Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-09
CUMMINS SCORES
CANNON; DENIES
PACT WITH BRYAN
Insurgent Senator Replies to
Speakers New Orleans Speech,
Branding Allegiance With
Democrats Untrue.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Senator Cummins,
OF Iowa. in an address before the Mar
quette club tonight, made a spiPited re-
ply to Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, who
recently criticised the attitude or the
senator and insurgents" as 20 the
! tariff. and declared that Senator Cum
Minis practically proposed TO join hands
with Bryan.
Mr.. Cummins branded the latter as
J sertion as false, declaring 1t to Be Sim
ply an appeal to blind passion and a
senseless prejudice"
Furthermore, he said, there was no
intention to accept as final the re-
vision OF the tariff against ,whicn the
insurgents voted.
Il marvel at not only the. audacity
but the madness which inspires the at
tack which has been made upon the in
surgents, for If Mr.. Cannon and his
allies shall be successful in putting
every man out of the Republican party
who would not have voted for the tariff
bill had he been a MEMBER of congress,
he will have eliminated a majority or
the Republicans in every northern state
! from Ohio to the Rocky mountains"
declared Senator Cummins.
Further along. the speaker said: ITO.
say that the tariff bill just adopted is
not a fulfillment of the Republican plat
form is only the truth, and it contains
no invitation or suggestion to any Re-
publican to forsake his party candi-
date"
WOULD HAVE THEM CONSULT.
Mr.. Cummins said tnaL the Republ-
cans in sympathy with the insurgents
intended TO reduce the influence Of lead
ers i'm the party, mentioning Senator.
| Aldrich, Speaker Cannon and Repre-
sentative Payne in this connection, to.
tnat point at which they will feel 1T
necessary to consult raher than COM
mand.
our struggle" he declared with en-
phasis, will not be to exclude anybody
from the Republican party, but upon
the principle involved we ask no quar-
ter, and shall give none"
Mr. Cummins said he intended to
strengthen a crusade for a tariff COM
| mission. Railway rate regulation and
the currency question were also dis
cussed by the speaker
Mr. Cummins, IN beginning his re-
marks, referred to the controversy
within the party ranks, said he was
anxious TO preserve the party strength
and took the opportunity to speak OF
the dispute in the hope that better I'M
Outstanding may follow fair and can
| did discussion of the differences of
| opinion.
SCORES CANNON.
"a month ago." said he, "a distin-
guished son of Illinois came to Iowa OBJ
viously angry and therefore in one Of
his hysterical moods. He made a speech
ostensibly in defense Of the rules of the
house of representatives. but which was,
| in fact, an assault upon those who had
| opposed the Republican majority In con-
| gress upon the tariff measure. Not con-
| tent with burning us at the stake, he
/ scattered our ashes to the four winds In
| order to make sure that we would be lost
to the Republican party forever and ever.
| He exalted me TO a pre-eminence among
the insurgents which 1 do not deserve,
but which 1 would be proud to. occupy,
| and declared with a vehemence which
| YOU who know him WIN appreciate, that
I had become an ally Of certain elo-
ouent gentleman whose quadrennial bus
| mess has been to carry the Democratic
banner to overwhelming defeat. Warm
| ing to his work, he made another speech
a few days ago at Elgin, in which he re-
/ heated in all the colors of his rainbow
! phraseology the denunciation Of those
| who committed the horried crime of voting
| against the tariff BILL and again con-
/ signed them to the lowest depths of
| Democratic perdition; and then to COM
pletely satisfy his lust for blood. he as
II signed TO Senator LaFollette and myself
| a superheated chamber in this region OF
/, the damned With all these imprecatlons'
expulsions and determinations still ring
4 ing I'm my ears, 1 feel like a member OF
/ the fated brigade of which the poet sang:
"'Cannon to the right Of them,
Cannon to the left of them, .--
Volleyed and Numbered s5a. -.r..
ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE.
eft may be, however that can sum-
mon enough composure and calm my
shattered nerves sufficiently to lay be-
fore you some suggestions which appear
To me to be pertinent upon the issue
which has thus been raised. Let 1t be
understood. once for all, that we accept
the challenge and are ready for the
fight.
"It ought not to be forgotten as we
proceed. and as we are looking into the
right of Republicans to bear that hon
ored name, that together with another
unfortunate insurgent whose voice, CALL
ing the faithful to Republican prayers
N has been heard from ocean to ocean In
every Scampign for a. quarter or a cen
fury. / represent in the senate OF TINS
limited States, a state which has cast It's
electoral vote for the Republican candl-
date for president for SO years; and that
I hold my place, not by chance out
through toilsome campaigns In whlch
the opinions that were carried into my
vote uDon the tariff were procl9dmeo
| - :. q. ...a- o,ofr IN every hamlet In