The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-22
CANNON LOSES POWER
BUT RETAINS CHAIR
STRIPPED OF FORMER PRES.
TIGE AND POWER.
Disbarred From Membership on ALL
Powerful Committee on Rules,
Which he Has Dominated.

Washington, March 19.-Joseph
Guerney Cannon, Of DanVille, ILL.,, ID
still speaker Of the house Of repre-
sentatiTes, but he lost today the an
cient prestige and weapon Of that Of
fee when the allied Republican in
surgents an dDemocrats took from
him not only the craftsmanship Of,
but even membership in, the allpow-
erful committee on rules the chief
asset in his stack 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-perhaps even those
times might mot duplicate 1.-THE
veteran speaker, almost "a years old,
stood erect and defiant, his head
"bloodied but unbowed. And at
the end, when a big Texan Democrat
accepted the speakers daring ehaa-
ienge and introduced a resolution to
fling him out Of the speakership, tha
Republicans, regulars and insurgents,
with few exceptions, rallied with al
most unbroken front, and gave Hmm
a vote which almost ofsent the Gre
pudiation Of Cannonism." ...-
This is what happened: -.
By a vote Of 191 to 155, the Re-
publican insurgents !, voting sohdly
with the Democrats, the house adopt
[ ed the resolution Of Representative
Norris, (Repubhcau, of Nabraska,)
requiring reorganization Of the
rules committee, increasing its mem
,bersh3ip from five to ten, and aeclar-,
ing the speaker ineligible to MEM
bership therein. .- /
To Retain Speakership.
By the euriously identical vote Of
l91 to 155-but with a decidedly diff
ferent PERSONNEL Of alignment-the
house defeated resolution of Repre-.
sentative Burlson, Of Texas, declar-
ing the speakership vacant and or
dering an Immediate election OF q
successor to Mr.. Cannon.
Here is tie Norris resolution,
which was adopted:
"There shall be a committee on
rules, elected by the house (hitherto
the committee Of FIVE, Like all other
house committees, has been appoint
ed by the speaker,) consisting Of ten
members, six of whom shall be mem-
bers of the majority party and four
of whom shall be members Of the
minority party. The speaker shall
not be a member Of the committee,
and the committee shall elect its OWN
chairman from dts own members.
s'Resolued further, That within
ten days after the adoption Of TINS
resolution there. shall be an election
Of this committee, and immediately
upon its election the present com
mittee ON rules shall be dissolved. "
| Here is the resolution Of Repre-
sentative Burleson which was de-
feated: ...s.
"Resolved, That the Office OF
speaker Of the house Of representa-
/ tives is hereby declhrebto be vacant
and the house Of representatives shall
at once proceed to the election OF q
speaker. :. -
Cannon Declines to Talk.
Speaker Cannon tonight declined
to comment upon the extraordinary
events Of the day. He was in h1S
Office surrounded by three or four
loyal friends, when a newspaper man
approached him and asked what he
had to say about his Victory"
"Oh, nothing at all, I guess.
There isn't any comment for me to
make. Besides you Will nave your
papers full in the morning anyway,
and don't need amy comment from
me-
"But hasn't the newly-elecbed
speaker any announcement to make
of his future poliey9"
The speaker laughed.
"I'n just keep on speaking and
praying,' he said.
Champ Clark, minority leader In
the house, said in the course Of a
formal statement issued tonight:
"The Republicans are on the to-
boggar slide, and If Democrats out
side Of congress Will get together a