The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-18

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 won by the allies during the
 night.
 Regulars f1ibuster while ab-
 senteeS are being drunIned up.
 Session has lasted 25 hours.
 House adiourns until p. m.
 -f Especial from United Press.)
 washin gton, March 18-With the a1- led forces of insurgents and Demo srats claiming they will have major ity of seven votes in favor of over turning the Cannon rules. whenever the question is put to the House by the Speaker, and with the regulars eX- pressing equal confidence in the ulti- mate result. but fighting for delay. the overnight deadlock at the capitol con- tinued until 1:45 today.
 At 10 o'clock belated Congressman were wandering into the chamber in sufficient numbers to justify the expec- tations that active hosti1it:es would be resumed before noon. From a. m. there had been a Hull in the fight and the Republicans and Democrats alike absented themselves in groups to se- cure wink of sleep, a. bite of food or a cup of coffee.
 During most of these hours Spea ker Cannon. grim. haggard faced, pale. but unda un ted. held the gavef on the mar ble rostrum ready at any moment to checkmate an unexpected move on the part of his enemies.
 Representatives Norris of Nebraska, Cooper of Wisconsin. Murdock of Kan sas, and Gardner of Massachusetts, the -four ringleaders among the House in surgents were present every minute of the time. hoping that something would come up which would allow them an opportunity once more to clip the wings of the old eagle perched over the House.
 At 1:5o o'clock this morning a motion was made by the regulars to take a recess until 11:55 a. It was beaten by the combined insurgents and Dem +ocrats by a vote of 135 to Al. As the hours passed the Democrats began to complain about the lack of results from the efforts of Sergeant-at-Arms Casson. who was supposed to be drum ming up members. He was called to the bar of the House and answered in defence that he was doing the best he could.
 be clock is about to strike A said Clayton. Democrat, A1a-,) in beginning a few remarks.
 ..The clock doesn't strike" corrected a member.
 ssthe clock is like the Speaker, it doesn't strike. It's dumb.''
 At 7:2O a. m. the record showed a quorum present. Olmstead. (Republi-- can. Pal. one of the regulars, moved that the officers of the House be in structed to cease their efforts to ar rest absent members A roll call was demanded and the Cannon organiza- ton was again defeated by a vote of "A to 93. Fwenty-nine Democrats re- trained from voting because they we paired with absent Republicans. The allies, after canvass of the field, de- c1ared at 8 o'clock this morning that they would have a majority of seven, even with the full strength of the reg uiars on the floor.
 Speaker Cannon gave up the gave1 to J. Hampton Moore, (Republ can, a number of sleepy members sauntered up to the rostrum to have some fun with the new Speaker t'I want to ask recognition to call up the Inland Waterways Bill" exclaimed Represen- tative Maynard, Democrat Va.) ssNow is the time to get all the money you want" remarked Representative Tawney. Republican. Minn.), chair man of the Appropriations committee. "Get it quick while Uncle Joe isn't looking and run away with ft.''
 At 11r45 the Democrats near the cen ter aisle began singing. first hymns. then popular songs. "Old Black Joe'' and A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight wound up the chorus which was QueIled by Moore's gavel
 Representative Schack1eford. Oemo- crat, Mo.). declared that the Speaker had ftcontemptuously abdicated his chair and that the House was 'in state of anarchy"
 Moore resigned the gavel to Uncle Joe' at 11:45.
 Nearly every member of the House was in his seat when Uncle Joe' as cended ''the throne" The galleries were damned and people stood twenty deep in the corridors
 "I don't need any sleep remarked ehe Speaker as he stopped in. ''As we grow older we need less sleep I find"
 On taking the gavel "Ucle Joe'' an- nounced: ''The chair will hear the gen. tleman from Iowa, MT. Smith (Repub- ucan). and then will shortly ru3e.''
 Smith defended his votes of yester- day and the day before in favor of the organization
 gavel over to OImstead of Pennsyl- yania. and the new Speak pro-tem recogn szed Representative Campbell (Republican, Kansas) Campbell also defended the old
 Mrs. Taft was an attentive listener from the executive gallery during this stage of the proceedings. In her party was Frank B. Kellogg, the govern ment's s'trust buster.''
 While Smith and Campbell were speaking a committee of insurgents regulars and Democrats were tryingl to reach the compromise and there were all sorts of rumors on the floor of the House