Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10
Sustained by Great Majority on Ruling Identical
with That Of Last March, When the Insurgents
Beat Him..Champ Clark and Fellow Demo-
Grassland bySpeaker andUnCbJ oeSmi|eS.

Washing ton Jan. speaker cannon
had his hour of triumph in the House
TO-DAY Badly battered in the three
days storm that swept the House last
March ana having torn from him
much Of the power that had been his.
the Speaker came back in q WAY that
brought q grim smile OF satisfaction
to his rugged countenanee and left his
ancient enemies, the "Insurgents, de
cidedly discounted,
| Today the Speaker was sustained by
an Overwhelming majority on ruling
which wa. identical with the one he
made last March when the House an
| griv nverruled his decision through
! q combination of Insurgent Republ-
cans and Democrats Today the Dem
ucrats voted almost solidly t. sustain
the ruling f the Chair The insurgents
| - ef them-stood by their guns aud
fought the Speaker bravely. but,
| robbed of Democratic support, their
battle was IL losing one from the start.
| Regular Republicans tainted the Dem
ocrats increasingly for their change of
| trent. The House was in its gayest
mood and during the three hours that
| the fight lasted, there was an almost
continuous gaze of laughter.
Tainted for his inconsistency. Rep.
! Fitzgerald Of New York. one of the
! Democratic leaders in the rules fight.
| retorted that for the sake of consis-
| tepcy. he didn't propose to be foolish.
! When Champ Clark, Mo Who is
slated to succeed Speaker Cannon, Nnt-
ed to sustain the Chair today. the Re-
n,,bIiea,s hf..i;a into storms nf an
nIause
I-ndero.o,d If ,Iaban,.. iaiuaa Fit
GERALD in franl,I, adr,i,tiny taa. no
Thought tba Sneaker was RIGHT in his
rulinp last March and tl,at ne ruled
in lire With tho nrecad, nts If the
Ifouse
The "Insurrcuts' refused Ia nc
| dn,yncast nv their defeat. 'rWpnty-six
! Democrats voted with them against
| the Sneaker and the, claim that thesp
..InslIrpcnt democrats" will be their
allies in all future fights
..Popuvcockt" said Champ CLARK
| when told of this Every man voted
as he pleased That was my advice to
them The vote had no significance
whatever as a marty nronosition."
| If was whether ar mt y nro,,osetl
anendnent ia tho rules offered from
the floor constituted . question of high
constitutional privilege that brought
| ,bo,,+ tho etnr,n II vas nreciseIy this
question that called ont tho "Reyolt-
,ion To-day Fuller of Ills. offered "A
resolution amending the rule relating
Ia the discharge of committees from
tho roneideratio,, of hills II was nure
" technical A point of order was
raised against il and the Sneaker. de-
clarine he would ignore the precedent
cor NV tho House last March when il
ovorruled his ruling held that the
E-u,la, resolution was not nrivileged An
annoal from, tho Chair was Immediately
talen h,, Peeu1ar Renub,ican t;avnee
w Va. who demanded a Yea and nay
vote. The Speaker was sustained by
235 to So
The Speakers ruling on a point III
order made by Mann against the Fuller
resolution WAS delivered in his most
limnressive manner and he received the
undivided attention of the House. r.
point out the similarity of the question
! raised today and that at the time OF
the Insurgent battle last March the
Speaker had the Norris resolution
which started the trouble last year
read in full, together with an extract
from the journal of the House teiiina
some oil de'ailS ol the hsu. 'iia' '"i
loWed ana the oNet'hio" u 'i,e 'pe"N
er, ne also reao eN'rae's run
MARKS MACE last Maiei' ny la"ii
clark anu liiaer"oou.
me Chair' ne saiu' would .'a't~"'
diihcuity IN promptly ruling III mar
mony with all the preeeaefi.S so lar -
the Chalr IS aple 10 ascertain from TIE
beginning OF the House In us Slttlhs'