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Insurgents Convinced Can.
non Men Are Aiding Dem
ocratic Opponents.
VINDICATION SOUGHT
FOR THE SPEAKER
Offers Of Financial Aid TO Enemy
Reported Made BY Republican
House Leaders.
BY WALTER ]. FAHY.

by WALLER ]. AM
\ most dete1Acined effort is being
made by members Of the Cannon or
ganiZation IN the House to accomplish
the defeat Of insWgent candidates at
the Congressional. elections next No
Nember
This information has reached Wash
ingtOn from 50 many sOuUces that an
Investigation was started several DAYS
ago with the result that several Of the
most prominent insurgents i'm the coun-
Try are absolutely confident that at
The proper time they viii be I'm a posi-
ton to charge Speaker Cannon and
several OF his Heutenants with treach-
cry to the cause Of the Republican
party.
There Is no longer any doubt IN the
minds Of the men who have looked into
che matter that there Is an amazingly
close connection between the managers
Of the Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee and more than one of
the House leaders.
The warfare which is being waged
against the insurgents by the mem
bers Of their own party and in the iC-
terest Of Democratic candidates has
for its sole object the vindication OF
Speaker Cannon, and the Speaker it is
declared on the best Of authority. Is
rot only cOgnizant Of all that is taking
place, but has actually pct his stamp
Of approval on the negotiations between
his Heutenants and the Democratic
leaders.
Speaker Cannon's friends-and his en-
emies. for that matter-are fully aware
that Uncle joe cannot be induced TO
give up the battle against insurgency
His bitterness toward the progressives
In the House who deprived him Of much
OF his power and who are determined 10
prevent his reelection as Speaker, is
more pronounced than ever before.
Prefers the Democrats.
The Speaker is known 70 have declared
on numerous occasions that he would
much prefer TO witness the election Of a
Democrat rather than see the election
OF an insurgent. The Speaker and his
friends are known 10 hold to the belief
that the success Of the insurgents at
the polls next month Will be accepted
throughout the country as a reputation
OF Cannon and Cannonism.
This being so. they believe that the
wholesale defeat Of insurgent candidates
BY Democrats would be a VindiCa ton Of
Uncle Joe" and the men who have
stood behind him from the moment the
fight for reform Of the rules Of the
House started two years ago. Having
reached this conclusion these prominent
members Of the House organization are
seeking through various channels TO de-
feat practically every lnsuTSent candl-
date I'm the country.
There is absolutely no doubt that
James I. Lloyd, Of Missouri. chairman
of the Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee. has been appTUa ched
by Republican members OF the House
who expressed a desire TO aid him in
electlng Democrats IN districts where
insurgents are candidates. and psrticu-
larlv IN districts where insurgents de-
feated stand-pattCrs for the Repub-
hcan nomination One Of the most
prominent Democrats in the House OF
Representatives is authority for the
statement thdt financial assistance has
been offered to Democratic candidates
by Republicans who declared frankly
that they were working in behalf Of
Speaker Cannon
II is positively known that within the
last two weeks more than one Repub-
Hcan member Of the House has been
seen IN conference with Chairman LLOYD
IT his headquarters in the Auditorium
Annex in Chicago. and it also - known
that these Republicans have told M.
LLOYD that they were willing 90 aid
him, financially and otherwise. 90 de
feat Republican insurgents. IL is like
wise known that Speaker Cannon's
friends are paying particular attention
Speakers campaign in that state before
the primaries ia believed i'm many quar-
rers TO have been directly responsible
for the nomination Of insurgents over
regulars.
Kansan Sees Lloyd.
The Speakers friends desire to alb
solve him from this charge, and hence
the coalition with the Democrats in that
State Representative Miller. OF KAN
sas. a member Of the Republican Con-
gressionaI campaign committee, and one
OF the regulars who went down to de-
feat in the primaries after Speaker Can
non stumped the district in his support,
is one Of the men who Is known TO have
conferred with Chairman Lloyd; but he
Is not the only one
The manager OF the Republican Con-
pressioual campaign committee are now
convinced that the next House viii be
Democratic. Many Of them are willing
70 concede privately that Chairman
claims for additional seats 81 the next
House. II is with fun knowledge Of
this state Of affairs throughout the
country that the group. OF regulars who
remain loyal 10 Speaker Cannon are
making their plans for the defeat Of in
suTgents.
President Taft's suggestion that IL is
time 20 get together and his Willingness
to recognize insurgents as Just as good
brand OF Republicans as a regular
does not meet with the approval of the
Cannon followers, and they viii not
heed the advice Of the President. on
the contrary. they will seek to justify
their leader and themselves by electinG
Democrats.
Many insurgents who have been aware
Of the negotiations between the dis
Cruntled Republicans and the mana gers
Of the Democratic campaign are willing
10 eliminate Chairman William 3 Nc
Einlev and his associates on the Repub-
lican Congressional campaign committee
as parties to the scheme being Matched
for the purpose of causing the downfall
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