The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-18
UNCLE JOE HAS CONE BACK
TRIUNIPHS ON SAME POINT THAT
CAUSED HIS DOWNFALL.
The Democrats Vote For Him
Admit He Was Right in the Famous
Rules Fight" Last March, But
Wanted Revolution" Champ
Clark With Him This Time.


WASHINGTON, D. C.-Speaker
Cannon had his hour of triumph in
the house today. Badly battered in
the three days storm that swept the
house last March and which tore
from him much power which had
been his the Speaker came back"
today in a way that brought grim
smile of satisfaction to his rugged
countenance and left his ancient en-
emies, the insurgents" decidedly
discounted.
Today the Speaker was sustained
by an overwhelming majority on a
ruling which was identical with the
one he made last March when the
house angrily over-ruled his decision
through combination of insurgent
republicans and democrats. Today,
on the eve of their return to power,
the democrats voted almost solidly
to snustain the ruling of the chair.
The insurgents, 27 of them, stood
by the guns and fought the Speaker
brayely. But, robbed of democratic
support, their battle was losing
one from the start.
Applaud Clark's Vote.
1t was the first pig political move
ment of the session of congress. and
the regular republicans were elated
over the results. They tainted the
democrats increasingly for their
change of 'front.'
Tainted for his inconsistency Rem
resentative Fitzgerald of New York,
one OF the democratic leaders in the
rules fight, retorted that for the sake
OF consistency he did not propose to
be foolish.
When Champ Clark of Missouri,
slated to succeed Speaker Cannon,
voted to sustain the chair today on
the same point of order which fur
nished the basis for the successful
insurgent campaign of last March
the republicans broke into storms of
applause.
Representative Underwood of Ala
bama joined Mr.. Fitzgerald in frank
ly admitting that he thought the
Speaker was right in his ruling last
March, and that he ruled in line with
the presidents of the house.
Was Necessary Then.
But" said Mr.. Underwood, 1--WE
voted to Overrule the speaker be-
cause we thought the time had come
for a revolution and for the majority
OF the house to express it's will"
Then when you voted to override
the Speaker you admit you engaged
in an unlawful enterprises" snapped
Representative Mann of Illinois.
1T was not unlawful; it was nee
essary," .interjected Mr.. Fitzgerald
The insurgents refused to be down.
cast by their defeat Twenty-six
democrats voted with them against
the speaker, and they claim that
these 'insurgent democrats will be
their allies in all future fights.
'Poppycock," said Champ Clark
when told of this. Every man voted
as he pleased That was my advice
to them. The vote had no signifi-
canoe whatever as party PROPOSE
ton"
Honesty and Ignorance.
Representative Sims of Tennessee,
a democrat, contributed some real
excitement to the debate by declar-
ing that he was amazed at the state
ment of some of he leaders on his
own side that they knew the Speaker
was right last March, but had voted
against him.
Il am one of the ignorant who be-
lieved that the Speaker was wrong
then and that he is wrong now, and
l would rather be ignorantly honest
than knowingly dishonest" he de-
clared.
Representative Hardy ofTexas took
Mr.. Sims to task for employing such
harsh language. He said the whole
truth was that Mr.. Sims did not be-
lieve in false pretenses, and neither
did he.