The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-10-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.


publican insurgents" to control the or
ganization of the next House. This was
revealed by Southern member of the
House, who will not consent to the use OF
his name, but who has served ten years
and is high in his party's council.
This compact contemplates throwing
the insurgent votes to Champ Clark for
Speaker in the Sixty second Congress, in
case the Democrats do not themselves
have majority in the House. 1t con-
templates concert of action between the
insurgents and the Democrats in the re.
naming sessions Of the Sixth-first Con-
gress.
Instead of walking out of party con.
vention, or in some other way formally
severing their connection with their
party, these irsurgent Republicans, &C.
cording to the statement of this Demo
Graf, will claim allegiance to the Repub-
lican. party. be elected as Republicans to
the Sixty-second Congress and then
desert in the organization of the House.
They propose to make "Cannonism"
their excuse for such action.
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According to Congressman Victor MUIR
dock, Speaker Cannon is to be retired
this winter by the House organization,
which fears for itself unless new man is
elected to the Speakership.
THE most disagreeable Job in the
world is waiting for some member of the
Cannon machine in the House." he said.
1T will be performed, in all probability,
in the next eight months. Tie satraps of
the Cannon machine will hold meeting
and pick some one man to go to Cannon
and tell him that for the safety of the
system he must announce Immediately his
retirement.
The domination of Cannon over his
lieutenants is such that anyone of them
would rather meet death than to face the
Speaker on this proposition. because
Cannon has no intention of retiring and
will not take kindly to the suggestion;
but he is impossible and his lieutenants
know it and fear that if he continues as a
factor he will carry the system down with
him. They know that for their good the
system must be saved"
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Reports to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, there is consensus of opinion
among Wisconsin people who have been
in Washington recently that, instead of
having hard fight for reelection, Robt
Marion La Toilette will be returned to
the Senate with a long margin of safety
in his favor.
For, it is explained, the opposition is
thus far utterly hopeless in its search for
the man who can do the business. "You
can't beat somebody with nobody" is an
axiom of practical politics which has
never been better illustrated than in the
present Wisconsin situation.
The corporate interests, both within
and without the State, want to beat La
Toilette, aud for this very reason he is
the popular choice of the people.
There is fine wad of campaign funds
ready to be dumped into the State to beat
the pompadour statesman whenever it
can be shown that the investment will not
be throwing lot of good money after a
vast deal of bad that has gone in that
direction heretofore.
The Winona speech of President Taft
contributed good deal to strengthen La
Toilette because the State is thoroughly
impregnated with disaffection over the
tariff bill. La Toilette, too, has appealed
vastly to State pride.
The fact that short time ago he stood
alone in his opposition TO the Senate
powers, while today he has rallied strong
and effective fighting force to his stand
ard, has caused the Wisconsin people to
regard him as good deal bigger national
factor than they used to realize La
Toilette has been vastly more helped than
injured by the evidence that he is in dis
favor with the national authorities of the
party.
So
The great fight against tuberculosis is
being won. according to Chief Statistician
Cressy / Wilbur, of the Census Bureau.
IL bulletin issued, based upon the an.
nual returns from the death registration
area; he says:
1t is probable that the great attention
that has been given to this disease
through the international congress on
tuberculosis held in Washington in 1908
and the organization of many State and
local societies has already begun to have
its effect upon the mortality from this
disease. and continued decline ia the
death rate from it from year TO year may
be expected"
The death from all forms of tubercu.
losis returned in 1908 was IS. 28o but the
rate per 100, coo is considerably less than
for 1907. All states showed a decline
except Colorado, Rhode Island and
Vermont.
The tuberculosis death rate per j, 900
was 1889 in 1908, against 1886 in 1907.