New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

public mind by demands for more.
Every scheme Of government should be
one OF protection end not OF interference.
That protection should be within the law
and not outside OF it No worse example
could be offered the unruly than a gov
ernment out Of bounds, for the lawbreaker
is the natural offspring OF the IaWless.
Plea for Partisanship.
have always believed, but seem now
about the only one who thinks SO. that the
best support for a government or an ad-
partisan sentiment. Men fight ,a,.eu, betfer IL,
companies than any one Of them would de-
tacbed. Scatter your army in fra gments
and your last campaign has been won.
danger. We seem TO have thrown away
our party guns and knapsacks and are now
tation.
We are strayins from those political
methods which have made us prosperous
and respected and arc exploiting fads
and Illusions whose effect no man can
see,
When you break the party tie and
stifle the party spirit you become the
prey of any foreeful and cratic leader
ship within whose orbit you may come.
A great man who embroils and wrecks
his party may sometimes appear and cut
across the political sky, brilliant spec
planets with his smoke, but men do not
depend on him for heat or light He Is
q visitor and will not come again for
many years. Ordinary n,ertaIs must re-
side here ai the time, and their affairs
will best prosper in the long run by or
dinary ways.
do not believe In taking politics out Of
politics and putting business IN, That plan
has been already worked too far. The dis,
aSt5rS from IL have been widespread and
deep, but / hope the end Of that course
will come in a future not remote. We are
gaining slowly and am sure we are
The present national administration is
entitled to respect and confidence, for its
course has been wise. couraseous and pro
gressive, and always within the Constitu-
ton and the law. They blunder who think
they see In any personal or accidental issue
their administratfon's broad enlightened
purposes. We can afford to hold our pa
tIence. for the safest way 10 stop a run
away is to take hold OF the bit and run for
a time by his head
Speaker Cannon's Address.
Mr.. Cannon. after delivering a eulogy on
the life OF the great American general and
former President. announced that he had
been asked to say a word about tbs rules OF
the House ''after the ocean of words that
have been hurled at the rules In the last
two years"
Thomas B. Reed once said" the Speaker
declared, that the noise made by a small
but loud minority IN the wrong is too often
mistaken for the voice OF the people and
the voice OF Cod That remark applies to
the discussion of the rules
The Speaker stated that the rules were
the development OF 120 years, that they
were substantially as they had been for
generation. that a campaign against the
rules made twenty years ago brought out
all the denunciation made within the last
two years. and that on the former occasion
IL was the 'Toud minority trying TO dictate
Legislation He continued:
The Democrats were IN the minority In
the Dist Congress, but they tried TO
dictate legislation. Speaker Reed and the
ton- refused to be dictated to Reed
counted quorum OF those who were pres
not present for business. That action of
Reed was denounced as -'cZarism.'' The
decision became international, but the Su-
Democratic party when IL came into power.
II accepted what il had denounced as the
Reed rules
Why this fuss and fury? The old cause
the effort OF the minority 20 rule. On the
eve Of the last Presidential election the
Democratic leader sought TO dictate legis-
lauon- The ajortty would not accept die
tation. He began filibuster which con
tnued TO the end Of the session. frankly
resist and enbarrass In every way possible
all legislation unless certain measures de-
nanded by the minority should be brought
forward.
History repeated itself The Democratic
Platform denounced the czarism OF the
Speaker, just as the Democratic platform
did in 1890. The minority had demanded
legislation for special interests, not for the
general interest. There are other special
interests demanding that the Speaker use
arbitrary power IN their behalf. When he
refused to violate the rules and traditions
OF the House he was denounced as car
After discussing the act OF 1863. and de-
cle.ring that the worth Of the new law is
TO be measured by the conditions Of indus
try and business since It's enactment, Mr.,
Cannon said:
A good many people complain OF the high
cost OF living, and will not say that tt is
exactly described by James ]. Hill In his
has been tendency throughout the CEN
tury TO live better, and each generation
In this country has lived better than tho
one that preceded It, and that is one great
Jhs years hope that IT will continue and
that we can continue here 70 develop a
better civilization than anywhere else in
the world by protecting our labor and in
dustry against the competition OF the labor
and Industry in the more crowded parts OF
the earth.
When anybody tells me that our labor Is
no better off than in Europe I iok to Cas-
tie Garden and find the answer in the
thousands OF immiVrants who come here
every year and find employment and be-
come a part of our civilization.
But We have other testimony from our
American consular service, from the agents
Of the Department OF Commerce and La
Dor and from Samuel Gonpers, president Of
the American Federation Of Labor. to the
effect that wages in America are double
the in Europe. and that tho cost of