Bisbee daily review., 1910-04-06
| CbEEONISM IS STILL
 | A LEhDIkG ISSUE
Special by Tav)

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Cannon and Cannonism are still destined to be two of the leading izs,'es in the approaching congressional campaign The people will be asked, in the November elections. to reverse the decision of the present house ol representative, which. by sots of 191 to 155, squarely endorsej Cannon and Cannonism by refusing to declare the office of the speaker vacant and elect a new speaker.
 And this situation exists wholly by decree of the so-called republi can insurgents" who when placed in a position where they were fore. ed to either vote for or against Cannonism, voted for it.
 The situation is clear-cut Theee is no opportunity to fool the folks at home" through technicalitles. On ly nine republican insurgents are in position to stand before theh constituents and declare: q stand against Cannonism" All other re publicans are on record here in Washington as being for Cannon and Cannonism. Cannon and Can, nonism mean Aldrich and Aldrich ism. Aldrich and Aldrichism mean tariff revision upward; they mean rules by wall street and the tariff trusts
 The opportunity to take Cannon and Cannonism. as issues, from the oncoming campaign. presented it self in the house when Rep. Bur leson of Texas presented the fol lowing resolution:
 Resolved, that the office oi speaker of the house lof represen tatiyes is hereby declared to be vacant and the house of representa-. tives shall at once proceed to the election of a speaker
 Page 3490 Of the Congressional Record tells what happened. Every democrat voted in favor of the reso lution. One hundred and ninety-one republicans voted against 1t.
 Had the insurgents stood by us on the vote to declare the chair vacant" said Minority Leader Champ Clark in a statement issued to the ! press associations. "Cannonism. with all the name implies. would have been dead as the men who lived before the flood As it is. the issue of Cannonism survives in full force. for. as sure as a gun is made of iron. if the republicans elect a ma jority Of the next house. MT. Speak CT Cannon will be reelected speak. CT.
 Tn the public mind, Mir. Cannon and Cannonism are absolutely syno- nomous. They cannot be disassoci- ated by any sort of incantation leg erdemain. We have. in this victory simply scotched Cannonism, not kill cd 1t, and the net result is that the people. if they really desire to do away with Cannonisn. must dc so by electing a democratic house. That's the only way known among men by which to accomplish that result-a consummation devoutly to be wished"
 From a political standpoint. Rep. Albert s. Burselon of Texas made 2 master move when he introduced his resolution providing for the un- 1 seating of the speaker and the elect | ing of q new speaker. He forced the insurgents to go on record as 10 their real attitude toward Cannon ism. Mir. Burselon is one of the leaders on the democratic side of the house. and his action in intro ducing the measure referred to won him the praise of practically every democratic member of the house.
 1 The democrats said MT. Burle- son, in reviewing the exciting events of March 19. could not have afford ed to pass over the challenge thrown down to them by Speaker Cannon when he offered 10 entertain a mo- ton locking to the election of a new speaker. If we had run away from the trial the republicans would have gone back to their constituents and have said: We have revised inc rules and put the speaker off the rules committee. This proves we have not indorsed Speaker Can non But now they cannot make such statements to their constituents fer the democrats have forced them