Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-17
TENNESSEE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
MEMBER MAY BE BEATEN BY
CANNON FORCES.
EMsRY OF WINCHESTER
AFTER HIS SCALP
Primary In Tennessee to Be Wassd
On Cannon and Anti Cannon Cues
tions-Warner's Chances Of Being
Returned Are Looking Up-Lats
Colonel French AZ Taetician.
Especial corespondence.1

Washington, Aug. 17.-The Hon.
John Austin Moon, democratic mem
Der of the house from the Third Ten
nessee district, is another of those good
men and true who are threatened with
an mplification of the fact that re-
puollcs are ungrateful. Mr.. Moon is
one OF the immortal twenty-three who
followed the lead OF Representative
Fitzgerald OF New York in the contest
IN the house over the rules. They left
the banner of Champ Clark and en-
nsted under the colors Of Uncle joe"
rms has been much exploited down
IN the counties OF Bledsoe, McMinn.
Sequatchie and others where there are
stu some ancient and substantial citi-
zens who swear by the memory of An
drew Jackson and there is cloud on
the political future Of Mr.. Moon as the
result. One I. A. Enbry, Of Winches-
ter Tenn, a Carmack man, who has
oeen prominent in Tennessee politics
Tor years, has come to the conclusion
and has let the fact be known that
any man who voted against the over
throw OF Uncle Joe'' Cannon and the
house rules is not proper man to
represent the Third Tennessee in the
house whereas he Is the proper party
to be the representative He Is acting
accordingly and has already begun G.
not campaign against the denomination
of Moon The test will come in a
primary next April 1t bids fair to be-
one of the hottest Of the contests
which will arise over the attitude Of
certain democrats on the rules fight
Moon is now serving his seventh term
in congress.
The fight on Representative Moon in
the Third Tennessee district is the
more interesting because it will be
waged on the issue of Cannon and anti
Cannon matters and on the issue raised
by desertion of Champ Clarks leader
ship. Moon is not novice at politics
and has always had the support of the
republican machine in Tennessee when
he needed it. 1t was in a previous fight
on Moon that some one was expressing
to Representative Clayton Of Alabama
apprehension lest the Tennessee man
be defeated. Which led Clayton to re-
mark:
Johns a pretty good democrat, a
fair to middling populist, and a per-
fectly good republican for all practical
purposes. He'll come hack all right"
1t is quite possible that application
of this philosophy is in order in the
present contest against Moon.
Senator William Warmers chances Of
hcing returned to the senate from Ms
souri, are looking up. For a tine. 1t
wss thought he was beaten. But SEN
ator Warmers frleads say he is strong
in the rural districts, that he will be
able to unite the republican support
thoroughly and that the democrats are
in disrupted and disorganized state
They have not shown any signs thus
far of being able to center on a can
didate to beat Warner. The latter is
popular with the old soldier element,
having good war record and having
Wisconsin regiment. It is quite pos
sibie he will get another six-year lease
of political life from Missouri, thereby
helping to strengthen the hold Of the
republicans ON the state Senator War
uef has IndOe SDlHe trouble LOT NlnSell
among the downward revisionists in
Missouri on account of the fact he
pgsistently voted in support Of Sena-
tor Aldrich on the tariff bill. On the
other hand, he was under strong pres
sure to do this on account Of the ne
cessity of looking out for the zinc, lead
and other interests of his state.
Army men rank Lieut.. Col. John T.
French, Jr., who has just died, as one
Of the foremost authorities of the reg
ular se5vice on everything relating. to
military tactics. He belonged to the
roll of medal-of-honor men. 1t was in
the Powder river expedition under
Crook that he performed a daring feat
that brought him the coveted medal.
He was largely responsible for taking
mold of the old Upton tactics and from
them evolving the tactics embodied in
the drill regulations Of today. He
ranked as an authority alongside of
such able students of the art of war
as Wagner and others whose works are
studied on both sides of the Atlantic.