The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-03-24

sylvania. Smith OF Iowa, Tawney OF
Minnesota. and Mann of Illinois.
For the Insurgents-Norris Of Ne
braska, Gardner of Massachusetts,,
Hayes of California, and Lenroot Of
| Wisconsin.
Martin Of South Dakota appeared
appeared later at the conference
room and was admitted. He was not
placed either with the insurgents or
regulars, but rather as a harmonizing
| influence.
Insurgents Make Determined Stand.
The insurgent Republicans and their
Democratic allies appeared deter
mined to eliminate the speaker from
the committee, If not through the
Norris resolution, then through a
compromise with the regulars
1t was reported early that the reg
ulars had conceded the creation of an
enlarged rules committee to be elect
ed by the house instead of being ap-
pointed by the speaker. The insur-
gents had conceded the selection OF
the members of this committee by Re-
publican and Democratic caucuses.
But the factions were unable to agree
on the question whether the speaker
himself should longer be a member of
the committee. The insurgents insist
he should not, while the regulars as
serted they could agree to no COM
promise which eliminated Uncle
Joe" from the committee which con-
trolls legislation in the house.
Cannon Comedies a Little.
The speaker himself had refused to
agree to any compromise that elm
mated him from membership in the
rules committee. He was willing to
accept an enlarged and elective COM
mittee, but not what he regarded as
the personal humiliation of being de-
posed from representation on that
body
"If | agreed to get off the commit
tee | would lose no less than l would
if | should be beaten in fight on this
proposition on the floor of the house."
he told one of his advisers. IF l must
get off the committee l prefer to fight
it out"
The regulars hoped the situation
might be altered by the return of nu-
merous members-several from Illi-
nois-but the fact that numbers of
these were paired" made the expect
ed arrival of reinforcements less i'm
portant.
Days Fight in Epitome.
Following is a brief resume of the
events leading up to the peace con-
ference:
The house, in continuous session for
29 hours, awaited the ruling of the
speaker on the point of order against
the resolution offered by Mr.. Norris
existing committee on rules and pro-
vide for a committee of Is members
to be elected by the house, with the
speaker eliminated. After a call Of
the house and recess taken from two
o'clock to four o'clock in the after
noon, Speaker Cannon, with a type
written statement in hand, announced
himself ready to render his decision.
Immediately Chairman Tawney of the
appropriations committee, one of the
speakers right-hand men, moved to
take a recess until 55 this morn
ing. Representative Bartlett of
Georgia, Democrat, made the point
that this motion was not in order.
This point of order was sustained by
Speaker Cannon after several minutes
of parley. Then Representative Gaines
of West Virginia, Republican, moved
to postpone the consideration of the
pending subject until five minutes aft
er IL to-day. There were cries from
the Democratic side of Rule! Rule!
Rule!" The speaker declared he was
ready to rule, but Tawney insisted on
a roll call on Gaines motion. The mo-
tion to postpone then was carried by
a vote of 164 to $50. After that ad-
journment was taken without the for
mality of a roll call.