The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-21

association last night, my blood boiled
with indignation" said this insurgent.
The portion Of tho speakers speech
which has thus enfaged the insur-
gents who saved him the speakership
is as follows:>> III
Cannon's bpeech
There was q new majority made
today. 1t consisted Of the Democrats
and a fifteen per cent slough from the
Republican party. They destroyed the
committee on rules. Then what did
they do? A resolution was presented
declaring the Office OF speaker vacant.
Then what did these men who have
been denouncing my personality, these
Simon-pure .followerssof Cummins and
LaFollette do them Only eight of
them had the courage of their convic-
tions. The result was that while 1
was elected speaker by majority of
twenty-six last March, they refused to
turn me out by majority of thirty
six.
This combination. abolished the
committee on rules. which has, after
all simply the powersto report to the
house, although some seem to think
that it is like the biblical example of
let there be light and there was
light You in Washington know diff
ferently. But the people in the coun-
try apparently believe the uplift' of
magazines and the cowardly members
of congress, who wrought such havoc
today. They said the speaker should
not be member of the committee on
rules, which, they made over into a
committee of ten. Much depends upon
the makeup of that committee.
May God bless and. keep these men
for SO far as ami concerned, He
only can bless them. Many so-called
Republicans are in fac3, Populists, and
are trying to outdo Organism"
There has not yet been called any
meeting of the insurgents to consider
what their future course shall be. but
undoubtedly one will be held within
day or two.
The next conflict e.,.l s-come, IL 1t
comes, on, the selection Of the new
rules committee, provided for in the
Norris resolution. The committee is
to be elected by the house, instead of
being appointed by the speaker, as
hitherto.
Neither the regular Republicans nor
the Democrats have as yet made any
arrangements for party caucus, but
both caucuses will be held within the
next three or four days.
Representative !Tawney, one of the
leaders on the Republican side, said
today that no conference had been
held to date on the subject, but un-
doubtedly one would occur perhaps
tomorrow. All of the caucuses must
be held within ten days for that is
the time limit fixed by the Norris
resolution for the election of the new
committee.
The New Committee.
OF this committee. the Republicans
will choose six members and the
Democrats four. Whether the insur-
gents will be given representation
among the six Republican members is
now unknown. They say they have
not asked and do not care for men,
bership on the new committee.
1--WE do not wish to assume respon-
sibility for legislation or to try to
force ourselves on the house in that
way" said one of their number. 1T
would not be just for US to do so.'
The Democrats will choose their
four members in caucus and they ex.
pect that their selections will be rati-
fed by the vote of the house, OF these
four, three are practically certain to
be Minority Leader Champ Clark,
Fitzgerald of New York and Under
wood of Alabama. The first two are
members of the old committee and
undoubtedly will be accorded similar
honor on the new. There is a general
demand among the Democrats that
Underwood, who is Leader Clark 8
first lieutenant on the floor, should
be given a place. The fourth DEM
ocrat has not yet been even much
discussed.
To attempt to predict whom the Re-
publicans will select would be the
merest speculation. Besides Speaker
Cannon, Dalzell of Pennsylvania and
Smith of Iowa, are the present Re-
publican members of the rules COM
mittee. By the terms of the Norris
amendment, Speaker Cannon is speci-
fically eliminated from the new COM
mittee.
The Democratic leaders said today
that they anticipated no difficulty in
having their caucus selection for this
committee ratified by the house as the
insurgent Republicans had given them
a pledge to support the Democratic
nominees. partly in consideration of
the unanimous vote of the Democrats
for the Norris resolution.
But the highly important matter 'of
the selection of this new rules COM
mittee was of secondary consideration
In the talk heard today as to whether
the war within the ranks of the Re-
publican party was to continue or not.
The legislative program in congress
was. scarcely mentioned at all, ex-
cepting in connection with the proba-
BILE delay it will encounter before the
political air has become sufficiently
clarified to go ahead with legislation.
1t was generally recognized that there
must be restored some semblance of
Notwithstanding In the nature of
truce. II ultimate peace cannot Just
now be had-before congress can
proceed with the calm and conscien.