Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22


less and independent enough to maintain
party virility and keep it abreast of the
times, which exercises liberation of the
differing views of equally honest and
patriotic men. which displays the good
sense to regulate factional strife to the
limits of yesterday and which could sub
stitute for dogmatism and criticism a
steady and sincere helpfuneSS in Vitaliz-
ing republican principles into law, be-
cause the supremacy of those principles
spells the largest prosperity, progress
and glory for the republic.
Hamilton Fish On. Y.)-I am an insur-
gent only against the reactionary House
| organization and rules. They seek to
throttle legislation in the interest of the
| people | believe in the progressive
Roosevelt policies which are being faith
fully carried out by President Taft.
Otto G. Foelker (N. Y)-Your question.
why are you an insurgent republican?
| assumes that which l earnestly deny
| namely, that / am an insurgent. When
| I entered upon my duties l found. not a
| dehberative body consisting of nearly AGO
! members. each having equal rights with
| the others, but conditions which took the
| control Of legislation out of the hands of
| Congress and placed it in the hands of
| one man. l knew this was not right: l
knew that it was contrary to the spirit
| o. our institutions. and | set to work to
| Gst back into the hands of Congress, and
| OF the entire Congress, the rights and
| powers which had been negligently dele
| gated away, contrary to all conceived no.
| tonS of popular government
| Gilbert y. Haugen Iowa).I am an in
sUrgent because | believe in the principles
| for which our forefathers fought-free-
| dom of thought and action and personal
| Independence.
E. \. Hayes CALI am an insurgent
| republican because | object to the ar
| bitrary and un-American methods by
| which in recent years the House of
| Representatives has been controlled by
the Speaker and his immediate lieuten-
ants.
| L. n Hinshaw (Neb.)-I am an insurg.
| gent in the House because ! believe in a
| lessening of the one-mah power and a
conversion of that body into a gathering
! of free representatives of the people.
D. A. Hollingsworth (Ohio).-I am not
an insurgent republican in the full news
paper sense. On general principles / op-
pose one-maD power in legislative mat
terS.
Ebert H. Hubbard Gowa,-I came to
| Congress as most regular republican.
In a short time l saw tha tthe House
was under the control of the Spea ker
and his ieutenants. My constituents
were for lower rates and rightly. as |
| believe. l believe that the insurgents
represent the true conviction of the par
ty. and that the leaders do not repre-
| sent it.
\. L. Kendall Ga.)-I am an insurgent
republican because I favor: (a) The re-
| tirement of Mr.. Cannon from the speaker
ship: tb) Such further revision of the
| rules of the House as shall deprive the
chair of the power over committee ap-
| pointments: &c, The immediate enact
ment into law of the progressive policies
advocated by President Roosevelt and ap-
proved by the American people
| A. w. kopp (Wis,)-Under the system
of rules which has heretofore been in
vogue in the House. the Speaker has
been able. practically. to determine 1egis
| lative policies and has been able. abso-
lutely. to make or unmake any given
representative and thus cause the repre-
| sentative of a district to be influential or
mere fgurehead. l am an insurgent
| against this system OF rules because l
| believe it gives the Speaker greater power
| than is proper to intruSt TO any one man
under a representative form of govern
ment.
| Gustav Kustermann tWis)-I am an in
dependent republican for the reason that
! am in Congress to represent the whole
people, not merely one faction or one
party. but the people of all factions. My
vote is cast for a meritorious democratic
measure just as quickly as for repub
| lican measure / follow my judgment
and the dictates of my conscience in my
duties as member OF Congress. If
being an independent republican is char
acteriZed as insurgency, then I say make
the most of it.
c. A. I.inbergh (Minn.)-I beg to state
that am an insursent republican because
of the fact that | have not accepted Can
| non. Aldrich and other bosses as my
guides in official action. ] consider that,
as representative of a sovereign people,
must act for and be responsible to my
constituency, and do what seems to me
for the common welfare.
Eben W. Martin IS. D.)-I should class
myself as an Independent regular.
united with the insurgents in the re-
cent movemen: to change the organiza-
tiOn Of the committee on rules, because
believed in the measure, and have con-
sidered for years that some changes
ought to be made in the direction OF
restoring to the individual representa-
tives some of .he power which has. by
the growth and development of custom.
been lodged in the Speaker of the House.
G.. b. Miller tMinn. Primarily l am
an insurgent republican because i be-
lieve the organization of the House OF
posed to the reform legislation demand
ed by the people incidentally, because
| the rules have aided few TO CONTROL
the work OF the House.
L. A. Morse Owls. II in
surgent republican because | believe in
restoring selfgovernment to the House
| of Representatives. The inSurgent
| movement is d mighty protest against
| bossism and one-man power. and has
| for its object the enactment into legis
lation of the progressive policies Of the
| republican party.
| surgent republicans because we find
| autocracy enthroned in the House
! serving the selfish purposes of special
| privilege. With voice and vote We seek
! To substitute for autocracy representa-
tive government and for special priv
/ ileges the public good. II is our wish
and hope that by serving our country
| best we may serve our party best. and
! the only reward we seek is the approval
/ of conscience, constituents and country
| G. W. Norris fNeb.D.-1 am an lnSur-
/ gent because ! believe in the right of in
! dividual action and freedom of represen-
tation in the House OF Representatives
| and in no other way can | voice my
| opposition to one-man domination and
| machine control.
| Herbert Parsons On. YD.-Whether 1
am to be classed as an 'insurgent re-
| publican depends upon the definition of
| that word. I have attended all party
| cauCuses and have abided by their re-
! suits / voted as / have because of
| what seemed TO me- the merits OF each
proposition. In mylfEind the House of
| Representatives. won& be more useful
! body and made up of men feeling their
| responsibility more if the power was
| distributed rather than SO much con-
| ccntrated in the Speaker.
| Frank PIumley tNtD.-I came to the
! House with strong convictions that there
| should he more liberal rules and "a more
the representative there should be a
| larger individual initiative in matters of
| legislation. and that the leaders should
| receive their instructions from the body
| of the majority members instead of
| handing out instructions to that ma
! jorty.
| Miles PondeXter (WashD-I am an in