The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-03-21
CANNON IS
Los ( R IN
| CONT TEST
Sway Of the House
Car" at an End.
SIkUGGlt vtkI hIItk
Efforts to Effect Compromise
Of No Avail
ALLIES HAVE SAFE MAJORITY
Insurgents Vote With Democrats
Against Speaker.
STRUGGLE VERY BITTER
ALLIES HAVE SAFE MAJORITY
Insurgents Vote With Democrats
Against Speaker.

AGAINST Spedkel.
Washington, March 21.-Speaker
Cannon has been shorn of whatever
power has attached to his member
ship on the rules committee of the
house of representatives.
The authority which gave to him
the cognomen of "czar of the house"
has been taken away. The test OF
strength between his organization and
the allied forces of insurgent Repub-
Hcans and Democrats resulted in the
defeat for the speaker.
After every hope of compromise
had failed the regulars and insurgents
assembled for a battle to the death in
which the odds were admittedly
against the speaker The insurgents
went into it with a confidence that the
subsequent votes showed to have been
justified, while the regulars admitted
in advance that they were probably
beaten.
The conflict was not long in coming.
Immediately after the house con-
vened Speaker Cannon gave his long
delayed ruling on the Norris resolu-
tion, holding that the point of order
against it was we'll taken. This ruling
was appealed from and a motion made
to lay the appeal on the table. The
roll was then called and the speaker
was downed by vote of 181 to 164.
Insurgents Have Upper Hand.
Representative Norris then moved
the previous question and this was or.
dered by a vote of 1872 to 160.
This led to direct vote appealing
from the speakers ruling. 1t was the
decisive test of strength and Cannon
was beaten once more, this time by
vote of 1872 to 160. r..
Thirty-five Republicans voted with
the Democrats against the Dalze1l mo-
tion to lay the Nebraskan's appeal on
the table. The Democrats voted solid
ly in the negative.
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question. to the front. It was ordered
read. The speaker had been repudiat-
ed by the house he has ruled for seven
years. Nobody knew just what would
happen.
Representative Norris then moved
that one and one-half hours time for
debate be given each side. Dalzell an
nounced that this would be satisfac-
tory to the regulars.
Following the voting Representa-
tive Rodenberg, regular Republican
member from Illinois, declared he is
for the deposing of Cannon as speaker
of the house. IF somebody makes
the notion" he said with heat, 81 will
vote for Champ Clark for speaker. I
won't vote with those Hessians any
longer" 81. =.
Fail to Save the Speaker.
How to save Speaker Cannon from
humil1attng defeat-that was the
proposition around which all interest
centered at the Capitol early in the
day, as far as the Republicans of the
house of representatives were con-
cerned. It was the one thought that
dominated the united regulars and
considerable portion of the insurgent
force.
A number of the most radical mem
bers of the insurgent faction, however,
were not concerned about what might
happen to the speaker. The Demo-
Gratis, of course, were interested only
in intlicting as much damage to the
majority as possible. a<. ~
1t was admitted upon all sides,
boastfully by the insurgents but very
quietly by the regulars, that the fight
on the revision of the rules had been
won and that the present rules COM
mittee would be overturned and a
new committee selected by the house.
This was assured, they said, by the
unbroken front presented by the Dem
ooratic minority and by the solid vote
of the insurgents on any question af-
fecting the rules and made more GER
tain by the very considerable defec-
tion occurring within the ranks of
the regular Republicans.
Insurgents Firm in Demand.
The conference of regular and in
surgent Republicans convened at $3.50
a. m. In the Office of the ways and
means committee There we're pres.
ent when the proceedings began:
For the Regulars Leader
Payne Of New York. Dalzell of Penn
sylvania, Smith Of Iowa, Tawney of
Minnesota and Mann of Illinois.
For the Insurgents-Norris of Ne
braska, Gardner Of Massachusetts,
Hayes of California and Lenroot of
Wisconsin.
e. w. Martin of South Dakota also
appeared at the conference room and
was admitted He was not placed
either with the insurgents or regulars,
but rather as harmonizing influence.
The speaker was the subject over
which the conference split. The reg
ulars insisted that he should be re-
tanned as member Of the rules COM