Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-24
|CLARK WARNS
 AGAINST PLAN
 0F CANN0N|sM
Points Out How Republican h. surgents May be Unable to Prevent Choice of Seaker in Next CongreS


 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. B. Republicans opposed to Cannonism will be taking great chances on dis appointment if they vote for prog ressiye republican candidates.
 Such is the belief of Minoritl Lead CT Champ Clark of Missouri, who in the event of the next house being democratic, will be speaker Mir. Clark discussed the situation at con siderable length with the writer.
 Tt seems to me-" said the Mis- scurian. that the insurgent republi- cans would be acting with great wisdom if they voted with the demo- crats for representatives in congress, because, if by any hook or crook of accident the republicans should car ry the house-and 1t will take a great many hooks and crooks and accidents for them to do so-Mr. Speaker Cannon will be renominated for speaker, because, notwithstand- ing the insurgents. he will most probably control a majority of the republican caucus
 Experience shows tha. it is ex- tremely difficult to induce men not to vote for the caucus nominee for speaker. When the present house was organized on March 15, 1909, there were twelve republican insur- gents who would not vote for Mir. Speaker Canno, but that was not enough to defeat him. Consequently he was reelected and did all sorts of things to them after he was re- elected.
 My own judgment is that we will have the house by good working majority. All the signs indicate that, but there is nothing certain in this life, except death and taxes. So. if the insurgents want to make dead sure of escaping from Uncle Joe's clutches, the best thing Is for them to vote for democratic candi- dates for congress. They have surely had experience enough by this time to know that they have nothing whatever to hope for from the regu- lar republican organization. The reg, ular republican organization hates them a great deal worse than it hates the democrats, and just why they will take any chances on not emancipating themselves is one of the things that is very hard to un. derstand.
 If the percentage of republican loss runs everywhere as it did in Yer. mont and Maine. the democrats will have the house by above fifty ma. jority. But no doubt the results in those two states scared the regular districts and may possibly keep our majority to below fifty, but there are so many districts that they will have to pour their money into that they SdAuot mass " AhIo Q LCW N1oSc uis- tricts. They have to fight for their lives in at least seventy-ive dis tricts that they hold now, if not more. To a disinterested spectator it would appear they are in for a good trouncing, which they have de served for a long time.
 ~All this talk about putting Uncle Joe out of the running for speaker and getting him to announce that he Is not going to run may look very well to a man who doesn't know anything about him. The language that Uncle Joe would use to any gentleman suggesting to him not to run for speaker would be somtehing not fit for polite ears. It is the old story of belling the cat. It was said at one time that the Honorable Will liam B. Mckinley was the man SC lected to break the news to Uncle Joe. but the Honorable William B declined. I don't blame him. If the insurgents really want the thing done. they will do well to vote the