Show INSURGENTS 1 IN N CONTROl I t Speaker Removed From Rules Committee But Defiance Turns Tide in Favor t SCENES G DISORDER MARK DAYS EVENTS I I t Attempt to Dethrone Alleged I White Czar Meets With Complete Rebuff ANCIENT PRESTIGE IS WRESTED FROM HIM Stoical and Collected Speaker Re Refuses Refue fuses fue to Resign and aid Supporters I Give Vote Vole of 01 confidence Washington March 19 Joseph oseph Guerney Cannon of Danville Illinois is still speaker of the House souse of Representatives But he lost today the ancient prestige and weapon of that office when the allied Republican insurgents and Democrats took from him not only ony the chairmanship p of but even membership in the th all pow erful committee on n rules the chief i asset in his stock of o power Amid scenes of or wildest t disorder del der for Tor the like l ke of which one ono must go back ba to the days daysI I just prior to the C vil war per perhaps haps Imps even those times might not noli duplicate it the veteran speaker cr almost 74 years old stood erect and defiant his head bloodied but unbowed At the end when whon a big Texas Te as Democrat accepted the speakers daring challenge and introduced a resolution lifting him out of the the Republican regulars ars and insurgents with few exceptions rallied with almost unbroken party parLy front and gave him a vote which almost offset the repudiation of This is what happened By B a vote of to the Republican lican Insurgents voting solidly wIth the Democrats tho the house houBe adopted the he of o Mr Norris Republican Nebraska requiring a n reorganization tion of or the rules committee c Ing big its Hs members member from live five to ten te and the speaker aker ineligible to membership thereon By Dy tho the curiously identical tote yote oto ot or 1 1 to but ut with a n decidedly dif different lit litI I ferent personnel of or alignment house honEe defeated a resolution of Rep Representative f Burleson Texas Teas declaring ing lag the vacant and or ordering ordering dering dorin the lie Immediate election of a successor lor to Mr Cannon CannonI Cannon Is Silent I Speaker r Cannon tonight declined to comment upon the tilt extraordinary events of the day dav He Hc was In his Dh office surrounded by b three or four loyal loal friends when a iJ newspaper man approached him and asked what wl it he ho hud had to say ia about his victory Oh nothing at all I guess There is ia s not any comment for me mo to make Besides you will have hae your papers papers full In the morning anyway and you ou S dont need any comment from me But t the tho th newly elected speaker any nn announcement announcement to make malco of oC his hla future policy The speaker laughed Im Just keeping on speaking anti and praying he said saidOn On Toboggan Slide Champ Clark minority leader In Inthe the house said In the course of or a it formal statement issued tonight The Republicans ai ar J on the to toboggan toI toboggan I boggan slide lido and if ir Democrats out Bide sl le of III congress will wilt got Jot together as 1 1 the tho Democrats In the house have haQ I Jotten together our victories thin this year oar nr and antI in 1912 will he be as ns sweeping ns Rh 1 5 those of 1890 and 1892 Mr Norris of Nebraska said In part parl We e have won all that we fought oll hl for all nil that we wo expected to get when we W wont Into Inlo the last kist movement that culminated In n sweeping vic victory victory ic tory Caucuses Call will be hI called immediate 1 l by 11 both holh parties to select Irre Irrespectively o the tho aix ix Republicans and anti antii f nr Democrats who are to constitute the th new nev commit committee tee on out mien The Th old committee e consisted d of Speaker Can i lion chairman n and MesEre E of or Pennsylvania Smith of or Iowa lown Re Republicans publicans and Minority Leader V ader aderI I Clark of 01 Missouri and John John P F Fitz FUz Fitzgerald t gerald of ot Now York Democrats to t What Say Republican Leader Sereno Serene E D Pe said Raid tonight that recent events wore were too recent for or his hia party to haye hava decided definitely upon tho date data of o Its Ibi it caucus Republican WHIp I thought It Jt would bo 10 early If I Clark next week weck Minority Lender Leader thought the Democratic caucus would I meet Tuesday or Wednesday night Tho rho fact is that all parties to the thelong thelong long and hitter bitter fight fi were loo too thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly fatigued to have formed any definite plans Tho The oldest man In c congress makes mateS no IhO pretense of Clr remembering any an par parallels parallels for the t he sensational lonal scones scenes I which have characterized tho the last few fW days d s In the house houst Champ Ch mp Clark Proposed o There Thero were wro when whon It Il look looked looked looked ed as n though tho tb preponderantly lder Re no Republican publican