The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-28
TRAITOR, He SAYS
Congressman Anthony Reads
Murdoch Out OF Party.
Will Protest Against Him TAX
ing Part in Congress.
HIS VOTE ON RULES.
Raised Voice Against Reforms
He Had Advocated.
Planned to Succeed Bristow in
the Senate.

Congressman D. R. Anthony has his
| fighting toys on. He opened fire to-
| day on his collea que, Victor Murdoch,
who today began his campaign in Leav-
enworth. Mr.. Anthony's home. He
said:
Victor Murdoch. a carpetbagger
| from outside the First congressional
district, has been sent by the Stubs
machine into the First district to try
and throw a little dust in the eyes or
Republican voters. If his statements
! made in the Second district are ind1-
| cative of what he will say in the F1rst
| / can only say that he is either men
tally unbalanced himself or else de-
liberately trying to deceive. really
believe MIR. Murdoch is mentally unoai-
anced.
Murdoch to deny it, that every reform
in the rules of the house which he ever
dreamed of when the movement start
ed two years ago have been accomplish
ed. When 1 first went to washington
I Joined with Mr.. Murdoch and IL other
Republicans in a call for a Republican
caucus to consider the revision OF the
rules At that time the only thing
considered was the creation of calendar
Wednesday, and this great reform was
finally accomplished by myself and 9TH
er Republicans through our influence
With the Republican majority and with
Mr.. Murdoch voting with the Demo
Gratis against his own pet hobDy, just
because myself and other Republicans
had beaten him to it in obtaining this
reform.
Il challenge Mr.. Murdoch to deny that
he voted with the Democrats ana
against the calendar Wednesday.
so that when the special session OF
congress convened and the adoption OF
rules was before thai body and Mr..
Murdoch charges that the Dalzen mo-
dion for the ADOPTION of the old rules
was voted for by the six Kansas regu-
lar Republicans he deliberately nes
gain for it was not the old rules we
voted for but the old rules as recent
Nv amended by the calendar Wednes-
day reform.
.When Mr.. Murdoch and other Re-
r.ublican traitors formed an alliance
with Champ Clark and the Democratic
machine to throw the control OF the
! house into the hands of the enemies
of the Republican party certainly ulu
vote for what are known as the F1tz
| gerald amendments along with about
! $50 other loyal Republicans who aided
nv the votes of about 20 honest Demo-
! Gratis secured further reforms IN the
! rules in che shape of enlarglng the
scope of calendar wednesday securing
| also a calendar for unanimous consent
4 hills thus taking from the speaker pow
or of recognition on these bills, and
also giving the house the right to re-
| comlnit bill to a COMMITTEES with IN
| structiops For every one of these
| changes in the rules which Mr.. Muir
I dock now approvr-S every regular Re-
| n,,bIicaa from Kansas voted but on
which Mr. Murdoch himself voted
| against, lining up with CHAMP clark
| and the Democratic machine.
| $50 the facts are that Mr. Murdoch
voted against the very reforms he him
self demanded, assuming a dog IN the
4 manger attitude toward his fellow Re
pubIicans because he was personally
deprived of the credit of securing
| them.
"Other charges have been made in
/ the rules and 1 want to say right here
| that with all of Murdock's denuncla-
| ton of the committee on rules DEFY
him to point out one particle OF power
possessed by that committee unless Its
every recommendation is first passed
and then vitaIized by a majority vote
of the house before it becomes effec-
tive.
the majority rule and that public BUSH
ness be transacted without political
| filibustering and delay. That is in a
nutshell the mission of the committee
| on rules.
! Another reform made in the rules
of the house is the right to discharge
a committee from the consideration of
a bill thus compelling a report and
preventing the smothering OF Iegisia-
tion in committee EVERY MEMBER OF
the Kansas delegation voted for this.
$50 in view of the reforms already
accommodated and Mr.. Murdock's po-
sition and votes on these measures. 1
feel that his present attitude is essen
TALLY dishonest and stamps him as a
blatant demagogue- of the first water.
| "His bombastic utterances and
windy flights of oratory will fool no
one on the First district
st regard him as traitor to Presi-
dent Taft, and traitor to the Repubh-
can party and shall never permit him
to sit in another Republican caucus at
Washington if my protest is listened to
by the honest and loyal Republicans
of the country.
"Mr Murdoch is endeavoring to de-
stroy the regular Republicans in Kan
sas so that he can go to the United
States senate to succeed Bristow.
Stubs and Murdoch have framed the
deal to shelve poor old Bristow at the
proper time. He is considered an I'M
possibility to succeed himself. So that
in return for Mr.. Murdock's violation
of all the rules of Republican decency
and butting into the First congress
sionaI district, I hereby serve notice
on him that 1 will cheerfully take the
stump against Kim in every county in
Kansas in his race against Bristow
and If no one else will undertake the
job 1 wouldn't be afraid to go before
the people of Kansas to see who is
the most loyal and consistent Repub-
Iican Mr.. Murdoch or myself"