Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-18
SOME SPARKS MAY FLY.

when Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug Of war, we are told
and when Uncle Joe" meets the in
surgent chief there viii very likely
come something closely resembling a
tug,
Speaker cannon Will reply to SEN
ator Cummins ~ Kansas CITY on he
aeth instant-Friday of next week. He
put aside a request for an immediate
reply. This warrants expectations OF
something both full and to the point.
Mr.. cummins is n formidable antag-
onist. and Mr.. Cannon has crossed
tongues so TO say. with many able
men Of his generation.
Referring TO the Cummins-Cannon
contest tn Washington star says:
That these men are sincere is be-
yond all question. That both desire
the welfare Of the country Is equally
certain. That both are republicans
rests not upon their own assertions
which are very strong-but upon
8btth anu UtlA'i law tfNAi . lfF
tectionists. both for sound money.
both ~fervently believe in all the lead
ing tenets of the great organization
to which they nave given the best
powers OF their manhood. The one
has been a republican governor OF
iowa, ana is now a republican senator
from that state in the United States
senate. The other Is the speaker OF
the republican house on representa-
tives. and for nearly a third of a cen-
fury has represented, as a republican.
one Of the militant REPUBLICAN dis
tr.eis OF i republican state "a The
lower house OF coagrets. II thcee
two men are not republicans. Nhe.ei
may a republican be found2
In the heat OF controversy men
even the ablcst-aay ~ digested
things. Many ~ dlgcstod things are
low being said. md on both sidcs,
IF I am a republican, you are not"
This one hears from the one side, III
! am a democrat. YOU are not" such
Is a familiar charge on the other side.
The speakers appear very earnest.
The crowds applaud Tho newspa-
pers glory in the arraignments and
counter-arraignmonts. News is n
very necessary article of diet; and the
man. politician or other, who makes
good stories grow where only one
grew before is a public benefaetor.
But il Il easily demonstrablc that
this sort OF thing can be carried too
Men may injurc not only them
but their party. by an excess
indulgence in aggressive asscr-
tion. The greater their ability and
their credit with the public, the great
er the care they should exercise in
both statement and criticism. NJ
they permit their tonges To- run away
with them, there is no telling where
they may pun up, or in what condl-
ton.
on the tariff qucstion-which is
the bone Of contention between the
senator and Mr.. Cannon-thcre
Is ground Tor differences Of opinion
between republicans without i'm
p%eaching personal character or party
Neither Mr.. Cummins nor
Cannon would destroy the princi-
pie Of protection. They dHfcr as To
its application. The one man would
keep the figures high here. the other
Both. in AN probability. try to
lake. and think they do take. a broad
ana national view OF the question.
This reading out Of the party"
proposition Is OF course absurd. ~ !
.'epubican Is a member Of his party .
~ the leave Of any other republican. !
Z he leaves, he reads himself out Mfr !
'nmmins n Mr.. Cannon are both |
n the party, and will remain while ,
hey wish. The republican program {
5 not confined 10 the tariff There y
: much 20 he lone. and an Import y
mt part Of II must De shaped before c
congrcssionai elections nj next q
ear.