The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

tue spsskev HAd PrrNtoasi, AaneUN,sd
mat He WoaId EnIerta,n ssc.. .
N.tisa. aud IIv ChaIIeoge Wss Ao-
repSsa- Only Seven InsaFssniS veto
Min the ID-mscrats 60 Deppss neIe
! JSs-I Hder the IRsurgsnt VctsrV
tie RuIss Csasu,iIGSe win TIE f:n-
@rg "a 10 Ten NsrsIsers ana the snn-
Rss sVgaRIgAtIoa WIN Re DepFtN Ell
! ~ In FSSweT Absolute CSRiFSI
WASHINGTON, March 10 Speaker Can
non vent down TO defeat to-day. but
when hia enemies believed him to IT,
ia utter rout he turned and forc-,i from
them what practically amounts to vOt.
81 coniidsn'a II Was the last PLAY ~ u
veteran fighter and 81 a par Humanitarian
whose hand has bssn trained by years
u practical experience
The Speaker was iorcst from the
COMMITTEES "n Rules bv vots 70 Isl
With the solid Democratic vote The
! trick that tb4 Speaker turned on his
enemies vas in the form OF a resolution
! presented by Representative BurIesoR
81 Texas. - Democrat. declaring the
/ Speakers chair vacant and ordering
an election of Mr.. CanDons successor
The Speaker already had announced
from tho chair amid an impressive silence
that n would entertain such a motion,
/ u was promptly voted down by IsI to
I55 amid n scene that is probably without
pArAlisI in the history OF the House OF
; Representatives Only seven insurgents
! sided With the Democrats in voting 70
depose Uncle Joe from the pOst that h-
has held foSrssven years As a matter
oG fact tho proposition 1" Gus, hi;n from
/ the spsAksrship was rejected nv Ina ior-
| ity u thiTty-siH. which - ten n;0re than
the majority that ~" Speaker had when
be vas hrst elected 70 the ono
! BY paving the ~ay for this vote pb he
! spsakershp question. which Eevn- mas
! t-sen directly irvol"ed q. the present
hxht. Mr. cannon ahroitly drew q line
Of cleavage hetW"en the issue presented
in his present defeat and that known a.
CAnnomsp The vote will 90 Lsfors the
country a. the best Il evidence that
! Cannon the individual wa not tho issue
/ in tie present stTuEgie. but that It was
the system which he had inherited from
hls predecessor II Was q mighty clever
move on the Speakers part aud II also
wa. the child Of his JwL brain. As his
advisers had been urging hin; - throw
down his gAvel and resign
REGULARs sHoKN OT PowFR
To- Committee On Rules under the
/ insurgen' victory to-day will to changed
( from. the form which u has had Tor half
century and the cannon organ ration
will L- snorn Of the power which il has
exercised Under - for the last seven years.
I Tho COMMITTEES. vi! - -argad prob
/ ably on Monday. from five 20 ten members.
7 all of whom shAl he elected by the House
/ ITSELF instead Of heing appointed oy the
| Speaker OF the ten SIT are TO 10 Re-
pGbllcans and four Democrats in the
selection ~ the members Of this com
mittee ~ill he found the possibility %
Anot her big row IN the House. although
" /. conceded that the insurgents and
: the Democrats will be able to carry out
/ their viii IN tho matter n they stick to-
Rether On this point. however. there -
| a much greater chance Of . split The
resolution adopted by the insurgrnt and
Democratic vote specifically eliminates
the speaker from the committee
From the very beginning Of the fight
in the House to-day ~ was apparent
/ % everybody that the Cannon orGaniza-
tiea would 10 humbled and the control
Of the HotI.e. temporary at least. trans
frrred from the Republican normal
/ majority to the actual ma jority composed
OF the InsurRents and the Democrats
lTbs hrss test vote forsshAdowed defeat
for the regulars aud each succeeding
vote demonstrated As the day wore on
that the insurgents were gathering
strength
HByER sCCH A SESSION
Never in the history % the House
I according to old timers here. has thsFe
! been such \ session. II was simply ono
scene 81 disorder after another The
House AZ times was utterly beyond tho
control OF the presiding of1ceT. and
membsrs regulars. insurgents and DAM
ocrats all acted az times like Wild nDen
While there were no fist fights among
the factionists there were disputes that
led almost To personal encounters. and
IL seemed on one or two occasions as q
the HOUSE was going 20 turn itself into
a crazy mob
Uncle Joe the most vitality oonosrnsd
Of thsan all. was apparently the coolaMar
No never Loaf hts head. and also Mspa q