AMERICAN POLITICS.
A ROWDY DEBATE. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyriglu New York, March 20. Thirty-five dissatisfied ' Republicans combined with the Democrats to curtail the powers of the Speakership, alleging that Mr. Joseph Cannon, t ♦ Speaker, used his power to nominate a committee in arbitrary fashion in tAe interests' of the Republican Party. Hardly had the new rule (passed, providing that six Republicans and tour Democrate should form the rules of the committee which deals with precedence of private members' bills than a rowdy debate sprung up, which ended in the House- refusing the demand ot the Democrats to depos'e Mr. Can»on. The insurgent Republicans had to be satisfied with curtailing the Speaker's powers. A BAD BLUNDER. COLLAPSE OF THE REPUBLICAN ORGANISATION. Received March 21, 10.55 p.m. London, March 21. The Times' Washington correspondent says that the old Republican organisation in Congress has suddenly crumbled. Mr. Cannon was virtually omnipotent over federal legislation. The Democrats intended to make Cannonism the great issue at the Congressional campaign. They had blundered badly in helping the Republicans to rid themselves of the incubus of Cannonism.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 345, 22 March 1910, Page 5
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180AMERICAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 345, 22 March 1910, Page 5
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