The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-10

There is no shrewder student of
political conditions that William AL
len White of Kansas, who in an inter-
view with a Kansas City reporter
thus sums up the fight against Can
nonism and Aldrichism now being
waged by the so-called republican in
surgents in congress, and at the same
time shows how general and deep
seated is the sentiment which in east
ern Washington found expression a
few days ago in the formation by the
editors of leading republican news
papers of the Progressive Republican
league:
Here in the west the great move
ment for progress is well under way,
and there is nothing that can stop 1t.
Before the end of hte Taft admins
tration, the progressive element of
the republican party will be in con-
troll; the end of things reactionary
is in sight. Emma Goldman, in her
palmiest days, never made so many
anarchists as Cannon.
Public sentiment on the subject is
crystalliZed; it is only a matter OF
casting the ballots. ANY one who
supposes that Cannon and his follow
ing are not going to be swept out OF
public life can have little conception
of the temper of the people. We
have had our last Missouri Compro-
mise. We are going into the ire
pressible conflict. And mark this
significant thing, and make the ap-
plication: In practically every state
except one, that furnished progress
i've senators in the fight against Can
nonism and Aldrichism, the direct
primary was in vogue.
We have the direct primary in
Kansas And there can be no ques
ton that the state, under this direct
primary, is going to make a sweep
ing cleanup of its misrepresenta
tives in congress. There are six dis
tricts in Kansas represented by men
who apparently have no conception
of things as they ought to be. Muir
dock and Madison are progressive
We count that Madison is with the
people But in each of these six dis
tricts represented by Cannon CON
gressmen the people are surely 60
ing to make a change.
The strongest men are going to be
nominated and they are going to win
The people are in earnest No sort
of political intrigue. such as the
nomination of favorite sons, is going
to defeat the will of the people If
any favorite sons are nominated the
people will understand that they are
friendly to the reactionary congress-
men in whose behalf they are run
ming and they will take votes from
him. Those who believe in different
things in Kansas are going to be
united in this fight. and they are go
ing to win.
And what is true of the republic
cans of Kansas is true of the republi-
cans of Washington, and before the
fight is ended, will be true of the
republicans of every other state in
the Union. The party of Lincoln and
Roosevelt must be purged of corrupt
reactionaries like Aldrich and Can
non, who place private gain above
the public veal, and the most effect
i've way to hasten the purging is by
giving earnest and united support to
men like Representative Poindexter
of this district. He and his asso-
ciates in congress must be renomi-
mated and reelected and their num-
hers augmented; that accomplished
there need be no fear for the reforms
in which lie the surest hope of our
country's future.-Malden Herald.