Show Cannon Defends Old Rules. Washington. The old rules of the house wero defended and critics of tho speaker wore severely scored by Spoaker Cannon In a brief nddress Into In tho session of tho houso on Saturday. Mr. Cannon contended that the ruleB'as amended by tho Fifty-first Fifty-first congress and as enforced by him had never interfered with tho will of tho mnjorlty of tho house when an nc-tual nc-tual majority had been objected on any proposition. Ho scored nowspnpor and magazlno writers who had criticized criti-cized him and declared they had pro cecdod from a lack of knowledge nnd .upon fnlso promises. |