The Washington times., 1909-12-18


quite clear what the feeling is to ques-
ton o Teads- DO you desire that he
should oppose themg'-Came an equally
strong and general Yes" sig votes
belng in the affirmative, as against 46l
votes In the negative.
Independents Views.
Of subscribers who count themselves
as Independents, prOhibitionists, etc,
s0l approve the Presidents Administra-
ton TO date, while 994 do not approve;
$50 approve his position on the tariff,
and loss do not; and 40 desire him TO
cooperate with Aldrich and Cannon,
while 1854 do not
In addition to the general questions
set forth above. three others We're asked
Of each subscriber, as follows:
Question S-Do you approve the DO
Bition OF your Representative in Con
Eress in the SpeakeTship contest last
spring?
Question 9.-would YOU vote for him
" there should be another election this
month provided that he We're opposed by
a reputable man Of the opposite party
Question los II your desire that
he support the Administration and pol
icies Of Speaker Cannon, or would you
prefer that. he oppose them2
Divided by Districts.
The ballots were finally separated &C
cording to Congressional districts with
The purpose of learning the home feeling
In answer TO these three questions on
the record in Congress OF each Repre-
sentative Concerning the results on
these three questions the editor says:
The Republican insurgents against
Cannonism are being, 10 man, en-
Enthusiastically supported by their neigh
bors except in the few cases where their
original insurgency has been modified
by later INDIGESTION. A few examples
viii show how strong this local feel-
ing is. Ill.,, --,+,,-
Zionist state OF Massachusetts, there
were only two insurgents last spring
Representatives Gardner ana L0Hell,,s =
MIR. Gauiner's Republican constituents
approve his course p TO @ ana repre-
sentative Coverings Is TO 5. IN p0ln
districts there IS found but one re
publican who desires support .Oi MI
Tn New Jersey. Representative Fowler,
the only insursent Republican, is sup
ported by his party 70 TO i on DOth dues-
Cold Feet Insurgents.
In Maryland, Representative Pearre,
one Of the cold feet insurgents" who
was taken into camp by the Cannonites'
&c condemned by his Republican con-
stituents u to 2, and IA out Of 10 would
vote for reputable Democrat instead
of Mr.. Pearre-
IN Ohio. Representatives Johnson and
Hollineswcrth. who were partially IN
s11rrents. ore supported by their dis
7ricts u TO in the one case, and Is to
in the other, and but two OF their con
s+i+uents desire them to support can
nonism-
Illinois the Speakers own state. Is
anti-Cannon to a degree, only 13 out OF
ss2 Republicans being In his favor.
In wisconsin, nine insurgent Repre-
seutatives are all given virtually unanl
NOUS votes OF approval, there being II
their districts only 10 requests that the!
support Cannonism out of 20 votes
-asf The only regular Republican Rep
resentative in Wisconsin. Mr.. Sta1ord
Sc almost unanimously condemned by M
Same in Iowa.
In Iowa the conditions are the same
The six insurgent Republicans hav
nearly unanimous support while tn
four regulars viii have trouble in sc
curing reelection
In Minnesota, insurgent Representa-
+Fves Davis and volstead are approve
almost unanimously. and Representative
Iindbergh quite so, while Representa-
tive STEVENSON. who was only PARTIAL
tnsllrEent. is approved by a vote Of ]
TO & Representative Tawney, one of tn
leaders Of the House, is uranimousl
dfsRpproved by a vote OF 20 to O.
In North Dakota, insurgent Repubilca
Representative Gronna is approved 81 {
q. and regular Republican Represents
tive Hanna Is disapproved 70 70 Is.
In Nebraska. the solid insurgent Re
publican delegation Of three is almos
unanimously approved.
In Kansas. Representatives Madiso
and Murdoch. the two insurgent Repuh
iicans, are approved 80 TO and ~ TO
respectively, while the other six Repre-
eeutatives would unitedly receive Oni
81 Republican votes for reelection a
against 1s2, II reputable Democrats weT
Nominated In opposition
Insurgent Approved.
On the Pacidc coast. lnsurgent Re
publican Representative Poindexter G
Washington is approved, 1O2 TO 3. an
but one vote would be cast against hir
ont OF 107 were he 70 be renOminated
while his regular colleague. Represen
4atfve Humphrey, Is disapproved ~ TO
In Oregon. A. out Of - Republican
viii vote against Representative Haw
ley, and q out of % against Represer
tatfve Ellis. both regular Republican,
In California. the seven regular Re
publican Representatives. would receiv
but S. Republican votes for reelection
while 1873 would be cast against then
On the other hand, Representattv
Hayes, the only inSurgent, would re
cefve % out Of u Republican votes
The Democratic Representatives
the South who voted for Mr.. Canno
VIII have a herd time satisfying thei
Democratic constituents, If the vote
which we have received from their DIS
rricts are any criterion, for their cOurs
is dfsapprOved by large majOTities /
their own party The six Republican
in Georgia are condemned by the
Democratic constituents, 81 20 u.
Florida. Representative SparlSman
condemned p TO 10
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