Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-19

; nitted nc wrong, should not be dis
| credited. Some friends of the Speak
| er contend that if the House over
rules him tomorrow he will "welcome'
relief from the committee. The Speak
| er himself lis silent and no statement
| has been forthcoming from his Office
| as to his point of view. Rep. Champ
Clark, leader of the minority and his
chief lieutenant, Rep. Underwood. Ala,
were satisfied with the situation at ad-
tournament. although, with their par
ty soiidly behind them, they voted
against it.
Concerning the conference between
the Republican regulars and "lnSur-
/ gents" which was held today and Will
continue tomorrow morning, Mr..
Clark said
"Thcy may agree upon some thing
that we Democrats can also stand FOR
but | don't believe it. II they get to-
gethcr on something that We don't DO
licve in, we will fight it ana you caa
:lepand on that
Clark has borne the brunt Of the
battle Of the past two days for the
Democratic side and he showed the ef-
fects Of the long strain. When the mo-
ton to adjourn was put and carried.
he arose slowly from his seat on the
Democratic side and made his way
YEARLY out of the chamber, apparent
ly glad that respite had come. Under
wood was more specific as to what at
titude the Democrats may be expect
ed to take when the House convencs
tomorrow.
"If the regulars and Insurgents come
together on any basis which does not
provide fer election of a new commit
tee on rules by the House and the
omission of the Speaker from that COM
: nittee the Democrats will oppose II to
= man." he said.
What the outcome will be when the
House convenes tomorrow. no one to-
night would venture accurately TO pre-
diet The Republican leaders are spare
| ing 10 effort to get every regular Re-
publican absentee on the ground for
The final test vote if it comes. AL
hough practically all of those who are
impaired have arrived. it was appar-
ont that the leaders We're not sure of
their strength. or the issue would have
come to a vote today. The Insurgents
confidently claim that when the final
their total vote will be 80. which com
bincd with the full Democratic vote.
WOULD be more than a safe majority of
HE House. The Democratic leaders. so
far, have on every vote polled their
rul strength.
Tomorrow morning at o'clock the reg
l'lars and insurgent leaders will meet in
the ways and means committee of the
Iouse to discuss a possible compromise.
Both sides admitted tonight after ad
ipurnment of the House that no tangible
basis of compromise had been suggested.
'rhey said that only vague generalities
ad been discussed in the conferences to-
cay and nothing broached by either side
that gave promise of being ground for
getting together.
1t was said today that the attitude of
Speaker Cannon himself is the greatest
stumbling block in the way Of COM
romise. The Speaker declines to be
custed from the rules committee.
The insurgents who voted today on the
final roll-cal with the regulars for a
rostponement of business until tomor-
Tow were:
Parsons and Fish of New York, Steen-
erson and Davidson of Wisconsin. Woods
Good. Pickett and Kendall Of Iowa. Vol
stead and Miller of Minnesota, Kincald
and Hinshaw of Nebraska, Hayes of Cal
ifornia and Gardner of Massachusetts.
Speaker Cannon looked fresh as peo-
ny, considering the tax on his strength
during his all-night vigil. From noon
yesterday to O'Clock this morning he
sat almost continually in the chair or
stood near the rostrum.
The nap which he took in his Office at
3 o'clock this morning lasting an hour
constituted almost his entire rest. When
the House adjourned today he showed
little OF the WEAKNESS naturally expected
from 74-year-old man who had been
under such a strain. He and Miss Can
non had a dinner engagement for to-
night When Miss Cannon telephoned to
know whether he felt able to keep the