Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-18
THE HOUSE MAY
DEPOSE CANNON
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born filibustor on the part of Speaker
| Cannon and the house organization, an
| equally relentless attack on the part
| uf the allies these were the dis
tinRIishing features in the hottest
! light that has yet been made to
overthrow the present control Of the
house.
II was extraordinary In many ways.
For instance the old spectacle was pre-
scented OF the house prcponderanty
Republican, ordering the arrest OF the
absentees Of that party on the motion
" "A Democrat carried by Democratic
votes
Then. too. it IS not often that lli-
buster is carried on by the regular
house organization. virtually led by
the speaker supposedly in fun control
Of the house machinery, TO prevent
consideration OF a resolution designed
10 overthrow that organization. make
the rules and reOrganize radically the
committee. the tenure ~ whose chair
manship Is supposed 20 be the chief as
set ~ the speakers Wealth OF power.
10 is many years old observers say
in fact mo- precise parallel was suggest
cd last night-since the house re-
manned actually IN session all night
and that after an AN day session. To
made the odd situation odder still the
weary task OF watching the hole" was
loft 90 the theoretically Triumphant
minority. while tho reculcitrant menu
bers Of the majority-such as escaped
the searching deputies maps or
longer sleeps I'm places ~ comfort.
BIG FIGHT UNEXPECTED
The big fight was virtually unexpoct-
ed by an parties TO it. II was precipi-
tatcd late in the afternoon when Rep
rcseutativc Crumpackor Of Indiana
tried again 10 secure consideration n
resolution amending the census act.
The issue was a purely technical one
Of parliamentary procedure. but Il
was the same as that ON which the
speaker was defeated the day before
The organization apparently labored
under the delusion that they had sue
cceded in gaining Democratic votes
enough 20 turn into victory the defeat
~ the day before. They were sadly
mistaken. for at every stage OF the
game they were beaten. Probably the
lnsurgent- Democratic allies were as
much surprised as the regulars at their
victory However that may be, they
certainly made the most Of n.
FIGHTING FOR EXISTENCE.
Nobady pretended to know early to-
day what in detail. would be the out
come OF the battle even II the allies
should win their first point Every
body did know, however, that the
speaker and the regular organization
were standing with their backs To the
wall. fighting for their very existence.
The long night I'm the house was re-
plete with amusing incidents as the
weary Democrats tried TO while away
the hours OF waiting for the sergeant
alarms to bring Ia the recMcitrant
Republicans.
The funniest Of them all came when
the officers found one lone Republican
--Hollingsworth Of OhiO-peacefully
asleep AZ his hotel They served the
house warrant. requiring the Ohioan
10 get up and dress and come before
the bar Of the house. He came, pro-
testing with vouble Indignation that
he was regularly paired and entitled TO
be IN bed.
u want 10 know" Mr.. Hollingsworth
shouted "who made the motion on
which I 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 beside me?' demanded the
angry representative.
During Mr. HollingswOrths whole
speech. which was long one, the
house was In a gale OF laughter, the
Democrats evidently finding peculiar
jov in batting the one poor victim Of
the search OF the sergeant-at-a arms and
paired with a Democrat.
Mr. CLAYTON made the point Of order
when he heard that Mr.. Holnngsworth
had been asleep at a leading hotel that
no Republican who stayed az an eX-
pensive hotel had n right to be paired
with any Democrat.