The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-03-11
SHOT AT CANNON
judge W. A. M9rSP Aims His Gun
at the Speaker.
HAS NO USE FOR HIM
Gives Some of the Reasons Why he
Thinks the IilinOisidn Should
not be Reelected

Cdlleu 10 meet MarcD 10, lSU9, ana
many of the great magazines that are
opposed to Cannon rule in the house
are sending out questions to subcribers
relative to this matter and the follow
ing list of questions were sent to Jude
W. A. Merse of Sauk Centre, Mimi.
by the SUCCESS MAGAZINEand the
Judge answered as follows-But, be-
fore giving the questions and answers
it will be necessary t. explain a little.
Practically no bill is, allowed to be dis:
cussed in the House unless Cannon is
in favor of it, and when a member
wishes to be recognized in order to
bring up any matter he first calls on
Cannon and gets his consent which
Cannon gives by writing down the
name of the member and title of his
Bill. If Cannon is not in favor of the
bill he tells the member mo" and Of
ten says "No; not by id sight"
and then the member knows that he
will not be recognized, no matter how
hard he may try to be heard. Some
times it occurs that Cannon is in doubt
and then he asks, "For what purpose
does the member wish to be recogniZ-
ed?" and when informed, if Cannon is
not favorably inclined he will answer
"The member will not be recognized
for that purpose"
Now for the questions and answers;
l. Do you believe that Joseph G. Can
non of Illinois,, should be elected
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives?
Ans. No; mot by id sight,
IL. DO you believe that the 'Rules of
the House" should place in the hands
of the Speaker the power of determi-
ming the membership of the commit
tees? Ans. No.
Ill. Would you favor the plan of plac-
ing the power Of appointing the COM
mittees in the hands of a special COM
mittee elected by the members and
representing all sections of the coun-
try? Ans. Yes.
". Would you favor the plan of
having at least one Calendar Day.
in each week, on which bills could be
brought up. and passed upon without
securing the previous consent of the
Speaker? Ans. Yes.
V. Are you willing to write letters
to one or more of your State Represen-
tatives in Congress expressing the
above views, SO that your letter will
reach them before March Ii? Ans.
/ will write to all of them.
vi. Are you willing to telegraph your
representative to a similar eject on
the day before the special session of
Congress assemblies? Ans Not ne
cessary in this case-Lindberg is OK,
/ think, on these matters.
We would suggest that every lover
of his country do the same as Judge
Morse will do, and for convenience we
give the names of our Representatives
from Minnesota, with their addresses
when at home. But, of course, the
letters should be addressed to them at
Washington, d. c. and mailed so as to
reach them about March 13.
James A. Tawney, Rep) Winona;
w.. S. Hammond, DEM St. James,
C. r. Davis, Rep) st. Peter;- Fred c.
Stevens Rep) St. Paul. F. NJ. Nye,
Rep. .Mpls. c. A. Lindberg, Rep
Little Falls A. J. Volstead, Rep
Granite Falls C. B. Miller, (Rep,
Granite Falls Fl. Steenerson, Repj
Crookston.
A million letters and kilograms from
prominent persons, no matter what
their politics, will have a great in.
fiuence against the Interests" and il
favor of the rights OF the common
people.
Probably eighty per cent. of the
members of the House of Representa-
tives secretly rage and chafe under
the iron rule of the speaker but the.
dare not rebel. This lack of courag,
is hardly the fault of a member it i:
his misfortune. He knows that ht
can not get for us what we want un
less he leafs out of the Speaker:
hand", and however much he may dis
like TO do it, he feels that he must fal
i'm line in order to protect our in
terssts. If Cannon shall be over
thrown and the rules changed we ma.
get back to Representative Govern
ment, instead of being ruled by Ca
Cannon. w. A. MORSE
| Out of the Mouths Of