The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
House Refuses the Speaker
$500 a Year For Auto.
INSURGENTS JOIN DEMOCRATS.
Uncle Joe, White With Anger,
Leaves Chair, Defes Foes and
Declares He Will Hold
Office Until March.

Washington, April ia coalition
between Republican insurgents and
Democrats against the provision in the
legislative bill appropriating $500 for
maintenance of the speakers automo-
bile resulted in the rejection today of
that part of the conference report on
the bill.
After the house by a vote of 131 to
III had refused to agree to senate
amendments in the legislative bill al
lowing the vice president and the
speaker $500 each for the mainte-
nance of their government automO-
biles Uncle Joe, white with anger, left
the speakers chair and strobe down
on the floor of the house.
The same Republican insurgents who
gave him so much trouble III the big
BOW a few weeks ago. when he was
eliminated from the committee on
rules, had joined once more with the
Democrats to strike out the apprOpria-
ton for the maintenance Of his motor
ear. Evidently Uncle Joe took this as
utes his feelings ran away with him
to an extent not equaled, in public at
least in years.
He declared shaking his menacing
fore1inger, that unless those same in
surgents Joined with the minority to
Vacate the speakers chair he would
serve out his term as presiding officer
af fha hOuSo pf raDrnCaufotiVaC
81 am entirely content" said he,
whatever action the house may take,
but l want to notify you that unless
during this and the next session of
congress the Republicans upon this
side that do not approve of the per-
sonality of their speaker have the
courage to join with a solid minority l
will remain speaker until the 4th of
March next
"And while l do not ask and have
never asked the appropriation for
transportation to the speaker of the
house, if you vote it l will use 1t just
as use it now. If you see proper not
10 do it because of personal dislike TO
the present occupant of the speakers
chair l care not"
Mr.. Cannon spoke rather freely on
several other subjects. He defended
the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, denounc-
ed the lying press" and predicted the
success of the Republicans at the polls
in November.
"It is some months until November "
he said. by the aid of critical
press, with the assistance of dispatch.
es and headlines which rarely tell the
truth, our friends expect to achieve
success at the polls. While the press
is powerful as it affects public senti.
ment, there is more than an even
chance when November comes that
you Democrats will wake up the day
after the election and find that the
intelligent citizenship of a great re
public has proved you false prophet
again, as it has proved you to be a
false prophet every two years for the
last decade"
Then the speaker took his seat. The
regulars made more noise at this, but
the temper of the house was not
changed, for on a separate vote taken
Immediately after Uncle Joe ceased
speaking the elimination Of the appro
priation for his automobile was re
affirmed.
Champ Clark, the Democratic leader
was wildly applauded by his colleagues
when he declared that if the Demo
Gratis won out in November and he
was elected speaker he would do al
in his power to make good the recent
assertion of Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island that the government could be
run S3OO,OO0OOO a year cheaper than
at the present time.