Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-20
LICKING HIM
ACHIEVEMENT
Of CENTURY
SMASHED BY BIG HAND OF
TAFT DECLARES MURDOCH
KanSan Scores Speaker as 0p-
posed to LocomotIon in Any.
Direction and Clog on Wheels
Of Progress.
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Enporia, Kan July 19.-Congress-
man Victor Murdock Kansas insur-
gent in the mouse OF representatives.
following in the wake of Speaker Cam
non today defended the insurgent
cause in his first political speech of
the campaign here and replied to the
speakers charges made here Yester-
day. He declared that Mr. Cannon
for thirty years had been opposed
10 locomotlon in any direction charg-
ed him with affiliation with Tam
many Hall and declared the greatest
thing the insurgents accomplished in
the last session OF congress was 10 put
the speaker Off the committee on
rules
II did not intend to get into this
campaign" he said, II have no oppo-
sition in my own district and | thought
! would keep ont OF the contest, but
when Joseph G.. Cannon came into the
state to speak against the things
nearest my heart, | could not consci-
fIN0uSlN h''V HhA ~ hiif AAriiA.
Speaker Cannon for thirty years
has beer opposed to locomotion in any
direction. Fer over quarter OF q
century he haA atlud against progress
lie is not only standpatter. but
stand d-stiller. During his political life
he has opposed about all the progress
siye legislation that has ever been Of
fered and the wonder is that so much
of II has managed to creep into the
statute books.
He opposed the federal inspection
of meats he stood opposed to irriga-
ton to currency reform, to pure food
laws and regulations; to civil service
reform. to practically all progressive
legislation since the Civil war
"Now listen to me. / want TO tell
you something that Cannon did not
mention in his speech yesterday
While posing as a partisan as an ard
ent advocate Of party fealty, he has
played in the dark with Tammany He
did not hesitate to rejoice when his
boon companion. Lorimer, Of Illinois,
was elected to the United States SEN
ate by coalition with the democrats
and by a deal that was rotten to the
core; that has made a stencil in the
nostrils Of the nation.
Speaker Cannon was interested in
just two things in the tariff bill-the
protection Of petroleum and its pro-
ducts, and the tariff on ladies gloves.
When the insurgents Offered an
amendment reducing the tariff on
petroleum, Cannon left his chair ana
ragged over the floor of the house like
a wild man. He said the house could
not make the reduction. Then is
when the insurgents became revolu-
tionists. We appealed from the de-
cision of the chair and we won our
fight. a big hand came down out OF
the blue sky and smashed Cannon, the
glove schedule. the petroleum sched,
uie end all and that hand was Will
lam H. Taft's.
The greatest thing the insurgents
have done" continued the speaker,
has been to put Cannon off the COM
mittee on rules. 1t is no longer nee
essary for members of the committee
to get down on their marrow bones
before the chairman for fear of an ad-
verse report to the speaker The in
surgents not only wish to take the
power away from Speaker Cannon
but from all future speakers. The bull
wark Of the speakers power is his
authority to appoint the committees
We want 20 take that away from him.
II viii then be impossible for him
either to reward or punish members.