The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-10
n Was Wrong Says Champ
Clark, When He Votes Against
Former Ballot.
LAST SPRINGS INSURGENT
VICTORY TURNS To DEFEAT
Regular Republicans Help
"UncIe Joe" Apply Lash of
Singing Sarcasm.

cannon had his hour of triumph in thc
house to,lav in winning the first i'm
portant political maneuyer of the pres
dnt session of congress,
Badly battered in the three days
storm that swept The house last March
Tie speaker "came back' in way
that brought a grim smile of satisfac
. fiop to his countenance and left his
cnemies, the insurgents, discomfited
"A The speaker today was sustained BY
large majority on n ruling identica
t with the one he made last March. W her
fhe house overruled his decision
ihroueh combination of insurgent Re
. .publicaus and Democrats. On the eve
Of their return To power the Democrats
1oted TO sustain tine ruling of the chair
The Insurgents-tweniy-s OF
fhem-stood by their guns and fought
the speaker bravcly in lost cause.
II wns on the point as to whether Z
proposed amendment TO the rules
offered from the floor. constituted u
question of high constitutional priv
lege, that tho storm broke. 1t was
precisely this question that called out
+ he "revolution of last March, whcr
Representative Norris of Nebraska
ofcred an amendment providing for a
niles committee of fifteen members, to
be elected by the house, instead of
Three members. appointed by the
Sppnkcr, Speaker Cannon ruled the
Norris resolution out of order.
Cannon Ignores Precedent.
4 Today Representative Fuller of IL
linois offered resolution amending the
'fnle relating to the discharge of com
'mitfces from the consideration of bills
Ia was purely technical. A point OF
order was raised against it and the
speaker, declaring he would ignore the
'prcccdcnt set by the house last March
when it overrulod his railing in the
Norris case, held that the Fuller resolu
lion WINS not privileged.
An appeal from the chair was inn
medlately taken by regular Republi
'can, Mr.. Gaines of West Virginia, who
demanded Il yea aud nay vote. Tho
spenker was sustained by 233 to 50.
Speaker Cannon s ruling was de
|Iiyered in his most impressive manner
tle gesticulatcd at times with the gave
|elutched III his left hand, Again hc
would pause, put down the gavel. and
iion was such, however. that he cOulc
HNp'N III VIZ iai teii'iS VI NbS
gallery.
To point the similarity of the uues
ZION raised today and the one raiseG
last March, the speaker had the Norris
resolution read in full, together Will
40 extract from the journal of The
louse giving the details Of the fight
that followed and that overthrow tho
speaker, He also had read extract:
rom remarks then made by Chaml
Vlark and Representative Underwood
The speaker said that under tho
great parliamentary reforms'' of las
March there is still no way under the
rules to amend the rules except BY
revolution. He continued:
- However, the house is now in gooG
tenper. There is no election pending
g the near future; the great press OF
t1e country and the great lenders o.
tne respective parties are quiet. W.
ere not excited,
Il Speaker Explains Action.
The chair declines to follow tb'
'ilugment Of the house at this last ses
son OF this congress under which i
pade the precedent, and in making thi
qccision the chair makes ii with th
highest respect for the house, becaus,
tne present occupant of the chair, afte
nearly forty years of service has tb
|uiRnest respect for the house, and ha
no desire now or in the future, by
voice, vote OF ruling. to favor any rule
" precedence which will thwart or un
4uiy embarrass the house in working
It's will.
The chair, therefore in effect, ap
peais TO the house from a decision o.
tnat same house, made in great excite
LENT, when the waves of partisanGhiI
Fere high, doing so after the wiud ha
ceased and the billows have passcc
a~ay aud the sea is serenely blue.
The chair, therefore, sustains tb
point OF ordero
IN the course Of the debate that pre-
teoed the vote, the Republican mem
9ers taunted the Democrats unceasing
" Tor their change of front Tn
nouse was IN its gayest mood and II
ne three hours that the fight lasted
.nere was an almost continuous gale o
nughter.
charged with Inconsistency Reprcscn
.htive Fitzgerald Of New York. one o
tile Democratic leaders in the rules
pghtly retorted that for the sake o
consistency he did not propose to b
when Champ Clark Of Missouri, slat
u 10 succeed Speaker Cannon, vote
sustain the chair on the same poln
u order which furnished the basis 70
,4e successful insurgent campaign las
4arch, the Republicans broke into
sform of applause.
Mr Underwood Of Alabama joinc
fitzgerald in frankly admittin
mat he thought the speaker was righ
ms ruling last March aud that h
hl hled IN line with the preccdents O
y No Such Cause Now,
y BUT said Mr.. Underwood, "w
-pieq 10 overrule the speaker bccaus
thonght that the time had come fo
revolution and for the majority O
ne mousse to express its will. At tha
'<tne IheTe was reason to believe tina
ue rules committee was trying To oil