Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-19
THE FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.

THE FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.
Demanding the q nina,ion of spssk.
er Osn aon from the committee on rul 8
the victoritu III iusurger t, and democrats
yesterday evening agreed to allow The
Fl, use to sojourn until today in order to
arrange o compromise.
After nearly 30 hours of constant coz
fict truce was declared list, in the a.
ternoon, and at 4.4S o'clock the House
adj urned until II O'Clock today.
The armistice Tss sought BY the re-
gular republicans. They practically
acknowledged their defeat. They realized
that they must consent. to immediate
amendment of the rulee. But they hoped
to bring this abuut In q manner thst will
no! split the republican party vide open
and turn The control OF the House over
to tae democrats and insurgents.
The main point of disagreement was
over the composition of the neH commit
tee on rules. The insurgents and demo.
Gratis Insisted thst the speaker shall not
be member of the committee. Mr..
Cannon refused to be eliminated, and IL
sisted that be shall be member of any
rules committee thst Is created.
The indies tions yesterday evening we're
that new committee on rules will be
created, prehaps along !heSlines OF the
Norris resolution; that Mr.. Cannon will
be excluded from the committee, and
that he must accept bis defeat With as
good grace as he can.
II the issus could ksve been brought
to vote al my time Thursday night or
yesterday, Mr.. Cannon and his organ!-
cation would have been knocked out at
a blow. Ever since Wednesday after
nonn, when Representative Norris, the
lrsurgsnt from Nebrasks, sprung his
reso!u,ion to create new committee on
Jules and strip the speaker OF bis power,
Mr.. Cannon and his followers had sin-
ply been fighting to gain time, 10 the
nope that they could rally enough Greg
ulars" to stem the tide or by some par.
lisnentary trick prevent delest.
Asttsled in the Gazette the House at
2 O'Clock yesterday decided to recess for
two hours for 8 parliamentary confer
ence.
The afternoon conference was Without
definite result beyond tentative agree.
ment that if an armlslice could be ar
ranged until tomorrow the republicans
might reach q compromise among them.
selves.
At 4 o'clock the Hcu;e met for an
other h,u', but nothing vas disclosed aa
10 the negotiations.
Speaker Cannon said be was ready t,
rule on the point OF order raised st the
beginning of hostil.ties on Thursday,
and some Of the Insurgents were anxious
to have the matter settled of1hsnd, but
enough insu gents joiued with the regu.
lsrs to postpone acton until 1906
o'clock today, By which Time they hope
to be able to effec! compromise that
@Ill save the speaker from personal hu.
initiation.
When the FINAL vote came in the
mee!IDg to adjourn till today 164 re-
publicans Sct,d to p)ttpone further
action on the resolution offered by Rep
reseutative Norris until tomorrow, and
100 democrats and insu'gant repub.
icans voted 10 oLt.nue. With the
regular republicans voted fourteen Of
!be iptu gent following of Mr.. Norris, OF
Nebrsska, who left him and sided with
the ms rri,y for postpoDement. The
result, they said, conveyed no sIgnif.
canoe, aud meant anything else than that
thy had deserted the Insurgents.
1t was said last night tina! Speaker
Cannon, II the democrats and reprbli-
cen insurgents succeeded today ia their
plans to chaDgs the procedure By Great.
10 a ue1 committee on rules, will hold
that the democrats have obtained con-
troll OF the Honse, and that he election
of the new speaker should logically
follow.
1t /. also said thai had he made his
uirg yesterday rpholding the point
Of ordsr against the Norris resolution
for new committee, as he was pre-.
pared to do, aud had been oTsrrRled, es
be expected to be, tendsT OF his reaig-
nation dout tless would have followed.
II was this contingency that confronted
the Insurgents on the brink and moVfd
them to assent to postponsment, in
the hope OF 8 compromise that would
reach the desired end and avert COM
plete reorganization.
CANNON ovERErLEp.
&. three minutes to II tlis morning,
tina conlerere3 between tas regulsrs aod
inanrgents broke up ~ithtui any cou-
promise bsviDg been reached. II vas
anGcu ,ced By both sides that The fight
is On 10 the finish and that the Is
sue will be brought to an end BY al out
and chi battle on the floor of the House
nt nooD
The insurgents withdrew to thu COM
mittee room of Mr.. Gardner, where they
tried to reach an agreement OF what they
will demand.
The failure of this MORNINGS con.
ference was brought about BY the abao.
~ e refusal OF Speaker Cannon to agree
i, get of the committee on rules, even
though he wss not formally ousted.
eve will win the ha tie without a
doubt" said Mr.. Learoot (rep., Wis.,.
after be emerged from tire conference,
"and the only question now is wha
rpm the victory will take. It Is Ger
t'in at any rate, that the speaker will be
taken of the committee On roles. The
question that We iusurgent, will meet TO
settle are only minor issues "a to the
form of our resolution"
The regu'sr, were much disappointed