The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-25
In His Magazine Today He
Says House Victory Was
Exaggerated Greatly.
SYSTEM KEEPS CONTROL
AT cAUcUSES OF NEW RULES
COMMITTEE, HE. SAYS, THE
TRUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO
DOMINATE AS FORMERLY,
fAmerican News Service)


Madison, Wis, March 2J.-'The vic
tory will strengthen the morale of the
progressive organization. 1t will DEM
onstrate that the system can be beaten.
But it will be clearly understood that
little was achieved besides the tempo
rary humiliation of an old man of bad
eminence whose successor the System
must, at all events, soon put forward.
Out from the center of the smoke
of battle which ragged at Washington
for three days of last week, Senator La
Toilette, in today's issue of his week
ly Magazine, says that the effect of
this contest in the House has been
greatly exaggerated" Senator LaFol-
lette believes that the change in the
House rules increasing the members
of the committee from five to ten,
without the speaker as chairman, to
be selected by caucus, will accomplish
little.
What Its Powers Are.
1.-THE new committee on rules shall
have the same power as the old COM
mittee on rules. that is: Whenever a
majority of it's members SO determine,
it is privileged to present for the con-
sideration of the House a special rule
or motion with respect to some partic-
ular bill or proceedings. 1t has al
ways had that power. The republican
majority of this committee on rules
will be named by republican caucus.
The steel trust, the sugar trust, the
beef trust, in short, the System, will
control in that caucus by an over
whelming majority. 1t dominates
both branches of congress. 1t speaks
through Aldrich in the senate and Can
non in the House. 1t will name the
new committee on rules.
Cannon will not be member of the
committee. but the System will be as
potential on that committee as though
Cannon were it's chairman. Shelter
ed behind the committee, he will be as
effective an instrument for wrong as
though he were still it's head and
front" He may be even more dan
gerous. His offensive arrogance, his
coarse personality will be less conspic-
uous.-
Senator La Toilette says that so long
as the republican majority in the
House serves the System, it will make
little difference whether or not Can
non is member of the committee on
rules. .4..
What Cannonism Is.
"Cannonism without Cannon is just
as hurtful to the country as Cannon
ism with Cannon. The people must
understand that Cannonism is a short
definition of government by that Sys-
TEN. Aldrich and Cannon would have
little power for evil II majority of
the republican majority in both the
senate and the House represented pub
lie interest instead of special inter-
est
1.-THE American people must under
stand that this has been only Skin
mish The real battle Is still to come.
and that must be fought out in the pri-
maries and the elections between now
and November Candidates must be
nominated and elected who will vote
against Cannon and his type without
every form.
I'm fear of the approaching cleo
tons. some of the System congressman
deserted Cannon and voted with the
insurgents. These men are making a
record upon which to go before their
constituents. The gathering storm
of public resentment caused them to
abandon the enemy's camp and join
the insurgents. Let them come. Let
them be tested Watch their records.
They will be tried many times in this
session. BY their fruits We shall
know them"