The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Includes Presidents Ad- dress, Which Results in
 Sensational TangIe
UNCLE JOE CANNON
 SMOOTHES WATERS
He Makes Good Republican Speech, But Presidents Address Re- mains Part of Heflin
 Speech
By HUGH w. noBnRrs

Washington. october 6.-(Special,) As result of sensational incidents tiH the House today, it develops that a speech delivered sometime ago by Rep resentative Heflin of Alabama will be sent by national democratic organiza- tions into every home of the United States
 When Mir Heflin's time in which he had right to address the House on previous occasion expired, he asked unanimous consent to extend his re- marks in the Congressional Record. Sew eral days elapsed and the President is sued his appeal for the election of democratic Congress In his extended remarks MT. Hef1in included the ad- dress of the President
 This morning Mir. Gillett of Massa- chusetts moved that that portionNof Mir Heflin's address, which included the address of the President, be stricken from the record His point was that it was contrary to the rules of the House to insert in extended remarks any matter which transpired follow ing the day of debate. The speaker ruled with the republican leader, and took occasion to declare that never before in the history of Congress had 8 motion been made to strike from the record remarks which had been extend ed therein.
 Mir. Heflin interposed objection by stating that for 14 years he had served in Congress and had never witnessed such transaction as that proposed He declared the republicans determined to prevent the circulation throughout the nation of the Presidents address, and that to checkmate the republicans in their scheme he would make the point of Tho quorum. There is no quorum in Washington and had the fight been waged to conclusion, MT. Heflin would . have scored a technical triumph be- cause he could have supervised the mailing of his speech before Novem Der 12
 MT. Cannon of Illinois. willy republican politician, saw an opportunity for mas ter stroke. When the House seemed blocked in it's effort to get considera- tion for the urgent deficiency bill he got unanimous consent to address the House
 Every word of his speech was charged with human interest and patriotic zeal to support the boys in the trenches At the same time, it was an effective po- htical speech from the republican view point. Representative Cannon reviewed the 'gentieman's agreement" and called attention to the fact that House mem- uelS tIG SCallsTeu all over the country, so that it would be practically impos- sible to get quorum. He pictured the American eXpeditionary force fighting for liberty. He spoke of the S7, GOO coo GOO bill carrying appropriation for shot and shell, clothing and sustenance for the soldiers, ships to transport men, muni- tions and supplies
 He emphasized the fact this Imperative war business in support of the President to carry out the military programme was being blocked by Representative Heflin's threat to make a point of no quorum. He then asked unanimous con- sent, which was granted, that the en- tire agreement be held in abeyance until the appropriation bill could hs consid- oI ed. Following the speech of Mr. Can non, the appropriation bill was enacted. Mir. Gillett thereupon withdrew his ob- jections to the inclusion by MT. Heflin of his extended remarks of the address of the President, and thus the sensa- tional incident came to close, and thus it happens that the Alabamian's speech of some days ago will be carried by the government into every home of the nation.