The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-07
Senator Cummins Of Iowa De-
livers a Speech Before the
Marquette Club in Chicago
in Answer to Mr.. Cannon.
REFUSES TO BE DRIVEN
FROM REPUBLICAN FOLD
Declares the insurgents Pro-
pose to Fight for Lower Tar
IF Rates in Iowa and Else
where in Republican Ranks,
BERATES THE OLD LEADERS

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Senator Cum
minis of Iowa, in an address before
the Marquette club tonight, made a
spirited reply to Speaker Joseph G..
Cannon, who recently criticised the
attitude of the senator and "insur-
gents" as to the tariff and declared
that Senator Cummins practically
proposed to join hands with Bryan.
Mr.. Cummins branded the latter
assertion as false, declaring it to be
"simply an appeal to blind passion
and senseless prejudice"
Furthermore, he said, there was no
intention to accept as final the re-
vision of the tariff against which the
insurgents" voted.
Il marvel at not only the audacity but
the madness which inspires the attack
which has been made upon the insur-
gents. 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 of the Republic
! cans in every northern state from Ohio
to the Rocky mountains, declared SEN
I ator CUmmins.
Further along, the speaker said: etc
say that the tariff bill just adopted is
rot a fulfiIlment of the Republican plat
/ form is only the truth, and it contains
i no invitation or suggestion to any Re
/ publican to forsake his party candi-
date
Mr.. Cummins said that the Republi-
cans in sympathy with the insurgents
| intended 10 reduce the influence of lead
eTs in the party, mentioning Senator
Aldrich, Speaker Cannon and Repre-
sentative Payne in this connection, K
that point at which they will feel il
necessary to consult rather than com.
mand.
"Our struggle he declared. with EN-.
phasis, will not be to exclude anybody
from the Republican party; but upoT
the principle involved, we ask no quar-
ter, and shall give none"
Mr. Cummins said he intended t
strengthen a crusade for a tariff com
mission.
Railway rate regulation and the cur
rency question were also discussed By
the speaker.
Mr.. Cummins in beginning his re
marks, referred to the controvers!
within the party ranks, said he wa
anxious to preserve the party strength
and took the opportunity to speak o
the dispute in the hope that a bette
understanding may follow a fair an,
candid discussion of the differences o
opinion.
Shot at Cannon.
"a month ago" said he, "a distin
guished son Of Illinois came to Iowa OBJ
viously angry and, therefore, in one o
his hysterical moods. He made a speed
| ostensibly in defense of the rules of tn
house of representatives, but which was
in fact, an assault upon those who ha
opposed the Republican majority i
congress upon the tariff measure. Nc
content with burning us at the stake
he scattered our ashes to the four wind
} | in order to make sure that we would
lost to the Republican party fOTeve
and ever. He exalted me to a pre-emi
hence among the insurgents which /
not deserve, but which l would be prou
to occupy, and declared with a vehe
l mence which you who know him wi
7 appreciate, that I had become an ally c
[ a certain eloquent gentleman who's
quadrennial business has been to carr
the Democratic banner to OverwheImin
defeat. Warming to his work, he mad
another speech a few days ago at Elgil
in which he repeated in all the color
of his rainbow phraseology the denuI
. citation of those who committed the hoI
rid crime of voting against the tart
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