The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26

Republican leadership, the Speaker has upon the American public. This power to subvert the popular win Is exerted by this Republican leadership ment by the Speaker of the House of committees. which are in many in- stances 90 constituted as to quietly XII In the committee room measures | aesigned for the relief of the people. To illustrate. permit me to quote from l a petition presented to Congress by the | great labor leaders of this country, @eonstituting @ the Executive Council of
 The Committee on Labor of the l House of Representatives was insti- tuted at the demand of labor to voice ,s aus sentiments . = to advocate it's rights,
 m the past two Congresses this com mittee has been so organized as to make insffectual any attempt labor fact. in the last Congress labor re- Y quested the Speaker to appoint on tn c Cepmittee of Labor. members who, frn1 fr16qs,thsir T. fs sspesience knowledge and gress such service as the committee was originally designed to perform. Not only was labor 8 lreqtfest Ignored. mittee was accentuated." secretary Of Speaker Cannon. In a magazine article. discussing the pow | CTS of the Speaker. Mir. Busby relates prepared. and tSres-Sourths S @ fSsne ef 0tse sse | members of the House having signed q request to the Speaker asking that ahs Rules Committee. of which he Is sss in ef Rse'ssl sll rule FSs fSs | speaker refused the request. The chairman of the committee pleaded and urged. Continuing. MT. Busy
 aaAs 2 final stroke. the chairman said. Then. MT. Speaker, this bill Is Is in the chair by our votes We have Yes you have replied the Speaker,
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 The genial and accomplished Speaker had spoken for himself on this sub ject
 Tn sp Tha infsrvisw st priTn.t,ss T.,ss op Aug goth. stalwart Republican newspaper. he points out the only remedy left to the people other than that of the bal. The interviewer said:
 Szar and an element of the public
 in up tss ss iae aeuss Sse wo the will of the people, and arbitrarily decises what Legislation shall be con- sideFsd 'a Srsna and passed in the grsat popu. MT. Cannon replied as follows: | Under. the constitution of the United states, the House of Representatives organizess itself, and any member of the House of any party or no party. on any day, at any time. can halt any business before the House and as a resolution and secure vote on 1t to Representatiyes and put some other | member in his place"
 Tn other words. the remedy is 10 dis oicers in the Sss 9r ,ee teisessts esst psan p RgsIRstiSsy RoeR tS sren.a sre% Po,esi Tar bers with his consent, for that purpose
 have suggested the other way by which the American. voters can regain that is by the assertion of their man hood on election day. by rebuktng with their ballots the party which has brought about such an intolerable can-
 Time forbids the multiplication of instances where the popular will has ieadership-- by the ore-man | power of the House---and sometimes by | the few Representatives of monopoly l who dominate the Seenat.
 Measure after measure--scores of them--favored by the people of ali parttes--in many instances advocated strenuously by the President either lated by amendment as to utterly fail to register the popular will
 The question Shall the peop rule" Is one whlc1 demands the serio g and earnest consideration of all meh who are interested .n tho perpetu ltIon of our institutions It must be appirer. legislation during the past few years that there Is power within the Re- publican party determmed that the peo.. manifested itself whenever eFort has been made to check the destructive work of unlawful combinations, TO- any legislation looking towards the equalization or lightedinz os the bur dens resting upon the people.
 guides and directs the Repubiican psr. ty. has on many occasions defed the President in eases whers he has. on adie efforts in their behalf. In soroe instances he has perSuaoe1 this hand full of leaders 70 compromise Son their Osnnls So w5s bs sss sss'Y millions Sr but in most cases ho has bsniI abso- lutely power! 'Ss.
 speaker of the house. names the cont mittees of the SeaAte. and IS in fun charge of the ingenious machinery pfCvlded TOT she rrotectlon or in trenched monopoiy against the demands
 It dictated the pla-form sdopted by that party In its national convention this year. and liter defyinE Mir Hoose- welt for three and d half years. and killing or crippl.ng rearly all his pro. received his uns+'ntsd denunciatiGn therefor, proceeded with the finest irony to endorse h:s administration after which 1t dictated n commit tee to take charge of rho campaign. and Is ganization.
 This dominant leadership Is now cir culating two kinds of campaign liter ature--one being designed for the East and the. other for the West-the first magnates. tariff benehciaries. stock gamblers. aud others who are supposed to be enemies of the President. declar- ing that MT. Taft Is sane and safe" free from the faults of Roosevelt. while the farmers and laborers who are pre- stunned to be admirers of the President, ,, and declares that Taft is Roosevelt's double" and may be safely counted on to insist upon his policies and see that they are carried out.
 party, responsible for all the polIticai ills from which the country now suf- fers, is satisfied with the party's nomi- nees. giving them active and substan- tisl support all the while shouting and South. and damning- him and his policies to the privileged interests" out of which they are frying the fat" with which they hope to carry the
 The question of tariff taxation is one of vital interest. am in hearty accord with our platform declarations