Evening journal., 1910-03-21
FREE DEBATE
in THE HOUSE
Members viii Have Some Day
Voice in the Framing Of
Legislature
SO DECLARES nVSURGENT
LEADER, Mr.. NORRIS

WASHINGTON, March 2L-The
most far reaching result of last weeks
revolution In the House so far as leg
islation by the present Congress is
concerned, Will be a full discussion
on the floor OF the so-called Taft leg.
lslative program in the opinion Of IN
surgent leaders who canyassed the
situation today.
mo matter how the new committees
on rules is constituted" declared ryor-
ris. the insurgent general to the
United Press today, lit has been set-
tied that the House can decide for
itself what IL wants to do. And no
matter how tho special rules that the
committee viii frame for the conaid--
GRAFTON Of legislation are wordod. tho
House itself viii have the last say.
Il believe that last weeks victory
is a step towards fulnllment OF the
platform pledges OF the Republican
party. As 10 the so-called Tart pro-
gram many Of us claim tho right to
decide for ourselves the form tho pros
posed legislation shall take. Many or
us who are heartily in accord with the
platform of the Republican party
claimed tho right TO say how those
pledges should be redeemed. Tho
change win givo us that right. wherc-
az formerly the Speaker framed Leg
islation according to his ideas and IT
was up TO us TO take It or leave IL
without the opportunity OF amend
ment
Different Propositions.
"As for the vote ON tho Burleson.
resolution 60 oust the speaker) was
against it because It was an entirely
different proposition from oleoting a
speaker. would not vote 20 elect
= Joe Cannn speaker OF the House now
y or at any other time. under any cir
a cumstances. But when it comes TO
e ousting him we must have more
against him than we have now. Uncle
IS Joe has done nothing that tho rules
W did not give him the power TO do.
la "As for his speech OF Saturda,
as night before the Illinois Republican
Association / regard as the silly vap
orings OF a foolish old man who ha
lost his temper
According 20 present Indications
> Is imDrobabio tllat -snv ,s,1ls.-' o. n,
l. six Republicans On tlio new commit
tee on rules viii be an insurgent Thl
"A insurgents will probably go into IN.
= Republican caucus and abide by the
= selections made by the caucus Most
y of them do not want representation
= on the new committed because they do
not want responsibility for the ac-
y tions of the committee. Several OF
them stated today, while the change
y in the rules would mean tho fulfil-
7 ment of tho platform pledges Of the
J, Republican party they realized that
- the Democrats in the House would
would not necessarily aid to this end.
y, Would Have Unseated Cannon.
III the Burleson resolution had not
10 been presented when II was.' said
Representative Murdoch (insurgent
Kansas) and the House had adjourned
Uncle Joe, and thus il enabled him to
before the end Of tho week. 1 be-
> lieve that the insurgents would have
{ gone into caucus OF their own and
have agreed on this course. Then
T. they would have gone into Republican
,9 caucus and have agreed on the cleo
! ton of some one else. But the resolu-
Z, ton was presented while a wave OF
= sympathy was floating over the House
Uncle Joe, a dnthus It enabled him TO
~ secure a personal endorsement"
s 1--WE ought 10 have a new speaker
t In the House today" said Represen-
l. tative Sims Democrat, Tennessee)
H. "and we would have had one II the
ID insurgents had played fair with U.S.
IS But they showed the yellow streak
N when the critical time arrived and
T. proved that they were stil under the
old cars thumb"
Champ Clark, the minority leader,
however, does not look at the situation
through Sims jaundiced lenses. 7
think we are I'm better shape right
now than wo have been for twenty
Y years" he said.