Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-11-11
CUMM|Ny REPLIES
To CANNON 5 Def
LET 1T BE UNDERSTOOD. ONCE
FOR ALL, We ACCEPT
CHALLENGE"
HAVE NOT LEFT REPUBLICAN
PARTY BUT EXPECT TO
PURGE 1T.

of Iowa, in IN address before the
Marquette club last night, made
spirited reply to Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon, who recently criticised the
attitude of the senator and "insurg-
ents' as to the tariff, and declared
that Senator Cummins practically pro
posed to join hands with Bryan.
Mr.. Cummins branded the latter as
sertion as false, declaring it to be
simply an appeal to blind passion
and a 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 insurgents, for if Mr.. Cannon and
his allies shall be successful in put
ting every man out Of the republican
parry who would not have voted for
the tariff bill had he been a member
OF congress, he will have eliminated
majority of the republicans in every
northern state from Ohio to the Rocky
mountains declared Senator Cum
Minis.
Mr.. Cummins said that the repub-
icans in sympathy with the insurg-
ents intended to reduce the influence
Of leaders in the party mentioning
Senator Aldrich, Speaker Cannon and
Representative Payne in this connec-
ton, to that point at which they will
feel it necessary to consult rather
than command
Our struggle" he declared with
emphasis, will not be to exclude anv-
body from the republican party: but
upon the principle involved, we ask
no quarter, and We shall give none.
Mr.. Cummins said he intended to
strengthen crusade for a tariff com
mission Railway rate regulation and
the currency question were also dis
cussed by the speaker.
Mr.. Cummins in beginning his re-
marks, referred 20 the controversy
within the party ranks, and said he
was anxious to preserve the party
strength, and took the opportunity to
speak Of the dispute in the hope that
a better understanding may follow a
fair and candid discussion of the dit
ferences of opinion.
"A month ago" said he "a dis
tinguished son of Illinois came to
Iowa obviously angry, and therefore,
in one of his hystericaI moods. He
made a speech ostenstblv in defense
Of the rules of the house Of repre-
sentatives, but which was, in fact, an
assault upon those we had opposed
the republican majority in congress
upon the tariff measure. Not content
with burning us at the stake, he scat
tered our ashes to the four winds in
order to make sure that We would be
lost to the republican party forever
and ever. He exalted me to a pre-
eminence among the insurgents which
do not deserve but which I would
be proud to occupy, and declared with
a Vehemence which you who know
him will appreciate. that | had be-
come an ally of a certain eloquent
gentleman whose Quadrennial bust
ness has been to carry the democratic
banner to overwhelming defeat.
Warming to his work he made anOth-
er speech few days ago at Elgin. in
which he repeated in all the COlOrs of
his rainbow phraseology the denunci-
alton of those who committed the hor-
rid crime Of voting against the tariff
bill, and again consigned them to the
lowest depths Of democratic perdi-
ton; and then to completely satisfy
his lust for blood, he assigned to Sen
ator La Toilette and myself a super
heated chamber in this region Of the
damned With all these imprecations.
explosions and determinations still
ringing in my ears, feel like a mem
Der Of the fated brigade Of which the
poet sang: