The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-04-01
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"Party regularity" Isn't Il wonderful how long and how
we'll that silly appeal to prejudice has ested}
Your party puts up soalawag and the other side puts up
good and the party leaders to YOU we cant say
much for man, but you must stick to your party
VOW elect congressman and he tries to serve YOU but they
put him and he subsidies You complain and
he will say to You, "But had 70 be regular"
The insurgents asked President TAFT for help or at least to
refuse help Cannon and TAFT replied Il aid in
suueetion in the party We must be regular"
Gentlemen. the jig is up"
With finger leyeled Serene Payne republican floor
ade Champ Clark announced this be the result OF the vote
IN which the democrats and insurgents checked the regular
program
"No matter" said Clark what may happen No
matter YOU dragoon enough members later TO
your point thing deeidsdhe g is up with the house
machine"
II is true Cannon reelected II the old rules
were readoped the amendments do touch the
root the evil II the speaker still has 20 pack
committees 1t is tho speaker aud the rules committee sti
power seal the tate OF legislation II IS true the house
insurgents and finally ouvoed and defeated
Blu, still, that Tor Cannon and DalseIl and Payne and
Tawncy-"the JIG is up"
And this s Why "the jig is up"
The strength Of Cannon. and the Cannon organization has
been party regularity The argument for the existence Of
the Cannon organization he responsibility OF the party
in power"
maintain the Cannon organization Cannon forced
lay aside this hoay fraud and to make public exhibition Of
alliance which exists and long has existed with
section Of the democratic party.
II fact thar party regularity so far il applies 10
the practical everyday operations OF the house Of representa-
ves merely OF the marked cards with which Cannon and
other system representatives play tho game and trick the peo
pie Under the surface and its real workings the house does
divide itself republican and democratic membership
Shere republicans like Victor Murdoch who work for the
people and there democrats like Fitzgerald OF New York
who work against progress.
All needed division Of tho house disclose
the emptiness Of the party and the weakness Of the
party tic
The rules issue forced real division Of tho house.
What happeneda
Why Pat MeCarren redolent 81 Standard oil and demo
cratic boss Of Brooklyn delivered Fitzgerald Cannon Char
lie Murphy boss OF Tammany delivered Conroy ard Fornes
Coldfoglc and Gouden Harrison and Rordan from Georgia
the democratic OF Brantley Cggs Howard Lee
lindsay. Livingston and Broussard OF Louisiana who
nom land dominated in politics by the sugar
Mark you Welt The republicans pockeied BY means
Of the and the cry Of party regularity and then the
cohorts Of McCarren Tammany avemcyer up the
full
But Cannon pay The house must pay In the last
analysis the public pay And when the public pays
political debt like this it pays cash.
The tariff law won't hurt Standard Oil
1t won't hurt the Sugar
There will be dollar barrel beer nor win Tam
manys other friends among the liquor Dealers dsters and
brewers be hard hit
50 the public will pay the cannons victory and
the victory Of party regularity when fills its lamps and
It's coffee.