AUTOCRAT OF CONGRESS.
MR. CANNON'S POWERS. A SIIGET CURTAILMENT. (Received 8.10 a.m.), WASHINGTON, March 20. Thirty-fire insurgent Republicans combined with the Democrats to curtail the Powers of the Speukership, alleging that Mr. Joseph Cannon used his power to nominate committeemeti in an arbitrary fashion, and in the iuterests of the Republican party. _ A new rnJe was passed providing that six Republicans and four Democrats form the Rules Committee, which deals with precedence in. private members' bills. A rowdy debate ended in the House refusing the Democratic demand to depose Mr. Cannon, the insurgent Republicans being satisfied with, curtailing his power.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 68, 21 March 1910, Page 5
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