The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

"'iE uOCtrlle OF COrTeSDOn0enceS, Tor
he RESI- Inblance extends even'to their
top pieres, inside and outside. Thus
La Toilette wears Il pompadour and
Murdoch ;Ialo the color Of brick.
Carrying out the correspondence. the
senate insunectiUn bristles. while that
in the house is red headed
The Red Badge of Courage.
Murdoch himself Is worth a newspa-
per story and probably will get whole
pages OF such before he is done with
the game. lie is himself an editor and
was one time a Chicago reporter. In
those days he was friend of Presi-
dent Mckinley. who referred to him
as 1.-THE brightest man In Kansas"
When he went to Chicago young Muir
dock was working for 50 week on his
fathers paper. Asking for a raise. he
was turned down. Even though the
old gentleman was then celebrity in
the Sunfiower State. that fact did not
prevent the cub from telling him that
some day he would be known as the
father of Victor Murdock," i'm which
he proved a better prophet than most
politicians.
AS an insurgent Murdoch is good ma
tured and usually succeeds In getting
laugh on his opponents. Beware the
cheerful reformer! In puncturing a
sham the pin point Of humor may be
better weapon than the big stick of
argument Perhaps the greatest serv-
Ice Murdoch has rendered the Ameri-
can people was in exposing the rail
way mail graft. or old time the mails
were weighed seven days a week, but
to get the daily average the total of
seven days was divided by six. which
resulted in a clear gift to railroads of
about $1,000 600 year. Murdoch ex-
posed the fraud. and. although the
house machine refused to correct 1t,
President Roosevelt afterward did so.
The Valiant Thirty.
According to the list Of house pro-
gressives furnished by Mr.. Murdoch
himself there are thirty in all-seven
from Wisconsin, four from Minnesota,
six from Iowa, three from Nebraska.
two from Kansas. two from Ohio, two
from Massachusetts and one each from
New JERSEY. North Dakota California
and Washington. \ most important
member of the group is Henry A. Coop
or of Wisconsin. who presented the In
Toilette resolutions TO the last Repub-
lican national convention and who re-
ceived more votes for speaker of the
house than any other insurgent. An
other striking figure is Irvine l.. Len
root a new member. who was speaker
of the Wisconsin assembly before go
ing to Washington. \ third Wisconsin
man Of national note is John j Esch,
one of the authors of the present rail
road rate law. William j. Cary. Ar
thur w. Copp, +. \. Morse and John
Nj. Nelson make up the rest OF the
fighting seven from La Follette's state
One of the progressives from Iowa. the
land of Cupmins and Dolliver, is Ell
bert H. Hubbard. who has the name
but nothing else belonging to the ia
nous Philistine. Other Iowa insur-
restoS are james w Good. Gilbert y
Haugan. y. T.. Kendall Charles Il.
Pickett and Frank l.. Woods. From
Minnesota. where Senators Nelson and
Clapp uphold the .nsurgent standard. a
quartet OF house members have fol
lowed them-Charles r. Davis, Charles
\. Lindbergh, IIalvor STEVENSON and
Andrew j. NolStead Nebraska has
one of the leaders Of the house pro-
gressves in George W. Norris. former
ly a district Judge i'm that state. and
two able members in Il. II. Hinshaw
and NJ l.. Kinkaid. New Jersey fur
nishes Charles \. Fowler, the former
chairman of the house banking com
mittee. who has written open letters
TO Cannon until Danville was filled
with flying explosives.
From Massachusetts halls Augustus
L. Gardner son-in-law of Senator
Henry cabot Lodge who Gardner
not Lodge swears that the house rules
shall be amended whether the ma
chine consents or not also from the
same state William &. Lowering Ohio.
home of the president, has two Of the
house insulrectOs in the persons of Da-
vid \. IIollingsworth. Il noted lawyer.
and Adna Il. Johnson. From Kansas
Victor Murdock's companion in arms is
E. ii. Madison; from North Dakota
comes AISLE j. Gronna; from CalifOr-
min T.. \. Hayes. one Of the wealthlest
members of the house. and from Wash
ington state Miles PoindeXter
The CannOnesque inquiry. why is
an insurgentY' finds its answer in the
supposed propcunder of the question
Cannon himself is the reason. or.
rather, one reason. The prugreSsives
say rhey came into being because they
want 10 maize the house II dclhrratlvr
body aud carry out platform promises.
| suspect chat their real c;iuse is deep
er yet, being nothing less than he old
fight between equal rights and special
Saved At Deaths Door.
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