Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

MS pace unNlpl lne question arose Whetnel
the house should proceed to consider IN,
Burleson resolution or whether the speaker
should entertain the motion to adjourn
Going TO the open space before the speak
er's chair, Mr.. Norris ~doggedly refused 4
give way to the group OF democrats ant
Insurgents who came to offer advice. n,
insisted that out OF courtesy to the speaker
he had only withheld his resolution and
was entitled to have II put 70 the house
The motion to adjourn being in order
the speaker would be gratified II the gen,
tleman from Nebraska would withhold
It." pleaded the speaker.
Withdraw IT," shouted a hundred demo.
Gratis.
Norris Forces Motion.
Mr.. Norris insisting that his motion wa
still before the house, Mr.. Cannon re.
marked II occurred to him that the gen.
tleman from Nebraska was right
moi mol nor shouted the men who
wanted to complete the elimination Of the
speaker at one session.
mol no." shouted at the same time the
great republican majority. who now saw
the discontinue Of the insurgents in the
movement when they were forced to con,
wv AAV NA0NhA0h u n EHN9hEI anu rear
lied that in spite of their best efforts the
house might be turned over to the demo.
cratic minority.
At once the democrats and regular re-
publicans Joined forces for the humiliation
of the insurgents. viva voce vote being
put on the motion to adjourn there was
but a faint response while the negative
vote was given In enormous volume.
Norris ,still hoping to avoid the issue OF
eiecting another speaker, asked for q rec
ord vote on his motion to adjourn and
fourteen insurgents arose to support that
demand.
Not a sufficient number" declared the
speaker, amid jeers that were directed
toward the insurgents.
The question then reverted to the Burle-
son resolution and the ayes and nays were
demanded.
THE speaker s%urrenders the chair to the
gentleman from New York" announced
Mr.. Cannon, looking toward representative
Payne. Amid loud applause the speaker
left the chair on the republican sid on
the house and nodding to his republican
colleagues with q smile, passed out into
the marble lobby n went to his private
office.
CIRrlt's Name Mentioned.
After the adoption of this resolution will
1t be improper to nominate Champ Clark
of Missouri for the speakership?" INQUIRED
Mr.. Clark Of Florida.
Mr.. Tawney tainted the F1oridian that
it would be in order when the resolution
was voted down, a contingency which the
gentleman from Florida did not appear "a
opfictnoto Tbn, A. IT, - -.
names Of insurgents were carefully noted
and their responses greeted with Jeers and
applause.
Cooper of Wisconsin, voting aye" wa
greeted with mingled cheers and Kisses
Mr. Gaines" called the reading clerk.
mo-" answered the West Virginian.
amid jeers from his republican colleagues
who sat back in their seats and laughed
and jeered and the insurgents" cast
their votes against the resolution and
for the first time in days voted in uni
son with their old party associates.
Gardener OF Massachusetts was loudly
cheered when he voted against the reso-
luton. Hayes Of California, Norris of
Nebraska, and Gronna, among others,
were laughed at, cheered on or jeered, ac-
cording to the mood OF the regulars"
BurIesOn Motion Fails.
Then came a scene of wild confusion
when the vote, 191 to 1865 against the
Burleson resolution was announced.
Almost and with what they conceived
to be their final victory. the republicans
arose and yelled themselves hoarse. Some
wept.
II move that we adjourn" suggested
Mr.. Payne, after he had surrendered his
place in the chair as Speaker Cannon
came in amid the confusion an dwild ex-
hibition of enthusiasm On the part Of his
party colleagues.
And this side of the house makes the
motion" remarked Representative Mann,
amid laughter.
There was no more demand for a roll
call. Ali were glad to adjourn and thus
ended the long battle, probably without
a precedent in the congress of the United
States.
Then burst upon the assemblage the
strains of the jovial SOM For He's a
Jolly Fellow" Men who had not suns
before for many a year, Joined in the re-
frain.
AS the strains we're being sung Speaker
Cannon stepped down from the dais upon
which he had been standing, and noddinG
and smiling toward his colleagues, held
a reception shaking the hands of many
of those who had stood beside him..