The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-03
Every Single Member of Conn ecticut Delegation a Little
 Jack in the Box, Says Hunter
They Never Say Anything Else in Washington But ''Yea" and oNay" - They Say ''Yea' When Wall Street Wants Something and May" When the People Want Something
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New Haven, Oct. 3.-Robert Hunter, the famous young settlement worker, and Socialist candidate for Governor, addressed an enormous crowd in Mu- sic Hall, last night. He thwacked both of the old parties severely. A specially forcefuI part. of his address was his indictment of the Connecticut delegation in Congress-.
 4 Referring to the members of the delegation, Htlls Henry. Higgins, Ste vens and Ti1son, he said:
 They are men of the yea ana nay: when the people, want anything they can say Nay. When Wall street wants anything. they can say Yea
 .They are the soldiers of Wall street. change, the mad partisa1s. of the trusts and ever willing and abject food for Cannon-Uncle Joe Cannon, the
 s.Au night on March 14th last the light burned in Cannon's office, says Congressman Victor Murdock or Watehine it from a eubby-hole of my own that night, and Iucius L1ttauer was te1ephoning.
 ssI do mot know to whom he was talking but I do happen to know that ConRressman Herbert Parsons, chair man of the County Republican Cen ly charged in statement that a bar gain was made with the Democrats Of Tammany for their votes to save
 sThe next day came the fight, March 15th The old rules were vot- ed down and suddenly to the aston ishment of the regulars, upon sig nal from some one. Cannon recog- nized Fitzgerald, Tammany Demo crat, who made a motion to stop the tide. against Cannon: and l stood sylvanfa turn to the panic-str1cken bunch of regulars and say Your vote is yea: and it was yea"
 There have been corrupt votes in the American Congress. There have been servile votes in the American Congress but I stand here and tell slavish vote cast in your Congress by your representatives than when, un- der the lash of Dalzen, the slave driver of Pennsylvania, your repre- sentatives voted under the lead of that Tana1nany Democrat to bind that corPupt bargain with Tam many and the New YCrk machine y
 Those are the words of a Republi- can Congressman, Victor Murdock. Incensed at the arrogance, corrup- ton and brutal power of the notor- ious Republican boss, Joe Cannon of Illinois, Victor Murdock and sev- era1 other Western Republicans had manhood enough to fight Cannon
 Cannon has ruled his Republican serfs like Russian Czar. And he has done it brazenly, openly. He
 
 interest that could contribute a doi- lar to the Republican party.
 He has fought every measure in- tended to benefit the ordinary citizen He has betrayed the people with joy and sold his country for profit
 The voters of Connecticut know the notorious Czar Cannon, but how many of. them know that every single Congressman from this state is a lit- tie jack-fn -the-box, with no other ambition in life but to jump out of the box to shout yea or nay, when Cannon touches the spring.
 They never say anything else in
 When Dalzel1, the slave driver, said your vote is yea" OUT distinguished Congressman B. Stevens Henry, E.. w. Higgins, Ebenezer J. Hill, N. D. Sperry and John QuiHan Tilson obed- ient1y rose to vote yea
 When Dalzell, the slave driver. says your vote is nay'' our distinguished Congressrnen, E. Stevens Henry, E. W. Higgins, Ebenezer J. Hill, N. D. Sperry and John Qui11an Ti1son obed-
 Connecticut has no representative non thinks our Congressman think. Iy five expensive and magnificent parrots who can say yea and nay. They can say. it quickly, accurately and meIodiously as soon as Dalzen of Pennsylvania mods or Cannon can send a note to their desks.
 Now these men are very big men