The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-19
OPENS CAMP AIGN.
I. A. McNeal Speaks Last Night
at HiaWatha.
Presented Issues of Square Deal
and the Progressives.
ABOUT POsTMASTERs.
Declared They Should BeElected
by People.
Did Not Dodge Philippine Issue
TRUSTS Reap Harvest.

T. A. McNeal of Topeka, candidate
for the Republican nomination for
congress in the First district. has
opened his campaign at Hiawatha.
home of Ewing Herbert, Congressman
Anthonys chief lieutenant. Reports
from the Brown county metropolis are
to the effect that the meeting was
we'll attended and that Mr.. McNeal
made good impression on the farm
ers by his presentation of the issues of
the campaign. 1t is early yet for polit-
ical gatherings, and the roads are bad,
but the HiaWatha court house was
crowded to hear one of the best public
speakers in the state fire the first
square deal gun in this section of the
state.
In opening his speech, Mr.. McNeal
said that it was not his intention to
indulge in any personalities in this
campaign. So far as he knew Mr..
Anthony was a man of good private
character and so far as he (McNea)
was concerned no attack should be
made on him as private citizen.
He believed, however, that in his
capacity as public official Mr.. An
thony did not represent the sentiments
Of a majority of his constituents as a
whole. or of majority of the Repub-
licans of the First congressional dis
trict. There Is only one way said
Mr.. McNeal, Nto find out whether or
not 1 am right in that belief, and that
is to submit the question to the Re
publican voters of the district at the
of them approve of Mr.. Anthony's
course they will have the opportunity
to say so then, and if on the other
hand majority, as l believe. do not
approve of Mr.. Anthony's course as a
public official they will have an OPP
portunity to say so by voting for my
nomination.
"Mr. Anthony has stood as one of
the most reliable supporters of Can
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Republican members from the middle
and eastern states are breaking away
from the Cannon-Aldrich machine in
response to the growing sentiment of
revolt in their own districts Mr. An
| thony remains firm an faithful sup
porter, apparently either ignorant of
or contemporary disregarding the
sentiment of his own constituents.
Independence of spirit is a rather
fine thing in a private citizen. but a
public officer is merely the agent of
the sovereigns who elected him 1t is
his duty to obey the wishes of the ma
jority of his constituents and his politi-
cal masters. If he can not conscien-
tiously do that then he should resign
his place as their agent and represent
alive and permit them to choose an
other agent end representative in his
place.
Not Cannon, But Cannonisni.
1.-THE objection to 'Cannonism, ;"
said Mr.. McNeai sis not so much a
personal objection to the old man from
Danville as to the system which he
represents and of which he is a most
fitting type. Starting first with the
plea that restrictions of the privileges
of members Of the house We're neces-
sary in order to facilitate business, it
has grown and expanded until the
powers of the lower house of congress
have been practically concentrated in
the hands of the speaker of thai body,
while the ordinary representative, in
the language of Congressman Madison
of this state, amounts to about as
much as a bound boy at a husking.'
The objection is that this deprives the
people of the representation that they
are guaranteed under the constitution