Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-03-24
JOE CANNON IS
STILL SPEAKER.
ILLINOIS VETERAN RETAINS I'll.
TIE, BUT POSITION is
sHORN OF POWER

Washington, March l9.-JOSepn
Curney Cannon of Danville, Ills, is
still the speaker of the house of rep
resentatives. But he lost today the
ancient prestige and weapon of that
office when the allied republican in
surgents and the democrats took
from him not only the chairmansh1p
Of, but even membership in the
allpowerful committee on rules, the
chief asset in his stock of power.
Amid scenes of the widest disor-
der for the like of which one must
go back to the exciting days just
prior to the Civil war-perhaps even
those times might not duplicate it
the veteran speaker almost "a years
old, stood erect and defiant at the
end when big Texas democrat, Rep.
Burleson, accepted the speakers dar-
ing challenge and introduced reso-
luton to fling him out of the speaker
ship The republicans, regular, insur-
gents, with few exceptions, rallied
with almost unbroken party front
and gave him vote which almost
Offset the Reputation of Cannon
ism."
BY vote of 191 to 1856 the repub-
lican insurgents voting solidly with
the democrats, the house adopted
the resolution of Representative
Norris, republican, of Nebraska, re-
quiring reorganization of the rules
committee, increasing it's member
ship from five to ten and declaring
the speaker Ineligible to membership
thereon:
BY the curiously identical vote of
191 to 155-but with a decidedly
different personnel of alignment
the house defeated resolution of
Representative Burleson of Texas de-
claring the speakership vacant and
ordering immediate election of sue
cessor to Mr.. Cannon.
Norris Resolution.
Following is the resolution of Rep.
Norris of Nebraska which was a.
dopted:
"There shall be, committee on
rules, elected by the house (hither-
to the committee of five like all 9TH
er house committees, has been ap-
pointed by the speaker), consisting
of ten members, six of whom shall
be- members of the majority party
and four of whom shall be members
of the minority party. The speak
er shall not be member of the COM
mittee and the committee shall elect
its own chairman from it's own men,
bership.
Resolved, further, that within
ten days after adoption of this reso-
luton there shall be an election of
this committee and Immediately upon
it's election the present committee on
rules shall be dissolved"
: Fh,s resolution was adopted and
the motien Of Rep. Burleson declar-
ing the chair yaeant. was lost.
:.
T Cannon's Speech.
Washington, March 19.-Follow-
ing is the full text Of Speaker Can
hons remarkable address in the
house late today, offering to lay down
the speakership;
"dentlenien Of the house OF rep
resentatives: Actions, not words, de-
termine the conduct and the sin
certify Of men III the affairs ct life.
This is a governments BY the people
according to the rule ofthe represen-
tatives of u majority.
], ...Results cannot be secured ex-
cept by majority, and in the house
Of representatives majority, being
responsible. should have full power,
and should exercise that power 9th
erwise the majority is ineHacient and
does not perform Its function.
..The ONCE Of the minority is to
nut the majority Oh It's good behav-
ior, advocating Ii good faith. the pol
icles which It processes, ever ready to
take advantage of the mistakes OF
the majority party and appeal to the
couhttry for its vindication. Il.
'From time to time heretofore.
the majority has become the minor
ity. as in the present case, and from
time to time hereafter the majority
will become the minority.
..The country believes that the re-
publican party has q majority OF
forty-four IN the house Of represen-
tatives at this time, yet such is not
the case. The present speaker OF
!. the house has, to the best Of his
ability and Judgment, co-operated
with the republican party and 90 far 'al'