New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-21

So Declares the Republican Blue Earth Register and Then
Casts It's Lot With Hammond.

although the Register is an indie
pendent paper, its editor is Repub-
lican. one who has lived among Re-
publicans and who is fully in accord
with the traditions of his party. He
believes that the knife should be ap-
piled IN order shat the disease may be
checked before it is incurable. We
have nothing to hope for from the Sc
election of McCleary. The Register
and it's editor stand for the election to
congress of w. S. Hammond.
With the foregoing announcement
the Faribault County Register, a pa
per published at Blue Earth, cuts loose
from it's previous support of McCleary
and declares for Hammond.
In explanation of it's change of posi-
ton it recalls the accomplishments Of
the republican party in the past and
defines its present status with regard
to what it terms an ''unmistakable
evidence of internal disease
''The party's long continued and al
most undisputed control OF the ma
TONS policy it says, ''has caused
the focking together under its pro-
tecting wing of the leaders of those
forms of industry and combinations
which are now commonly known as the
INTERESTS With unlimited means for
the purposes of corruption and united
by common interests for the prostra-
tion of the people, they have gradual
ly assumed and now hold control OF
the legislative branch of our govern
ment. They stand in solid phalanx,
with foot upon the neck Of the Ameri-
can people, using the cloak Of Repub-
licanism as disguise for nefarious
practices and cracking the party whip
to silence the murmurs of those who
would protest against their tyranny
and their field marshal in the house OF
Representatives IS Joseph Cannon, OF
Danville, Illinois.
"This arraignment of the powers
that govern the house is not fanciful.
It is founded on bitter truth. Joseph
Cannon, as speaker of the house, ex.
ercises a control of legislation which
is autocratlc. Without his consent no
bill, however meritorious, may be
taken up for considerations
The article then refers to the fate OF
the bill to remove the tariff from
would pulp and print paper at the last
session of congress and continues:
''Delegations and petitions urged
the passage of this bill and President
Roosevelt twice urged, in special mes.
sages, it's immediate consideration
The majority of the house members
were ready to vote for it's passage, but
Speaker Cannon set everything al
naught by his refusal to permit any
action to be taken. This is but one
of many instances that could be citec
of the exercise of the speakers arbi
trary power at the direction of the
interests, ....
Congress was ready and willing te
act but the interests proposed tina
there should be no legislation; there
fore when legislation was urged the
speaker said NO It is because ont
is the speaker of the house and at the
same time a part and parcel of tht
monopolistic interests who use his ex
allied position to further their owr
ends, that Joseph Cannon is becoming
national issue.
'"The Cannon issue was responsible
for the defeat of Congressman Bed,
of the Eighth district for renomina
ton. He would not pledge himself tt
vote against Cannon for speaker
Such pledges have been secured from
several of the congressional nominees
in Minnesota and the same issue ha
been raised in Wisconsin, in Iowa
South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska
"The application of the above to tn
Second district is unmistakable. TIL