DISORDER IN CONGRESS.
TIIE SPEAKER CHALLENGED TO FIGHT. Ujt TolcuraDti-Pross Assoclatbn-CoDJTlght. New York, March 5. In the United Slates llouso of Representatives there wero disorderly scenes during the closing hours of Ihe session. One member challenged the Speaker, Mr. Joseph Cannon, a veteran of 75, to fight, and the latter defied him. The member referred to Mr. Cannon's grey hair, and Mr. Cannot retorted that that needn't bo a bar to anything. The House cheered the Speaker uproariously.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1069, 7 March 1911, Page 5
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78DISORDER IN CONGRESS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1069, 7 March 1911, Page 5
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