The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-19
agreed to defer the ruling until tomor-

though the house had not been ID com
bat for twcntysix hours
Several conference reports, among
them the white slave bill, were agreed
TO by the house.
Upon motion of Mr.. Gaines of West
Virginia, the house at 4:4S o clock ad-
iourned until tomorrow at 10 'clock.
Story of the Battle,
IT was memorable fight which
daylight found still in progress in the
house. A stubborn filibustcr on the
part of Speaker Cannon and the house
organization; an equally relentless at
tack on the part of the 'sallies >
lures in the hottest fight that has yet
been made to overthrow tho present
control of the house.
1T was extraordinary in many ways
For instance. the odd spectacle was pre-
sented Of the house, preponderantly Re
publican, ordering the arrest of the ABB
sentees of that party on the motion OF
Democrat, carried by Democratic
votes
The organization apparently labored
under the delusion that they had sue
ccedcd in gaining Democratic votes
| enough to turn INTO victory tho defent
of the day before. They were sadly
mistaken, for at every stage of tho
game they were beaten. Probably the
IH5ul dlllGS were us
much surprised rs The regulars in their
victory. However that may be, they
certainly made the most of it.
Representative Norris Of Nebraska
forthwith took occasion TO produce
from his desk a resolution providing
for reorganization of the committee
on rules. 1t would create new plan
Of choosing the committee, the impor-
tant thing being that it would make
7 ha oil t,,l Ia Co, Is H.,
on the committee of which he is now
chairman.
More Points Of Order
Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania (Republcan) made the point Of
order that the resolution could not bo
presented under the order Of business
then in process. The regulars through
out the whole struggle have made this
their fighting point,
The "allies.' on the other hand, de.
manded a ruling by the speaker on
tins point their evident expectation
being to appeal from the expected ad
verse decision and to override tho
speaker. The speaker on his part in.
sitcd that in order to make a proper
ruling on the point of order he must
have time to consult the prccedcnts. |
The Democrats took every opportunity
to demand ruling from the speaker. |
Both sides exhausted their oratorical
resources in attack and defense. Most |
of the speakers consumed the full |
hour s time allowed them under tho |
rules Several exceeded this time
limit
Nobody pretended to know early to-
day what, in detail, would be the out
come of the battle, even if the allies !
should win, their first point. Every
body did know, however, that the
speaker and the ''regular'' organiza-
ton were standing with their backs
to the wall, fighting for their very ex
istence.
Amusing Incidents.
The long night IN the house was re.
plete with amusing incidents, as the |
weary Democrats tried to while away
the hours waiting for the sergeant-at-
arms to bring in The recalcitrant Re-
publicans.
The funniest of them all came when
the officers found one lone Republican
-Hollingsworth of Ohio-peacefulI
asleep at his hotel. They served the
house warrant, requiring the Ohoan
to get up and dress and come before
the bar of the house. He came, pro-
testing with voluble Indignation that
he was regularly paired and entitled
to be in bed.
81 want to know Mr. Hollings-
worth shouted, "who made the motion
on which | was arrested. ~
The record was read and Mr., Hol-
lingsworth was Informed that he was
arrested on the order of the house
"But was everybody else included
in that order besides me9' demanded
the angry representative.
During Mr.. Hollingsworth whole
speech, which was a long one, the
yJroS IN u11 nj IY,tC hn
Democrats evidently finding peculiar
Joy in batting the one poor victim of
the search of the sergeant-at arms and
paired with a Democrat
Mr.. Clayton made tho point Of order
when he heard that Mr. Holingsworth
had been asleep at leading hotel that
no Republican who stayed MT an ex
pensive hotel had a right to be paired
With any Democrat.
81 want to know why ! was ar
restedg' demanded Mr.. Hollingsworth,
and who signed the warrant
Plenty of HORSE Play
For half an hour the "horse play''
went on, the Democrats shrieking with
laughter at Mr. Hollingsworth IS indig-
nation. Finally he was excused
During the later afternoon, as the
debate grew heated, Speaker Cannon
sat quietly In his chair, now and then
shifting his crossed legs and nervously
lingering the gavcl with his left hand;
now and then slipping the glass of wa
ter at his side. His face wore a sc.
rious look and his lips were tightly
\ red cnrnation in the
buttonhole Of his coat supplied the only
bit of color in the speakers otherwise
somber appearance.
Now and then he leaned with his ell
bows on the desk in front of him and
gazed intently at members who wero
dcnouncing the speakers alleged dom.
lnation of the house.
At times when the disorder grew so
great that members who were engaged in
debate could be heard but few feet out
side OF the interested and clamorous
groups which surrounded them. the
speaker welded his gavel vigorously de-
''the house will come to order"
With quiet once more restored he would
again recognize the fiery insurgent en-
gagged in berating him. Several times he
called regular" Republicans to the chair
and walked into the corridor for a few
or mingled with the throng OF
members in front of the speakers desk.
Later In the evening he went to the