Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-01-12
oPEAkER RULES ADVERSELY ON,
A RESOLUTION SEEKING
TO AMEND RULES
DEFIEs THE HOUSE; lSSUSTAlNED
Decision Exactly Similar to Ono That
Started Fight Last March.-Demo-
Gratis Refuse to Support In
surgents.

mouse. Badly battered in the three
days storm that swept the house last
March and tore from him much of the
power that had been his, the speaker
came back" in a way that brought a
smile of satisfaction to his counter
anee and left his ancient enemies, the
insurgents" discounted.
The speaker was sustained by an
overwhelming majority on ruling
Identical with the one he made last
March when the house angrily over
ruled his decision through a combina-
ito of insurgent Republicans and
Democrats.
On the eve of their return to power,
the Democrats voted almost solidly to
sustain the chair. The insurgents-2
OF them-stood to their guns and fought
the speaker bravely, but deprived of
Democratic support, their battle was a
losing one from the start.
1t was the first big political maneu-
Yer of the present session of congress
and the regular Republicans were elat-
ed over the results. They tainted the
Democrats increasingly for their
change Of front. The house was in its
gayest mood and during the three hours
that the fight lasted, there was almost
continuous laughter.
Tainted for his inconsistency, Rep
resentative Fitzgerald of New York,
one of the Democratic leaders in the
rules fight, retorted that he did not
propose to be foolish for the sake of
consistency.
Storms of G. O. P. Applause.
When Champ Clark of Missouri,
slated to succeed Speaker Cannon,
voted to sustain the chair on the same
point OF order that furnished the basis
for the successful insurgent campaign
pf last March, the Republicans broke in
to storms of applause.
1t was on the point as to whether
or not q proposed amendment to the
rules, offered from the floor, constiy
tftsd question OF high constitutional
privilege, that the storm broke. It was
piacisely this question that called out
the revolution of last March when
Representative Norris of Nebraska Of
fered an amendment providing for a
rules committee of Is members to be
elected by the house, instead of three
members appointed by the speaker.
Out Of Order, Rules Cannon.
Speaker Cannon ruled the Norris
resolution out of order. Representative
Fuller of Illinois offered a resolution
amending the rules relating to the dis
charge of committees from the con-
sheraton Of bills. It was purely tech
meal. A point of order was raised
against it, and the speaker, declaring he
would ignore the precedent set by the
house last March when it overruled his
ruling in the Norris case, held that the
Fuller resolution was not privileged
An appeal from the chair was imme.
diately taken by regular Republican,
Mr.. Gaines of West Virginia, who de-
manded a yea and nay vote
The speaker was sustained by 233 to
63. Those voting against the speaker
were:
Republicans (27-Cary wis.,, Cas-.
sidy (Ohio), Cooper CWis), Davis
{Minn), Fish New York;, Haugen
Qowa), Goode Qowa), Hayes (Col)
Hinshaw (Neb.). Hollingsworth (Ohio)
Rowland (Ohio), Kendall Qowa> Kin
kaid (Neb.), Kopp (Wis); Kust e.
mann CWis.), Lenroot (Wis), Lind
bergh (MinnD, Madison (Kan), Miller
(Minn., Morse (Wis.), Murdoch
{Kans.), Nelson (Wis.>, Norris (Neb)
Poindexter (Wash.), Stevenson
(Mirn), Volstead (Minn.), Woods
Gowa).
DEMOCRATS (25}-Booher (Mo.), Glass
(Va.), Cullop Gnd), Flood (Va.)
Floyd (Ark) Hamlin (Mo), Hay
(Va., Helm (Ky), Jamison Qowa. J
Johnson (S. Co, Lively (Tex), Ma
guire (Neb.), Moss Gnd.), A. M. Palm
er (Pa.) Rauch Gnd), Rotherme1
PaD, SABBATH Gid, Saunders (Va.)
Sims (Tenn.), Small On. c., Sulzer- IN
", Thomas (Ky.), Touyelle (Ohio)
Turnbull (Va.), Wallace (Ark.), Wat
kins Ia.).
Norris Resolution Read.
To point the similarity of the Ques
ton raised and the one raised at the
time Of the insurgent battle last March
the speaker had the Norris resolution
read IN full, together With an extract
from the journal of the house telling
some of the details Of the fight thai
followed and the overthrow Of the
speaker He also had read extracts
from remarks made last March BY
Champ Clark and Representative I'm
derwood.
Beveridge Begins Lorimer Fight.
Washington, Jan. 10-The fight tt
prevent Senator Lorimer Of Illinois re
tanning his seat in the United State,
senate was opened with contest be
tween Senators Beverage of Indian,
and Owen of Oklahoma, each of whom
wanted the right to fire the first gu1
In the same cause.
Senator Beveridge, by virtue OF be
irs a member OF the committee OF
Tlisi eyes and elections which invest
i0ated charges of bribery against Sen