The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-23
kANsAN SAYS SPEAKER HAS
BEEN sTAND.sTlLLER FOR
80 YEARS.
MURDOCH RAPS AT UNCLE JOE
Ayers That Uncle Joe Played In tie.
Dark With Tammany.-Praises
Insurgents for Putting Him OF
Rules Committee.

APo1 40, AAoA', July IV.-COuSFCESs
man Victor Murdoch, Kansas insur-
gent in the house of representatives;
followed in the wake of Speaker Can
non and defended the insurgent cause
In his first political speech of the cam
paign.
He said that Mr.. Cannon "for so
years has been opposed to locomotion,
in any direction" charged him with
Affiliations with Tammany, and de.
clared the greatest thing the insur.
gents accomplished in the last seq.
sion or congress was to put the speak
er off the committee on rules.
Speaker Cannon. for 30 years, has.
been opposed to locomotion in any;
direction. For over a quarter of a.
century he has stood out against pron/
ress. He is not only standpatter,
but a stand-stller. During his politk
cal life he has opposed about all the
progressive legislation that has been.
offered and the wonder ia that "a
much of it has managed to creep inta
the statute books.
He opposed the federal inspection,
OF meats, he stood opposed to irriga..
ton, to currency reform, to pure food
laws and regulations, to civil service
reform and to practically all progress.
i've legislation since the Civil war.
NOW listen to me, want to ten
you something that Cannon did NOT,
mention in his speech While posins,
as partisan; rs an ardent advocate.
OF party fealty, he has played in the
dark with Tammany. He did not hest,
tate to rejoice when his boon compan.
lon. Lorimer, Of Illinois, was elected to
the United States senate by coali.
ton with the Democrats and by deal
that was rotten to the core. that has
made a stencil In the nostrils of thu
nation.
Poisoned the Springs.
Cannon has thoroughly poisoned.
the springs Of representative govern.
ment for 30 years. He has helped to
block the way to light and freedom.
Speaker Cannon was interested in.
Just two things in the tariff bill
the protection of petroleum and its
products. and the tariff on ladies',
gloves. When the insurgents offered
an amendment reducing the tarif on
petroleum, Cannon left his chair and
ragged over the floor of the house like,
a wild man. He said the house could,
not make the reduction. Then the in.
surgents became revolutionists. W.
appealed from the decision Of this
chair and we won our fight. A biz,
hand came down out of the blue sky,
and smashed Cannon, the glove sched.
ule. the petroleum schedule and all
and that hand was William II. Taft's.
1.-THE greatest thing the insurgents
have done," continued the speaker.
has been to put Cannon off the com.
mittee on rules. 1t is no longer neces.
sary for members of the committee to,
get down on their marrow bones be.
fore the chairman for fear of an ad.
verse report to the speaker. The in.
surgents not only wish to take the
power away from Speaker Cannon, but.
from all future speakers. The bull
wark of the speakers power Is his au.
thority to appoint the committees.
They want to take that away from
him either to reward or punish mem. ,
bers."
"Bulwark Of Plots"
Pretending to stand before thu
country as a simple man, favoring low,
expenditures, he has in reality pro.
noted loot and plumber without stint.
If 1t would reward his henchmen or
serve fractional end; pretending to-
Democratic sympathy and making g.
display of homely language and mean.
est manner, he has been the bulwarhs
of every plot and cabal of the aristoc.
racy to swindle and cheat and oppress3
the people. Don't be deceived by thaat
pose of the great commoner.' He has
been living, breathing denial Of the
right Of this people to representative
government ever since his ascensiou.
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