The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-12

Again petied Opponents and Init
nsteu They Lacked Courage to De
si'rone Him.
washington. April l2.-Almost tn,
| entire insurgent strength OF the hous'
Waa Joined with the Democrats il
| WH:,t was generally acknowledged It
pc an additional rebnke to Speake
eannon
- conference report on the legiSla
iva executive and judicial appropria
tioe pill contained ah agreement Il
| hps appllate for The expenses Of auto
| maniles previously provided fo
HW.aker Cannon and Vice Presiden
| Shrrnlan Tho house reiterated its
aisapprOFal Of these expenditures AM
thy q vote of III to 1872 refused tt
akree to the: report, sendins It bacl
Itu the conferees for further consider
alton. -
After this action had been takeI
IMr. Cannon. leaving the chair. Wen
t1o the Republican side OF the house
tand there delivered a speech that con
tafled much OF sarcasm and invectiVe
He again defied the insurgents and in
| tfIsated that they. lacked the courage
to- join with the solid. minority in tte
nosfng him. Encouraging his Repubi
can colleagues and admonishing' the
lenlacrats. he declared he believed {
H publican majority would he returned
IN the coming elections,
Minority Leader Clark made {
sf.Aeeh, In which he insisted that. il
giten an opportunity. the Democrats
MJ4id endeaY0r n realize the sugges
t1cin OF Senator Aldrich that the ex
peinses of the government might he
eurtailed TO the extent Of S3oo.0Go 0ot
|.alsanaily.
~ Speaker Takes the Floor
with the eye Of every member upnT
bfh, Speaker Cannon then requested
Nlf Mann of Illinois. to take. tht
cilnir. He descended TO the floor and
made his way to the midst of the Re
pbblican side
sMr. Speaker" he hegan this
MAple CONTROVERSY tau,hins the auto
ulpi5ile IN connection with the Offices
0f ispeaiier Of the house and vice pesi
43snt of the United States has not beer
+4ptfed from beginning to end or en-
Nlraged or approved OF by the pres
[e{ Il ne4ss.aant of the speakers chair"
=<.=.>=' ri.fF ~ gif.5 III 81
Sfon for automobiles had originated
~ yhe senate
~ fhenrin low tone of voice. which
u. Keyer, could easily be heard in
kry part of the chamber. the speak
ef recalled TO the attention OF mem
.bfrs the difference that had always
dsisted in the salary OF the speaker
d other members,
lit is true he added. looking
straight into the eyes of Champ
Clark. who occupied seat Just across
thte aisle. that desire Ito preside
OVER fhis house when a different party
may be In. the majority"
Handfsapplause and Democratic
shputs interrnptedz -
Hooking. into The eyes of the gen.
tlelman from Missouri" said Uncle
JOE" when lie was allowed to con
tin'ne. Il know that if he become,
speaker he will be the same Mr. Clark
that he is now" -: :. IT,
Mr.. Cannon-remindetl the minority
LEADERS +of the situation that would
fade him, and again turning to the
subject of automobiles. he said he. be
heyed the ~speakership should be ac-
corded the same dignity as the office
Of Vice president.
Tapnts the insurgents.
Then declaring he would:he glad to
abiHe by the action of the house, he
added,
- am quite content, but want to
notify you that unless the Republicans
on this side who do not approve OF
the personality of their speaker have
the courage to join solid minority
In deposing him.. | remain speaker
until March A..
For the first time smiling upon his
colleagues. Mr.. Cannon continued to
say that while he had not asked for
the automobile. he would use the an
preparation for it's maintenance il
voted to him.
Then amid alternate applause and
laughter Mr.. Cannon told Il story OF
"Bllhe Jeans Williams. of Indiana
who had launched into a campaign
for economy in the house. by .oppos
ing on the floor the free distribution
of Ave cent palm leaf fans during one
of the hottest summers Mr.. Cannon
had eyer remembered. =,
Not only palm leaf fans, but also
iced lemonade had called forth tho
Indignation 4ef Blue Jeans Williams
said "Uncle isIoe'" He then entered
into a defense OF the new tariff law
declaring to the apparent delight o!
the Republicans fAat the government
had enjoyed greatly INCREASED revenue
since the passage of the Payle Aldrich
law. he referring sarra$t'allN t'
headlines OF newspapers. that rare
~ tell the truth and frequently give
the lie TO the dispatches under them.
There was more than even chance
he said. that the facts would be 81
we'll known by next November that
Republicans would be returned in full
control of the government
aAnd again" he said. nodding ant
smiling upon the Democrats, You. wd'
he shown to be False prophets a.
YOU have been during the last decade.
Amid applause Mr. Cannon took tn