Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-18
BITTER DEFEAT
FOR CANNON
Insurgents and Democrats for
Time Gain Control Of
the House
SHARpEsT FIGHT OF SESSION
Regulars Had to Take to the
Woods and Fought With
Backs to Wall.

Washington, D. c., March lS.-All
night and until late this morning the
Democrats and insurgent Republicans
successfully "held the fort against
the REGULARS Republican organ
ization in a fight precipitated yester-
day against the present house rules,
and no one can yet predict the result
of the memorable struggle. In the
early hours, however, the indications
were that Speaker Cannon and the
regulars were at the point of de-
cisive defeat at the hands of the in
surgents and the Democrats who had
been pounding them 50 relentlessly
upon ever issue upon which there was
a vote that the regulars in fat "took
to the woods" After several attempts
to secure a recess, had failed, the late
hours of the night were spent in an
increasingly indignant efforts on part
of the Democrats who had forced
call of the House, to learn why the
sergeant-at-armS was bringing in no
Republican absentees, but had brought
in five Democrats. A stubborn fill
buster on the port of Speaker Cannon
and the House organization with their
backs to the wall and on equally re-
lentless attack on part of the "allies,
these were the distinguishing features
OF the hottest fight yet made to over
throw the present control of the
House.
Postmaster at Monero Appointed.
Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., March 1S.-Up-
on the Recommendation of Delegate
Andrews, Bernard Carranta was to-
day appointed postmaster at Monero,
Rio Arriba county.
Delegate Andrews introduced pen
sion bills for Anthony McRobertson
of Causey, Seventy-second Missouri
militia, $50 per month"; Eleno Zamora
Company E, First New Mexico cav
airy, $50 per month; Maria Garcia
widow of Juan Garcia, First New Mex
ica cavalry, $24 per month. He secur
ed from the pension bureau pension
for Jose H. Padilla of Wagon Mound
Company B, New Mexico cavalry in
fantry, $40 per month.
The statehood bill is awaiting the
return of Senator Beveridge from
Indiana.
Cannon on Top.
ANY attempt to depose Cannon from
the speakership of the House is doom
ed to disaster. The Democrat:
thought they had sufficient votes a
one time last night, but today the in
dependent Republicans declined tt
enter into such an unholy alliance ant
are making earnest efforts for a com
promise with the regular Republican
and present indications are that the,
Will be successful and will be permit
ted to return to the regular ranks. Th
motion for recess for that purpos
carried by score of independent Re
publicans voting with the regulars.
Interfered With Investigation.
Washington, March 1S.-Owing
conditions prevailing in the Hous
where memorable fight against tn
House rules is still going on, it wa
impossible to secure a quorum of tn
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation cor
mittee this morning, and adjournmel
was taken until tomorrow morning
Uncle Joe Is Angry.
Washington, d. c., March 49,
About six o'clock this morning, afte
a long wrangle, Mr.. Dalzell was owe
ruled in a decision of that less than
quorum had no power to add to tt
number of House employees, and
special assistant sergeant-at-arms W;
appointed to look for absentees, whe
Speaker Cannon, assumed the chai
Mr.. Burleson of Texas, demanded
the speaker whether he had signt
the new warrants. Uncle Joes vol
quivered with suppressed rage as
replied with bang of the gave
"The chair declines to be catechis'
by the gentleman from Texas" Th
defiance by the speaker struck spar
all over the room. White-faced al
furious, Mr.. Burleson asked: Am
to understand that the speaker {
clines to obey the mandate OF TT
House?" The speaker persisted, al
after few sharp interchanges, t
speaker refused to recognize the
thority of less than a quorum to iss
warrants for anybody.
Organization Decisively Beaten.
Washington, March 1S.-The
fight was totally unexpected. 1t "
precipitated late in the afterno
when Representative Crumpacl
tried again to secure the conside
ton of a resolution amending
census act. The issue was purely p
liamentary, but the same on which
Speaker was defeated the day befc