The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-16
JUNGLE JOE DECLARES THAT HE
WILL De CANDIDATE FOR
spEAkERshiP.
DEN0UNCES INSURGENCY
n interview in the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, Today, Veteran Politician
States That Reports Said TO Have
Eranated From Beverly as 40 His
Deposition Are False.

Chicago, Aug. l5..-The Inter- Ocean
tomorrow morning VIII print mn inter-
view with Joseph q. Cannon,. speaker
or the house Or representatives. In
which hc denounccs Insurgents. says
he viii be a candidate for the speaker
ship Of the next house and declares
thai reports Of u contemplated organ
ization of the republican party orig
mated with insurgents and democrats.
Referring to the dispatches from
Beverly. Mn Cannon said.
II don't believe that Mr.. Taft con-
templates nny such action. The presi-
dent is not the kind of man to yield
70 every passing whm Of minority.
The story that Senators Aldrich and
Hale and myself were to be thrown
out of the party win he found. when
traced to its source, 10 have origin
atcd with some of the insurgcnt -demo-
crat allies. whose wishes arc father to
The thought
Expects Reelection.
II expect to be reelected 10 con-
gress by an overwhelming majority
and / will be candidate for speaker.
hut always subject to the will of the
people. II | am beaten In the caucus.
which / believe is remote will will
ingly take my place in the ranks"
Answering the question. will you
hc n candidate for reelection ms
speaker for the next honse?" Mr.. Can
non made this statement:
II have been asked that question
frequently and especially by our demo-
cratic friends and their political allies
the followers OF LaFollctte and
Cummins. have answered 1t. but SO
far the answer MS gave II has never
heen published by our friends. the
enemy
II am speaker of the house elected
by n republican majority four times.
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 enact
cd for the last seven years, during the
administration Of Theodore Roosevelt
and william II. Taft. know of no
reason. personal or political. that
NoHiu pISNNIt my Ds1ub SIeANet abobb
If n majority Of the house of repre-
sentatives should desire. Under these
conditions. pending campaign. I
could not demand OF the enemy
pledge that In the event of my re-
election to congress would not be a
candidate for speaker. without
acknowledging that the record OF the
house during ne last seven years Is
subject to criticism and that the mn
jority with which have co-operatcd
In the enactment OF Legislation Is sub
iect to Just criticism,
This will not do, because | believe
that the record OF the party for the
last seven years should be indorsed
and not condemned. No republican
representative in the next congress
will be ELECTED speaker unless there Is
n majority of real republicans In the
house that viii unite In caucus
touching the organization OF the house
and abide by the action of the cancus
in the selection Of the speaker and
other officers
insurgents Griiled.
Mr. Cannon then devoted his atten-
alon to the insurgents.
THE senators and representatives
who call themselves insurgents and
who voted against the enactment Of
Payne bill voted to increase or main
tain tho duties on Industries and pro-
dnctions CT their own states and sec
tions," he declared. "They were pro-
tectionists for their own people, but
were opposed to protection for other
people In other sections
Senator Lafollette did not vote to
increase the duties OH lead and zinc,
but he defended the finance committee
schedules on those products In
speeches, saying they were not high
enough, explaining, however, that he
could not vote on the question because
he said he had personal pecunlary
interest IN the outcome. Senator's La,
Toilette and Bristow and other 50 :
called insurgents voted to increase the
duty on barley and barley malt for the
reason that their constituents produce
barley, In other words, these gentle
men who call THEMSELVES insurgents
voted with the republicans on sched-
nles that protected the product OF their
constituents and with the democrats
nn schedules that protected the pro-
dnction Of other sections OF the coun-
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