New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
SPEAKER Cannon
DEF|ES INSURGENTS
Says Republicans Had Better
Lose than Have House Like
Present One.
EX-GOV. BLACK SPEAKS
Declares That Organized Money
and Labor Are the Great
Dangers Of the
Present Time.
rBy Telegraph TO The Tribunal


Bos+on. Aprfl s0-'SUncie Joe" Cannon has
.,oken. and the substance of his speech Is
.lat tbs old rock-ribbed Republicans had
her-er far fight and lose without the in
s1rsents than fight with them and have
another House OF Representatives Ike the
present one In the speech before the
strongly Republican NiddIesex Club OF
Massachusetts at the Hotel Somerset to-
night he thrust aside his prepared address.
and. speaking extemporaneously. cast down
his den TO insurgency. The affair was the
annual Grant night celebration OF the or
sanization. The speaker had paid his trib-
ute TO the great commander and President
He had spoken OF the coalition OF the pro-
sressive and the liberal Republicans IN 1879
20 defeat Grant for the Presidency.
How history repeats itself!'' he said IN
tcnes Of deepest sarcasm. Then laying his
manuscript down, he launched into his ex-
femporaneous castigation OF those who
have broken from the Republican ranks.
In these days. too. we have progressive
and liberal Republicans" he said. but.
men Of aIiddlesex. let US wipe the name
Republican OF the slate and forget its
achievements in the past before we add an
adjective. Let the Insurgents fall out OF
the ranks. II would be better 10 close up
snd march on TO defeat than TO win with
,ben. and have another House Of Rep
resentatives-aye. I may even say another
senate-like the present where no man
knows from day to day whether We have
g. Republican majority. Defeat were in
deed a thousand times better than a vic
tory the Dead Sea fruit OF which turns
20 ashes on cne's lips
Two great dangers OF to-day are the
encroachrnents Of organized money and or
gan!zed labor" said Ex-Governor Frank s.
Black of New York, who also spoke before
The club. he assailed them as equally
vicious, and spoke Of the necessity Of ex-
sarciss Of rigid discipline by the govern
reUr. At the same time he deplored the
rpIrIt which he said perTaded the land
-,-Iicl, made wealth q crime md sought 20
take away their own management from
business enterprises.
Ex-Governor Blacks Speech.
Mr. Black said In part:
II has taken the American people many
years Of arduous- bloody and expensive la
Dor TO reach the spot where they now
stand; They are rich and great, but no
wealth was ever so expansive and no power
so secure that those who gained them by
wisdom and toll could not destroy them by
idleness and folly. If you would continue
things that gave II 10 you.
I do not approve that spirit now run
ming through the land which would force
the vast business industries Of this coun-
try under the management of those who
do not cnfn them. The right to direct
business should remain with those re-
sponsible for the results. The controlling
judcn7cn' should be that of the man who
foots the bills. Power should not be
given TO one and responsibility to an
l. Il, 4,I
All men should be forced to obey the law
and then permitted to run their own
business
There is a culture now which seeks 20
rnaloe wealth new kind OF crime and
old-fashicned crime new kind of dis
case, The new invalid is getting moro
sympathy than the new criminal, This
state OF mind is perverted and unhealthy.
The encroachnents OF corporate strength
have within ten years leaped from one eK.
CTS TO another, Until they have invaded
the spot where IN ell ages and IN all states
Of civilization the individual alone has eK-
eTCfSed dCTninion-the 3oDlicile OF himself
and family. These encroachfnents should
be Curbed.
Two great dangers Of to-day are the en-
croachments Of organized money and or
E6niZed labor. TGaDization Itself is lauc-
able and proper. but their demands grow
more unreasonable and inslstent every day
and the community as q whole suffers by
The great majority Of capital invested
snd of labor employed in this country ask
aDd receive only a fair return for what
the acts OF q few dishonest members. who
should be controlled and punished. This
UOrk the government should do It's power
IS ample, and the remedy is TO use it II
has in its service thousands of competent
men and the right TO increase the number;
q can raise unlimited funds through its
power OF taxation; the courts with their
Irresistible machinery, are everywhere at
hand. It would Be far better 20 use these