The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-22
ANOTHER BLOW AT CANNON
REPREsEVTtTHE FOWLER 90
NEW JERSEI aIuED 90.

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WASHINGTON. April - The r0w over
the rules of the House % Representatives
thr~a'enssl to break otIi afFesh this morn
inG. ~ . result of the adoption 81 the
ipsirgrnt proposif ion Tor an enlarwement
OF the Committ-e on RlIIes and the elm
nation oI the Speaker from tina; budy
70 had lS~sn thought that hoai - alOag
this line w0illh not M resuused at last
until after the admtni-trziion legislativc
Programme had heen diSpos~l % by the
HOUSE. hsIf the morning immediately
after the Nous convebssd Representative
fOwler Of New Jersey. who was depoas-d
frOm the chairmanship ~ the banking
anil Currency Commil'ee by speaker
Cannon and who has lSen excs-eiinGly
bitter Against tbs. Speaker ever since.
odersi a resoh,tIon for which he elaln1-d
priVilrR- Tor th~ crs-atiOn oG n majority
and n minority cotnmitt~c on committees
The clerk hal hardly completed the
r-ading of the Fowler resolution when
Representative s-r-no D.. Payne of New
York. th.' Republican noor leader. made
the point 10 nrVier that the resolution was
nat priviegel. Ther-upoa Representa-
tive HarSiwick 81 Georgia made tho point
10 nn quorum and Representative PAYNE
sIxg-~tsd n call - th.. lIou-e.
The resohltioa ~ uneNpect-slly offered
by Mr.. Fowbr proviSirs that 'frOm and
arter the first week 81 the third srssion
Of the Sixty first Congress AL standing
special committees and com
missions of the Hou~. % Representatives
shall ~ appointed a. hereinafter SET forth
by two committees. a committee consist
party in the HOUSE Of Representatives. |
tn H. called the majority committee on |
and seven members Of the |
party in the HOUSE OF Repre- |
sentatives. 10 b. "a lied the minority com /
mittee on committees.
After tie call Of the House had ben |
Speaker Cannon pointed oS1t
- Mr.. Fowler that the resolution. not
having besn previously introduced and
not having the advantage Of the ten day
period Of lnactiOn. was no, privileged.
the New Jersey member with
irew y from before ths House and dropped
Q in the basket to take it, regular course.
he says he will call II up again in ten
laws unl~ss action N had upon u earlier
han that. which seems improbable. and
O-day probably will break out again
The House Of Representatives should
row take the hnal step Co insure ita Free
iom.- slid Mr.. Fowler to-day after all
he excitement was over. The centrah-
safion IN the SPEAKER Of the right TO ap-
POINT COMMITTEES and to control leGis-
alton through the COMMITTEES on Rules
md the power 81 recognition made him
he most pervasive aud autocratIc in
i,iencs IN American political lie. To
nv that the consequence 81 these poSeTs
lEd made the Once a gigantic machine I
4 political blackmnl u only TO state what
nov admits.
Now often have we seen men rolling
"a tho dust % expectation before tins ,
hrune % political dispensation or GrOvel-
ing in the mire 81 cOwardbco and con-
smptihility before this juggernaut Of
,F1tt.1l despoti@ml What convictions nave :
ut been sIfocated by a sense Of graft !
,ide. what opinions have not been sup
'resset by an overwhelming hope, what
IMPULSES have not been poisoned by =
lehasing fear We have seeu tr,lc,ilsnt Z
ycophants rap the rich harvest ~ their I
while HONEST and brave men :
ave been put 10 the political sword.
The House wing 81 the Capitol was built .
- the sanctuary Of public opinion. hut ,
Z has been converted into a chArnel
loiis@ of character itsslf
The dissolution of these powers. 20
PROFANITY uSed by the Speaker. vas
bsolutely essential to the restoTation OF ,
rec representative govenrmsnt. We have
lready eliminated the Speaker from the
Committee on Rule~ II IN now time that
~ should strip MS once % the power ,
n appoint committees and limit ia func- !
ions 90 the single duty ~ presiding over
he deliberations 81 the House.
The resolution introduced by mo to-
Iay will establish the principle of Just
from the standpoints 81
population. geography and the peculiar
BUSINESS interests Of every section and I
NIL secure To both the ma jority and the
minority the right 20 select is member
hap on the Respective committees