The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-20
INSURGENTS
IN CONTROL
Speaker Removed From Rules
Committee But Defiance Turns
Tide in Favor.
SCENES e. DISORDER
MARK DAYS EVENTS.
Attempt to Dethrone Alleged
White Gear Meets With
Complete Rebuff.
ANCIENT PRESTIGE is
WRESTED FROM HIM.
stoical and Collected, Speaker Re
fuses to Reeien and Supporters
Give Vote Of Confidence.
ANCIENT PRESTIGE is
WRESTED FROM HIM.
Stoical and Collected, Speaker Re
fuses to Reoien and Supporters
Give Vote Of Confidence.

Washington, March 19-Joseph
Guerney Cannon, of Danville,
Illinois, is still speaker of the
House of Representatives. But he
lost today the ancient prestige
and weapon of that office when
the allied Republican insurgents
and Democrats took from him not
only the Craftsmanship Of, but
even membership in the all-pow-
erful committee on rules, the chief
asset in his stock of power.
Amid scenes OF widest disor-
der for the like of which one
must go back to the exciting days
Just prior to the civil war-per-
haps even those times might not
duplicate 1.-THE veteran speaker,
almost IA years old stood erect
and defiant, his head "bloodied
but unbowed." At the end, when
big Texas Democrat accepted
the speakers daring challenge and
introduced a resolution lifting
him out of the speakership, TIE
Republican regulars and insurg-
ents, with few exceptions, rallied
with almost unbroken party
front and gave him a vote which
almost Offset the "repudiation of
Cannonism. "
This is what happened:
BY vote of l91 TO 1856, the Repub-
lican insurgents voting solidly wito
the Democrats, the house adopted the
resolution of Mr Norris Republican,
Nebraska), requiring rdorganiza-
tion of the rules committee increas-
Ing its members from five TO ten and
declaring the speaker ineligible TO
membership thereon.
BY the curiously identical vote OF
l91 TO l55-but with decidedly dif
1erent personnel OF alignment-thc
resentative Burleson (TeXas) declar-
ing the speakership vacant and or
dering the immediate election of
successor to Mr. Cannon
Cannon Is Silent.
Speaker Cannon tonight declined to
comment upon the extraordinary
events OF the day. He was In ais
Office surrounded by three or four
loyal friends when a newspaper man
approached him and asked what he
had TO saw about his Victory.
"Oh, nothing at all. l guess. There
is not any comment for me to make.
Besides. you Will have your papers
full In the morning anyway and YOU
don't need any comment from me
But hasn't the newly elected
speaker any announcement TO make
OF his future policy?"
The speaker laughed
I'm Just keeping on, speaking and
praying he said.
On Tobogean Slide.
Champ Clark, minority leader In
the house said In the course OF
formal statement Issued tonight:
'The Republicans are on the to-
bcggan slide and If Democrats out
side Of congress will get together as
the Democrats in the house hnve
gotten together. our victories this
Year and in 1912 will be as sweeping
as those OF 1890 aud 1892"
Mr.. Norris OF Nebraska said In
part;
I'VE have won all that we fought
for. all that we expected to get when
We went into the last movement that
eliminated in today's sweeping vic
tory"
Caucuses Will be called Immediate
ly by both parties to select irres-
pectively the six Republicans and
four Democrats who are to constitute
the new committee on rules. The old
committee consisted Of Speaker Can
non, chairman. and Mesere. Delzell.
Of Pennsylvania; Smith Of Iowa (Re-
nubllcans) and Minority Leader
Clark Of Missouri and John F. E1tz-
gerald Of New York (Democrats.)
What Leaders Say
Republican Leader Serene e. Page
said tonight that recent events
were too recent for his party 10
have decided definitely upon the date
Of Its CAUCUS. Republican Whip
Dwight thought 1t would be early