Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-25

act hat a principle was at stake up
on which M position, and the circum-
anc surrounding it, seemed to
make me one of the central figures,
and prompted the propriety OF my
taking hold with all the vigor and
earnestness l could command. | do
not know that l shall run for Con-
gress again. do not wan to-but
IL thing is certain, | shat not hest
ate to do so, OF for any other office,
should any considerable number OF
the home people desire it, and the
coterie would not disturb me; ! have
too much confidence in the wisdom OF
the people of Nevada to be fearful
of them being used as "a footstOol by
that bunch. Voters are becoming
more independent and are not inclin.
ed to allow scheming organizations
to do their thinking, they'll vote for
! democrats or republicans + they be
lieve in them, and they won't if they
don't regardless of the well-laid plans
OF ring politicians.
AS to my vote on the rules, that |
voted for the Fitzgerald amendments
is most true, and that | would do 50
again is most true, II that | would
do SO again is also most true. In fact
| got up out of bed against my doc
tors advice, in order to be present
that day. and attended tn democrat
tic caucus, and those Immediately
following on the loo OF the house,
caused the forming of my judgment
for the Fitzgerald amendment, and
did not are if | had Decn the only
one. | was surprised TO find 20 odd
others of the same mind as the roll
was called. amongst them some of the
most highly respected and longest
serving members of congress-. We
did not violate Il pledge and We did
not bolt a caucus, as the GL'dield
News alleges. We voted for amend
ments proposed by a democrat, and a
democrat whom Champ Clark said on
the tluor was the ablrst parliamentary
ian in the house, but whom he did
not name in his select committee OF
fifteen simply because Fitzgerald did
not agree with him, and incidentally
Mr.. Clark was the first one to invoke
the aid of our amendment in subse-
quently moving a reCommitment o.
the tariff bill.
The News charges Cannon with
terrifying himself with a set of rules
that makes him an absolute dictator,
and, that SO "arbitrary and dangerous
had Speaker Cannon become, that
country" What insuffera0ie, %ineXcus-
able ignorance and rot. The other
yellow pencil of the coterie, little
Johnnie JaundiCe, who lives in Reno,
should nave written the News edit
orial. He has more brains. eve il
they are a little ciouded by resent
ment OF tancied wrongs. The rules
are the outgrowth of some hundreds
of years OF experience OF ~assemblage
and parliamentary practice, but this
interview cannot 90 ntO the question
now. Let me remind the cOterle,
however, that these very wicked rules
were our democratic rules when we
held the gayel in the SD congress,
when Crisp followed Reed into the
speakers chair. That there is room
for an honest difference OF OPINION
on the house ruies, there can be no
question, and it is possible those now
in force might in many instances be
improved, and ii is up to those who
are able and earnest in their desire
to improve to suggest AMI work for
a betterment, and if right, they'll win.
This is still a representative govern
ment, and the majority -ules. Mr..
Cannon did not make the rules; they
were made by the house of represen-
tatives of the United States acting
by a majority vote, and 1t is simply