The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-07
SENATOR cuMMINS ANSWERS
ATTACK OF SPEAKER CAN
NON ON HIMSELF.
NOT IN HAND WITH BRYAN
Iowa Leader Marseis at Audaeity Of
Attack by Illinois Legislator on Re-
publieans Who Refused to Yield TO
Whip at Special Session Of Con-
grsss-Makes Prediction.

Chicago, Nov. s-Senator Cummins
OF Iowa in an address before the Mar
| auettc club tonight made a spirited re-
| ply to Speaker Joseph C. Cannon, who
recently criticised the attitude Of the
senator's and Insurgents as to the
tariff. and declared that Senator Cum
Minis practically proposed to join hands
with Bryan.
/ MIR. cummins branded the latter as
sertion as false. declaring it to be
simply an appeal to blind passion and
senseiess prejudice.
! Furthermore. he said. there was no
I intention to accept as final the re-
vision of the tariff against which the
| Insurgents voted
/ Il marvel mt not only the audacitv
but the madness which inspires the
| attack which has been made upon the
insurgents, for II MIR. Cannon and his
allies shall be successful In putting
| every man out OF the republican party
| who would not have voted for the
tariff bill had he been a member OF
congress. he Will have eliminated 4
majority of the republicans in every
northern state from Ohio to the Rocky
mountains" declared Senator Cum
/ Minis
Further along the speaker said: To
| say that the tariff bill just adopted
il not fulfillment OF the republican
platform IL only the truth. and 1t con-
tains no invitation or. suggestion to any
republican to forsuke his party candi-
date.
Mr.. cummins said that the repub-
ffa. i ..s.r.s Il
intended to reduce the Influence OF
leaders In the party. mentioning Sem
ator Aldrich. Speaker Cannon and
Representative Payne in this connec-
tion, to that point at which they will
feel 1t necessary to consult rather than
command.
No Quarter.
Our struggle" he declared with em-
phasis. will not be to exclude anybody
from the republican party. but upon
the principle involved. We ask no
quarter. and shall give none"
Mr.. cummins said he intended To
strengthen a crusade for traiff COM
mission.
Railway rate regulation and the cur
rency question We're also discussed by
the speaker.
Mr. cummins in beginning his re-
marks. referred to the controversy
within the party ranks. said he was
anxious To preserve the party strength.
and took the opportunity to speak OF
the dispute in the hope that better
understanding may follow fair and
candid discussion OF the differences
of opinion.
4 month ago" said he. "A distin-
gnished son of Illinois came to Iowa
obviously angry and therefore in one
of his hysterical moods. He made a
speech astensihls in defense OF the
rules of the house of representatives,
but which was. In fact. an assault upon
thnse who had opposed the republican
majority in congress upon the tariff
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
republican party forever and ever He
exalted me to a pre- -aminence among
the insurgents which do not deserve.
but which | would be proud 10 occupy.
and declared with yehemenca which
You who know him will appreciate.
that had become an ally Of certain
eloquent gentleman whose quadrennial
business has been To carry the demo-
cratic banner To overwhelming defeat.
Warming to his work, he made another
speech few days ago at Elgin, in
which he repeated in all the colors of
his rainbow phrasenlogy the danuncia-
tion of those who committed the hnr-
rid crime Of voting against the tariff
bill and again consigned them to the
lowest depths of democratic periitiun:
and then To completely satisfy his lust
for blood, he assigned to Senator La
Toilette and myself a snperheated
chamber in this region of the damned.
With all these imnrecatians. eApui-
sions and determinations still ringing
i'm my ears. feel like a member Of the
fated brigade of which the poet sang.
Cannon TO the right Of them.
Cannon tn the left of them.
Tolleyed and thuniared'
1T may be. however that I can
summon enough compusure and calm
my shattered nerves sufficiently to lay
pear to me II be pertinent upon the
issue which has thus been raised. Let
ii he understood. once for all. that ne
accept the challenge and are ready
for the fight
Qualifications.
The ia. has come for an inquiry
into the qualifications Of a republican
l am willing to accept an arhitar. bur
ii will not he Aldrieh. il will not be
Payne. il will not be Cannon, They
are all republicans. and | hope they