Show LIVELY ATTACK 1 I UPON SPEAKER Czar of the Honse Arraigned byr Mr of Missouri m lit Scathing Terms CANNON CRACKS THE WHIP MAJORITY MEMBERS CRINGE AND CO ER z 1 W Washington March proceed ing With the legislative bm bill the tho house today considered a bill permitting the le leasing of acres of arid lands tn In La Elata county Colorado to the P F U for bep he p of cul of rubber plant Mr Brooks of Colorado explained that there was evidence of a rubber famine in this count country that at last year pounds of rubber was as Imported and that the price had Increased oO per cent dur lug ing the past three years The land In question he said was unfit for tural purposes and had no mineral value Mr Gaines ot of Tennessee proposed nn an amendment to prevent the rubber trust from getting control of the enterprise Criticism of Cannon Mr of Missouri was given permission to discuss the bill bilI and began to criticise Speaker Cannon regarding the statehood question He was stopped be fore he had proceeded far and the ob objection was fatal to further tion of the bill Before referring to the statehood matter Mr had this to say about the manner in which Mr Brooks got his bill up The gentleman was not recognized un til he had first surrendered his rights as a representative of the people and crept Into your private room Mr lIr Speaker there to supplicate you to extend to him your grace Committees All Packed No Ko member can submit any matter to toa toa a vote of the house until he shall have first sought and found favor in your sight The constitution contemplated that I the speaker shall be the servant of the house In defiance of the constitution you have made yourself its master You have haYe packed e every ery committee su so that no bills can be reported without your consent con consent sent Unless you are willing no mem her ber can move to discharge a committee from the tha consideration of a bIll and take It up in the house You sit an enthroned despot subJect ing the reports and destinies of this great people to the dictates of your our own un 1 broiled will Speaker Cracks the Whip I Who stands toda today between a pro enlightened people and the I statehood to which they are entitled You sir only you You crack your our whip and a majority of this house cowers at your feet You turn your thumbs down and the house death a death blow to pros prostrate prostrate bleeding Oklahoma Here Mr said he had rend read In the morning papers that Uncle Joe had given ghon It out flatfooted that he would not permit the house to concur in the senate amendment on the statehood bill billand billand and then proceeded What a horrible announcement to be made in a fr e country Tawney Objected The confusion in the house throughout Mr Ir remarks was such that very ery few members knew what he said when Mr Tawney stopped him with an objection Before the legislative bill was taken up the house agreed not ot to meet tomorrow |