Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-27
Men Who Join Forces with Bryan
Must Be Treated as Bryan Men.
PAYNE TARIFF BILL EXPLAINED
Best Measure Ever Enacted Under
Republican Leadership.
HOUSE RULES ARE ALL RIGHT
"IncIe Joe" Says They Enable the
Majority 20 Meet the Reaponsi-
biIities with which it is
Charged,

KANSAS CITY, No, Nov. 26.-''when
Senators Cummins, La Toilette, Bristow
and their so-caled progressive following
join hands with Mr.. Bryan in making war
upon the republican members Of congress
Z who passed the tariff bill and upon the
y president who signed IT, In tEat eont. .l
: know Of but one way to treat them. and
that Is to fight them just as we fight Mr..
Bryan and his fnollowlng"
Such was the declaration Of Speaker Can
non, who delivered the principal add. ess
before the Knife and Fork club here to-
night. Mr., Cannon said Senator Cummlns
alone had read himself out OF the republi-
party. He defended the rules Of the
house, saying they will remain substan-
TALLY as they have been and are SO long
as there is a congress. Ever since his
tory began" said the speaker "the man in
the minority has been seeking some device
by which he could overcome the will of
the majority"
Mr.. Cannon asserted that while the
Payne tariff law is not perfect, Il is the
best one ever passed under republican
leadership. lie spoke from manuscript for
record time in his life.
Speaker Cannon reviewed the tariff leg
islation enacted by congress at the special
session and the necessity Of the govern
ment for more revenue He defended the
record Of the republican party for progress
sive legislation and named one by one the
progressive measures enacted by the party
lie also Defended the Payne bill as a pro-
duCer III increased revenues and declared
the evidence showed an Increasing prosper
ity.
Continuing he said:
Unhealthy Agitation Deprecated.
Now, gentlemen, there is only one thing
that can halt this confident move forward
TO give the country another era of pros
per.ty such we had from 1897 to 1907
and that is agitation for the mere purpose
of agitation, without any well-coneelved
healthy purpose in view.
The senators and representatives who
call themselves insurgents and who
voted against the enactment of the Payne
bill, voted 20 increase OF maintain the
duties on the industries and products Of
their own states and sections. They were
pIotectionists for their people but they
were opposed to protection for other peo-
pie In other sections
senator LaFollette did not vote to in
crease the duties on lead and zinc, but he
4 defended the finance committees schedules
4 on those products In speeches, saying they
were not high enough explaining, however,
that he could not vote on the question be-
cause he said lac had personal pecunary
interest In the outcome.
There was not one member of the re-
publican majority who secured in the bill
as enacted all that he had contended for.
President Taft. Senator Aldrich and my
self all accepted more compromises than
the so-called insurgents were asked to
accept. In Illinois we wanted free lumber
aFd my constituents wanted a duty on
Heroleum because they have the greatest
Independent oil producing district in the
world. We were beaten, but we did not
make our own. interests the only interpre-
tation OF the republican pledge to revise
the tariff.
Senator Cummins complains that have
read him out of the republican party.
other sensitive gentlemen made the same
complaint against President Taft The
senator does me too much honor. 1 have
not the authority to read any man out
nor have l the disposition. l think may
eAy the same for the president. have
been member OF the republican party
since 1t was organized and l have never
known Of any man or group Of men being
read out OF any party except by them
selves.
The senator, think, apty recalled the
story of the three tailors Of Tooley street
who met and prepared the preamble, We,
the people Of England That is a good
Illustration OF the ego that often dominates
the minority everywhere, in town meet
ings state legislatures, federal congresses,
IN churches. and in every place where
men must cooperate. The tailors OF Too
ley street are ever with us, and when they
cannot be We, the people" in action as
well as In the preamble, they take 1t out
in resolving and deolaiming.
Taft and Cummins.
Senator Cummins declares that the
Payne law is a repudiation OF the Chi
eago platform President Taft, when he
signed the bill. made a public statement
In which he said:
1 There have been a great number OF
real decreases IN rates and they constitute
a sufficient amount to Justify a statement
that this bill Is a substantial downward
revision and reduction OF excessive
rates
In his Winona speech the president de-
slared;
The Payne tariff bill is the best tariff
bin the republican party has ever passed.
Senator Cummins declares that the is
sue from now until the national couven-
tion In 1912 is. Shall the men now In con
troll OF party destlnies be permitted further
TO disregard plain party platforms2
president TAFT is the recognized leader
Of the republican party and the great ma
jority OF republicans are his followers
The president and the republican majority
In congress co-operated in the Legislation
that has been written on the statute books
with whom did senator Cummins co-opt r
ate2 Let the record OF the votes on thi
legislation from beginning TO end decide
M Bryan wants the war against IN
republicans who enacted this legislation
70 go on. when Lincoln found arm
marching on the national capital from IA
south and a body Of sympathizers In IN
north encouraging that army he said
wss difficult to determine whica was IN
lAlkt thleatening 20 the welfare Of IN
nation History repeats itself and whe