The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
CANNONAGA|N LOSES
IN RULES FIGHT
sr,RRINc SCENES ARE AGAIN IN'
ACTED ON FLOOR OF
HOUSE.
and insurgents Hesent
What They Believe to Be E"o'' -
Draw Teeth of One Of Their 'mPoTt-
ant New Rules-How 1t Happeneo'

h Washington, Jan. 1.-THE SURFING
scenes of the last session OF congress-
when the house overthrow speaker
Cannon and took the making OF us
rules into it's own hands, were re-
enacted in part on the floor OF the
house yesterday
Threatened with what they believed
to be an effort to draw the TEEN VI
one of the most important OF the ne"
rules, the Democrats and Insurgents
Joined in the defeat of the speaker. by
vote of 145 to 1876, the combined
forces rallied to the support OF Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald, Democrat, of New
York, and sustained him in his appear
from the speakers ruling.
Fight Develops.
The fight developed as the result OF
the second attempt to use the new rule
which gives the house power to dis
charge a committee from further con-
sideration of a bill that has been re-
ferred to it.
The insurgents and the Democrats
| believed this rule ironclad; that as
soon as the consideration of bills by
unanimous consent had been cOnclud-
ed, on every first and third Monday OF
the month, the house was bound by the
new rule to take up the motions to dis
charge committees from the custody
+, of the specified bills.
Hull Recognized.
When the moment arrived, however,
Speaker Cannon gave recognition to
Representative Hull, of Iowa, chair
man of the military affairs committee,
who moved that the house in COM
mittee of the whole take up the mill
tary appropriation bill. Mr.. Fitzger-
aid insisted upon the consideration of
a motion to discharge the committee.
Speaker Cannon said he would be
glad to consider point of order if
Mr. Fitzgerald wanted to make one.
The Democratic member declared he
did not have to make point of order;
that his was the right to recognition
under the new rule, without trading off
any point of order against the speak
er's action.
Free Debate.
Upon the speakers refusal to recog-
nize Mr.. Fitzgerald, the latter finally
was forced to make point of order
against taking up the bill.
The speaker read his ruling from
manuscript. He declared that the rule
did not make it mandatory upon the
house to take up the motion to dis
charge the committee, that it simply
made such a motion in order, if the
house desired to take it up.
The speaker held that Mr.. Hull and
the army appropriation bill had the
right of way.
81 appeal from the decision of the
chair" cried Mr.. Fitzgerald.
81 move to lay that motion on the
table, interposed Representative
Payne, of New York, Republican lead.
er of the house.
Payne Defeated.
The Payne motion was the first test
of strength and it was defeated by a
vote of 155 to 1924. Then followed an
acrimonious debate upon the ruling.
When the vote finally was taken
upon the appeal from the speakers de-
cision, twenty-three insurgents and all
but one of the Democrats present vot-
ed against the speaker. The result was
the defeat of his ruling by a vote of
145 to 1926. Fourteen members an
swered but did not vote because of
pairs with absent members.
The Republicans who voted with the
Democrats against the speaker were:
Carey, Davidson, Kapp, Kustermann
Lenroot, Morse, Nelson, Stafford, Wis
consin; Cassidy, Ohio; Fish, New
York; Goode, Haugen, Pickett, Ken
dali, Iowa; Gronna, North Dakota;
Hinshaw, Norris, Nebraska; Holdings
worth, Ohio; Hubbard, Iowa; Madison
Kansas; Poindexter, Washington;
Stevenson, Minnesota.
Representative Saunders, of Vir-
ginia, was the only Democrat voting
against Mr.. Fitzgerald in the appeal.
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