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GANNON AGAIN CHOSEN SPEAKER OF HOUSE HOUSE RULES AMENDED IN SEVERAL PARTICULARS. "Insurgents" Voted With Democrats Effort to Be Relieved of Op pressive Rules. Washington, March 15.-After one of the stormiest sessions in its history, the house of representatives today, re gardless of party alignment, adopted, 211 to 172, a resolution by Mr. Fitz gerald, (Democrat,) of New York, whereby the rules were amended in several important particulars. The resolution was a substitute for one offered by Mr. Clark, of Missouri. Its adoption was accomplished on ly after the "insurgents," with the aid of the Democrats, with one or two exceptions, had won a decided preli -minary victory by voting down a re solution by Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsyl vania, making the unamended rules of the 60th congress applicable to those of the present congress.: The call of the roll on the Clark resolu tion was followed with intense inter est. Such was the fever heat of the members that Mr. Clark, of Missouri, got into a spirited colloquy with Mr. Dalzell, who had mounted the rostrum to read the resolution of the minority leader. Mr. Clark wanted him order ed way from the desk, to which pro oeeding Mr. Dalzell objected, saying he had a tight to know what the meas ure contained. This led to a contro versy with the speaker, which lasted long enough for Mr. Dalzell te get the information he desired, and he step Ped from the platform and returned to his seat. Changes in the Rules. As analyzed by parliamentarians, the amendment makes three import ant changes: First. .It establishes a "calendar for unanimous consents," the. effect of which is to enable a member to have a proposition brought before the house without having to go to the speaker for recognition. This change, they say, will be a relief to the speak er. Second. When consideration of a bill is concluded ,and the previous quiest-ion is ordered, the rules hereto fore have provided for a motion to cnrmmit with or without instructions. It has been th-e practice to recognize the member of the majority party-to. *make this motion, and thus prevent th'e minority from offering such in 'structions as it may desire. The new rule gives the minority the preference in making such a motion, and thus en.ables them to get a record' vote on propositions which would otherwise .be settled in committee of the whole 'house, where no record vote is possi ble. Third. It protects the Calendar by requir~ing a two-thirds instead of a majority vote to set it aside. -Fourth. It is also claimed that the amendment will have the effect of preventing favoritism- by the action of the committee on iules in special cases. -Cannor. Approves Chanlge3. Speaker Cannon is d Lual to re gard the amendme'nt.as. a s%h~ t a provemenit du' the. part of tuz rules iln Ga,instead of ritrowing.i i., respori Alit fa ecognition on him, it sets aside certain days for the -considera tion of measures under unanimous consent; but, he says, under the new rule members will' have to wait for those days.* The election of house oilisers pre -ceded the action on the rules.* With plenty of votes to. spare, J:,s. G. Can non, of Illinois, was re4lected, ie e eiving 204 votes as against 106 for Champ Clark, of Missouri, 8 for Coop er, Wisconsin; 2 for Norris, iof Nfe braska, and 1 each for Esch, of Wis consin, and W. P. Hepburn, of Iowa, an ex-member. All the Democratic members voted for Clark, so6 that the scattering vote represented the Re publican delegation from Cannon. The drawing for seats was postpon ed until tomorrow, and the house, at 5.25 p. in., adjourned. Ca.nnon Re-elected. Three hundred and eighty-two mem bers responded to their names, more than a quorum, when the house con vened. Mr. Currier. of New Hamp shire, nominated Jos. G. Cannon, of Illinois. for speaker, and Mr.-Clayton, of Alabama, presented the name of Champ Clark, of Missouri. The roll was then called. Mr. Ellerbe. Democrat, of South Carolina. voted in a loud voice for Cannon. but ne immediately made cor rection and voted for Clark. His mis take created such a stormi of laughter th]at !he beat a ha:ty retreat in the cloaIk room. 'The tellers reported as follows: Cannon 204. Clark 166, Eschi 1, Norris 2. Cooper 8, Hepharu 1. Mr. Cannon was declared elected, and Messrs. Clark, of Missouri, Camp be1l of Kansas, and Bartlett, of Geor gia. were( applToiled a committee to escort the speaker into the chamber. All the Republican caucus nomi nees for the various offices of the house were reelected. The slate of fered by Minority Leader Clark fol lows: Clerk, W. P. Kimball; sergeant-at arms, J. T. Ellington, North Carolina; postmaster, Robert L. Douglas, South Carolina; doorkeeper, Wm. W. Adams, of Indiana; chaplain, George A..Baccus, of Maryland. Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, offer ed the usual resolution providing that the rules of the . previous congress should govern the present congress. "And on that motion I move the pre vious question," he said quickly. Mr. Clark, of Missouri, was on his feet demanding the ayes an noes, be fore Mr. Dalzell had regained his seat, whil-e Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, asked to have the rules explained. The speaker promptly held the lat ter out of order and refused to rec ognize Mr. Fitzgerald further. The Democrats, led by Mr. Clark, forced a roll call on Mr. Dalzell's motion. The previous question was ordered, yeas 194, nays 188, present 1. Wild Scenes of Rejoicing. Mighty shouts went up from the Republican side, many of the mem lbers standing on chairs and applaud ing, shrieking and otherwise manifest ing their delight at the defeat of the "insurgents.' On the adoption of the resolution, the Democrats forced another roll call. The vote broke out among the Democrats and "insurgents." Their demonstration exceeding by far that of the regular Republicans when the previous question was ordered. It was some time before order was re stored. When the noise had subsided, Mr. Clark, amid Democratic cheers, offer ed his resolution affecting the rules. The Republicans forced a roll-call on Mr. Clark's motion foi the pre vious question, and the call had not proceeded far when Clark demanded that members be ordered away from the speaker's desk. He had observed Mr.'Dalzell on the rostrum and call ed particular attention to that fact. "There is a member of the house getting your resolution, which he has a perfect right to have,' angrily re plied Mr. Dalzell from the rostrum. General turmoil ensued. Izell Excites Wrath of Democrats. shetasrd*ietaoishrd shrdt shrdluuu The Democrats were wrought up to a high pitch of excitement and de manded,that Mr. Daizell "get out of that,'' "get down off there.'' Mr. Clark was insisting that Mr. Dalzell be ordered away. "The gentleman from Missouri is not in order,'' Speaker ,.Cannon an nounced. "AM, h-I," a member audibly re marked in disgust. The speaker halted the roll-call and said he did so because of the high character and standing of Messrs. Dalzell and Clark. "And now," he. said, "the' gentleman from Pennsyl vania has the form of the resolution.'' "He could have had it by asking me for a copy," hotly remarked Mr. Clark. The motion of Mr. Clark for the previous question was voted down, 179 to 203~ This result hadl no sooner been anr n<unced than Mr. Fitzgerald took the floor and offered a resolution for the modification of the present rules, along somewhat different lines. Fitzgerald and Clark Have Colloquy. Such was t.he fever heat of the members that Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. CIgrk, both Democrats became involv ed in a sharp colloquy. Mr. Fitzger ald had yielded to the minority lead er for a question, but he proceeded to propound it to Mr. Dalzell. The New York aember insisted that it was an abuse of . his courtesy and that the question should be asked of him. 'I am going to do it and I don't want any slack jaw about it, either,' sharply ret i-ted Mr. Clark. "I dci toyield," was Mr. Fitz gerald's resyonse, whh 'elicited loud Republican applause. Mr. Clark appealed to the speaker tha.t Mr. Fitzgerald actually had yielded to him. "Well, I take it back," said the New York member with some show of temper. "Yonu will wish you had yielded.'" w'as Mr. Clark's re.joind(er as he sat downvi. Mr. Fitzgerald remarked that he was not going to be scared off by any threat.. lie declared that no man could take advantage of his courtesy and then abuse him. "'I now yield to the gentleman from Missouri,"' hre said. "I absolutely refuse to accept," resp)onded Mr. Clark. IWhen Mr'. Fitzger'ald coneladedl. Mr. C'lar'k got the floor. "'The jig is up with the house miachine,"' he said to the accompaniment of great ap plause fro the Democratic side. Mr. Gardner, one of the insurgents. ,1 declaed that President Taft was in sympathy with the movement ti Clialge the rules. In the opinion of Mr. Townsend, of Michigan, the insurgents were seeking cheap notoriety at home, "but,'' he inquired, "how are they going to re concile their responsibility with th-eir votes of today?" The -debate was brought to a close by Mr. Fitzgerald, who asserted that there had not been a legitimate critic ism of the rules. "Why did you not submit your re solution to the Democratic caucus?" interrupted Mr. Pujo, of Louisiana. "Because," retorted Mr. Fitzger ald, "I could get only three minutes of a Democratic caucus to state my position on the rules.'" Addressing the Democrats, Mr Fitz gerald said' the Republicans did not welcom- the changes he proposed "They take them in preferende to something else." He charged that the Democrats had suggested nothing but delay. 'I suggested some sub stantial reform," he said. "You had the opportunity to formulate your ideas as to what -chaiges were to be made to the rules." The vote then was taken on the Fitzgerald amendment to the Clark resolution. Mr. Fitzegerald's amendment was adopted, yeas 211, nays 172, present and not voting 1. Party lines weie badly broken. Among the Democrats who voted for the amendment were Repres-nta tives Brantley, Bartlett, Edwards, Griggs, Harrison, Howard, Lee, Lind say, Livingston, Moon and Sparkman. 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