The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-21
BATTLE IN CONGRESS
NOT over. It IS FEARED
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rificed ourselves to save the House of
Representatives from chaos and disor-
der and to prevent the ruin of the Re
publican party, then 1 am in favor of
carrying this war to the finish.'
This member said he had talked with
to save Cannon, and they were in a sim
liar frame of mind when l read in the
papers this morning the speech which
Speaker Cannon delivered before the Il
linois association last night, my blood
boiled with Indignation" said this in
surgent
The portion of the speakers speech
that has thus enraged the insurgents
who saved him the speakership follows:
There was a new ma Jority made today.
1t consisted of the Democrats and 10
per cent slough from the Republican
party. They destroyed the committee on
rules Then what did they do? reso-
luton was presented declaring the of
flee of speaker vacant. Then what did
these men who have been denouncing my
personality, these simon-pure followers
of Cummins and LaFollette, do then?
Only eight of them had the courage of
their convictions. The result was that,
while l was elected speaker by a ma
jority of rs last March, they refused to
turn me out by a majority of 96.
Have No Real Power.
'eThis combination abolished the com
mittee on rules, which has, after all,
simply the power to report to the House,
although they seem to think that it is
like the biblical example of Let there be
light and there was light.
You in Washington know differently.
But the people of the country apparently
believe the uplift magazines and the
cowardly members of Congress who
wrought such havoc today. They said
the speaker should not be a member of
the committee on rules, which they made
over into a committee of ten. Much de-
ponds upon the makeup of that commit
tee. May God bless and keep these men,
for so far as l am concerned. He only
can bless them. Many so-called Repub
leans are in fact Populists and are try
ing to Out-dO Organism"
No meeting of the insurgents to consid-
er their future course has been called.
but undoubtedly one will be held within
a day or two.
The next conflict will come, if it comes,
on the selection of the new rules commit
tee provided for in the Norris resolution.
The committee is to be elected by the
House, instead of being appointed by the
speaker as heretofore. Neither the reg
ular Republicans nor the Democrats
have made arrangements for a party
but both caucuses will be held
within the next three or four days.
Conference Probably Today.
Representative Tawney, one of the lead
ers on the Republican side, said today
that no conference had been held on the
subject, but undoubtedly one would take
place, perhaps tomorrow. All the eau
cuseS must be held within ten days, for
that is the time limit fixed by the Norris
resolution for the election of new COM
mittee.
OF this committee the Republicans will
choose six members and the Democrats
four. Whether the insurgents will be
given representation among the six Re
publican members is not known. They
say they have not asked and do not care
for membership on the now committee
I'VE don't wish to assume response
bility for legislation or 10 try to force
ourselves on the House in that way"
said one of their number. az would not
be just for us to do So
The Democrats viii choose their four
members in caucus and expect their Sc
ectiOns Will be ratified by the vote OF
the House. OF these four three were
practically certain to be Minority Leader
Champ Clark, Fitzgerald of New York
and Underwood of Alabama. The first
-wo are members of the old committee
and undoubtedly will be accorded similar
lonors on the new. There is a general
demand among the Democrats that I'm
lerwood, who is Leader Clarl1's first lieu
enant ON the floor, be given a place
rhe fourth Democrat has not been much
discussed.
Republican Choice for Members.
To attempt to predict whom the Re
will select would he the merest |
peculation. Besides, Speakers Cannon
)alzell of Pennsylvania and Smith of |
cwa, are the Republican members OF |
he present rules committee. BY the |
erms of the Norris amendment Speaker |
cannon is specifically eliminated from |
he new committee. The Democratic /
eader said they expected no difficulty |
n having their selection for this COM |
nittee ratified by the House. as the in /
urgent Republicans had given them a /
ledge to support the Democratic Homi- 1
ices partly IN consideration of the unani- |
nous vote OF the Democrats for the Nor
is resolution.
But the highly important selection of /
his new rules committee was of second |
ny consideration in the talk today as |
0 whether the war within the ranks of /
he Republicans VAS to continue or not
The legislative program in Congress was
mentioned at all, excepting in
onnection with the probable delay it viii
ncounter before the political air has be-
ONE sufficiently clarified to go ahead
nth legislation. 1t was generally &c
gnized some semblance of quietude must
e restored before Congress can proceed
nth the calm consideration of import
mt measures.
Every important administration meas
re is halted where it stood last We'd