The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-27
FOWLER FIERCELY
ATTACKS CANNON
Jersey Representative Charges
Conspiracy tORuleCOngreSS.
MALICE IN EVERY ACTION"

OCUdkQI FtNiANU " OOHtiOi
ticn-charges Speaker With Favor
Itism, concelt and Putrid Prefer
ences.
One of the most sensational attacks
made by a responsible authority upon
a public man in the United States in
modern times is contained in an open
letter addressed to Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon by Representative Charles n.
Fowler. of Elizabeth. n. J.
Representative Fowler boldly
charges the existence of a conspiracy
between the speaker Of the house and
Senator Nelson W Aldrich. OF Rhode
Island. for the purpose Of controlling
all important national legislation and
of defeating both tariff reform and
currency reform
For several years the New Jersey
congressman was chairman Of the
house committee on banking and cur
cial session Speaker Cannon declined
to reappoint Mr.. Fowler to that i'm
portant craftsmanship. Such action is
almost unprecedented.
Despairing Of securing what he be-
lieves is necessary legislation for the
reform of the currency and banking
laws Of the country as long as the
house is under the control of the pres
ent rules as interpreted by Speaker
Cannon. Mr. Fowler announced him
self as a candidate for speaker at the
opening of the special session. He
explains that he did this. not in the
expectation OF being elected. but solely
for the purpose of bringing squarely
before the people the issue OF genu-
inc currency and banking reform as
distinguished from the legislative pro-
gram on that question agreed 10 by
Aldrich and Cannon. This conduct
made Mr. Fowler an "insurgent" in the
eyes OF Uncle Joe"
Referring to his course in that re-
spect Representative Fowler says in
his letter 10 the speaker:
do Won suppose. sir. that did not
appreciate fully the probable conse-
quence of my act when | undertook 70
play ny part in securing this reform?
"Do YOU suppose that was not
aware Of your ignorance. prejudice. in
ordinate conceit. favOritism. putrid
preferences. and that like all such
characters possessing absolute power.
malice is the handspring Of your every
action under such circumstances?
After reciting from the official rec
ords the speakers support Of unsound
money measures in congress up to the
present time. Mr. Fowler reminded
Mr. Cannon Of the latter's opposition
to remedial legislation proposed by the
New Jersey man to avert the panic Of
1907 He reminds him Of how he was
pleaded with to permit consideration
OF the bin prepared by Fowler with the
assistance of fifteen of the greatest
bankers in the country.
After accusing Speaker Cannon Of
deliberately conspiring with Senator
Aldrich TO pack circumference commit
tee ON the tariff bill against the house
bill Mr Fowler adds
81 have gone into these details to
lay bare your miserable contemplate
false prefense and to expose your du-
piicify reachery and perfdy to that
legislative body over which You pre-
side. whose VIII YOU were bound 10 de-
fepd and not destroy
"ls if possible that YOU. the Repub-
,ican speaker of the house Of repre-
senatyes and Senator Aldrich. chair
man OF tha finance committee of the
senate entered into a conspiracy TO
secure t.e adoption of the senate bin
.r general and the highest rates I'm
both bills throughout for the purpose
of discleddng the president by repu
dating Dos pledges and the platform
of The Republican party?
"Takn4 aI the facts as they appear
i'm the case from start TO finish.
lawyer on intelligent criminal lawyer
would say that it looked Ike a con-
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