The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-28
The Insurgents "Hear From
Home"
BOOM FOR ASHER C. KINDS
An Expert Parliamentarian Favored for
the speakership--creation Of Com
mittee on Committees Also
Proposed.

washington, March %. Many Of the
iihurgcnt Republicans in the House, who
last Saturday voted 10 retain Speaker
Canton in the chair. are hearing from
home according 20 reports ia circula-
ton about the capitol, and these advioes
are said to be not az all reasufing.
Following closely this information come
statements from several that the war
against "Cannonismp il TO 20 on 10 the
extent OF the ultimate deposition OF
Speaker Cannon, the election Of his sue.
cessor, and the complete reformation Of
the rules Of the House. The overthrow
Of the speaker and the speakership Of al
power unduly to influence legislation are
pimed at Some of the insuf sents dis
GUESSED these subjects freely Saturday.
proposition 10 remove Speaker Can.
non BY means Of the combined vote Of
Democrats and insurgents. and 20 substi.
tute for him Asher G. Kinds, the parlia.
mentarian Of the House. Is one 81 The
plans which several insurgents advocated
Saturday. The idea Of placing in the
speakers chair pure parliamenlArian.
not a member Of the House, who would
be entirely uninnuenced BY consideration
Of partisan advantages, was pointed ont
hv Representative Poiudexter Of Wash
inqton and others a. the logical and
proper course. Under the constitution,
TIE House may choose a speaker who Is
not a member Of the body
Representative Poindexter, who Is one
~ the prominent insurgents, said This
initial reform which we have accom-
plished must be followed hy Others. The
whole trouble IN which the House finds
itself is caused b. the joining Of the
power Of the speaker with that 81 the
leader Of the majority. The English plan
Of having an expert parliamentarian IN
stead 81 4 politician for presiding officer
i. the only correct one. AS long as We
select q party leader as speaker, just 50
long win we have partisan and unfair
rulings from the chair. When the House
adopted the Norris resolution The other
dav. Il was vote Of no confidence in
Speaker Cannon, and he should have re.
signed. AS he did not do 80, we should /
Oppose him. With that accomplished |
think we Should elect Mr. Kinds ! /
believe that 4 majority Of the House 1
would vote foT t. Surely the Democrats
and the insurgents who voted against 4
Cannon last Saturday and believe 4
large number Of other innrgent and 50.
called near insurgents will vote for Il
when the temper Of the people OF Hel
country is accurately judged on this
question"
Victor Murdoch Of Kansas, another IN.
snrgent leader. said %The movement /
to reform the procedure Of the House hus
Just begun. Before this session adiourns /
we will have accomplished 4 great many
thingi / hear radicals on this side
who never before we're willing to admit
that the rules or anything else needed
changing. nov discussing ways and
means Of revising the rules and making
them better. Not ia 80 years have such
Liberal ideas regarding the government
of this House prevailed among membefs
expect to see. in a comparatively short
while, the standing committees Of the
House meeting IN open sessions. instead
of secret sessions. as now. OF course
The military and naval and perhaps other
would have to meet il secret
as q matter Of public pei.
Low. But secret ways Of doing business
here are on the wane and viii soon Be
over, Many interesting and perhaps
startling developments win result before
This House adiourns sine aien
Other insurgents expressed themselves
,leng similar lines IL u certain that q
number Of the leaders of the insurgents
have IN mind at least two things in
This session: First, the deposition Of
Speaker Cannon unless be voluntarily
-atires: second. the establishment of
committee on committees All Of the
expressed themselves as De.
iring to see the presidents legislation
mt Of the way before hostilities break (
,ut again. One iusingent, who would I
low allow the use Of his name, said
Unless Speaker Cannon resigns. We will
lepose him before this session ends He
S part Of this system and must 20.
I il doesn't happen before, / look fer
I To come about the last day Of the
session.
The proposal to elect Asher G. Kinds
q speaker elected much comment from
hose who were made aware Of it. Mr..
finds formerly lived IN Portland, Me-,
nd he seeks the Republican congress
ional nomination from the first Maine ]
district His present duty ii to formu-
ate rulings for Speaker Cannon. II
! I.