The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18

was a gain Of four votes from the tFat
vote on adjournment which had been
taken about five hours earlier.
The defeat OF the reguaTs on the second
ATTEMPT Ia shut OF the debate ana Law
! the entire QUESTION over until to-morrow
Was no sooner announced than HepTesen-
tative Tawrey was again ON his feet with
a motion that the House take recess
until tomorrow morning. Mr.. Tawney
! rightly was under the impression that the
insurgents feared that Il they consented
To an adjournment they might IN ~ 6t"-
Guilty in getting their question before the
House agStn under such favorahle cir-
ctim-ts noes Mr. Tawney therefore ~ :
planned that the recess would not ahect
the status Of the debF L. on the CTun-
packer resolution in any way and that y
would i've taken up sgrin Tomorrow
The insurgents. however. were not
disposed 10 take sny chances and many
81 them shook their hssds against the
propOsition. again the ayes anu noes
were ordered on the motion for recess
snd this time the insurgents showed that
they were ia control ~ the situation by
vote OF lf2 to I19
II was mas O'Clock when thus third
defeat Of the House organic ton wFS
announced and msmbep were beginning
TO -ettle themselves down for "A session
that may last all night.
RnEHToRcEMENTs ARRIST
~ about midnight Representatives
Olcott ot New York. Cook and McCrcary
: Of Pennsylvania and Swayze Of Maine,
who had been out of town. reached wash
inEton and the leaders then decided to
: " axe another effort 10 recess.
! ~ l2.l5 Representative TawneV moved
that the House Ike a recess until il;S5
Minority Lssder Clark insisted that
the Spea ker should rule on the pending
question. which was 40 70 the adms.i-
bihty under the rules Of the Norris reso-
luton Mr. Clark insisted that II was
tn" duty of the Speaker 20 rule. and he
charged the Spesk er with respc visibility
for tn" hlibus.er that had dsls yed action
The refusal o. the Spsaksr 20 rule Mr.
~ the Speakers control The whole
performance was indecent Mr. Clark
aveTred. Mr. Clark concluded by moving
that the Speaker be required To- rule.
Representative Mann on Illinois took the
moor To discuss the mot ION made 10y Mr..
lark 1t - a remarkable thing. cried
MT. Mann, that every time the Demo
; cratic side gets in partial control Of the
House u attempts to stlfe debate TAT
calls and J~ers greeted this remark
With sOTns hea; Mr. Mann announced
that hs would discuss the point OF order.
The Democrats. being in the most hila-
riouS mood. applauded this statement
vigorously
Nj Mann then claimed thai the in
surRents and Democrats displayed the
ing constitutional privilege for the Norris
amendment while refusing the same
thing To the Crumpa~ker resolution.
CANNON TAkES ArTIVT PART ~ THE FIoHT
Never did the personality Of speaker
Cannon stand out more prominently thar
IN the long and bitter tight of to-day anti
tonight With has lie,,.enants in a state
Of panic. with even the usually impcrturb-
able John Dal2ell of Pennsylvania very
much mp ia the air MIR cannon. never
NOR" deserving Of his title ~ the Iron
Duke Of Illinois has kept his forces to-
gether and has fought the good fight
Every moment ot the day he was either
IN the chair presiding or On the floor
taking an active and. at times audible
part in the proceedings With hands in
rockets and unllRhted cigar in his mouth
he listened grim and unsmiling 20 the
bitter and al times vigorous attacks on
himself
AHA " Representative Mann OF Ilh-
nois. regular Vas addressing the House.
The Cannon forJes showed no intention
a, that hour ri putting the Norris resO-
luton TO a vote AMI the insurgents were
Stiil determined nOt to assent to an
adjournment
BY actual count AZ ~ oCIOck twelve
Representative were asleep in their seats.
but Representative Mann was still going
strong Representative trtlmpacker.
whose Cetlsu- resolution started the
trouble, Vas one oi those slumb@rinR.
~ ~ o'clock Representative Tawney
again moved that the House take a r~cess
unul Ii.O. ~. ha-.-d his appeal on justice
to IN" Houss employees. The insurgents
insisted ON a YEA and nav vote. The
Cannon lieutenant, hustled around to
wake up some ~ their supporters.
Butler Amss of Ma .Sachus-tts. who had
been voting with the organization all day.
went over 10 the side pf the alhs.-. thereby
causing CONSERVATION among the regulars.
~ - Representative Ialzell. VINO
was Presiding anuOuuCet the vote a.
I3t ayes and III nays This Was 'he fifth
tins. the regulars had been voted down IN
tho course % the dav. but the vote was
Ciu-s.t ~ all
Representative Dwight the Republican
VINO. a. a las resort began TO send the
Cannon regulars home with view TO
raising the pOtni that quorum was not
present
A. sUi o'clock SPEAKER cannon an
nounoed thai the CLERK had made a
mIstak" ~ counting the votes IN the
ltst r-Cs-s- moving and thai q stood ia
- ~ against the rece-s instead 81 ia
TO ~
Is this time nearI, all rho regulars
had l"f' he chamber aud ReDr--~ntstive
. IaWU-y. annop man, raised he point
~ ORDER that tls.rs a. no quorum Repre-
sentative : Underwood. Den oCrst. threat p
cnsd 10 tl"ok this game bv haN ing a call
81 tie. Hours. Nhi..h would mean that the
-,rg-an' At arms sud his assistants would
IN. -spt nut - hriuE th'- regular R.pIb-
leans back
Wr.r m" Republican r-gIlgrs l-ft
IN HoUss under gtPrd of Whip dwight
they intended to lock the dOOrS 81 thsIr
hous - 80 - not 10 1t Themselves be
found by the srg'art AZ srins and has
lisIt nts.
At 81 q call 81 the House established
the lack Il a quorum and the Spea ker.
because 81 the in-istence of the insurgefi
ordered the serge nj - farms To arrest
the ahsentes-- end - bring them into the
House
" the sergeant arms gets some NJ
them he will have To batter down their
front doors or Jimmy the windows.
I speaker Cannon under the rules Of the
House was obliged TO give the order to
the police officers ot the House
! This order means that the House will
have to remain in seasion AZ least until a
quorum ~ obtained. Many OF the in
surgen'- were preparing to take a snooze
perdirg the results Of the Sergeant-at-
arms's efforts He and hts leutersnts
/ left the Capitol m automobiles on their
d hunt for abeeOt members ~ =. ~ 4 NJ