The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

House without having obtained rec0gni-
ton. bang, goes the gavel and he is OF
his feet and out OF order IF he persists
in talking the Sergcaut-at-arms, mace in
hand, the emblem Of the climax of au-
thority, compels him to sit down
Would the insurgents put any limita-
tons on speechmaking in the House,"
surely. We have no desire to inter
fere with the prompt transaction Of bust
ness. The one object of the insurgents is
/ to prevent the Speaker from being the
/ lower branch Of Congress. whether MS
name be Cannon, Brown. Jones. or some
thing else"
Are the insurgents low tariff RepublI-
cans?"
some are and some are not. some be-
( lieve in subsidies for ships and some
! oppose the suggestion. We all regard
ourselves as being sound party men"
What is Speaker Caunon's personal
and official attitude toward the insur-
! gents?"
Not on Speaking Terms.
He hasn't spoken to me during the
past four years: he doesn't speak to any
sof the insurgents. Early in my service
I I was put on the post-office committee
/ As members failed to be returned TO this
House 1 got further along toward the
/ head Of the committee and the chair
manship. moving upward, of course. as
others dropped out However. when the
committee was announced this Congress-
I again found my name at the tail OF
the list"
How many Republicans have become
insurgents"
About twenty-five are openly fighting
! Speaker Cannon and his rules. A great
many more are secretly in sympathy witt
us and are waiting for the break tina
is sure TO come and that will overturr
the close corporation now in control OF
the House. Indeed, the Republicans hav,
been bullied until they are ready to crust
Cannonism at the first good chance. !
majority of us were hostile to the wooleI
and cotton cloth schedules Of the presen
ltariff law. The Republicans had promise,
10 change the Dingley schedules an,
members Of the House honestly wante,
to make their pledges good When tn
Payne bill came back to us from tn
Senate however, we were told that onl,
live items of the 10000 would be open t,
amendment-we could change the dut,
on barley. barley malt hides, lumber
and oil, but on nothing else.
Feared 10 Cause Rupture.
had been called by President Taft t
revise the tariff. Business halted an
waited for action i'm Washington. Mem
bers of the House were afraid to take tn
responsibility of beating the bill an
causing a rupture in the Republican
party of having the Presidents effort
result In failure. Speaker Cannon use
their fear to drive an obnoxious bill
through the House of Representatives
a practice that is common with him. bu
was never before SO bold or notorious
SuIl. most Of his work is concealed fror
the public. Measures that should b
enacted into laws are chloroformed b
committee chairmen and thus he escape
a more general and welI-merited cor
| demnatiOn.
I used to read about lobbyists" MI
MurdOck continued. and how they per
formed in Washington They we're ga
chaps and sly and money stuck out G
their pockets. To me, they were as inter
esting as green elephants or any othe
freaks OF nature. I have been Iookin
for lobbyist ever since I came To Cor
gress; I have wanted to note his appear
: ance and observe his conduct. SO IA
: have failed ever to see a person {