Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
A CHANGE FOR LIBERTY.

A CHANCE FOR LIBERTY.
 Mir PoindeXter charged the insur gents to bear in mind that the resolu- tion gave them q chance to allow the country to see where they stood.
 one of the most vigorous speeches was made by Hamilton Fish of New York. who told of his efforts to get a hearing on d bill creating a parcels post.
 Your resolution gave the committee onI ythirty days to conclude its work" suggested MT. smith of Iowa.
 Oh" exclaimed the New York member derisively, you could have changed that to suit yourselves"
 Then followed charges and counter charges concerning the methods of de lay alleged to be responsible for the inability of members to get hearings on bills
 MT. Fassett of New York appealed tu his colleagues to resist this effort to divide the party. If We give you the power" Mir. Fassett shouted, shak-
 ing his f0refinger at the democrats, we could not strip ourselves of one iota of the responsibilities"
 He reminded the democrats that in the curtailing of the power of the ma iority they were establishing dan gerous precedent, for themselves He said that the democrats were already referring to the insurgents as near democrats or 'merceri2ed republic ans"
 This IS not q question of change of rules" he continued. Tt is a ques- ton of change of party control IL is question whether by an unnatural and foreign alliance with natural po- htiral enemies. these rules shall be changed Finally. the action here means the success or failure of the Taft administration"
 We have been in session three and a half months and what have We done to make effective any of the presidents recommendations" inter jected MT. Haughen of Iowa.
 We are on the way" replied Mir. Fassett Mir Fassett read a letter written by Col Roosevelt to Mir. Wat son of Indiana in 1906. in which MT. Roosevelt referred to the great ac- complishments of the house under Speaker Cannon. It evoked protracted applause by the regulars. Mir. Harris of Michigan characterized the speaker as the wisest man in public or pri- vate life.
 Mir Madison of Kansas said favor able .action on the resolution would result in a republican victory at the polls. because the country would think that q representative government had been restored in the house. THE FIRST IRREGULAR" REVERSE.
 Mir. Tawney then moved that the house take a recess to II a. m. This was defeated by a vote of l42 to l41.
 MT Malby. republican. of New York. chided the republicans who joined the democrats to give. the minority control of the house and make rules under which business would be icon- ducted in spite of the fact that the country would old the republicans re- sponsible for the legislation enacted. When MT. Malby concluded, MT. Rob- erts of Massachusetts made a point of mo quorum" on which an aye and nay vote was demanded. Twenty-Five minutes were consumed in a discus sion as to whether there should be a call of the house. The whips of both sides began rounding up their forces. ana members poured Ddch tDt chamber in answer to their names The regulars were again defeated by vote of los to 116
 Representative James (democraD of Kentucky made a point of order against MT. Malby's speech, declaring that he was not addressing himself to the point. The speaker, overrul- ing Mir. James, said he thought the matters wanted full opportunity for expression. The democrats began calling upon the speaker for the rule, but Mir Cannon intrusted the chair to Representative Olmstead of Pennsyl- Vania and left the chamber.
 Then began an endurance fight, the only hope of the regulars being to maintain it until endorsements should