The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-07

putting through the President : billS3
! VIII they touch elbows again with the
! Drmocra, ic minority to amend those
J measures to their liking! Speaker Can
! non, in his thrilling address to the house
after the alliance had completed his
! overthrow, declared that the Repub-
/ hcans were no longer a majority in the
popular branch of congress. The ma
.IOrity was against them-a majority of
/ Democrats and insurgents. He has not
made It known whether he is still of
the same opinion, now that a majority
/ placed the scepter of power as presid-
ing officer back into his hands
y most remarkable situation has been
created. 1t will last till the very end
Of the session. Washington throbs W tn
| comment and forecasts. None is Of
particular value, for no man can tell
/ what turn affairs viii take at any mo-
/ ment
The house revolution lasted three
days. Il broke forth in an innocent
transaction, as revolutions usually do.
And when that is considered the revo-
luton really began of a Wednesday, of
calendar Wednesday. Representative
I Crumpacker of Indiana had a little
amendment TO the law for taking the
next census The enumeratOrs are to
go forth in a few days-on April /
TO take the thirteenth decennial census
of the population. Mr.. Crumpacker's
amendment took the form of a Joint
resolution, which provided simply for
additional Enquiries respecting the ma
tionalitv or mother tongue of all persons
born in foreign countries
As stated, Mr.. Crumpacker brought
The resolution up last calendar Wednes-
day. The time for its enactment was
SO brief, before the enumerators began
their work, that he was exceedingly
anxious to have it disposed of. The
Legislation had to be enacted soon, if
at all. Under the rules it is exceedingly
difficult to get up any measure outside
of appropriation bills, pension bills,
claim bills and the like, which have
either the right of way, as do appro-
priation bills. or which have a special
dav assigned them, except on unani-
nous consent day or on calendar
Wednesday.
The reform forces of the house, which
in this connection mean the Democrats
, and insurgents. are exceedingly Jealous
of calendar Wednesday. They have
been convinced thaat the Speaker and
his ieutanants would be glad to break
it down 1t was one of the reforms
wrested from the organization during
the big parliamentary clash at the be-
ginning of the congress.
Mr.. crumpacker offered his joint
resolution as a matter of the highest
privilege under the Constitution. The
allied opposition have been contending
( that nothing but bills on the calendar
could be considered on calendar
Wednesday. When Mr. Crumpacke
came forward, claiming the highest
: privilege they scented in this action
!. an effort to further encroach upon their
? sacred Wednesday. Whether it was in
tended to be such is a matter of con
= troNersy.
: Immediately there began great par
f lamentarv debate. Apparently, how
ever. it was of no more significance
than many other parliamentary wran
/ gies which spring up in the house sud
/ denly from time TO time. The lay mine
. would not easily follow the details OF
. the arguments pro and con. The Crum
packerites quoted much the paragraph
0 of the Constitution which declares tina
5 there shall be a decennial census of th'
I population. The presidents Of mOr'
e than hundred years were trOtted out
S The upshot Of it was, when the en- IT
3 afternoon had been frittcred away il
e splitting parliamentary hairs, Speake
t. Cannon ruled that the Crumpacker Join
Il resolution was privileged, and therefor
n entitled to consideration on calen la
- Wednesday. He held that this was il
j lire with the precedentS established b.
d Republican and Democratic Speakers.
q Thereupon the fun began in earn"s
a. Speaker Cannon, in presenting his ri.
ing, did not wait for some one to tax
"a an appeal therefrOm. 1t was well NJ
,e derstood hours in advance that he woul
n uphold the privilege of the Crumpack Ike
~ resolution and that there would be
N prompt appeal from his decision. /
n was also we'll understood that the Demo
10 Gratis and insurgents were splendid
+, organized, that they had been strength
=. cuing their lines for weeks IN prepare
% ZION for an opportunity to try concIl
- slons with the Speaker.
- Accordingly, without waiting for a
-, appeal to be entered formally, Speahe
Cannon Immediately exclaimed 9TH
,- 'quesrion is shall the ruling Of the chai
:, stand Is the judgment Of the house
- The yeas and NAYS were ordered an
of the house voted Ill Yeas and IG3 nay
&c That OverruIed the Speaker aud, as th
of Vote Of the house IN such occasions
"a final and supreme. i meant that tn
Crumpac1er resolution was not priv
1T legged.
" 1t was then late Wednesday after
n noon. but the house finally proceede
nj ~ the work Of calendar Wednesda,
IS which was the call Of committees
IT. alphabetical order, taking up the en-
=. where il was left on the previous ca
M eudar Wednesday. \ little bill for ?.
or imburslug the State Of Massacluset
OF for a bad bargain made wish The fC,
IN eral government in the purchase &
~ twelve 8 , inch field guns for the Us
ne If the militia was considered and pas
re- ed There was much debate upon tn.
re- and upon a bill regarding hazing {
'o West Point and the house adjourae
- a- half-past five Wednesday eyenln
a. The census joint resolution had n
.'' been acted upon and that calend5
-, Wednesday was at an end. As far ,
outward indications went, there W
20 nothing to warrant an inference thI
- this had been preliminary skirini:
49, 10 the biggest and most momentol
al battle m the history of the house. II
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