Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-14
Taft and the insurgent Move

the current Success Magazine al
the "COld Feet Insurgents" i" Tht
magazine says that ''by their de
lection at a critical time they
did more to help Cannonism thar
they could possibly have done hat
they never appeared to oppose
it." The eight named are Scott
Anthony and Campbell of Kan.
sas, Townsend of Michigan. Pearr
OF Maryland, McKinlay and Nc
Lachlan Of California and Foster
OF. Vermont. On the other hand,
Success prints a page of names
and photographs of a "Rol of
Honor, being the 81 Republicans
who had the nerve to break away
and stick it out against Can
mons machine. These 81 would
have overthrown the Cannon oil
garchy but for the unforeseen de.
fectiOn of the Tammany, McCar-
rem and Southern sugar and lum-
ber Democrats, who violated their
caucus action and sold out to
Uncle Joe for committee and tar
iff favOrS for themselves or the
interests that control them.
The lineup of the 81 shows the
growing political independence of
the West at Washington. Wis
consin, a politically redeemed and
outstanding State, contributed no
less than eight of the 81, Iowa
contributed six; Minnesota con-
tributed four; Nebraska three ant
Kansas two. North Dakota, Cal
ifornia and Washington contrib
uted one each and Ohio two.
These together made 2S of the 81.
Massachusetts contributed two
and New Jersey ONE, in Congress
man Fowler, the longtime chair
man of the committee on banking
who, becaue he refused to stand
for the Alldrich- -Vreeland Wall
street currency bill of last year,
is to be disciplined by the loss OF
his chairmanship. His insur-
gency has that much of personal
ground to stand on. None Of the
other insurgents had any perso-
nal animus. 1t was against their
personal interest in the House
that they stood up and were
counted.
Congressman Anthony has in
formed this State through his
newspaper that Madison and
MurdOck, the two Kansas inSur.
gents who stuck to the end there
by disappointed President Taft.
Success Magazine gives the story
of Tafft's connection with the
fight as follows:
ION March s, the Orgam-
zation's position became so des-
perate that the Speaker resolved
to pocket his pride, and to ap-
peal to the President for help. 1t
must have been with strange sem
sations, indeed, that the Iron
Duke of American Politics ac-
customed to grant, rather than
to ask favors- approached his
hege lord for help in overcoming
an insurrection in his own do
mains.
"And now comes a sad chapter
in our narrative.
1.-THE problem presented to the
President was one of peculiar
distress and embarrassment, For
years he has been fighting shout
der to shoulder with Theodore
Roosevelt, and again and again
both have found Mr.. Cannon
standing firmly in the path OF
progress, refusing legislation that
was clearly in the interests OF
the people. The President knew,
of course, that leOpards do not
change their spots and that past
history will most surely repeat It
self during the next two years.
'But on the other hand, he
was met with the possibility of
party confusion and deadlock IN
the House, resulting from the
probable success of the Repubh-
can Insurgent-Demoelahc comb,
nation together with problem OF
reorganization of important COM
mittees, and other fearSome
things which might delay the
speedy settlement of tariff leglS-
lation.
1.-THE President honestly behev-
ed that his most urgent duty
was, and is, to bring about the
quick return of business prosper
ity to this country, and mat
this could not be done until tar
tiff revision and its accompany
ing quarrels and suspense should
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