The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20

10 1856 but with decidedly different
personnel OF alignment, the house de-
feated a resolution of Representative
Burleson Of Texas declaring the speak
ership vacant and ordering the ime-
diate Section of a successor to Cannon.
The Norris Resolution
The Norris resolution was as follows:
There shall be n committee on
rules elected ny tbe house %hith-
erta she committee OF five. like all
other house committees. has been
appoInted by the SpeaI<er) consist
ing of 70 members. six of whom
shalt be members of the majority
party. The speaker shall not be a
member of the committee, and the
committee shall elect it's own chair
nan from it's snu members.
Resolved. further. that within 10
days after the adoption of this res
oIutiOn there shall be an election
of this committee. and Immediately
upon its election fhe present COM
miffee On rules shall be dissolved.
BurIesou Resolution
Representative Burleson's resolution
follows:
Resolved. that the office of
speaker Of the house of representa-
tives is hereby declared TO be vac
ant. and the house of representa-
lives shall proceed 10 the election
Of a speaker.
speaker Cannon declined tonight TO
comment on the extraordinary events
Of the day. He was in his office sur
rounded by three or four loyal friends.
when a newspaperman approached him
and asked hilh what he had TO say
about his victory
"Oh. nothing at all, I guess. There is
not any comment for me to make. Be
sides, you viii have your papers full in
the morning anyway, and you don't
need any comment from me-"
But hasn't the newly elected speaker
an announcement to make of his future
policy" {.
SPEAKING AND PRAYING
The speaker laughed. Til just keep
on. speaking and praying" he said.
Champ Clark, minority leader in the
house. said in the course OF an oral
statement issued tonight:
The republicans are on the toboggan
slide and if democrats outside of con-
d
Gratis in the house have got together
our victories this year and in 1912 viii
be as sweeping as those of 1890 and
1892"
STATEMENT BY NORRIS
Norris of Nebraska said in part:
We have won all that we fought for,
all that we expected TO get when we
went into the last movement that cul-
minated in today's sweeping victory
Caucuses viii be called Immediately
by both parties to select respectively,
the six republicans and four democrats
who are to constitute the new COM
mittee on rules. The old committee
consisted of Speaker Cannon (chair-
mani and Dalzell Of Pennsylvania,
Smith of Iowa (republicans) and Minor
ity Leader Clark of Missouri and John
J. Fitzgerald Of New York (democrats).
sTOO RECENT FOR PAYNE
Republican Leader Serene f. Payne
said tonight that recent events" were
too recent for his party to have de-
cided definitely upon the date of its
caucus. Republican Whip Dwight
thought 1t would be early next week.
Minority Leader Clark thought the
democratic caucus would meet Tuesday
or Wednesday night The fact is that
all parties to the long and bitter fight
were too thoroughly fatigued to have
formed any definite plans.
The oldest man i'm congress makes no
pretense Of remembering any parallels
for the sensational scenes which have
characterized the last few days in the
house
CANNON'S DARING Def
There were moments when it looked
as though the preponderantly repub-
licsn house might even cap the climax
by eIecting Champ Clark spea ker In
fact, not only was this actually pro-
posed in a motion by Clark of Florida
but Speaker Cannon himself in his
def" to the house declared that his
enemies should be consistent and pro-
ceed TO the election of a democratic
speaker.
Indeed it was this challenge to the
house, daring as ii was, which, in
stantly provoking the Burleson reso-
luton for his dethronement, turned the
tide again in his favor and rallied the
republicans. regulars and insurgents
together. with few exceptions to the
point Of what may well be termed a
vote Of confidence.
Through it all the aged speaker. in
variably calm. stoical. consistent to the
end. stood in his place, his gavel with
steady thumps upon his desk punctuat-
ing the riotous confusion Tpon the
out Of his place of power at the head
of the rules committee, he asked the
indulgence of the house for three min
utes" Many republicans recalled the
speakers retort when they proposed to
nominate him on the Roosevelt ticket
for the vice presidency, They can't
make a political eunuch out of me-"
EVENTS OF EXCITING DAY
The logic of today's developments led
inexorably to the climax. II can best
be told in a chronological order:
$3.50 a. m.-Republicans of both fac
tions conferred in an effort TO reach
the compromise which seemed possible
when the house late yesterday ad-
5ourned largely for that purpose after
two days fruitless truggle-virtually
deadlocked.
IL p. m.-The conference broke up
and il was announced that the fight
would be TO the finish. The speakers
friends refused every proposition which
tended to his humiliation
1885 a. ms-Insurgent republicans
met and voted unanimously TO support
the Norris resolution when amended
so as TO provide for the election of
the rules committee by the house, with
the speaker eliminated.
NoOn-Speaker Cannon called the
house to order. An attempt TO recess
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