The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
P0|NDEXIER IS
GIVEN GREAT
OVATION
Young Mems Republican
Club Meeting at Seattle
Indicates Sentiment.

Seattle, Aug. 5.-There Is intense
excitement all over the Sound over
the result of the meeting held last
might in Seattle under the auspices
of the Young Mems Republican
club. The reception was to the con-
gressional delegation. Piles, Jones,
Humphrey and Poindexter were pres
ent. The whole meeting turned out
to be a terrific ovation for Poindex-
ter from the start to the finish.
Singing rebukes were given to
Jones, Piles and Humphrey, as Can
non-Aldrich followers. Ninety-five
per cent of the audience was for Po-
indexter. The opera house was
crowded. Poindexter was cheered
ten minutes on his appearance while
the other members received scarcely
a cheer Poindexter is now positive
ly sure believed to sweep the whole
state.
Congressman Poindexter opened
his speech by an elaborate defense
of the insurgents in the republican
party and asserted that he had voted
for all the good things credited to
congress and President Taft
He contradicted the charge that
the insurgents were merely obstruc-
tionists. He insisted that they were
r irtc D;tn
where they had been the power be-
hind constructive legislation. In
opening his address, Mr.. Poindexter
made allusion to the state convention
by saying:
Il think l ought to thank the
Young Mems Republican Club for
their liberality in letting me sit be-
side the rest of the delegation from
Washington.
THE party with which you have
cast your fortunes is party upon
whose memorial tablet is inscribed
as one of it's functions that of per-
Ipetuating democracy. Always re-
member as republican that there
is a difference between the republic
can party and the men whom, from
time to time, may gain control of
its organization.
ct is needless to conceal the fact
and | say it with good nature to those
who differ from me, that there is
difference of opinion of sharp nature
between members of the republican
party. And l want to advise you that
you should encourage Independent
thought among the members of your
party and ought not to try to read
them out of that party because they
differ from you.
You have cast your fortunes with
the republican party of your own free
will. No one invited you, and nobody
can read you out. | want to see come
out of this contest harmonious re-
publican party working for the prin-
ciples of the republican party as en-
unciated by it's leaders and not be
politically bound to the chariot
wheels of some man.
There exist now in the republican
party certain men that would stand
pat. There are other republicans who
do not feel like standing pat, but
rather agree with the principles of
the martyred President Mckinley
the principles of Senator Cumimns.
The special session of congress was
to put into effect a policy different
from the stand-pat policy.
1T has been said that the insur-
gents are not constructionists. | am
referring to the record of the last
congress. | don't know the definition
of insurgent, unless 1t be one who
voted against the organization of the
house. because there are many good
republicans who have voted against
all the measures passed, and yet they
are high in the favor of the organiza-
ton.
"The only ones denominated as in
surgents are those who voted against
Speaker Cannon and who voted to so
change the house rules that the func-
lions of that body should be perform
ed by $50 members instead of center
ing in one member. I do not under
stand that that is contrary to repub-
lican principles.
Certain members of the republi- |
can party in congress have not gone
into caucus. / have gone in, and |
have stayed out at times when there |
was a struggle between two wings of
the party for party organization. 1t |
seems to me it would have been folly |
for the minority to go into caucus
with the larger faction. 1t would be
like the lion anu the lamb lying down
together with the lamb inside of the
lion