Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-01-13
CANNON RECEIVERS
HIS LOST POWER
SPEAKER RULES ADVERSELY ON
AREsoLUTloN SEEKING
TO AMEND RULES
pEFIEs THE HOUSE; ISsUS1AINED
Decision Exactly Similar to One That
Started Fight Last March.-0emo-
Gratis Refuse to Support In.
surgents.

surqents.
Washington, Jan. 10.-Speaker Can
non had his hour of triumph In the
house. Badly battered in the three
days storm that swept the house last
March and tore from hkm much OF the
power that had been his, the speaker
came back" in way that brought
smile of satisfaction to his counten'
ance and left his ancient enemies, the
insurgents, discounted.
The speaker was sustained by an
overwhelming majority on a ruling
identical with the one he made last
March when the house angrily over
ruled his decision through combine
ito of insurgent Republicans and
Democrats.
On the eve of their return to power,
the Democrats voted almost solidly to
sustain the chair. The insurgents-27
Of them-stood to their guns and fought
the speaker bravely, but deprived OF
Democratic support, their battle was
losing one from the start.
1t was the first big political maneu.
yer of the present session Of congress
and the regular Republicans were elat-
ed over the results. They tainted the
Democrats unceasingly for their
change of front. The house was in its
gayest mood and during the three hours
that the fight lasted, there was almost
continuous laughter.
Tainted for his inconsistency, Rep
resentative Fitzgerald Of New York.
one of the Democratic leaders In the
rules fight, retorted that he did not
propose to be foolish for the sake of
consistency.
Storms Of q. o. p. Applause.
When Champ Clark Of Missouri,
slated to succeed Speaker Cannon.
voted to sustain the chair on the same
point Of order that furnished the basis
for the successful insurgent campaign
of last March, the Republicans broke in.
to storms of applause.
1t was on the point as to whether
or not a proposed amendment to the
rules, offered from the floor, consti.
tuted question of high constitutional
privilege, that the storm broke. 1t was
precisely this question that called out
the revolution" of last March when
Representative Norris of Nebraska of.
fered an amendment providing for .
rules committee of IL members to be
elected by the house, instead Of three
members appointed by the speaker.
Out Of Order, Rules Cannon.
Speaker Cannon ruled the Norris
resolution out of order. Representative
Fuller OF Illinois offered a resolution
amending the rules relating to the dis.
charge of committees from the con.
sideration of bills. 1t was purely tech.
meal A point Of order was raised
against it, and the speaker, declaring he
would ignore the precedent 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 imme-
diately taken by regular Republican,
Mr.. Gaines of West Virginia. who de-
manded yea and nay vote.
The speaker was sustained by 233 to
g. Those voting against the speaker
we're:
Republicans (27-Cary (wis.), Cas-.
sidy (Ohio), Cooper wis. Davis
(Minn.), Fish New York;, Haugen
Oowa), Goode Nowa), Hayes (Col.)
Hinshaw (Neb.). Hollingsworth (Ohio),
Rowland (Ohio), Kendall CIowa>. Kin.
kaid (Neb.), Kopp (Wis). Kuster'
mann wis.,, Lenroot (Wis.), Linl.
bergh (Minn), Madison (Kan). Miller
(Minn.. Morse wis.,. Murdoch
(Kans.), Nelson (Wis.), Norris (Neb).
Poindexter (Wash.), STEVENSON
(Mirn), Volstead (Minn.), Woods
Uowa).
Democrats (25)-Booher (Mo.). Glass
(Va), Cullop Gnd.). Flood (Va.)
Floyd (Ark), Hamlin (Mo). Hay
(Va.), Helm (Ky), Jamison uowa,)'
Johnson IS. CO., Lively (Tex). Ma
guire (Neb.). Moss Nnd.), A. M. Palm
err (Pa) Rauch UndD, Rothermel
(Pa), SABBATH Nll.), Saunders (Va.),
Sims (Tenn.), Small IN. c., Sulzer IN
W. Thomas (Ky), Touvelle (Ohio).
Turnbull (Va.), Wallace (Ark.), Wat
kins Ua.).
Norris Resolution Read.
To point the similarity Of the ques
ton raised and the one raised at the
time of the insurgent battle last March
the speaker had the Norris resolution
read in full, together with an extract
from the journal of the house telling
some of the details Of the fight that
followed and the overthrow Of the
speaker. He also had read extracts
from remarks made last March by
Champ Clark and Representative Un
derwood.
Beveridse Begins LorImsr Fight.
Washington, Jan. 10.-The fight &c
prevent Senator Lorimer of Illinois re
tanning his seat in the United States
senate was opened with contest be
tween Senators Beverage Of Indiana
and Owen of Oklahoma, each of whom
wanted the right to fire the first CUR
in the same cause.
Senator Beveridge, by virtue of be
ing a member OF the committee or
privileges and elections which invest
tgeted charges of bribery against Sen
ator Lorimer, gained q tactical vic
tory by fling minority report at
lacking the petition of his colleagues
on the committee who voted to exon.
| crate the Illinois senator