Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-16
CANNON, IN WRATH,
RAPS INSURGENTS
Speaker of House Declares That
He viii Be Candidate for
Reelection
LAUDS REPUBLICAN RECORD
Report of Party Reorganization
He Says, Originated with
the Democrats
LAUDs REPUBLICAN RECORD
ASSOCIATED Press)

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-The Inter Ocean
tomorrow morning will print an inter
view with Joseph G. Cannon, speaker
of the house of representatives, in
which he denounces insurgents, says
that he will be candidate for the
speakership of the next house and de-
clares that reports of a contemplated
reorganization of the Republican party
originated with insurgents and Demo-
Gratis. Referring to the dispatches
from Beverly Mr.. Cannon said:
81 do not believe Mr.. Taft contem-
plates any such action. The president
is not the kind of man to yield to
every passing whim of minority. The
story that Senators Aldrich and 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 nsurgents-Democrat
allies, whose wishes are father to the
thought.
II expect to be reelected to congress
by an overwhelming majority, and
then l will be a candidate for speaker,
but always subject to the will of the
people. If I am beaten in the caucus,
which I believe is remote, I will will
ingly take my place in the ranks"
MAY TRY FOR sPEAKERSHIP
Answering the question Twill you be
a candidate for reelection as speaker
of the next house?" Mr.. Cannon made
this statement:
-'I have been asked that question fire.
quently, especially by our Democrat
friends and their political allies-the
followers of La Toilette and Cummins.
have answered it, but so far, the
answer as I gave it has never been
published by our friends, the enemy.
st am speaker of the house elected
by Republican majority, four times.
l have been in harmony with and have
to 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 ad-
ministrations of Theodore Roosevelt
and William H. Taft.
at know of no reason, personal or
politicak that would prevent my being
speaker again If a majority of the
house of representatives should so de-
sire. Under these conditions, 1 could
not, upon the demand of the enemy,
pledge that, in the event of my re-
election to congress, 1 would not be
a candidate for speaker without ac-
knowledging that the record of the
house during the last seven years is
subject to criticism and that the Re-
publican majority, with which l have
coroperated in the enactment of legis-
lation is subject to just criticism.
PRAISES RECORD OF PARTY
This I will not do, because l be-
lieye that the record of the party for
the last seven years should be Endorsed
and not condemned
mo Republican representative in the
next congress will be elected speaker
unless 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 causus in the selection OF
speaker and other officers"
Mr. Cannon then devoted his atten-
ton to the insurgents.
1.-THE senators and representatives
who call themselves insurgents and
who voted against the enactment or
the Payne bill voted to increase or
maintain the duties on the industries
and products of their own states and
sections.'' he declared. They were
protectionistsl for their own people,
but were opposed to protection for
other people in other sections.
= Senator LaFollette did not vote to
increase the duties on lead and zinc,
but he defended the finance commit
tee 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 personal pc
cuniary interest in the outcome.
Senators LaFollette and Bristow
and other so-called insurgents voted
to increase the duty on barley and
barley malt for the reason that their
constituents produce barley. In other
words, these gentlemen. who call them
selves insurgents voted with the Re-
the product of their constituents, and
with the Democrats on schedules that
protected the production of other Sec
lions of the country"