The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-31

ate where his powers viii be broader
and his influence greater. He will
20 before them without the endorse
ment Of the Republican leaders, but
i would like to ask II any citizen
wants the endorsement of the leaders
of party who advocate criminal
legislation? 1t is to such men as
Miles Poindexter and the other brave
spirits who are associated with him
that the common people of the Unit
ed States must look for emancipa-
ton from the control of the national
legislation by special interests.
It is not only question of the
control of the house by Cannon or
the appointment of clean investigat-
ing committees, but upon every issue
that comes before the house and SEN
ate the representatives of the people
who belong to the Republican party
are expected to vote with the party.
It is this condition which has accom-
plished so much of corruption and so
much of evil and so much that is
terribly destructive to the interests
and happiness of the masses, and the
people of these United States must
learn that before they can secure re-
lief they must send to the nations
capitol men who are not obligated
to vote with the whips Of their party
who are entirely composed of men
who are placed there by the financial
interests of this country.
When the insurgents say, "We
want to remove Cannon" they do not
mean the individual; their purpose is
to remove the obnoxious system pre-
vailing in the house today of house
control of bills which was instituted
at the close of the Civil war when
it was absolutely essention that the
Republican party control. The insti-
tuting of this rule in those terrible
days of reconstruction, submit, was
entirely necessary, but it was a con-
dition for good which was allowed to
prevail beyond the period when it was
required, and until it became an evil
of tremendous national Importance
In order to make it plain, will
say that with speaker in the house
under the present rules, who is in
league with the president of the
United States, all national 1egisla-
ton can be positively prevented ex-
cept that which the president and the
speaker desire to have put through.
If the speaker of the house desires to
prevent bill from being presented
for vote, he has absolute power to
do so, and there is an instance on
record at a recent congress when the
speaker held up a bill against the
protest of nearly every member of
the house of representatives, and his
sole reason was because he was per-
sonally opposed to the measure. How
ridiculous, my friends, for this man,
who is nothing more nor less than a
member of congress, elected from his
district, to individually make himself
effective in opposition to a legisla-
tive measure which is supported by
three-fourths of the whole body Of
the house of which he is only one.
but enabled to do so by virtue of his
position as speaker of the house. No
wonder these able, wise and fair
minded men have risen up and de-
manded a change in this order of
things No more delightful man can
you ever meet than the Hon. Joseph
Cannon of Illinois, a good and loyal
friend, bitter enemy, man who de-
serves admiration from everybody for
his remarkable achievements; but
when he is willing to submit himself
as a sacrifice on the altar of the Re-
publican party's interests regardless
of the people, then we should say in
the words of the insurgents, eve ad-
mire you, Uncle Joe, but We don't
want you for speaker, nor do we
want the rules governing the speak
er's power which now prevail and
which you defend"
Believe me, my friends, there is no
faint of traitor in these brave spirits
who stand today for freedom of legis-
lative principles from the conditions
them at Washington.
Mr.. Poindexter as representative
is as pure patriot as his relative
and predecessor, Senator POindexter,
who represented the state of Missouri
in the senate in 1920, and who merci-
lessly flayed Senator Quincy Of Mass
achusetts when he made a threat of
secession on the part of the New Eng
land states because of the failure on
the senatorial body to enact legisla-
ton which he ana his associates OF
New England were advocating. No
more brilliant effort and illustration
of patriotism was ever displayed than
by Senator Poindexter on this me-
occasion, and his efforts were
largely responsible for destroying this
incipient secession movement of that
neriod. and Miles Poindexter. il he