Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-04-29
DETERMINED To
DEPOSE CANNON
LEADERS OF INSURGENTS WILL
BRING MATTER OF HIS RE-
MOVAL TO VOTE.
HIS ATTITUDE is ARROGANT
Amendments to Railroad Rate Bill
Are in Interest of Shippers-Sen-
ator Burton's Attack on the
River and Harbor Measure
CLAWS Ruled Against.

dtOr BurtOn'S Attack on the
River and Harbor Measure
CLAWS Ruled Against.
Washington. - Representatives Vic
tor Murdoch, Miles Poindexter and
other Insurgents are determined that
before this congress adjourns the
house shall accept Speaker Cannon's
challenge to the Independent Repub-
licans to depose him. They purpose
to bring the matter to a vote and are
confident that the opposition which
exists in the Republican party, united
to that of the Democrats, will remove
Cannon from the speakership. This is
important, but not more so than the
announcement of Champ Clark, lead
er of the Democrats, that the minority
party will support change in the
rules taking away from the speaker
the power to appoint the committees
ing prerogative is the most cherished
of those Of the speakership. Champ
Clark, in the event of Democratic
house, would undoubtedly be the can
didate of the Democrats for the speak
ership. 1t is to his credit that he
takes the position that even if elected
speaker he does not desire the naming
Of committees. He makes it clear
that even if elected speaker he will
then contend personally for the change
in tbn to xvb oh hn nlQ6 OQC
the minority.
Friends of Speaker Cannon take the
ground that it is Uncle Joe's" desire
that the Progressive and lnsurgent
Republicans should unite with the
Democrats and depose him, as he be-
lieves that by SO doing they will injure
themselves more than they will him.
He processes to be convinced that the
country will stand by him and will re-
sent the vote of any Republican which
affects the control he now yields over
the house.
Speaker Reused Antagonist.
Since the irritating speech of the
speaker defying the Progressives
there has been a careful canvass of
the house to ascertain what would be
the result of a motion to depose the
speaker. The canvass shows that
there are votes enough to pass the
resolution. However, there is no dis
position on the part of the Progress
sives to push such a resolution at this
time. They do not purpose to relieve
Mr.. Cannon and his organization from
the responsibility of putting through
the legislation which the party plat
form has promised the people. Speak
er Cannon is in a position where he
can continue to defy the Progressives
because he is assured that they will
not accept his challenge while such
acceptance would interfere with the
enactment of legislation. But when
the legislation is out of the way then
the proposition to depose him from
the speakership will be put forward
in earnest. The Progressives will not
wait for an invitation and it is reason
ably certain that the speaker will be
deposed.
The reports which the Cannon or
ganization are receiving from some
hitherto standpat districts in Kansas,
Oklahoma, Nebraska and other places
in the middle west ought to be suffi-
cient to warn them of the impending
danger to the party. The Organiza-
ton, however, seems to pay little at
tention to the reports which come
from the field and is in the attitude
where it bowls along without regard
to the consequences. The strange part
of the situation is that President Taft,
who is certainly well advised as to
conditions throughout the country, as
he is receiving a flood of letters all
the time telling him the exact situa-
ton, does not see that the real hope
o. the party in the future is not with
the Cannons and the Aldriches, but is
kind
Amendments Aid Shippers.
Following close upon the heels of
Senator La Follette's arraignment of
the attorney general, the senate
adopted an amendment to the rate
bill which gives to shippers who
are compliments before the Interstate
Commerce commission the right to
representation by counsel before the
proposed court of commerce and in
the Supreme court.
The bill as drawn by the attorney
general and as reported by the SEN
ate committee, excluded shippers from
all court proceedings, and gave eXclu-
sive charge to the attorney general.
The storm of protest which came
from the big shippers of the country
in regard to this feature, caused the
Reactionaries to offer an amendment
which in effect said that the court in
it's discretion, might permit the ship
pers to be represented.
Status of the Amendment
This amendment must not be
thought to in any way go to the merits