Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-19
.REGULARSITSH HINTED
TO HELP ELECT CLARK
bAID TO PREFER DEMOCRAT TO
"REPURLlcAN WHO DEF1Es THE
MAJORITY OF PARTY"-AN Ex-
CITING "a HOURS.

At 1895 o'clock Martin Of South
Dakota moved that the house
take recess until q o'clock.
Champ Clark, the minority leader,
demanded ayes and noes. A roll
call was ordered and by vote Of
161 to 151 the house recessed un-
til q o'clock. Indescribable yells
greeted the result Of this, the
fourth test Of strength on the
question Of obtaining respite.
At o'clock this afternoon
Norris, Hayes, Gardner, Lenroot,
insurgents met committee Of the
regulars in conference on com
promise proposition.
Washington, D. c., March Is. The
rouse remained in session throughout
.he night, but transacted no business
efforts to force the presence OF a
quorum failing as often as attempted'
The insurgents pounded the regulars
position steadily from the time late yes
terday afternoon when Norris, the Ne
braska insurgent Republican, intro
lnced his resolution to SO reorganlze
the rules committee as to ieaye SPEAK
II Cannon out and give the house itself
The power to choose members, until
daylight, and refused TO suspend pro-
ceedings when such action was sus-
pested at 1880 o'clock this morning by
Olmstead. Republican. It was an open
secret early In the day that the reg
rIars', believed they were beaten ana
that It was their plan to give the
sneaker until IL o'clock to rule upon
The point OF order upon which ths
original attack was centered.
Regulars Fear Defeat.
In this frame of mind the regulars
struggled into the house this morning
where Cannon's supporters had main
tanned a filibuster through the weary
hours Of the night with the hope thai
The day would bring enough regulars
10 give the speaker victory.
"Irncle Joe" was in his room All
night now and then coming out into
,he house. where Representative Dai-
,ell held the chair. Cannon entered
The house occasionally to note the pro.
rress of events and it was not until
about 6 o'clock that he took his
Mace at the speakers desk. Ihe mo-
lion of Hadwick Of Georgia Tor the
anpointment Of an assistant sergeant
At arms to bring in the absentees had
been over-uIed by Dalzell. and he n
furn had been overruled by the house.
The same procedure had been gone
through with upon motion tha. the
newly appointed officers be equipped
With new warrants. Then the new
officers went out to look for the miss
Ing Republicans.
Cannon Defies insurgents.
It was at this juncture that Can
non took charge, and Immediately
Rurleson OF Texas demanded to know
whether the SPEAKER had signed the
warrants issued for the members.
,sUncle Joe's'' voice quivered with sup
nressed rage as he replied, with
bang of the gravel:
.The chair declines to be catechlsed
nv the gentleman from Texas.
This defiance by the speaker struck
sharks all over the room. Burleson's
lace was very red and his voice, too,
shook with passion as he renewed his
inoniry. Then followed lively in
terchange between the speaker and
the insurgents and between the mem
hers on the uOOI. AAO SAASs - - 49,
that the speaker refused to recognize
The authority Of less than a quorum
TO issue any warrants for anybody.
The members seemed to cool off about
this time and the proceedings colt
tinued rather listlessly compared Wlth
the heat and excitement Of the pre-
ceding hours. At II o'clock there were
less than fifty members in the house.
Iowan Defends Cannon
Moore of Pennsylvania, was in the
chair at noon and had just raped the
house to order when Shackelford OF
Missouri, began a fiery speech. de
rouncing the speaker and the SER
oeant at arms He was interrupted by
Payne. who scolded Shackelford. There
was much confusion. Cannon resunl-
cd the chair about this time and Smith
of Iowa entered upon an extended de-
tense Of the speaker and the rules OF
the house Campbell of Kansas AMI
Martin Of South Dakota, spoke along
the same lines as Smith. The debate
drtfted along and upon the invitation
fcontip,,eH on Paga hl