The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-27
FOWLER WILL
JOIN THE anti
CANNON FORCES
An Effort May Be Made to
Elect Chairman Payne q
Speaker.
FOWLER HAS NO FOLLOWING
AMONG THE HOUSE MEMBERS
,
lie May Unite With Murdock, Coop.
or and Other Western POLITICAL
Free Thinkers to Form q COmblnas
tiOn to Control Next House.

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE letter
written by Representative Fowler OF
New Jersey is believed to be the opens
ing gun of concentrated attack upon
Speaker Cannon by the insurgent
forces, which will be carried through
the next session OF congress with the
view to creating sentiment that will
result in the defeat of Mr.. Cannon for
reelection as speaker in the 62nd con-
gress. Fowler will ally himself
with Representatives Murdoch OF Kan
sas, Cooper OF Wisconsin and other
western members who have opposed
Cannon, with the aid of some mem-
bers from the east and othel sections.
Tho fight which resulted in the elec-
tiOn OF Cannon as speaker OF TINS
congress at the beginning OF the extra
session, and which cut down his ma
jority to q dangerous margin. is to be
reopened, and hostile magazines and
newspapers will assist in the CAM
paisn for the eradication OF what the
insurgents denominate "Cannonism."
There is a possibility that in order
to gain greater strength from the reg
ulars they will make Serene e. Payne
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee and author OF the new tariff
bill, their candidate, even though ha
has been Speaker Cannon's ehiet Neu.
tenant upon the floor of the house.
Has Spcakership Ambitions.
MI. Payne is suspected OF harbor-
ing speakership ambitions and has
| been looked upon as the most likely
candidate in the event of Speaker
Cannon's retirement at tho end OF
this congress. But whether lie would
consent to be made g candidate for
| the office III opposition to Cannon ia
another matter-ono which the Cam
| non men declare is absurd.
during the tariff legislation of the
extra session Mr.. Payne stecred a
course entirely in harmony with that
OF President Taft and when the con-
ferees became involved in what ::p-
peared 2 hopeless dispute over ,.ectajn
controverted schedules, he would not
consent to any agreement until he
t had consulted with the president. In
this manner he can be said to have
represented the president fairly in re-
lation to the tariff, but Speaker Cam
non also kept in close touch VITA tho
white house in formulating lis tariff
ideas, so that he, too, might claim
the assistance of President Taft in
the event it was needed.
The charge that he packed III. ccn-'
ference committee with the conr.yall.:s,
of Senator Aldrich is one that Tan be
explained easily and plausib!y by the
theory that it was desirable to have
various sections of the country rep
resented on the committee, wl,ch ne
cessitated the selection OF the HEM
hers without regard to their senior
it:.
Fowler Has No Following.
Fowler himself has no following OH
the floor of the house, but his violent
attack upon the speaker has created
a sensation. and its effects arc en-
pected to be felt when congress meets
BY allyins himself With the recos-
nized insurgents and giving Impetus
to the propaganda against Cannon
ism," he will renew fight that prom
ises to make the next session and the