Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08


scnator AIrert :. Cu1am;r5 o. Dea
Moines addressed the Marquette Pc
publican club ct Chicago, SATURDAYS
evening. giving expression to his
views in the controversy with Speak
er Cannon and which has attained ma
tional prominence because OF the earn
estness Of both leaders In the dis
cussion of the subject. He said:
Mr.. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen: n
view of some things that have hap
pened since accepted your invitation,
you will not look upon it as either
strange or Inappropriate, l am sure,
IL am little more personal than is
my habit. This is a Republican club,
and 1t has borne high and honorable
part in giving expression to our faith
and in giving strength to our organiza-
don. II Is therefore peculiarly well
6tted to consider an interesting contro-
1ersy that has recently arisen within
the party ranks For that reason, and
because I am deeply anxious TO pre-
serve the party strength. 1 have ehos-
an this occasion to speak Of the dis
quite in hope that a better understand
ing may follow q fair and candid dis
cvssion OF OUT differences OF opinion.
A month ago a distinguished son Of
Illinois came to Iowa obviously angry
and therefore In one OF BIS hyster-
ical moods. He made~a speech osten-
sibly in defense OF the rules of the
house OF representatives, but which
: was, in fact, an assault upon those
who had opposed the Republican ma
FORTY in congress- upon the taFiE
measure Not content with burning Us
at the stake, he scattered our ashes
TO the four winds in order to make
Sure that we would be lost to the Re-
publican party forever and ever. He
exalted me to q pre-eminence among
these Insurgents which / do not de-
serve, but which would be proud to
occupy. and declared, with a Vehe-
mence which you who know him viii
appreciate, that had become an ally
Of certain eloquent gentleman whose
QuadTennial business has been tocarTy
the Democratic banner to oyerwhelIn-
ing defeat Warming to his work, he
made another speech q few days ago
at Elgin, In which he repeated in all
the colors of his rainbow phTaseOIogy
the denunciation OF those who commit
: ted the horrid crime of voting against
the tariff bill, and again consigned
them to the lowest depths of Demo
cratic perditon; and then to complete
8 ay satisfy his lust for blood. he as
signed to Senator LaFOiIetts md my
self a superheated chamber IN this
region Of the damned With all these
imprecattons, explosions and extermt
nations still ringing in my ears, feel
like a member of the fated brigade OF
which the poet sang:
Cannon to the right Of them
Cannon to the left of them
Volleyed and Numbered"
The Right TO Be Republicans.
It may be, however, that l can sum-
mon enough composure and calm my
Shattered nerves sufficiently to lay be-
fore you some suggestions which ap-
pear to me to be pertinent upon the
Issue which has thus been raised. Let
1t be understood, once for ali, that we
accept the challenge and are ready for
the fight Our struggle Will not be
exclude anybody from the Republican
party; but upon the principle IN
volved we ask no quarter and shall
give none.
II ought not to be forgotten as we
proceed. and as We are looking into
the right OF Republicans TO bear that
honored name. that together with an
pther unfortunate insurgent whose
voice, calling the faithful to Republic
IN prayers, has been heard from ocean
% ocean IN every campaign for a
quarter of q century, represent in
the senate OF the United States a state
.s.of1 80 1&7 1I-
the Republican candidates for presf-
dent for ffty-three years; and that I
hold my place, not by chance, but
through toilBone campaigns In which
The opinions that were carried into
my vote upon the tartr bill were pro-
claimed over and over again in every
hamlet IN Che commonwealth. When
E recall these long continued struggles
against the very forces embodied In
The speaker OF the house OF represents
lives and in the men WHO in fact
made the tariff blll what IL is, and
when I recall the outcome of these
fierce controversies, you VIII not think
IL strange If resent these charges
of fnfideIity; and call for judgment
The day has come for an inquiry into
HE qualifications OF q Republican. I
am willing to accept an arbiter, but It
WIN not be Aldrich, It will not be
Payne, II will not be Cannon. They
are all Republicans and hope they
Will continue 70 be Republicans I as
sumo they voted according TO their
consciencea; and while 1 differ from
them materially and emphaticaIIy,
have no disposition 70 enter the busi-
ness OF expelkng men from the Re-
publican party, so long as they yield
even a nominal allegiance to Repub-
Ncan platforms and support Repub-
ktcan candidates. I say OF them (and
Z say it with the utmost good feeling
for them personality that the Repub-
aicaIis who are In sympathy with the
course pursued By the insurgents In
tend to take away from these men,
f1(f A-,l,