The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-23
Congressman Fowler Digs Up
Record of Uncle Joe Oeclar-
ing It to Be the Rottenest in
History.
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
BY IRATE OFFICER
Says That the Speaker and
Senator AIdrich Made e.
fort to Oiscredit and Betray
The President.

tuC JtCotOCiIls
New York. Aug. oS.-The most SEN
sational attack ever made by a respon-
sible authority upon a public man in
the United States in modern times is
contained in an open letter addressed
to Speaker Joseph G. Cannon by Rep
resentative Charles n. Fowler Of Eliz-
abeth, n J.
Representative Fowler boldly charge
the existence of a conspiracy between
the speaker of the house and Senator
Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island for
the controlling of all national legisla-
ton an of defeating both tariff re-
form and currency reform.
He also broadly intimates that Al
drich and Cannon consplred to discred-
1t the president by raising the tariff
rates SO that the presidents promise
and that of the party as contained in
the Chicago platform would not be full
filled.
%n0SneV Eye OpeueVs
He charges sinister motives in the
attempt to establish a central bank in
Washington: shows the trickery EN-
ployed to thwart the presidents
wishes in passing the tariff bill AMI
Uncle Joe's conversation az applied to
his everyday work Of making the laws
for the American people.
Congressman Fowler says the re-
publicans will win the next congress
sional election only over the grave of
Cannonism. Incidentally he gave
Cannon's record on financial legisla-
ton since 1874. and says 1t Is the rot
tenest" in history.
"Uneie Joe" Broke Even.
For several years the New Jersey
congressman was chairman of the
house committee on banking and cur.
rency. At the close of the recent spe.
cial session Speaker Cannon declinc.l
to reappoint Mr.. Fowler to that impor-
atnt Craftsmanship. Such action is al
most unprecedented.
Despairing Of securing what he be-
lieves is necessary legislation for the
reform OF the currency and banking
laws OF the country as long as the
house is under the control of the
present rules so interpreted by Speak
er Cannon. Mr.. Fowler announced
himself a candidate for speaker at the
opening of the special session. He ex-
plains that he did this. not in the ex-
pectation of being elected. but solely
for the purpose of bringing squarely
before the people the issue of genuine
currency and banking reform as dis
tinguished from the legislative pro-
gram on that question agreed to by
Aldrich and Cannon. This conduct
made Fowler an insurgent in the eyes
of Uncle Joe"
A Short Note.
Congressman Fowler's open letter t.
Cannon is accompanied by a short
note, in which he says he is impellesl
to write because Of various items in
the papers disparaging him tFowler)
in which the exact language is used
that Cannon used to Fowler at an in
terview concerning the appointment OF
Fowler to the craftsmanship of bank
ing and currency committee.
He says the purpose of this propa-
ganda was Cannon's own justification
in deposing Fowler from the chairman.
ship of that committee.
Mr. Fowler then in his open letter
reviews the range of his own success
full activities in the interest of bank.
ing legislation. and recites that he fire.
quently visited foreign countries %
! study conditions and gain information,
using in this work about $1O.ooO Of his
own money.
Referring to Cannon's objection that
Fowler could not get an agreement out
of twelve republicans and six demo-
Gratis, Mr.. Fowler cites all the in
stances in which he did secure agree
ments on various legislation. which
has been of immense value to the bust
ness community.