The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
CUMMINS HITS
PARTY BOSSES
SENATOR FROM IOWA DEFENDS
INSURGENTS IN VIGOROUS
SPEECH IN CHICAGO.
RIDDLES NEW TARIFF LAW
Declares Act Recently Passed by Con-
gress Was Not Fulfillment of
Republican Platform.
HIS SIDE READY FOR HOT FIGHT.

CHICAGO, H.. Nov. S.-With satire
and sarcasm that scorched, Senator Al
bert Il. Cummns of Iowa Saturday
night gave the grilling of their lives TO
Uncle Joe" Cannon and the other
stand pat leaders who have been try
ing to read the insurgents out of the
Republican party. III Il speech before
the Marquette club, the lowan declared
that if Cannon aud his allies could eXpel
from the party every man who would
have voted against the Aldrich-Payne
tariff bill if he had been in Congress, Il
majority Of the Republicans would be
eliminated in every northern state from
Ohio to the Rockies.
He urged that the time has come for
an inquiry into what qualifications make
Republican,, and without lodging per-
sonalities said that for arblter of tins
question he would not accept Aldrich.
Payne nor Cannon, but that the voters
would he the judges. and the national
platform would he the criterion by which
the fidelity of the insurgents 10 their
party would be tested.
intoxicated with Power
In sizzling phrases the Iowa senator
said that the organization leaders III Con
gress were 80 intoxicated with then
power as to imagine that they constitute
the Republican party and after express
ing wonderment Mt not only the audac-
ity but the madness of the attacks
from Uncle Joe" he cheerfully conveyed
the information to the "StandpatterS'
that the insurgents would keep up the
fight and would do their best to nomi-
nate candidates who believe in progress
sive policies.
The party cannot any longer be pro-
,lnt 20, nd Il Ia,
its Congress-" declaretd the senator.
The address of the lowan, further
more. took up four subjects of national
import. which it treated from the Gin
surgent" or progressive" viewpoint
The arguments presented by Senator
CumminS on these topics followed a dee
claration that some of the leaders of the
party think it time to settle down for u
period of rest and inaction, and that if
the party follows such course "the
camp we pitch will be our burial
ground.
Points in the Speech,
In condensed form the arguments were:
TariI-The act recently passed by CON
greSS was not fulhlmeut of the party
platform; it would be 1.-THE extreme of fol
| ly' to attempt to pass another conpreheh-
sive bill in the near future, but instead the
insurgents will tight TO strengthen the cam
paign for Il permanent, digniiied and indie
pendent tarlf commission; schedules
should be taken up for revision one 10y one
as the necessary information is obtained.
! CurreuCy-The idea of n central bank Is
'ntolerable' because 1t would subject the
volume of the currency To the power of IL
few men who might be scliishly Interested
in expanding or reducing it,; the creation
of financial institution, the control ana
mana cement of which might become Il po-
litical issue, should also be avoided
Railroad Regulation-The interstate com
merce act should be amended so to apply
In the matter of capitalization of railway
comuanics it is absurd to attempt to reg
uate rates until It is determined upon
what capital the railways can lawfully de-
mnnd a reward: all rates over which Con
greSs has jurisdiction should be reviewed rs
parts of one great uniform system.
Competitiou-Th antitrust law is n
'misprable failure: when competition Is
destroyed the government will fal:uhe law
should he revised to render unlawful any
concentration of capital that will have the
effect of destroying or impniring competi
ton: n graduated tax should he imposed
that will make it Improbable SO to enlarge
( n business that it will have n monopoly III
its own field.
Cheers Greet Senator.
The address was delivered at a ban
Duet in tho clubhouse of the Marquette
club which was attended by 200 mem
| hers. Chester y. Legg, president of the
| club, acted as POSTMASTER.