The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18

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was Frequently interrupted by loud and
prolonged applause from Tho Democrats
! and insurxents Referring 10 his dsposi-
\ tion a. chairman % the Committee IN
Banking and Currency after he had fallen
| out with Speaker Cannon, Mr.. fowier
J aid that he had -he~n up against the
influence II the Speaker and thanked
God he had had tho courage To resist u
The power of the Speaker to make
and unmake msn. he declared rs the
, nostpcorrupting thing in American po-
! II the House adopted the Norris amend
msnt TO make a rules committee OF tttesn
mambsrs. elective by tho Hou~e. Mr.
1 Fowler declared he would 40 into tho
Republican caucus ann help to elect the
/ nine Republican members ~ that COM
: nittee.
REEDER o. KANSAS JEERLD.
4 Mr. Fowler was followed NV Repre-
sentative ReeCier Of kan~ss. who de-
tended the rules The Democrats didn
/ want tn hear Mr. Re~der. and his remarks
| were greeted by CatCalls aud Jeer- Sit
down" shouted Democrat, we don
want to hear ycu'- Mr. ReedsT dema nded
order ON the Democratic side end pro-
| casded
Representative Cooper OF Wisconsin.
: sn insurgent then addressed the House
I He attacked the rule. and tie SpsakeT
and urged a change in the House pro-
I Csdur,. MIR Cooper ALSO took shot az
tn" unfortunate and abused Mr. ke>der
: I smiled only once during his speech.
( aid Mr.. cooper and that was when he
- ii he was inclined to think The gentle
mans remarks up to that point had given
4 no evidence Of u
Mr. Cooper referred to the fact that
! Speaker cannon had called him dena-
gogue and a pop'ihst
| IL ! wanted to call nance, said Mr.
cooper = might say that Mr.. cannon
voted for free silver. gr~cnbackr and tue
resumption act
CASNoN JUMPS To HIS TEtT
Mr. ccoper- personal references q"
/ Speaker Cannon were very severe. Uncle
Joe twiried his fgavel nervously aud finally
Jumps.d To his feet Ia speak The APP
Q DearanC, OF the Speaker M the dIsctissIOn
was followed nv one Of the most inter
esting scenes Witnessed IN tn" Houss.
sInce the Speaker became lnir"nched
trhind the Reed rules
4 Nj. Cooper had made the charge that
4 the SPEAKER had meted out punishment
Ia The insurgents against the rules hy
retiring them from committees or by
| reducing them IN rank. Mr. Cooper
! cit-d the cas-, 81 Representative Gardner
Of Massa chus.tts. lie charged that the
: chairmanship 81 tbs. Committee on In
I dustrtal Arts was taken from Mr.. Gardner
/ because ~ his activity in the Insurgent
y ranks MIR Cannon had long since left
the chair and was standing with a group
Of members on the steps Ut the Speakers
I rostrum
May interrupt the gentleman there'-
! inquired Mr. cannon.
You NAV. sir. replied MIR. Cooper
! is Mr.. Gardner here exclaimed the
Speaker. i wish him To tell the exact
facts.
GARDNER WASH pr SIsHEp
! Mr. Gardner responded. saying in
! substance that prior to the organization
~ the committees at tho h-ginning u
a ~ l.
retain his chAirtnanship. lie had con-
I Versatiou with the Speaker on the subject.
7 Mr.. Cannon told him that hs would N.
Z r~appolnted chairman - the Industrial
/ Arts COMMITTEE but that a he took u
I he would have To Continuc his activities
( with the insuT gent band ga Law himself
/ open to the charge that h" had tied up
/ with th. organization in sXChange for
/ continued service AZ the head ~ hrs com
( niitts-s A. that time Mr. Gardner con
! templated quitting the lnsursen hand
Mr.. Gardner then told th" Speaker hat
he would not take tho Guardianship
Are tho-- the facts. Mr. Speaker
asked Mr. Gardner.
They are replied Sir. Cannon
i Mr. Cooper's version ~ the story wac
b Speaker and Mr. Gardner tho latter was
told that all the other insurgents vsro
Co 10 punished and Mr. Gardner -aId he
/ wanted to 60 with the others; that an
]
/ picion az TO the integrity of his activities
with the insurgents
INSURGENTS wHo WERT FUNIsHIp
Mr. Cooper then called upon Norris Of
Nebraska to arise. In reply to questions
Norris said he had been removed from
active committees and put on dead ones
] The next witness" brought forward
by Mr. Cooper IA an effort to prove hIs
case against the speaker wa. Murdoch
~ kansas. h~ of the T~Si hair and eriIDtive
dispo~ltIon
What wer.. your commits assign.
np@nts in the last Iongres-.' qu-ri-d
inquIsitOr cooper
was a memt..r of the CummItte-. on
Poet Ofio.- and Post Roads. replied Mr.
MurdoCk
What Is your rank now a. compared
with that " wear ago. Questioned Mr.
Cooper.
I stand tenth on the committee nov
replied Mr. Murdoch -Ii had not been
showed down by the Speaker ! would
have stood fourth on that committee
| to-day
Mr. Murdoch added that IN. was thrown
! down b@caus" ne did not yield ms JudE-
} ment to that " the chairman II the com
mlttee and the Speaker.
! Eyit Murdoch from the witness stand
FoxteT ii New jersey who Wa re-
/ lisved II thu ChAIrmanship 81 the Com.
mlttee on Ranking and Currency at the
B BEGINNING e this CongIes.. was tho next
I in lire he testified that this assign.
nlent was taken from linn because of ne.
opposition u the SPEAKER and the gam
satiOn
lHE sPfAEER tNrLAIN-
May 7 Siy a word az ms point p -sId
! speaker cannon. who hal been strokinR
| MS WhiskcrS meditstiVey Mr. cooper
| Welded. and the Speaker went on To say
! that under the rules Of the House u was
4 the duty Of the Speaker tn appoint The
! committees In exercising that function
NJ Cannon slid. he was Responsible To
/ the House and the country He then
explained why Mr Fowler was taken n
/ the COMMITTEES on BANKING and Cur
rency In the last Congress the Repub-
licans in party caucus had declared IN
! favor Of the passage o. the Vreeland
emergency currency bill. The committee
headed by Mr. Fowler. refused 20 report
that measure II became necessary then
! through a motion made from the fOor
10 discharge the COMMITTEES from further
! consideration Of tho measure This mo
tion vas passed. and Mr. Fowler having
Rons, counter To- the wishes of the party
a. expressed in the caucus was, m Mr
4. ,s,fntan No 1annar issff D.,