The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-17
FULLER STEALS
PART T0FTHUNDER
Cannon Had Planned Coup For
Champ Clark
Speaker and Friends Have Not Aban.
doned Fight on Rules Of the House
and Series Of Assaults Are
Planned In Effort to En-.
barrass Democrats.

Washington, Jan. 16.--Instead Of
being immensely pleased because Rep
resentatiye Fuller of Illinois brought
about a situation In the house last
Wednesday whereby the members
were enabled to reverse their action
of year ago regarding the coissid-
GRAFTON OF the rules. Speaker Cannon
Is chagrined.
II was learned today that Mr.. Full
Ter had unconsciously stolen a piece
Of thunder which Mr.. Cannon had
planned TO turn loose in the house
next December, when he Is member
OF the minority party and when
Champ Clark Is in the chair as
speaker.
Mr.. Cannon has been distressed
about the manner 10 which he was hu-
inflated by the insurgents and dem
ocrats nearly year ago. He has
maintained that there was no justl-
fication for reversing him when he
ruled that an amendment 10 the rules
could not be controlled at any time a
member saw fit to rise in his place
and demand consideration of such an
amendment. In this he is in accord
with nearly every member Of the
house. republicans and democrats, in
surgents and regulars.
To Try Clark's Neitle.
Being convinced that the establish
ment OF such a precedent was not on
iy humiliating. but that II was dan
gerous. the speaker had decided thai
shortly after the organization OF the
democratic house. next December. be
would try the mettle OF Champ clari
and his democratic followers.
He intended 10 rise in his place ons
Iday early IN the session. offer al
amendment 10 the rules and demand
IT'S Immediate consideration as mat
ter OF constitutional privilege. II
support OF which he would cite on'
action OF the house on March II. 1910
when II overruled him. and declared
that such an amendment could b
considered at any time.
The speakers object In postponinl
such an amendment until the mex
congress was for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning a public yindica,ion OF hi
Town ruling at the hands OF the part.
which made possible the success o
the insurgents.
| Plan Assault ON Rules.
/ That Is now out OF the question. bu
Speaker Cannon and his friends hav
NOT by any means abandoned thei
hight on the rules OF the house. AM
shortly after the democrats come int
power Mr. Cannon. aided BY Repre-
sentative Mann. OF Illinois. and
number Of others, will begin a serie
Of assaults on the rules for the pur
pose OF demonstrating that they ar
ineffective. and for the additional pur
pose OF embarrassing the democrat
who aided the insurgents in the rule
fight OF q year ago.
In this connection member Of n
rules committee today made the state
menf that the house Is as helpless
the matter OF amending the rules a
Ii, was year ago. This condition.
Is asserted is due TO the delibsrai
action OF republican and democraii
. leaders in framing the resolution AZ
thoringing a discharge Of commi';s
50 that Il does not apply 70 the cln
miitce on rules.
Al d result Of this condition N
. house has no way to amend the rule
or TO consider resolutions amcndln
{ the rules unless the rules commi' Z
! aaes ~ 10 rennri such q resoIri.u