The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-10-21
SPEAKER CANNON
RIPS INSURGENTS
Pours Hot Shot Into Them and All
His Other Critics.
CALLS TAMMANY TALE A LIE
Says It Is Time For the People To De-
eide What Comprises the Repub-
lican Party, the Few or the J
Big Majority.

Elgin, ILL.,, Oct. 20.-Speaker Joseph
lG. Cannon of the national house of
representatives for two hours last
might before an audience which jam
med the opera house, poured hot shot
into the ranks OF the Cannon critics.
The speaker appeared in the role of
the defender of the Payne tariff bill
anu of PRESIDENT TaIts Winona
speech in an address at the opening OF
the annual convention OF the Mayors
Association OF Illinois here last night
He depicted Senator Cummins of Iowa
as the ally of William Jennings Bryan,
while he declared the Nebraska leader
was advocating tariff revision to force
an issue in the presidential campaign
of 1912
He insisted that the Payne tariff bill
is the best tariff bill that ever has
been enacted in the history of the re-
public, pointing out the turning
wheels of industry as his proof. 1t
represented, he averred, the will OF
the majority in congress, who support
ed the rules under which it was pass
ed
He questioned the truth of newspa.
per correspondents reporting an alli-
ance of six republican senators of Illi-
nois to defeat him and denounced the
press of the country.
I'VE passed the Payne tariff bill. The
said, speaking of the tariff 1T didn't
suit me in every respect. 1t protects
all existing industries. but did not
found any new industries. had hoped
it would.
a majority of the members OF the
house We're in favor OF that bill and
Il bowed to the consensus of opinion
and voted for it, and am ready to say
with Taft in his wfnona speech that
lit is the best tariff bill for protection
and in every other particular that has
ever been enacted in the history of
the republic.
Says Bryan Seeks Issue.
1T was a good bill What has hap
pened since proves this. The wheels
rof commerce go round, and there has
been no day since that bill was passed
but saw the people better off than the
day before.
William Jennings Bryan attacks
that bill and denounces it as fraud
and says he wants the people who go
to congress pledged to another revis-
ion so that he can get an issue in 1912.
Such agitation within sixty DAYS after
the bill passed, when factories are go
ing. is little premature.
Il was in Iowa last week. 1t is an
open secret there that Senator Cum
Minis practically proposes to join
hands with Bryan / will not say that
be is going to join Bryan's party, He
Says he will not stop until the tariff
is revised according to his notion. 1t
| is an open secret that Senator Cum
Minis is out in a campaign to- defeat
every congressman in his state who
voted for that bill.
Now let's see. Two hundred re-
publican representatives voted for
that bill, and all of the republican SEN
ators except seven. ask whether
the opposing republicans or the rest
and President Taft. who signed it.
constitute the republican party"
I Mr. Cannon sarcastically referred To
| LaFollette's desire to revise the tariff
downward by pointing TO his silence
on the cheese and dairy products,
which are produced in large quantities
lin, oil hot In I =.
Toilette sang very low on this point,
and inferred that he was for revision
downward for the products of other
states and where the revision down.
ward did not affect his state.
Denies East Only Gains.
! Somebody says. Don't YOU know.
/ Mr., Cannon, that greedy New England
is living on our hard earnings out
here. that Senator Aldrich, the pluto
crat. led the senate which adopted
that legislation?
Il say to you that Iowa is the rich
est state in the union with $1,000 per
capita, while New England is poor.
The egg crop and poultry and dairy
crop has increased rapidly and is
worth one-half over what the cotton
crop is worth. Yet. do not know
that Senator Cummins and LaFollette
made any effort to reduce the duty on
eggs and poultry and dairy produce.
Iowa is the first dairy state in the un-
ion and Illinois is next. The duty of
six and one-half cents pound re-
mains unchanged and s5.000,000 in
duty was collected on cheese last year.
suppose a republican doesn't 20 in
to a caucus when it is called" he said.
discussing the insurgents, you can't
mandamus him. There were men
that called themselves republicans
lwho refused to so into caucus, but Ii