Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-28
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How eas5 It Is 10 be mistaken. cs-
pecially Ia politics. First read this.
from the current number Of sue
cass." . magazine which Is one Of the
chief organs Of the insurgents. who
are going to put the regular republic
can organization out of business be.
ginning with the utter destruction Of
"cannonism, sails Success .
In spite 81 all that President Taft
Says In defense Of the regulars. the
revolt continues 10 spread and Cam
nonism Is doomed. Scarcely q dag
passes now thst we do not hear Of
further ~disaffeetion from the ranks
of the house oiigarchy. Congressman
POWERS attack on Speaker Cannon
made a lasting impression upon the
public mind. Congressman Herbert
Parsons has given the d!sgraeeful de-
tails 81 cannon'a deal with TammAny
hall last spring 20 gave the house
rules from defeat. From the states
where the insurgents grow comes the
gratifying news that the people pro-
pose 10 defeat the organization men
now IN congress and 20 send 20 the
next congress either progressive re-
pubiicans or democrats. pledged TO
Cannon and ali his works.
There h every indication that the
movement 60 which this magazine and
its readers gave assistance in its early
stages Ia soon to eliminate In sweep
Ing out Of power not only Cannon, but
ils Whole crew Of obstructionists and
corruptionists.
Having looked on that picture, now
look on this. Having been told in
such positive terms what the insur-
gents were going to do 20 Cannon
ism. now let Us see what they are
actually doing. A special election was
held IN the sixth congressional dis
tfiet Of Illinois last Tuesday to choose
q successor To Ex-conRressman Lori.
lner. who has been promoted TO the.
senate. u was the first chance the.
insurgents had been given TO show
their strength. The sixth is a dis
trict In which they were thought 10
he particularly strong. Their candi-
date. IN opposition to the candidate
OF the regular organization, was sup
ported by every prominent republican
paper IA Chicago except the Inter-
Ocean, which stood alone In defense
OF 'Cannonism. And here Is the re-
suit, az given In the Chicago papers
"Wednesday morning
william j Moxiey regular rcpub-
lican WAS elected congressman from
tho sixth district yesterday by a plu-
raiity OF G,211 He poiled 1854
votes.
Dr. Carl l. Barnes, independent
Republican. vas second ia the race
lie polled S.Sl7 votes.
Frank s Ryan. democrat was
third. and came ia with 9. a. votes
The victor carried every ward IA
the district, lie also carried tho
country towns.
Ills total vote was only 1877 less
than that Of Ryan and Barnes com
bincd. official returns may place 1t
above their total
These. on the surface, are the re-
suits Of the most remarkable special
election hat has been held IN Chico-
go for years.
Under the surface there are re-
suits that are more important
'They are.
'rhc vindicatlon OF the stand of the
republican majority la congress and
Of President TAFT ON tariff legisla-
tion
"Repudiation by Illinois voters OF
tho attacks upon speaker Cannon aud
the republican party leaders which
were made "a feature of the sixth dis
trict campaign
There b. not very much ia that re-
in the WHy OF encouragement for
the handful of disrontcnts who were
going TO disrupt the republican party
because Il stood hy the old landmarks,
and refused to be governed by their
personal Wlshe They had expected
10 crush the regular organization UNI
der q veritabie landslide Of popuiar
aud go zap 10 congress
iictory All ove their heads. but its
~ OF now. The straw which was to
shown how thu wine WAS setting
Ike "a cyclone into the sails of tho in
urgents. II pointing right at Uncle
.oe. The men who were &C. have
cen sent 10 congress 60 %renounce
and all his works have COM
luded TO stay AZ home, and Uncle
os can give his cigar an extra ult.