The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-10
Whips Insurgents and
Forces Democrats to
Change of Front.
SHREW D MOVE
PUT TIL ROUGH
House sustains Speaker on Iden-
teal Ruling on Which, Last
March, 1t Tore Away His
Power-Democrats Vote
Almost Solidly for
Him.

Warrington, ID. C., Jnnunry ~
srcnkcr Cannon Ind his hour of
triumph In the HouKc to-dny. Badly
bnttered In the three du.s' storm mat
swept the lIouse Inst Mnrch mud tore
from him much of the power TINT Ind
been his, the Speaker "cnmc hnck' in n
why TINT brought grim smile of
sntisfnction to his rugged couutcnuncc
"ho iett HIS ancient cncmlcS, the In
snrgcnts, decidedly dIscomnted.
To-day the Speaker was sustained by
an overwhelming majority on rulint.
when was identical with the one lie
made last March. when the House
angr'ly ovcrrnied his decision through
combination OF lnsurgant Repuhn-
cans and Democrats. To-day. on the
! eve on ,.'.ir return 10 power. the Demo
Gratis voted almost solidly to sustain
the ruling of the chair. The lnsur-
gent s--twenty-seven Of theIn-s
hy 'neir guns and fought the Speaker
brayeiy But, robbed OF Democratic
support. their battle was a losing one
from the start.
Shrewd Mnnoeuvrc.
1t was the snrcwdest political
manoeuvrc OF the present Congress.
and the Regular Republicans were
eiated over the results. They tainted
change OF front
Taunted for his Inconsistency. Roprc-
sentative Fitzgerald. OF New ork, ona
OF the Democratic leaders in the rules
night retortcd that for the sake OF
consistency. ne didn't propose to be
foolish.
When Champ Clark. OF missouri.
stated to succecu Speaker Cannon
voted 20 sustain TIC chair today on
the same point of order which fur
nished the basis for the suocessful In
sursent campaign OF last March. ne
Republicans broke into storms of an
pause. .Il-5 81
Representative Underwood, of Ala
hama. Joined Mr.. Fitzgerald in frankly
committing that he thought the Sneaker
was right In his ruling last March, ana
that he ruled in line with the piece.
dents of The House
Sut said Mr.. Underwood. I'VE voted
TO overrulc the Speaker. because We
thought the time had come for n rev
oiution and for the majority OF the
Rouse 10 express its will. At this time
there was reason 10 believe that the
Rules Committee WAS attempting 10
obstruct legislation. No such condi
ton exists to-day, and consequently
mere viii be no revolution"
Then. when you voted 10 override
inc speaker you adsnit YOU enga ged
IN an unlawful enterprise" sna pped
representative Mann. OF Illinois.
IT was not unlawful: 1t was nee
essary' INTERCEPTED Mr.. Fitzgerald u.
Tho Insurgents refused 10 be down
cast by their defeat. Twcnty-six Dem
ocrits voted with them against the
Speaker. and they claim that these
lnsurGent Democrats will be their all
lies in all future nights.
"Poppycock," Snys Clnrk.
r,t, ~
told OF this. Every man voted S he
pleased That was my advice TO them.
The vote had no significance whatever
as party propositions"
Representative Sims. OF Tennessee, a
Democrat. contributed some to the de-
bate BY declaring that he was amazed
at the statements of some OF the lead.
ers on his own side that they knesy
the Speaker WAS right last March. but
voted against him.
l am one of the ignorant who be-
feved that the Speaker was wrong
then and that he is wrong now And
] would rather be iGnorantly honest
than knowingly dishonest" he declared
Representative Hardy. of Texas, took
Mr.. Sims to task for employing such
harsh language. He said the whole
truth was that Mr.. Sims didn't believe
i'll false pretenses, and neither did he.
1t was on the point as to whether or
not proposed amendment to the rules.
offered from the floor, constituted a
question of high constitutional privi-
iege that the storm broke. 1t was pre-
cisely this question that called out
the revolution of last March when
Representative Norris of Nebraska, Of
fered an amendment to the rules pro-
vidtng for Il Rules Committee of fif-
teen members. to be elected by the
House. instead OF three members, ap.
pointed by the Speaker.
Speaker Cannon ruled the Norris
resolution out OF order. To-day Rep.
resentative Fuller. OF Illinois, offered
n resolution amending the rule reat-
ing to the discharge of committees
from the consideration of bills. II was
purely technical. a point of order
was raised against it, and the Speaker
declaring he would ignore the prece-
dent 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 Immediately taken. 1t
was taken by Regular Republican,
Mr.. Gaines, of West Virginia, who de-
manded yea and nay vote. The
Speaker was sustained by 2ss to SO.
How They Voted. -,
Those voting against the Speaker
were:
Republicans. a7-cary. Wisconsin,;
Cassidy. Ohio; Cooper. Wisconsin;
Davis. Minnesota: Fish, New York:
Hanger. Iowa: Good, Iowa: Hayes.
California; Hinshaw, Nebraska; Hol-
lingsworth Ohio: Rowland, Ohio; Ken
dali. Iowa; Kinkaid. Nebraska; Kopp,
Wisconsin; Kusterman, Wisconsin;
Lenroot. Wisconsin: Iiudbergh, Mime
sofa; Madison, Kansas: Miller, Minne-
sofa; Morse, wisconsin, Murdoch, Kan
sas; Nelson. Wisconsin; Norris, Ne
hrasiSa; PoindeXter, Washington; steen-