The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-21
Gar TO Be OVERTHROW.
DEMOCRATS AND INSURGENTS
OF HOUSE UNITE IN RESIST
M ING TYRANNY.
speakers Effort to Draw Teeth OF
Anti-boss Rule Brings About Anoth-
er Coalition, and Defeat for Would
be Monarch.

Cannon and took the making of rules
In Its own hands. was reenacted In
part on the floor OF the house today.
Thereatened with what they beiiev-
ed an effort to draw the teeth" OF
one Of the most important OK the new
rules. Democrats and insurgents Join
ed I'm the defeat OF the speaker. BY a
vote OF las TO 126. the combined
forces rallied to the support of Rep
resentative Fitzgerald (Dem.) Of New
York and sustained him In appeal
from the speakers ruling.
The light developed as the result
OF the second attempt to use the new
rule which gives the house the power
TO discharge a committee from fur
ther consideration OF a bill that has
been referred To II. The insurgents
and the Democrats believed that this
rule was iron-clad; that as soon as
the considers ton OF bills by unani-
nous consent had been concluded, on
every FIRST and third Monday of the
month, the house was bound by the
new rule TO take up the motions to
discharge committees from the GUS
tody OF specified bills.
When tho moment arrived today.
however. Speaker Cannon gave recos-
milton To Representative Hull OF
Iowa, chairman OF the military af-
fairs committee. Mr.. Hull moved that
the house resolve itself into a com.
mittee OF the whole and take up the
consideration OF the military appro-
pristion bill. upon which II had been
working last week.
There was an immediate rallying
OF forces and stiffening OF necks
among the insurgents and Democrats.
Mr.. Fitzgerald insisted upon the con-
sideration Of motion to discharge
committee. which was upon the
calendar. Speaker Cannon declined
to give Mr.. Fitzgerald the preference.
but said that he would be glad to
consider n point OF order. IL Mr.. Fitz-
gerald wanted to make one.
The Democratic members declared
that ne did not have to make a point
Of order; that his was the right to
recognition under the new rule. with
out the raising OF any point OF order
against the speakers action.
'You'li overrule me IL 1 make a
point OF order" said Mr.. Fitzgerald.
Insurgents. Democrats and regulars
jumped In to the fight that followed.
Upon the speakers refusal to recog-
nize Mr.. Fitzgerald. the latter was
hnaliy forced 10 make a point against
the taking up of the army appro-
priation biz.
The roeaker In his ruling on the
point held that the new rule did not
make IL mandatory upon the house to
take up the motions to discharge COM
mittees; that II simply made such
motions In order IL the house desired
TO take them up.
Upon this basis the speaker held
priation bill had the right of way. and
the motions provided for under the
new rule could not be interposed.
II appeal from the decision of the
chair" cried Mr.. Fitzgerald.
''I move TO lay that motion on the
table," interposed Representative
Panye On. ~ Republican leader of
the house.
The Payne motion was the first test
OF the strength. and IL was defeated
by a vote OF 155 to 12i. Then fol-
the ruling.
When the vote finally was taken
upon tho appeal from Speaker Can
mons decision. % insurgents and all
but one OF the Democrats present
voted against the speaker. The re-
suit was the defeat of his ruling by
n vote OF 1i5 To 126. Fourteen mem,
bers answered present. but did not
vote because Of pairs with absent
members.
Representative Saunders (Va.) was
the only Democrat voting against Mr..
Fitzgerald I'm the appeal from the
chairs decision.
The result OF the vote Is to settle
definitely the status OF the new rule.
The rule that brought about the
test OF strength and the defeat Of he
regular forces today u the last change
that was made In the code OF rules
% the house last session. II was
prepared by Champ Clark. the minor
ity leader. and passed last June with
but one dissenting vote.
Its purpose was TO give means