The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-20
WANTED; AN ISSUE---
YHB INSURGENTS
ONE THAT WILL TAKE GAVEL
FROM CANNON PREFERRED.
Also Desirable That Said Issue Will
Not Involve III Feeling at
White House.
ADDRESS VICTOR MURDOCH

washington, DEC. ~ NUniteu
Press -"Wapted-An Issue. BY
thirty or more insurgent members of
the house OF representatives. Issue
must be squarely upon the rules and
guaranteed not to endanger mem
bers' standing at the white house.
Some sure method of taking the
gavel away from Speaker Cannon
preferred. Any issue acceptable
that will give the country at large an
idea that the Insurgents are fearless
ly fighting czar rules and ear
ruler"
An advertisement like the above
may be inserted in the daily papers
one Of these days unless the insur-
gent leaders OF the house find the
issue they are looking for nearer the
house of representatives than they
have discovered up to date. II they
can find the issue. they assert, they
can very quickly get enough votes
TO overthrow the rules, speaker and
all.
IAN issue is really all we are wait
ing for at present" said Victor Muir
dock. of Kansas. who IL the recog-
nlzed leader OF the insurgent forces.
"It must be squarely upon the rules
or We cannot do business. Some sug-
gestion has been made that We agree
upon the postal savings bank as an
inviting plank to stand upon. but
there is too much opposition to that
scheme for us to hope TO do anything
with it. SO 1t looks as though there
was nothing to do but wait until the
rules themselves can be attacked.
then to go ahead and overthrow the
speaker.
"As far as I am personally con-
cerned, | am against Cannonlsm In
particular and in general. intend
to keep on fighting the speaker until
I get him. Some OF the other folks,
however, balk at the Idea OF making
a personal attack on Cannon. so the
best thing we can do Is TO wait until
we can all get together"
The house insurgents are confront
ed by two dangers while they are
engaged In their effort to overthrow
Uncle Joe. In the first place. IL
they are NOT successful they are very
likely TO lose whatever influence
they have in the house because OF
inability to secure recognition from
the powers controlling that body;
and. second. they may close OUT
with the president for opposing leg
slation that the administration
wants enacted. There are a lot OF
postmasters to be appointed this
session
What makes the situation of a
good many insurgents all the more
ticklish is the fact that their constl-
tuents at home demand a fearless at
titude OF them and expect to see
their representatives personally
twist the til OF power every time
they read the home popers. Many
OF them were elected upon an anti
Cannon platform and when they
come up for reelection next fail they
may have to do some strenuous ex-
planning to hold their obs.
Although the insurgents have held
a number of meetings since their Or
ganization under the agin-the-rules
banner last winter. they have not
vet been able to formulate any very
fefnite plan OF campaign. II Il
probable that a number OF them will
take the stump next summer. 20 as.
5ist the primary fights of would be
congressman who will promise. II
elected, to strengthen the insurgen.
forces. BY 80 doing. they may adj
70 their ranks next session when they
think they will have more of a chance
really to do things.
The one point on which all the in
surgents are agreed Is that the
speaker has too much power under
the present rules. Naturally the ele-
ment OF personalities enters into the
fight when even such an abstract
thing as the rules themselves are
being fought. and so Speaker Can
non is the storm center. That Uncle
Joe has exercised the power given
him under the rules. and right vigor-
ously, Is not denied by even the most