Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-03
FOSTERS REPLY
TO SOUTHERNER
Vermonter Denies That He Is a
Near Insurgent" AS
Charged.
ASSERTS HIS INDEPENDENCE
Has Never Shown Personal Hos
tility to Cannon but Asserts
q New Speaker Is
Needed.
ASSERTS HIS INDEPENDENCE


II was Haunted in the faces of the re-
puhlicans by Representative Kitchn ~
North Carolina, IN sarcastic campaign
sueech. Haunted repeatedly. not u repub-
lcan took The floor IN behalf OF the aged
speaker
As to the near Insurgents" Mr.. Kit
chin declared they We're insncere and that
they were simply acting a part. He added
that Cann"nlsn1 represented tho con-
science of thrre-fourths Of the republican
membership Of ile House
His stric ure9 on Foster brought that
congressman to his feet. The Nerinonter
q tered upor long explanation Of his
course. He admitted that. as has been
charged at 4 recent meeting OF the re-
publican congressional committee he stat
ed that New Eu-lnno wanted republ-
can majority in The next House. and a
new speaker. and lie asked if he could
not 10 both Il good American and n good
republican II he voted for n new speaker.
The fact that he had voted for Cannon
TOR six years did not bind him to continue
to do So
MR.. FOSTERS SPEECH.
He said: appreciate the fact that
to misrepresentation if in this House he
shows the least tendency towards indie
pcndence. For many centuries the mem
hers Of die human race have been sur
rendering their Independence in fact
there never was but one absolutely indie
pendent man. and that was Adam in the
early days of his experience in the Gar
fea of Eden. Adam was The original
Ear why the speaker Of the House of
Representatives in his most halcyon days
was never in the same class with him.
There We're no Insurgents. red headed or
bald headed, in these days, to say him
nay. Even the animals that came TO him
20 le christened could re-isfcr no appeal
\ crow became crow FOR all time, and
the donkey became donkey FOR all
| time.
But all that came 10 an end You re-
member the morning when 1t happened.
| II was that morning when he got up feel
| ing n stitch In his side, as though some
thing had been interfering with his ribs
As he stalked down the avenue lined
with those beautiful flowers which he had
| lust named "American Beauty" roses he
met Eve. Then it was all up with. Mr.
|
in his talk about how the majority mus,
rule and how the majority had its resNon-
sibilities ana how the majority must
move forward, and how he was the ma.
joriy. From that moment he was Just
plain Mr. Adam. | said that Adam was
| The only man who was absolutely inde.
| pendent. The moment he met Eve h,
surrendered more than half of that inde.
| pendence And from that day to this, as
the family has expanded into the trib,
| and as the tribe has expanded into tn,
nation, and as the nation has expanded
| INTO the civilized world, the sons OF
Adam have continued to secure and en-.
JOY the benefits of advancing cviliza.
ton.
MAJORITY MUST RULE.
| We boast of America and our ora
tors tell us about it on the 4th o.
July how We are land of liberty
land Of freedom land OF indepen
dence and yet II is an unQuestione,
| fact that whenever a man becomes
citizen Of the United States he mus
necessarily surrender very larg,
portion Of the indepenence which wa
given TO him by his creator. It T.
IN eXiomatic fact that in popula
govern mont, wherever situated, tn
ihajority must rule.
1t is the Fundamental principle o
popular government that the minorit
must submit peacefully and GRACEFUL,
to the rule Of the majority SO long a
1T remains the majority. So. l. as al
American am bound to yield peacea pl
to the viii of the majority so lonl
las that majority remains. But whil
this Is true 1t is also true that II /
my right and privilege as an Ameri
can citizen. and my duty Al an Ameri
lean citizen, II believe that the ma
Jority Is wrong and ! am right to us
my best endeaNors to see that tn
jority Of Tomorrow
So II is with parties Political par
ties are necessary i'm this country
We are governed by political parties
And in order TO secure party soil
darity and therefore party effecienc
il Is equally necessary that the ma
iOrlty rule. within tho party, that tn
minority yield peaceably and grace
fully to the will of the majority 8
long az it romans the majority Blu
while that Is true, it Is equally tru
that ! as member of the party, an
still an American citizen. have tn
right and the privilege and the dut
If ] believe that | am right ana IN
majority Of the party wrong TO US
my best endeavors to see to IL Una
my minority within my party to-da
becomes the majority OF tomorrow
II Is this that gives vitality to parue
and preserves them from staEnatior
The waters Of the great ocean woul
stagnate into rottenness but for IN
ceaseless and remorseless waves an
tides.
DENIES BEING INSUFFICIENT.
Having said this much it is unnecessai
to add that ! am not entitled to II
compliment which the gentleman fro'
) North Carolina (Mr. Kitchin) wou
e bestow upon me by calling me an II
o surgent or n near insurgent.' ] neV'
n have been an insurgent. 1t has bee
T. my steadfast faith that the problem
n which confront MS as a party could
/, worked out to better and more lastr
c advantage within our party lines.
@ during the last Congress while ! insist'
n that there should be change IN u
y rules OF the House. | set about to secu
$ the change through the party organic
J. ton. When we organized tho House