The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-20
GREAT
FIGHT
ENDED
Speaker Is Denied Even Mem
bership in the Rules
Committee.
Effort TO Take Him Out Of
Presiding Officers Chair
Fails.

Guerney Cannon Of Danville, H., Is
still speaker Of the house of repre-
sentatlves. Lut he lost today the an
cient prestige and weapon of that Of
flee when the allied republican IN
surgents and democrats took from nm
not only the workmanship Of but
even membership in the all-powerfnl
committee on rules. the chief asset In
his stock Of power
Amid scenes of widest. disorder for
the like Of which one must 60 back
To the exciting days just prior to the
clvil war,-perhaps even those. times
might not duplicate 1.-THE veteran
speaker, almost "a years old. stood
erect and defiant. his head "bloodied
but unbowed." At the end when a
big Texas democrat accepted the
speakers daring challenge and intro
duced Il resolution lifting him out OF
the speakership. the republican regu-
lars and insurgents. with few excep'
tions, rallied with almost unbroken
party front and gave him vote which
almost offset the "repudintion of Can
nonism.'
InlS tS WUdt nupp'Heu'
BY vote OF l9l to l55, the republl-
can insurgents voting solidly with the
democrats, the house amendment res
olution of Mr.. Norris. republican OF
Nebraska requiring reorganization
of the rules committee. increasing Its
membership from s to 10 and declar-
ing the speaker ineligible to member
shin thereon
Identical Vote.
By the curiousiy Identical vote of
l9l to l55-but with decidedly DIFF
ferent personnel of alignment-the
house defeated a resolution of Repre-
sentative Burleson of Texas declar-
ing the spcakership vacant and order
ing the immediate election of sue
cessor to Mr.. cannon.
The Norris resolution was as fol-
lows.
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
speaker) consisting of 10 members
six of whom shall be members Of the
majority party. The speaker shall not
be member of the committee and the
committee shall elect its own chairman
from 1t own members
Resolved. Further. that within II
days after the adoption Of this resoln-
tlon. there shall be an election Of this
committee and Immediately upon it'
election, the present committee or
rulae ahall he dissolved -
To Gust Speaker.
Representative Burlesons resolution
follows
Resolved. That tho office of speaker
of the house of representatives Il
hereby declared to be vacant and th'
house OF representatives, shall at one
proceed to the election of a speaker.
SPEAKER Cannon tonight declined 4
comment upon the extrnordinar.
events of ~" day. He was In his of
flee surrounded by three or four loya
friends when a newspaper man ap
preached him and asked what he ha'
to say about his victory
.'Oh, nothing at all, | guess. Ther
is not any comment for me to make
Besides, you will have your paper
fun in the morning anyway. and yo
don't need any comment from me-
But hasn't the newly elected speak
er any announcement to make OF hi
future polcy?"
The speaker laughed. I'll just kee
on, speaking and praying he said.
Champ Clark. minority leader In tn
Al. nf
4, st. tement issued tonight:
'.rhe republicans are on the toboe
gan slide and If democrats outside c
congress will get together as the den
ocrats, in the house have gotten tf
gether. our victories this year and !
1912 will he as sweeping as those
1881 and 1892"
Mr.. Norris OF Nebraska. said In parl
I'VE have won all that we fougf
for. all that we expected to get whe
we went into the last movement thf
eliminated In today's sweeping VII
tory"
caucuses will be called immediate
nv both parties to select respectlve
the six republicans and four dem'
Gratis who are TO constitute the ne
committee on rules. The old con
mlttee consisted of Speaker Canno
chairman, and Messrs. Dalzell
PENNSYLVANIA, Smith of Iowa, republ
cans: and Minority Leader Clark
Missouri and John J. Fitzgerald
New york. democrats.
"Too Recent"
Republican Leader Serene T.. Payl
said tonight that "recent events" we