The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-03-25
CANNONHARI'D||ti||T|
AMIDST WILD CONFUSION czAR
y ToNcEo FROM PLACE on
MULES COMMITTEE
STILL SPEAKER OF HOUSE
NepUblicans, Regular and tnsusgsnts,
Almost Unanimously. 0sfesa
Resolution 70 Gust Him
From Spsaksvship

From Spsaksrship
Washington, March 1S--Joseth Ger
ney Cannon n stili speaker Of e.
house OF representatives. bat he los
today the ancient prestige and weap
On Of that ONCE when the al ed re
publican insurgents and den 1rat,
took from him. no only the chal man
ship Of. but eve the memherlhip II
the aIl-powerful COMMITTEES on rules
the chief asset OF his stock OF power
Amid scenes Of the widest dior er
for the Ike OF which one INST z.
back to the exciting days tnst prior
TO the civil war. and perhaps ever
those times might not duplicate IL. TIL
aged speaker. almost a year old
stood erect. defiant. his head ID. sodi d
but unbowed." And at the end whe
AZ q big Texan democrat accepted thu
speakers daring challenge. In 70
duced = resolution TO ding him out 81
the speakership, the republicans. reg
nlArs and insurgents with a ns ex.
ceptions. rallied with an almost IN.
broken party front aud gave him
vote which almost Offset the repu.
diation OF Cannonism."
This In what happened:
BY \ vote Of 1871 to It's, the rerub'i
a insurgents voting so'idly with he
democrats. the house adopted the reso-
luton OF Representative Ncrrs, re.
publican, OF Nebraska. re uif IN TIE
reorganization of the rules comm ittec
Increasing It's membership from five to
ten. and declaring the speaker ineli-
lgible to membership thereon.
DEFEAT ~DETHRONEMENT.
BY a curiously Identical vote OF 1877
to 155-but with a decidedly, different
personnel OF allgnment--fhe no sc dc.
eeated the resolution Of Rspres enta-
tive Burleson Of Texas. Declaring t.
s~peakership vacant. and ordering the
immediate election Of a successor to
Cannon.
Here In the Norris resolution, viii h
was adopted.
There shall be a committee on
rules. elected by the hose (hither o
4 committee of fve-tike all other
house committees. has feen appoint
ed by the speaker) consisting OF ten
members. six OF whom viii be men,
hers OF the majority patty. fo-r OF
whom will be members oil the minor
lty. The speaker shall not be a
member OF the committee ard the com
mittee shall elect its own chairman
from its own members.
Resolved. further. That within ten
DAYS after the adoption OF the re solu-
sion there will he an election OF this
committee and immediately iron its
election the present committee on
rules shall be dissolved"
Here Is the resolution of Blrleson,
which was defeated:
Resolved. That the ofHce o. s~ea's-
er OF the house OF representatives Is
hereby declared vacant. and tie house
Of representatives shall at once peo-
iced With the election OF a speaker
Cannon tonight declined to comment
mon the extraordinary events OF Re
day. He was In his once surros ndea
by four level friends when nens~npe~
men approached and asked what he
Rad to say about his victory"
oh. nothing at all. ] guess. There
Is not any comment to rare. Pc
sides. you will have the papers full ! n
the morning anyway about me-"
But has the newly elected spfaNer
my announcement TO make regardiag
future politics."
The sneaker laughed.
II will inst deep on speaking and
raying," he said.
Champ Clark. minority 'esdar. said
In the course OF q formal statement to-
night:
THE republicans are on the tob E
gan slide. and IL the democrats cut
side OF ongre will get together M
the democrats OF the house have go
together. onr victories this yer. and
In 1911. will he As sweeping "a hose
OF 1S9S-lS02. Norris az Nebraska. au-
thor Of the successful resell ton 20
reoreaniTe the rules committee, saio
In mart:
we have won all that We o~ght
for. all that We expected TO get when
We went into the last movement that
eliminated In today's sweeping vic
tory"
FOR NEW COMMITTEE.
Cancuses will be called Immediately
by both parties 10 select. resrect veiy
six repnb' leans and four demo rats
who will constitute the new COMMIT
tee on rules. ReuuNlieaa Ie DIR
Payne said tonight that tho recent
events were 10 recent" FIR his ia "
to have decided deanifeiv rpo' the
date ~ sts csrcus. Republican whip
Dwight thought II world b. ea'ly
next week. Minority Leader CLARK
thought the democratic eancus you'd
meet Tuesday OF Wednesday night
There were moments when II looted
as though tire nrenoHderenslv rennhli-
horse mirht even can the cimay
by electing rhamn Clark speaker.
In fact. mt only was this actaallv
proposed In n motion by C'nrN OF
Florida, bot Sneaker Cannon himself,
In his defy tn the horse. declared
HE enemies shonld he consistent. end
Pierre. March la-Tae MssnGr
shows q stage of about IL feet here
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