Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
FOWLER F|ERCELY
ATTACKS CANNON
Jersey Representative Charges
Conspiracy toRuIeC Congress.
MALICE IN EVERY ACTION"

Dectares Uncle joe 10 IN . Plot win
Senator Aidrich to Control Lsgisla-
tIcn-chargss Speaker With Favor.
itism, coneeit and Putrid Prefer.
snces.
One OF the most sensational attacks
made by responsible authority upon
q public man In the United States In
modern times is contained In an open
letter addressed to Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon BY Representative Charles N.
Fowler. OF Elizabeth. N. J.
Representative Fowler boldly
charges the existence OF q conspiracy
between the speaker Of the house and
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich. OF Rhode
Island. for the purpose of controlling
all important national legislation and
Of defeating both tariff reform and
currency reform.
For several years the New Jersey
congressman was chairman of the
house committee on banking and cur
rency. At the close OF the recent spe-
cial session Speaker Cannon declined
to reappoint Mr.. Fowler to that Inn
portant craftsmanship. Such action is
almost unprecedented.
Despairing of securing what he be.
lieves is necessary legislation for the
reform of the currency and banking
laws of the country as long as the
house Is under the control of the pres.
ent rules as interpreted by Speaker
Cannon. Mr.. Fowler announced him.
self as a candidate for speaker at the
opening of the special session. He
explains that he did this. not In the
expectation of being elected. but solely
for the purpose of bringing squarely
before the people the issue of genu-
Inc currency and banking reform as
distinguished from the legislative pro.
gram on that question agreed to by
Aldrich and Cannon. This conduct
made Mr.. Fowler an "insurgent" in the
eyes of Uncle joe"
Referring to his course in that re-
spect Representative Fowler says In
his letter to the speaker:
do you suppose. sir. that I did not
appreciate fully the probable conse.
quence of my act when I undertook TO
play my part in securing this reform?
do you suppose that I was not
aware Of your ignorance. prejudice. in.
ordinate conceit. favoritism. putrid
preferences. and that like all such
characters possessing absolute power.
malice Is the handspring OF your every
action under such circumstances"
After reciting from the official rec
ords the speakers support OF unsound
money measures in congress up to the
present time. Mr.. Fowler reminded
Mr.. Cannon of the latter's opposition
to remedial legislation proposed by the
New Jersey man to avert the panic of
1907. He reminds him of how he was
pleaded with to permit consideration
OF the bill prepared by Fowler with the
assistance OF fifteen OF the greatest
bankers in the country.
After accusing Speaker Cannon OF
deliberately conspiring with Senator
Aldrich to pack circumference commit.
tee on the tariff bill against the house
bill. Mr.. Fowler adds:
II have gone into these details to
lay bare your miserable. contemplate
false pretense and to expose your du.
plicity, treachery and perfidy to that
legislative body over which you pre-.
side. whose will you were bound to de
fend and not destroy.
rs II possible that you. the Repub-
lican speaker Of the house OF repre-.
sentatives. and Senator Aldrich. chair.
man Of the finance committee OF the
secure the adoption OF the senate bill
in general and the highest rates In
both bills throughout for the purpose
Of discrediting the president BY repu-
dating his pledges and the platform
of the Republican party?
Taking all the facts as they appear
in the case, from start to finish. a
lawyer. an intelligent criminal lawyer,
would say that 1t looked like q con-
spiracy. You seem to have measured
the conditions with accuracy and to
have calculated the distances to the
various points OF agreement carefully,
and you seemed to be almost upon the
point OF communicating your undertake
ing when the great unknown factor
became the determining force.
Though this scheme failed. II ex
hibits 'Cannonism' in It's highest ahd
most perfect development.
~ challenge you to cite in all our
political history a more dishonorable
and disreputable piece OF business un-
less. perhaps. you cite something In
your own career of which the people
are not yet advised"
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