is
one OF the prominent members OF the
insurgent body said: This initial re-
form which we have accomplished must
be followed by others. The whole
trouble in which the House finds itself
is caused by the joining of the power
of the speaker with that of leader OF
the majority. The English plan of hay-
ing an expert parliamentaTian instead
of a politician as a presiding officer is
the only correct one. As long as we
select a party leader as speaker, just
so long will we have partisan and un-
fair rulings.
when the House adopted the Nor
ris resolution the other day, Il was
vote Of no confidence in Speaker Can
non, and he should have resigned. As
he did not do so, We should dspOse
him. With that accomplished, I think
we should elect Mr.. Kinds. believe
a majority Of the House would vote for
it, the Democrats and the insurgents
who voted against Cannon last Satur-
day, and I believe a large number OF
other insurgents and so-called near
insurgents Will vote for 1t when the
temper Of the people is accurately
judged on this question"
Victor Murdoch Of Kansas, another
insurgent leader, said: THE movement
to reform the procedure Of the House
has just begun. Before this session
adjourns we viii have accomplished e
great many things ] hear radicals on
this side who never before were will
ing to admit that the rules or anything
else needed changing, now discussing
ways and means Of revising the rules
and making them better.
Liberal Ideas Advanced.
mot in fifty years have such liberal
ideas regarding the government OF
this House prevailed among members.
I EXPECT to see IN q comparatively short
House meeting in open session instead
of secret sessions as now OF course
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