The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-21
FIGHT OF THE INSURGENTS.

God reigns and the government at
Washington still lives said James A.
Garfield in an address at Cooper
Union in New York on the night fol-
lowing the assassination Of Abraham
Lincoln. God still reigns, and the Re
publican party is very much alive, not
withstanding the treachery of men
elected on tickets bearing the party
emblem. History has recorded many
instances of base ingratitude-even the
Master was betrayed by one of the
twelve apostles. In all ages individuals
who were raised to positions of power
and influence attempted to kick down
the ladders by means OF which they at
tanned elevation. That is precisely
what the insurgents in the national
House of Representatives at Washing
ton attempted TO do. Elevated by the
Republican party, they have made war
upon the organization to which they
owe their political existence. The at
tack upon the speaker was an attack
upon the party itself. 1t can be
viewed in no other light.
As President Taft so clearly and
forcibly stated few days ago, this is
a government by party. The people go
to the polls in November once in every
four years and determine by their bal
lets which particular party shall be
given the reins of government for the
ensuing term. The personality of the
-
President of the United States really
counts but little. 1t is the party prin-
eiples for which a vast majority of
citizens of this country vote when
they go to the polls. Having made
their choice they naturally expect the
president, aided by the majority in
Congress, to carry out those principles.
it can be done only through an eff
fective party organization, whether
Republican, Democratic or nondescript.
This fact being generally conceded, it
Is apparent that the so-called insur-
gents have committed an objectionable
offense, and are no longer worthy of
being classed as Republicans.
1lull has bCGn SeaA0 IA viz AooN ~"
months about "czarism" and Cannon
ism" It has been claimed that Speaker
Cannon ran things to suit his own in
dividual fancy, regardless of the
rights and opinions of others. The
assertion was absurd, of course. He
was the choice Of the members of his
party as expressed at caucus held
for the purpose of selecting candi-
date for speaker who would represent
Republican principles. He was elected
by a majority of % over Champ Clark,
the Democratic candidate, who was
chosen by his fellow Democrats of the
House at a similar caucus. 1t is some
what remarkable that after having
been eliminated from the committee
on rules by a coalition of Democrat Is
and insurgents, Mr.. Cannon was kept
in the chair by a majority of Sc, or Is
more votes than he received at the time
of his election a year ago. So in spite
of the tissue of Cannonism," the
speaker is actually stronger than he
was when the battle began.
vi tie SAlC~( NHOAA 1AAN PoA~s S-N~AN
need be no fear 1t will emerge tri-
umphantly from the difficulties into
which it has been plunged by pretend
ed Republicans just as it survived the
puny assaults of the mugwumps of a
quarter of a century ago. Men may
come and men may go, but the party
of Lincoln, Grant, Mckinley, Roosevelt
and Taft will continue TO direct the des-
TIMES of this great nation. The insur-
gents will probably find out to their
cost, when they consult their con-
stituents and ask for reelection, that
the voters whom they have misrepre-
sented in Washington are still at
tached to the principles of the Repub-
Iican party and have no patience with
the weak and wobbly "reformers" who
struck at that party over the shoulder
of Speaker Cannon.
So far as legislation is concerned,
there should be no possible doubt.
President Taft has expressed a desire
that certain measures be enacted into
law. The real Republicans in Con-
gress are engaged in perfecting these
measures. The Democrats are COM
mitted to them by their party platform,
and the insurgents have been loud. long
and insistent that the Presidents poll
oles are their policies. If the insurgents
have been truthful regarding the mat
ter it will be plain sailing, regardless
of what the Democrats may think, do
or say.
1t is said that the Insurgents. hav-
ing accomplished their purpose as re-
CARDS the enlargement of the commit
tee on rules and humiliation of Speak
er Cannon, will now return to the
reservation and be good Indians. There
is nowhere else to go except the Demo- |
cratic camp, where the sun never
shines anL the flowers never bloom. If
they choose 10 vote with the regular
Republicans, well and good. There is
no law 10 prevent them from so doing. |
That they will dictate to the party as
to what course il shall pursue is an
iupossibility To be classed as Repub-
licans they must be regular and abide
by the will of the majority. If they
are not prepared to follow their file
leaders, it would be Just as well for
them to keep away from the reserva-
ton.
1t is a matter for eongratulation that
the men who were sent to Washington |