Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-07
CLllNlklIlNS MAKES HOT
REPLY TO JUNGLE JOE
Iowa Senator Calls Speaker Cannon's Attack Upon the
Insurgents" An Appeal to Blind Passion
and SenseIess Prejudice.

surgents which | do not deserve. but
which | would be proud To occupy,
and declared with yehemence which
you who know him will appreciate,
4 that / had become an ally OF a GER
tain eloquent gentleman whose quad
rennial business has been to carry
the Democratic banner to oyerwhelm-
| ing defeat. Warming to his work, he
made another speech few days ago
at Elgin, In which he repeated In an
, the colors OF his rainbow phrase
| oicgy the denuneiation of those who
committed the horrid crime OF voting
against the tariff bill. and again con-
signed them to the lowest depths OF
Democratic perdltion; and then TO
completely satisfy his lust for blood,
he assigned to Senator laFollette and
myself a superheated chamber in this
region of the damned. With all these
1 imprecations. explosions and exter-
limitations still ringing In my ear, |
| feel IKE member of the fated bril-
gade of which the poet sang:
Cannon to the right of them.
Cannon to the left of them,
Volleyed and Numbered
1t may be. however, that / can
summon enough composure and calm
my shattered nerves sufficiently to lay
before you some suggestions which
appear 10 me to be pertinent upon the
f. issue which has thus been raised Let
II be understood, once for all, that
we accept the challenge and are
| ready for the fight.
| Right to Bear the Name.
1T ought not be forgottea as we
proceed. and as We are looking into
[; the right OF Republicans to bear that
honore6 name, that together with
another unfortunate insurgent whose
voice, calling the faithful to Re-
publican prayers. has been heard from
ocean to ocean In every campaign
, for quarter Of a century. | repre-
sent In the Senate OF Inc United
States, a state which has cast its
electoral vote for the Republican can
didates for President for fifty three
years: and that | hold my place, not
by chance, but through toilsomc cam
paigns In which the opinions that
were carried into my vote upon the
tariff bill were proclaimed over and
over again in every pamet In the
commonwealth. When | recall these
long continued struggles against the
very forces embodied in the speaker
of the house of representatives and In
the men who in fact made the tariff
bill what II is. and when recall
the outcome of these fierce contro-
yersies. you will not think II strange
I il resent these charges of intidelity;
and call for Judgment.
] "The day has come for an Inquiry
into the qualifications of Republi-
can. ! am willing to accept an ar
bitter. but ii will not be Aldrich. 1t
viii not be Payne. It will not be Can
non. They are all Republicans. and
[ hope they will continue to be Re-
publicans assume they voted ac-I
cording TO their consciences: and
while I differ from them materially
and emphatlcally. have no dispo-
sition to enter the business of ex-
polling men from the Republican
party, SO long as they yield even a
nominal allegiance to Republican plat
forms and support Republican caudi-
dates. say of them tand ! say IT,
with the utmost good feeling for them
personality that the Republicans who
are IN sympathy with the course pur-
sued by the insurgents intend to take
away from these men some OF the
power which they now exercise. and
intend to reduce their influence to
that point at which they VIII feel II
necessary to consult rather than to
command
Appeal to Blind Passion.
1t will not avail Mr.. Cannon and
his associates anything TO declare
that We have joined hands with the
Democratic party. for every intelligent
man knows that this is simply
an appeal to a blind passion and a
scnseless prejudice The insurgents
believe tina; the Republican party is
the best fundamentally to secure and
maintain good government They are
proud of its history: they owe its
traditions; and venture the predic-
ton that in the campaign OF next
year their voices will be heard high
above all others defending its doc
trines aud sustaining its candidates.
Their struggle will be within the lines
but they viii not hide the truth as
they see IL: for they know tnat II
the Republican party is to be perms-
nently successful, il must be faithful
TO It's platform. ana must meet cour-
agec usly and justly The new age Of
commerce and BUSINESS with It's new
problems aud questions. It cannot any
longer be progressive in its platform
and stand pat in lis congress
a few moments ago. said that
was willing 20 accept an arDiter as
TO the Republication OF those who
voted against the tariff bill. and 7
hasten &c name the Judge | sppea:
TO the National Republican platform
OF 1903. and tested by the criterion
~ that instrument. the Republican
voters of the United states viii de-
termine just a. rapidly as they have
the opportunity 10 do 50. Wsethcr our
votes were In accordance with It's
declarations and pledges
4 aln Assouudrd 20 hear 20 modest