The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08
Representative Expected ia
Become Candidate for
Burkett's Seat.
ONE OF MEMBERS
OF PROGPESSIVES
Leader IN Fight Which Administers
First Defeat 10 House
Organization.

Representative George w. Norris "a
Nebraska. who carried away the hon.
ors OF administering its first defeat
10 the House organization. is expected
20 be announced within few weeks
as candidate for Senator from Ne-
braska, TO succeed Senator Burkett
Norris Is one Of the original progress
size group, who opened the fight against
the House organization two years ago,
and have kept II alive ever since re
has confined his Insurgency pretty closes
y 70 the question Of the House rules,
mlking that the one issue In doing
this he has been animated by the belief
that il was possible for the Insurgents
70 get more votes. and 10 get them
sooner, on that proposition alone. than
Il they got other matters mixed Up
with their fight for reorganization %
the House
Norris e probably more unpopular
with Speaker Cannon ian any other
progressive; yet ne vote1 for Cannon
for Speaker after supporting Cooper Of
Wisconsin, in the 10, &c Republican
caucus. More than that, he voted for
the Payne-Aidrich tariff bill He has
been a progressive OF the most radical
sort during ali his service IN Congress,
snd the last two years has become
known as one OF the best parliamentary
fighters in the body
DisIiked By Speaker.
Norris Is especially disIiked oy tbs
Speaker because OF his part IN the
fight, while the tariff bill was under
consideration, 20 strike out Of the
measure the Countervai1inE duty On Pc
trOleum and its products. Cannon was
particularly insIstent that that duty
should be retained, and even took the
floor. at the close Of a long and bitter
discussion, 10 oppose the amendment
Norris MADE bitter speech attacking
the Speaker, and for that, and the fast
that the Speakers side lost on the vote
he has been beyond the pale OF forgive
Now the sins q this prairie member
have been added 10 by the LUrtner crime
Of beating the SsnlZarIon n the mat
Ter OF the BaIfiuEer-P iuchOt resolution
The organization plan was handsomely
set I'd, for the purpose OF having the
committee named, on the part OF llS
House, by the Speaker Il was ven
understood that the Speaker was 70
name, as head OF the House division
his lieutenant Da1zeII OF Pennsylvania
Norris moved the amendment 70 have
the committee elected by tire House
and on the -aIl OF the roll Il carried
BY three majority. II was not oniy
direct defeat for the organization buL
II vas q defeat on the particular prop
ositfon which has been nearest 10 the
heart Of Mr. Norris he has rom the
that the real secret OF the Speaker 2
uowsr was the fact that he names the
committees Of the House Last March.
when the House organized MOTIFS
moved a scheme for amendment OF the
rules, which would have provided Tor
The appointment OF committees by the
House itself, through an elective com
rrittee- The proposal was rejected but
the vote that the House shall name the
investigating committee Is 2. victory on
the very same proposition for M Nor
ris-
By Small Majority.
In addition 70 the distinction OF hsv-
ing beaten the Speaker twice. MOTIFS
enjoys the dubious satisfaction OF hsv-
ing been elected to the seat he now Oc-
cupies by a smaller majority than any
other members OF tbs present House re-
csFved- He defeated his Democratic
opponent BY Just twenty-five votes. At
that, he ran remarkably, for Nebraska
went Democ-atic- nd the Democrats
carried three OF the six districts IN the
State But Il Is 2 ven close o1str7cIs
and Norris would have q hard fight 10
be returned this year His friends have
strongly urged him TO run for the Sen.
ate
proEressives who discovered THAI the
Posfofffcs Department was not accept
ing and acting on his recommendation
for appointment OF pOStmaSteEs- he
promptly wrote a letter TO President
Taft SAYING that il was the Presidents
right 10 withdraw all patronage but
protesting against having II put on the
zTourd that the people VINO were thus
dtscrfuiuated against were not in SYM
psthy with progressive policies. he de-
clared that for himself, and for the rest
of the insurgents ne considered IL par
ticularly unfair and unjust to place the
action on such grounds, because they
had been the persistent advocates Of
progressive policies. and their nzht
had been TO change the rules q Ths
House
And the next day he won his first
fght OF the session
Nov Il is confidently believed that
Norris who has been considering q
Senatorial candidacy for months past,
viii be announced, and that he viii
make a hard fight for the Republican
nomination