The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-08-28
Continuing. Mr.. Dusby

EaNHs
"As final stroke the Chairman
said; Then. Mr. Speaker. this bin is
20 fan hy the will OF one man who is
IN the chair by our votes. We have
no redress from this onc-man power.
Yes. YOU have replied the Speaker.
You have a way TO pass your bill.
You placed me in the chair 10 shoul.
der the responsibility of the legisla.
ton here enacted In my view | can
not assume the responsibility for this
bill Nou can elect new Speaker 20.
day, and pass your bill, II YOU can find
ty but II YOU leave me In the chair
that bin will not become law
The genial and accomplished Speak
er has spoken for himself ON this sub.
iect In an interview printed Oh Aug.
20 IN the 81 Louis Globe Democrat a
stalwart Republican newspaper. he
points out the only remedy left 90 the
people. cthor than that OF the ballot
box. for the wrongs complained Of
ThS interviewer said.
MIR Speaker. YOU are also called a
Car. and m element OF the public
press holds YOU mp as the one all
powerful influence in the House who
thwarts the will OF the people and ar
bitrarly q, idcs what legislation shall
be considered and passed In the great
popular branch OF the national con-
gress"
Mr. Cannon replied as follows:
Under the constitution OF the
United States. the House of Repre-
sentatives organizes itself and any
member OF he House, of any party or
no party. o. any day al any time, can
halt any business before the House.
and as a question OF highest privilege
offer a resolution and secure a vote on
it 20 displace the Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives and put some other
member in his place"
In other words the remedy is 70
disgrace md destroy one OF the high
est officers N the governmental cast
him fguratively from a political Tar
peian Rock. 10 be erected by the mem
bers with his consent. for that pur.
pose.
have suggested the other way by
which the American voters can regain
their right Of self-government. and
that is by the assertion OF their man
hood on election day. by rebuking with
their ballots the party which has
brought about such an intolerable con
dition
Time forbids the multiplication q
instances where the popular will. has
been defed and set at naught by The
real Republican leadership. sometimes
by the one-man power Of the House.
and sometimes by the few representa-
tives OF monopoly who dominate the
Senate.
Measure after measure scores OF
them-favored by the people Of all
parties-in many instances advocated
strenuously by the President. either
failed Of passage. or were so emascu-
lated by amendment. as to utterly fail
TO register the popular Will
The question shall the people
rule?" is one which demands the seri-
ous and earnest consideration OF all
men who are interested in the perpe-
tuity Of our institutions. II must be
apparent to all who have followed the
course OF legislation during the past
few years that there is a power within
the Republican party determined that
the people shall not rule.
That power has manifested itself
whenever effort has been made TO
check the destructive work of unlaw-
ful combinations, reduce the oppres-
sive tariff tax. or enact any legislation
looking toward the equalization or
tightening 81 the burdens resting upon
the people
That dominant power which now
guides and directs the'Repubncsn par
~ has on many occasions dehed the
President in cases where he has on
the demand OF the masses. made spor-
adic efforts in their behalf In some
instances he has persuaded this hand
full Of leaders to compromise. on their
own terms. with the eighty millions Of
people whom he assumed 20 represent.
but in most cases he has been abso-
lutely powerless.
That dominant leadership elects the
Speaker Of the House. names the com.
mittees Of the Senate. and is in full
charge OF the ingenious machinery pro
vded for the protection of entrenched
monopoly against the demands of the
people
II dictated the platform adopted by
, that party in its national convention
: this year and after defying Mr. Roose.
, welt for three and a half years and
: killing or c=ippling nearly al his pro
posed reform legislation. and having
, received his unstinted denunciation
therefor. proceeded with the finest
irony 20 endorse his administration.
after which it dictated a committee TO
take charge of the campaign. and Is
now in full command Of the parry or
! ganizatlon.
This dominant leadership is now cir
culating two kinds Of campaign litera-
ture-one being designed for the East
and the other for the West-the first
, being placed in the hands Of the trust
, magnates. tariff bencficiaries. stock
gamblers. and others who are sup