The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-18
REGULARS BROKE
QUORUM TO SAVE
CANNON
insurgents Again Battle Against
Rule of Speaker
FOUGHT UNTIL EARL Y MORNING
Supporters of Uncle Joe Then "Fad-
ed Away" in Order to Escape
Defeat

Washington, March lS.-The insur-
gents are declaring this morning that
they have Cannon and the regulars"
beaten. They say that they have a
majority of ten or fifteen votes any
time that the present controversy
can be brought to head
The situation was extremely tense
when the house opened this morning.
The insurgents concede that the
Norris resolution creating a new
committee on rule of which the
speaker is debarred from member
gents declare that Cannon may be
forced from the speakers chair be-
fore the end of the week
Washington, March 1S.-Speaker
Cannon early this morning is fighting
for his life in the House of Repres-
entatives and indications favor the
defeat of the man who for seven
years has ruled the House with rod
OF iron.
The climax came with the introduc-
Norris of Nebraska which abolished
the present committee on rules. con
sisting OF five members and substi-
tutes for a committee of fifteen elect
ed by the House. 1t specifically pro-
yides that the speaker shall not be
| even a member of the new commit
| tee
Champ Clark, the minority leader
sounded the battle cry to the Demo
Gratis and insurgents.
The day of your salvation is at
hand" he said amid thunderous APP
| plause There was confusion on the
part of the regulars who began to
summon by telephone and telegraph
absent Republicans sending taxicabs
for them
1t was evident on every side that
the organization was fighting for
/ very existence. The conflict was on
plane different from any that had
been held in the past. 1t appeared
that the positions had been reversed.
The enemy had presented a solid
front and there were wide breaches
in the regulars ranks.
The regulars declared the Norris
resolution was not in order but they
/ had not the votes TO enforce their po
sition. At the same time the debate
on this point could not be limited and
the fight resolved itself into an en-
durance contest.
The best orators on both sides APP
peared in the debate Even Speaker
! Cannon took part in the discussion
and even appeared on the floor and
defended his action in having demo-
/ ted in committees and from chairman
in committees and from chairman
( ships such men as Fowler of New
Jersey Cooper of Wisconsin, Muir
| dock OF Kansas and others He plac-
ed the responsibility for their run
I ishment on their own recalcitrancy.
AT o'clock this morning the house
/ by a vote of 1874 to 1875 defeated for
/ tho third time a motion to recess I'M
{ I'll il:55 q. N. The stubborn ,ilibus-
1 ter of the Republican regulars vas
resumed, against consideration OF the
resolution of Representative Norris
of Nebraska providing for the organi-
/ cation OF the committee on rules,
eliminating the speaker.
The moment the vote was announ-
ced Mr.. Smith, Republican Of Iowa,
/ resumed the dreary debate
1t was generally understood at . 30
that the regulars had broken the
/ quorum deliberately and were some
for the night AT that hour the pros
( peot was ,laA nothing further could
be done morning.
Just received large shipment of
ladies' dress skirts and children's
coats. Skirts from $1.9S to $1,000
Childnens coats at reasonable pri-
ces-at Novecks