The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-07


made the first of these motions to take
recess Thursday night He said
hlandlv that it might require several
days to argue GU. the point of order
His motion was los, 142 to la. \ lit
, tie afterward a call of the house was
! demanded and lost, los to 1l6. Still
further along into the night Mr.. Taw-
ney moved an adjournment, which was
lost on a roll call, 1871 to l46. To be
sure, the regulars were at times very
close 10 winning out. Mr.. Tawnev
! finally made a motion for recess that
/ was lost, 14l to 142, too close for com
! fort as far as Democrats ana insurgents
We're concerned. If the regulars had
. forced a recess or an adjournment the
| outcome of the battle might have been
| different. For, as events proved, weak
| kneed insurgents, who started voting
| with the regulars gradually swung over
| to the alliance as its triumph seemed
assured BY the same token, the regu-
| lars would have gained votes for the
| ensuing struggle if they could have
| shown commanding strength at that
critical iuncture.
All these roll calls preceded the eff
forts in the middle of Thursday night
| to break the quorum. Friday forenoon
| the regulars pressed for a compromise.
They had rushed as many absentees
| back to town as seemed possible, but
ii had not materially changed the mar
gin between the Speaker s followers and
the alliance Democrats, too, were re-
turning to town, and for once in party
history the Democrats We're standing
like a stone wall They went through
the eventful struggle without having a
single deserter. Great schemes were put
into operation for getting an insurgent
here and there, but none of them sue
ceeled. On the contrary, the insur-
gents We're occasionally winning over a
regular.
SO all of Friday forenoon the regu-
lars We're trying to obtain some modi-
tication of the Norris resolution. They
We're by that time entirely willing to
concede the election by the house of
the rules committee. But they wanted
the sting taken out of it. They wanted
the provision that the Speaker should
not continue as chairman of rules elimi
mated The strife over that was hot and
heavy.
The alliance was so cocksure of vie
tory by Friday afternoon that its mem
bers were willing TO grant recess
from two clock until four clock ano
| then an adjournment till noon of Sat
urday. Everybody was worn out witt
the all-night session. The Speaker hat
not gone to bed and seemed less jadet
; than many members hardly more thar
!, | half his age. He had announced tina
!, he was ready to rule, which meant thai
his personally conducted tilibuster was
, at an end. He and his regulars saw
that the Jig was up. eve are ready
to take our medicine, - said Representa-
tive Loudenslager of New Jersey.
!. And the regulars entered upon The
session of Saturday ready to take the',
medicine They were already con
=, WINGED that they were in the minority
They realized at last that they coul,
not save the Speaker the humiliation
of being excluding from the rule
2 craftsmanship. The alliance would no
f Weld a scintilla on that point.
With the lines tightly drawn in thi
r manner the Saturday session began
d The Speaker ruled, as everybody knew
a he would, upholding the Dalzeil poin
9 of order. He adroty cited an entirel..
l. 10. 1873. when Roger Q. Mills, " Tex
II as, proposed an amendment to the rule
0 on the claim that it was privileged IN
e der the Constitution and Samuel .
IS Randall. then the Democratic Speaker
II ruled that il was not so privileged
l. The Democrats were not at all dispose
g to regard that precedent and stoo
is through series of roll calls by whic
It the House OVERRIDE Speaker Cannon
i decision 1872 to 100. There were thre
d roll calls, each occupying more than
i. half hour. before that one matter wa
II decided and before the considerable
Is Of the Norris resolution was begun.
Il The debate thereon was most spirit
IS ed. The control of the time was wit
d Norris and he parceled it out IN tive
minute portions Some good sentence
II were spoken and the factions cheeTe
k their orators on fervenHy. "Uncl
Is .Toe.'' at the beginning Of the SesSlo
n that dav had been given a very fla
n tering ovation by his followers. bot
1 sides kept up their demonstration
n whenever a good point was scored.
It The statistics of roll calls can we
'r be omitted. but it is worth noting tina
u the insurgents increased their vote o
a. every roll call Saturday up to the tim
III the Norris resolution as modified, We
Il adopted. The fight started off thu
>. Iav with thirty-five insurgents IN all
- ance with the Democrats. Before
~ ended there were more than fort.
= Even Representative Crumpacker, WI
{; had been berated up hill and down da'
=, for ever pressing his census resolutlo
> and who is a stalwart Republica
, finally went over to the insurgeT
:, ranks on the final rollcall by whic
> the new rules committee was autho
- ized. The Speaker was not cowed b
.. this unprecedented rebuke. There W;
l. no sign of agitation in his name
- He still wore the red carnatlon in h
n lapel which he had refused to discal
NJ for shamrock on Wednesday. st. Pa
y rick 5 day. when the big fight star
ed. He had read a typewriter stat
10 ment. when he ruled~upholding Il
G, noint of order which he knew was
lie be turned down by the house, and no
N he pulled out another tvpewrittt
/. statement and began 10 read it.
al He said he would not resign. Sue
So a course was open to him 50 as to pc
"a NIT "the new combination of Dem
f. Gratis and insurgents 70 choose a Spea
= or IN harmony with is acts and III,