The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
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ekENpALL,s pGFENsEy

Representative Nate E. HKendall
has written an explanatory letter TO
one of his Sixth district constituents.
The constituent had written. to Mr..
Kendall, and Mr. Kendall says he is
deeply! grateful for the suggestions
the letter contained. The constituent
inclosed newspaper clipping and
Mr. Kendall says he had seen IL be-
fore, as it had appeared in several
democratic newspapers in Iowa.
From this newspaper clipping Mr..
Kendall takes a sentence or two to
illustrate how Indifferent to facts
men often become in the endeavor to
secure partisan advantage" Mr..
Kendall quotes as follows:
Nate Kendall is back at his old
tricks. At the republican caucus at
Washington he voted for joe Can
non for speaker, after making posi-?
tive promises during the campaign
that he would not. Then. to square
himself with the progressive Con-
stituents, he voted against. the adop
ton OF the. old rules" %'' S''''"
Whereupon the congressntan re
sorts to his knowledge Of the English
language, which has stood him many
a good turn. He treats the Clipping
after this fashion: ',..,,,lT
I'm the first address l delivered in
my campaign last year / announced
that I was not in favor of Mr.. Cannon
for speaker, and that, If elected, 1
would support Walter I. Smith, of the
Ninth iowa district, for that position.
also declared for such a comprehen-
sive revision of the rules of the house
as would deprive the presiding officer
of the unreasonable authority which
he then exercised. of course every
body understood that | was republi-
can, and that | would support the re-
publican candidate Tor speaker, whom
ever he might pc. Last month, when
the house was ready to organize, the
republican congressional committee
called a caucus for the nomination of
candidates in the usual way. | attend
ed and voted for Judge Smith, pre-
cisely as | asserted | would do. Mr.
Cannon was nominated by a decided
majority, and | afterward voted for
him on the floor of the house, be-
cause he had been fairly selected by
an open caucus of my party regularly
assembled" in which cauctis''I voted,
as I said I would, for Walter |.
Smith | never at any time or place
stated, directly or indirectly, that |
would vote for demotrat as against
Mr.. Cannon il the latter should be
the candidate, of my party, and no
sensible person could have SO inter
preted my announcement"
'"Of course" says Mr.. Kendall,
Everybody understood that was, a
republican, and that | would support
the republican candidate for speaker,
whomever he might be-" The charge
is direct enough against those sitting
on the republican side of the house
who refused to support the republican
candidate for speaker, nominated by
decided majority-"fairly selected
by an open caucus of my party regu.
larly assembled. To have voted
dSdiHSJ NIL Iduhoh, 40 MI tNShuoi
understands, would have been to vote
for a democrat; and Mr.. Kendall de-
clares, with spirit, that he never made
campaign pledge to do such a thing
and that no sensible person could
have so interpreted his announce
ment.
Mr.. Kendall has fully indicated
himself in the matter OF the speaker
ship from the partisan charges that
have been foating around in his dis
trlct under democratic CONVERSIONS
City Journal. ,. 8,