house c cop cap tho climax by h l Meeting electing Clark speaker Tn hi fact f th t l not ri was this thin actually proposed fn In A ft motion by Mr 11 Clark of or Florida but hut Speaker Can Cannon Cannon Cannon non himself In his hs den deft to the tho house declared that his enemies should bo be b consistent and proceed to Lo Lotho the tho election of or a it Democratic Derno speaker Indeed It Il was this challenge to the house daring as it was which In Instantly provoked the Burleson resolution resolution tion for lor hIs hla dethronement turned the tide again fn In his favor favot and ram ralli rallied ed oil the Republican regulars and antI insurgents together with few cw except exceptions to the point of or what may mar well be termed a vote yote of confidence Bo Be Eunuch Through it all the thc aged speaker Invariably calm stoical consistent to the end stood In his place his gavel I with steady stead thumps upon his desk punctuating actuating pu tho the riotous confusion COil fusion Upon the th conclusion of o the vote ote which took him out of his place of o power powel at al the head hend of o the rules rule com corn committee ho he asked the indulgence of o othe the tho house for three minutes Many Ian Republicans recalled the th speakers retort when they proposed to te nominate him on the Roosevelt ticket for fOI the They cant make a political eunuch out of if J me DIC Republicans Relm of both factions at D 30 a m conferred In an nn effort to reach the compromise which seemed possible when the house lato late yester yesterday yesterday I day dar adjourned largely larget for Cor that pur purpose purpose pose after two days da of o fruitless struggle virtually deadlocked Fight to Finish At 11 ii u a m tho the conference broke up p and nOlI it was wag wa announced that the thc tIght light would be to the finish Tho The speakers friends refused every pro proposition proposition position which tended to hIt bin humilia humiliation tion lon 1145 1146 11 4 n a m Insurgent Republicans cans enns met and voted unanimously to support the Norris resolution when amended so as to provide for the election ot of lC the rules rulos committee by hr bythe bythe the house with the tho speaker cUm eliminated Noon Speaker Cannon called caned the house to order An Au attempt to call calla a n recess failed Tho The speaker thou then ruled that the Norris resolution was as not privileged 1212 p I in Norris appealed from Irom the decision Dalzell moved moed to lay the tho on tho the table tahle i p in motion was defeated d to lo 1 GO 60 p 11 m moved mOed the tho previous laos ous question on the Oil appeal from the decision of oC the chair J I fifi 56 p m Tho previous question wits vas ordered 82 to lo 1 57 i p m Tho house sustained the appeal 1 from the speakers rut rui ruing rulIng Ing ng lS to ICO 1 GO 1 f 69 p I m The Norris resolution Vas was read from the Uio desk preliminary tu to u a n vote ole p m moved moed to amend his resolution to tl ti the tho form in tn which II it was W 5 finally all adopted Extend Extended ed ell debate ensued J 31 p m in Tho Tue Norris resolution ac as a amended Was wan adopted KM to 12 p m moved to nil aul adJourn Journ but hilt withheld the tho motion at the tue of the speaker Declines Declined to Resign Re gnp p rn Speaker Cannon began his bis bi to tho the house In ho declined to resin resign n but invited Ut H f motion to him from frow the speak p p 1 m of Texas of oCr offered offered f hla ill hi resolution leSO declaring the ilic of or office I flee fice of speaker vacant and calling for the tue Immediate election of oC a new speaker r Norris o made the point that I his withheld motion mol ion to adjourn had precedence over tho the resolution tion Iun Pandemonium 65 p m mOrdel Order partially restored and m lI speaker ruled that motion l to lo adjourn dill did take precedence but he asked askell that It be b withdrawn Norris declined to withdraw It ItA itA IIA A Jolly Good Follow Fallow 03 p m The house by division refused to lo adjourn This made tho the Burleson resolution the tho question bo ho fore the hl house A roll call cnn was or ordered ordered ordered dered p m The tJan 1 1 to 6 5 30 10 p m In The Tho house adjourned with many Republicans singing hrs Hes a Jolly lolly TolI Good flood Fellow l as they foil Into IntI line titue speaker speake to shake the hand of the tho I Cannon Speaks Sp kG The speaker has han always alvas believed I In and bowed to tWo tko will 11 of the tho ma majority majority in congress and that to act otherwise Is to disorganize r par parties parties I ties lI s said Mr Ir Cannon Is to prevent coherent coher nt action In any legislative body bod is to lo make impossible the tho re reo reflection reflection of the wishes of the people In statutes s and laws Tho speaker has always held that under the constitution It Il Is a ques question tion of highest privilege for an actual