The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-25
THE PARTY MUST MEET THE
ISSITE

ISSO r.
Hon. Charles N. Fowler's roast Of
Old Joe Cannon and Mephistopheles
Aldrich is a timely addition to Amer
ican criticism and a valuable expo
sure OF evil deeds. 1t is drastic work
to criticise prominent public men as
Fowler criticises these officials but 1t
is generally understood that they
represent not the interests of the
people and humanity. Fowler charges
them with about every political sin
in the calender and it Is bropoble
that they are guilty on each count.
The charges are based on facts and
such allegations are hard to escape.
He charges them with ignorance OF
fundamental principles, OF contempt
for popular government, with malice,
favoritism, revenge, trickery, treach-
cry and despotism and now we will
see what they will say with regard
to the facts alleged. The indictment
OF Cannon for conspiring with Aldrich
70 discredit President Taft and his
administration is so clear and in such
consonance with the known facts
that 1t will be impossible for those
men to escape from its logic.
The following paragraphs contain
the most cutting and timely arraign-
Inent OF the conspirators:
WAS it not an utterly false pre-
tense on your part when you gave as
your reason for not appointing the
first five members on the committee
that the geographical conditions
would not permit? Why did you in
the face OF such an excuse, appoint
Mr.. Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania, when
Mr.. Penrose already represented that
State: Mr.. Fordney, Of Michigan,
when Mr.. Burrows already represent
ed that state, and Mr.. Boutelle, OF
Illinois, when Mr.. Cullom already
represented that state?
Mr.. Needham, OF California, would
very properly have represented the
whole Pacific coast which was not
represented on the part of the SEN
ate. Why did you not appoint him? Is
III not fact that before you passed Mr..
Needham by you had him interviewed
as to how he stood on the Senate
bill? Senate bill, mark you! and that
he said that II he went on the
Conference Committee he would go
unpledged except that he would feel
honor bound to stand by the House
bill and that thereupon you forth
with repudiated and rejected him al
so as unfit for your purpose?
How did 1t happen that Mr.. Aid
rich assented to a larger representa-
tion on the part of the House than
the Senate II he was fighting for the
Senate bill and you were fighting for
the House bill? Did not you and Aid
rich together select the six conferees
on the part OF the House, no one be-
ing appointed until after Mr.. Aldrlcn
had o. KID or approved him?
Did you not enter into conspir-
acy with Mr.. Aldrich to pack the
conterees on the part OF the House for
the express purpose of adopting the
Snate bill sa far as possible insead
OF the House bill with a few excep- |
tions. when you were honor bound to
do everything in you power to secure
the adoption of the House bill?
Il have gone into these details to
lay bear your miserable, contempti-
Bile false pretense and to expose your
duplicity. treachery and perfidy TO
that legislative body over which you
preside, whose bill you were bound to
defend and not destroy.
Mr.. Aldrich had the effrontery TO
declare in the Senate that the Re-
publican platform did not pledge us
% downward revision. He must
nave then thought that your scheme
vas going to work.
rs 1t possible that you, the Repub.
lean Speaker OF the House of Rep.
esentatives, and Senator Aldrich.
hartman OF the Finance COMMITTEES
I the Senate, entered into a consnir-
cy to secure the. adoption Of the SEN
e bill In general and the highest
IN both bills throughout for the
1ae Of discrediting the President