Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-18
RAPS INSURGENCY IN
NO UNCERTAIN TUf'i5 s
VETERAN DECLARES ALL, TALK
OF REORGANIZATION OF REPUB-
LlcAN PARTY ORIGINATED
WITH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


terview with Jos. G. Cannon. speaker
Of the house of representatives, in
which he denounces the insurgents,
SAYS that he will be candidate for
the speakership of the next house and
declares that reports Of contem-
plated reorganization of the repub'
lican party originated with insurgents
and democrats.
Referring to the dispatches from
{ Beverly, Mr. Cannon said:
Il don't believe Mr.. Taft contem
plates any such action. The president
is not the kind of man to yield to
every passing whim of minoritys
1.-The story that Senator'S Aldrich
Hale and myself were to be thrown
out of the party will be found when
traced to its source to have originated
with some of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
allies, whose wishes are father to the
thought You know that small
group of so-called republicans, under
the leadership of La Toilette. Cum
Minis. Bristow and others. would like
nothing better than to gain control OF
he Republican party.
Il expect to be reelected to con-
zress by an overwhelming majority
and then I will be candidate for
4 speaker, but always subject to the will
Z the people. IT, ( am beaten in the
which 4 ,tbelieve Is remote, l
will willingly take my place in the
-anks."
Answering the question, "Will you
De a candidate for reelection as
speaker of the next house?" Mr. Can
non made this statement:
Statement on Speakership.
II have been asked that question fire.
1uently, especially by our democratic
friends and their practical allies, the
followers of LaFollette and Cummlns.
| have answered it. but SO far the an
ywer as i gave it has never been pub
ished by our friends the enemy.
Il am speaker of the house, elected
BY a republican majority, four times.
nave been in harmony with and have
sos the best of my ability co-operated
with the republican majority in the
legislation that has been enacted for
the last seven years, during the admin
lstration of Theodore Roosevelt and
William III. Taft
II know of no reason personal or po-
itical that would prevent my being
speaker again ifAa majority Of the
house should so Desire. Under these
aonditions, pending a campaign. l
could not upon the demand Of the
enemy, pledge in the event of my re-
election to congress that l would not
be candidate for speaker. without
acknowledging that the record of the
house during the past seven years is
subject to criticism and that the re-
publican majority. with which / have
co-operated in the enactment of legis-
lation. is subject to just criticism.
This I will not do. because I believe
that the record of the party for the
past seven years should be Endorsed
and not condemned.
mo republican representative in the
next congress will be elected speaker
nnless there is a majority Of real re-
publicans in the house that will unite
In a caucus touching the organization
OF the house and abide BY the action Of
the caucus in the selection Of the
speaker and other officers"
His View Of Insurgents.
Mr.. Cannon then devoted his atten-
lion to the insurgents The senators
and representatives who call them
selves insurgents. and who voted
against the enactment OF the Payne
Mill, voted to increase the duties on the
industries and products of their own
states and sections" he declared.
$Tbey were protectionists for their
OWN people, but were opposed to pro-
testion for other people in other sec
TORS.
"Senator La Toilette did not vote to
increase the duties on lead and zinc,
but he defended the finance commit
tee's schedules on those products, in
speeches, saying they were not high
enough, explaining, however, that he
could not vote on the question: be-
cause he said he had a personal pecun-
larry interest in the outcome.
senators LaFollette and Rristow
and other so-called insurgents, voted
10 increase the duty on barley and bar
lev malt for the reason that their con-
stituents produce barley. In other
words, these gentlemen, who call
themselves insurgents. voted with the
republicans on schedules that pro-
tected the product of their constituents
and with the democrats on schedules
that protected the products Of other