majority of the tho house at any 10 time to choose a new speaker and again noti noli notifies lies fies the house that thal the speaker will at this moment or at al any an other time while he lie remains speaker entertain in with the highest constitutional privileges lieges a n motion by h any member to vacate the tho office of the and aud choose a n new speak speaker er and under existing conditions would welcome such action on the part tf the actual majority also that power and responsibility may mar rest with the Democratic and insurgent I members who by DV the tho last vote ole evi evl evidently dently constitute a majority of this house The chair is ili i now ready rend to en cn entertain such motion Quiet attention characterized the great assemblage until the speaker said in clear cleaT tones tons The speaker is not conscious of or having done any political nl wrong wron I Wild Wid Scenes Follow These words proved to bo ho a signal 51 for a prolonged demonstration When hen henho ho declared there was WIS no coherent Republican party ParL In the house there thore was a n renewal newal r of cheers Finally when the thc speaker expressed huts his readi readiness readiness ness to ba ho superseded by h a II now new speaker there was a tremendous dem derp demonstration on the Republican Bide ide Shirley Ky K JC hurried to the side of 1 Underwood Ala Aln Alaj and hold held an ox ex excited cited conversation while hilo Tex arose waving 11 a paper p and at attempting attempting tempting to be hue recognized Rushing I before the speakers R desk Shirley in shouts that thal could have tave been heard II Continued on Page Two INSURGENTS IN CONTROL Continued from Crom Page Ono throughout tho the capitol building had bad hadnot hadnot not the tho confusion drowned them moved to adjourn Oh no oh no came shouts of derision from tho the Republican side The gentleman from Texas has been heen recognized shouted Mr Taw Tawney Tn Tawney w ney ne neThe The Tho speaker demanding order salt said thore there were motions that might take precedence of or tho the motion molton to adjourn Upon the tho suggestion of tho the speaker Mr Burleson read his resolution r Insurgents In Jeered Quickly the Democrats turned from Insurgent allies Mr Norris sat quietly in his place pi nee until tho question arose ho house should proceed to consider the tho Burleson resolution or whether the speaker should entertain the tho motion to adjourn Mr Norris doggedly refused to give Ilvo way to the group of Democrats and insurgents who came camo to offer advice Ho Insisted that out ont of courtesy courtes to th the speaker ho had lied only onh withhold withheld his huts resolution and was entitled to have It put to the house The Tho Th motion to adjourn being In or order oror der or speaker would bo be gratified If 1 tho the gentleman from Nebraska 1 would withhold It pleaded the speaker Withdraw ti shouted a 11 hundred Democrats Mr Ir Norris insisting th thAt t his motion was sUll afore eforo the tho house bouse Mr Cannon remarked that It occurred to him that the gentleman from Nebraska was right I Humiliate Insurgents No no no shouted tho mon who 2 si j wanted to complete completo the tho elimination o otho of tho the speaker at one session No po no I shouted at the same time the great Republican majority who ho now saw tho the discomfiture of oC the In Insurgents in tho the movement when they were forced to consider conald r tho the election of a speaker and realized that In spite of their th lr best beat efforts tho the house might be turned turne over to tho Demo crabs minority At once the Democrats and regular r Republicans Joined forces for Cor tho the hu luh humiliation 11 of the Insurgents II A viva iva voce oce vote 0 te being put lut on tho Uro motion to adjourn there was but a faint response while tho the negative vote ote was given In enormous volume sun still hoping to avoid old the Is Issue Issue sue suo of or electing another r speaker sp ler asked for a n record vote YOlO on his motion to ad adjourn adJourn adJourn journ and fourteen Insurgents arose to support that demand Cheers and Jeers Jeor I Not a sufficient number amid Jeers that were directed toward the Insurgents The Question then reverted rc to pie tho Burleson resolution and tho the ayes aes and noes noes were wore demanded Tho speaker surrenders the chair to the tho gentleman from New ew York announced Mr Cannon looking to toward toward I ward word Representative Payne Amid loud applause ac tho the speaker left tho the chair and turning to tho the Republican side cido of ot the tho house housa and nodding to his hie Republican Rc colleagues with a smile passed out Into I 11 to tho the marble lobby lobb and went to his private office I After the adoption of o the resolution r resolution tion will it e a Improper to nominate Champ Clark of Missouri for tor or tho I Inquired Mr Clark of Florida |