The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
H|SPOWERLESSNOW
SPEAKER CANNON WILL NO LONG FER CONTROL HOUSE COMMIT
 TEE ON RULES.
NORRIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Allied Insurgents And Democrats Put the Measure Through by Vote of 191 to 155-Resolution to Gust Speaker Defeated.

Washington, Mar. 22.-Joseph Guer. ney Cannon of Danyille, H., is still speaker of the house of representa- tives. But he has lost the ancient prestige and weapon of that office when the allied Republican insurgents and Democrats took from him not only the chairmanship of, but even mem- bership in, the all-powerful commit tee on rules-the chief asset in his stock of power
 Amid scenes of widest disorder, for the like of which one must go back to the exciting days just prior to the Civil war-even those times might not duplicate 1.-the veteran speaker, all most "A years old, stood erect and de- liant. his head "bloodied but unbow- ed" At the end, when a big Texan Democrat accepted the speakers dar- ing challenge and introduced resolu- tion to fling him out of the speaker ship, the Republican regulars and in surgents. with few exceptions, rallied with almost unbroken party front and gave him vote which almost offset the "repudiation of Cannonism"
 A New Rules Committee.
 This is what happened: By a vote of 191 to 155 the Republican insur- gents, voting solidly with the Demo. crats, the house adopted the resolu- tion of Representative Norris, Re publican, of Nebraska. requiring a re- organization of the rules committee, increasing it's membership from five to ten and declaring the speaker ineligi- ble to membership thereon.
 By the curiously identical vote of l91 to 155, but with a decidedly diff ferent personnel of alignment, the house defeated resolution of Repre- sentative Burleson of Texas, declaring the speakership vacant and ordering an immediate election of successor to MT Cannon.
 The Norris Resolution.
 Here is the Norris resolution, which was adopted.
 There shall be committee on rules elected by the house (hitherto the committee of five. like all other house committees, has been appointed by the 1 speaker). consisting of ten members six of whom shall be members of the majority party. The speaker shall moi be member of the committee atd the committee shall elect its own chair man from it's own members. Re | solved, further. that within ten days after the adoption of this resolution | there shall be an election of this com mittee and immediately upon its cleo 1 tion the present committee on rules shall be dissolved.
 The Burieson Resolution.
 Here is the resolution of Represents | tive Burleson, which was defeated: Resolved that the office of speaker l of the house of representatives is hereby declared to be vacant, and the house of representatives shall at once | proceed to the election of speaker. MT. Norris of Nebraska, author oi the successful resolution to reorganize | the rules committee, said in part:
 We have won all that we fought | for, all that we expected to get when we went into the last movement thai | culminated In sweeping victory The galleries were almost filled when the House convened again, the crowd evincing expectation of de velopments in the storm of the pas week Down on the floor, just before the speakers gavel fell, representa- | lives were chafing each other goot naturedly.
 Representative Wilson, Democra of Pennsylvania. introduced a resolu tion authorizing the new rules con
 mittee of the House to revise, amend
 simplify and codify the rules of tho House
 Mir. Shirley (Kentucky), the Demo crat who tried to stop MT. Burleson 0
 Texas from offering his resolution tt depose Cannon and elect a new speak
 CT is being discussed as possibl,
 Democratic member of the rules com
 mittee.