The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-18
BITTER FIGHT AGAINST
 CANNONlSM IN CONGRESS
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~-~o~~~~~-~---~~~>~>~~~~~ 1nent were not restored in the House of Representatives the republican party would go down to merited defeat in the coming campaign.
 The Cannon forces had been caught completely unawares. number of the regulars were in their home states, mend ing their political fences, others lacked the temerity to attend any of the past few days sessions through fear of being placed on record before the country, while a few others had to go to Philadelphia and other neighboring cities to make St. Patrfck's Day addresses. Under orders from the speaker tellers were sent scur- irving in every direction to demand the presence of the absentees. Representa- tive Barclay was brought into the House from sick bed to vote. Two other III members, Brownlow of Tennessee and Knapp of New York, were summoned from sick rooms. Representative Gard ner was caught just as he was about to start for Boston, while Representative Green of Massachusetts. who had speak ing date in Baltimore, was called back just as he was about to board a train.
 Aggressive Movement Begun
 washington. March 17-Encouraged by their repeated victory over the speaker and the regular republicans of the House, the ainsurgents" today started an aggres- sive movement for a change in the rules of the House for the purpose of elim- mating Speaker Cannon from the commit tee on rules and curtaillng his power in legislative matters.
 without a note of warning that so rad 1cal a proposition would be brought uI with the apparent support of major ity of the membership of the House Representative Norris of Nebraska late orr nh ia uaH ha a md offered resolution for change in the rules of the House.
 Following is the text of the Norris reso- lution:
 "Resolved, That the rules of the Hous, be amended as follows:
 ..The committee on rules shall consis of b members. nine Of whom shall b' members of the majority party and si, of whom shall be members of the mi nority party, to be selected as follows:
 "The states of the union shall be di vided by a committee of three, selected by the House for that purpose into min, groups, each group containing as neal as may be an equal number of memher' belonging to the majority party. Tn, states of the union shall likewise be di vided into six groups. each group con taining as near as may be, an equal mum Der of members belonging to the minority party.
 .sAt 10:30 o'clock on the day followins the adoption of the report of said com rlittee. each of said groups s7aH uea and select one of its number 2 mer,ber o the committee on rules. The place o meeting for each of said groups shall b, designated by the said committee of thre. in it's report, Each Of said groups shal report to the house the na-ne Of tn, member selected for membership on tn. cor r'ittee m r1ies
 +''The committee on rules shall selec its own chairman: the speaker shall no be eligible to membership on said com mittee. All rules or parts thereof in consistent with the foregoing resolution are hereby repealed"
 Waiting for the Time
 For several months the insurgents hat been looking forward to this culmina tion of their efforts to undermine or de stroy the power of the speakA- but therl had been little or no thought of an, possibility that the battle for ascendenc, would so soon be brought
 Mir Norris insisted that the language Of the constitution gave his measure the Dame privilege that Speaker Cannon had