Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-04
lNSuRoENT NORRIS PROPOSES
RULE TO PREVENT REGULARS
FROM KILLING TIME.
DESIGNED TO PERFECT RULES
RECENTLY PUT IN FORCE
Ruling Dy Speaker Cannon Calls For
Amendment Of Existing Regulations
in Order to Stop Fiiibustsrins-ssn
ator clapp Popular With Insurgents
-cummins and LaFeiIstts Friends.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Washington, JAN 4-Filibustering in
the house of Representatives by reg
ulars who wish to nullify calendar
Wednesday, will be made impossible If
the house adopts an amendment to the
rules which will be introduced immedi-
a,ely by Representative George w.
Norris, the man who started the big
rules fight year ago.
In announcing the nature Of his
amendment Judge Norris declared that
he had no intention Of starting another
rules fight at this stage OF the session.
His amendment to the rules will go
thru the regular channels Of house rou-
tine and he will not attempt to force
rules had had ample time to report it
back to the house.
The Norris amendment is intended to
perfect the new rule adopted at the
las. session Of congress providing for
the discharge Of a committee from fur
the- consideration of a bill or resolu-
ton. AS interpreted by Speaker Can
non several days ago such a motion in
wolves the reading in full! OF the bill or
resolution in question. AS a result Of
this ruling Representative Mann, Of
Illinois. and Representative Moon. Of
Pennsylvania, were able to prevent the
consideration Of a large number of bills
on calendar Wednesday by moving for
the discharge Of committees consider
ing bills revising the j. 3icial code and
the codificat,on OF the postal laws.
Each of these bills is more than 900
pages in length. To comply with the
terms Of Speaker Cannon's ruling and
read each of these bills in full will re-
quire many days. thereby holding up
consideration Of all other business on
calendar Wednesday for an indefinite
period. The Norris amendment will
provide that 1t Is necessary to read
only the title Of bills before the house is
asked to vote on a motion to discharge
committee.
When the senate insurgents want to
hold a conference. they gather round
the table down In the office Of Senator
Moses E. Clapp Of Minnesota. Senator
Clapp is chairman Of the committee on
Indian affairs and has his Office in the
capitol proper The senate Insurgents
are 80 few in number that they can get
up conference on short notice. In
fact, they seldom have formal con-
ference, but just naturally gravitate
down to the office OF the Indian affairs
committee when there Is need TO talk
over anything
And they talk about "Mose" clapp's
office. not Senator Clapp's. The big
Minnesotan is favorite with all the
Insurgents, as he is with his collea CUES
generally. and when the progressive
band gets into council in his rooms men
and things are discussed with a frank
ness that would make good reading II
exploited.
Some folks have been talking about
rivalry between Senator's LaFollette
and Cummins. each one being a prom
inent insurgent and each one being
more or less talked about in connection
with senate leadership. the presidential
nomination in 1912 and that sort OF
thing Such talk has caused consider
able resentment among their close
friends
LAS matter Of fact" said friend
Of Senator LaFollette. these two sem
ators were never closer together than
they are now Senator Cummins lives
az lne t1lS NidHOS, Which Is Cio5e " AeA>
Follette's house. The two frequently
dine together and spend their evenings
together. You can depend on 1t there
is going TO be no breach between these
two senators" Each one is powerful
adjunct to the other in the insurgent
movement"
Army officers are never tired Of talk
ing about the value Of polo for the pur-
pose Of training in horsemanship. When
before the house military committee the
other day. General Aleshire. quarter
m aster general. said:
II do not think cadets were as good
horsemen or had rs good seats twenty
or thirty years ago as some Of the
young men. recent graduates, who have
had the advantage Of the recent course
Of instruction. which includes polo"
Slayden. Of Texas. remarked that the
more a man rode the better ne rode and
this led Representative Anthony to shy
a brick at the Texan mastery Of horse
manehip.
'1f you were to put some Of these
Texas cowboys into a polo game" said
Anthony, "they would be of the first
trip"
Il will bet you they would not" re-
torted Slayden with spirit Put some
Of your polo riders on the backs Of some
Of those broncos that they have down
there and where would they be? They
would have the teeth shaken out Of
them"
Peace was finally restored and the
committee went on to consider the lat