The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-20
CHARGES AFFILIATIONS
| WITH TAMMAMy HALL
Declares House Speaker is
Bu|WaTk Of Every Caba| 10 Cheat
and Cypress the People
tBy Associated ,Press J

man Victor iMmYd6ck. leading Kansas
insurEent In the house Of pcpresent4
tivea, following IN the wake Of Speak.
Ter t'snnols Tuesday defendedtthe In
sargent cause In his FIRST political
speech Of the campaign here and 'sn-
hwered the. spcaIiers charges made
hsre Monday" he declared That 9Mf,
Cannon FOR thirty years has been OF.
posed to locomotlon in any direction. "
charged him with Affiliations with
1smmany Hall and declared the great
,st thing the insurgents accomplished
In the last session Of congress was to
lImt the speaker of the committee on
rules.
Il did not intend 10 get Into this
campaign" he said Il have no op.
position In my own district and I
t.aought would keep out Of the con
test. but when Joseph G, Cannon
came into the state to speak against
the things nearest my heart, ! could
not c0nscientiously keep out of the
Gbbt. e4hb.2sk MI
Cannon Opposed to Progress
Speaker Cannon for thirty yeas
las been opposed to locomotion In an"
direction. For over a quarter of q
century he has stood out against pro-
eress. He Is not only stand-patter
lut stand-stiller During his politi.
cal life he has opposed about all the
progressive Legislation that has ever
been offered and the wonder is tina.
so much of 1t has managed to creep
i.lto the statute books. He oppose !
tie Federal inspection OF meats, ms
stood opposed TO irrigation. to cur.
rency reform. TO pure food laws an1
regulations. to civil service reform
ard 70 practically all progressive leg
islation since the civil war.
Now, listen to me. want to ten
You something that Cannon did not
mention In his speech yesterday
While posing as partisan: as an ara.
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
vas elected TO the United States sen
Dte by q coalition with the Democrats
and by deal that was rotten to the
core; that has made stencil in the
rostrils OF the nation
Cannon has thoroughly poisoned
the springs of representative govern
ment for 80 years. lie has helped 10
block the way to light and freedom
Cannon's Interest In Tariff Bill
Speaker Cannon was Interested in
just two things in the tariff bill--thaI
v,rfact;nr nc .ntroinu,,, arA tee ,.rr.
ducts. and the taritf on ladies' gloves.
when the insurgents offered an amend
nleut reducing the tariff on petroleum,
Cannon left the chair and ragged over
foe floor OF the house like i wild nan,l
Tie said tba housc couldn't make the
reduction. Then Is when the insurgil
cnts became icvolutionists. We Az
ps.slcd from the decision OF the char
and We won our fight. A big fet
kand came down out Of the blue skvI
and slnasbed Cannon, the glove sshesi.
ule. the petrbieums schedule and all.
aud That baud was William II. Taft's-
"Tde greatest thing the insurgents
have DONE continued the speaker
has been TO put Cannon off the conl-
mittee on rules. ~ Is no longer nee
essarv for members Of the commit !
tee 10 get down on their marrow
tones before the chairman for fear Of
an adverse report TO the speaker The
iueurEents not only wish 10 take the
pcwer away from Speaker Cannot, |
but from all future speakers. The
hilwark of the speakers power is his
authority to appoint the committees.
Ne want TO take that away from him. |
II will then be impossible for him
other to reward or punish members.
And We want help"
Continuing, Mr.. Murdoch said.
Pretending to stand before the |
country as simple man. favoriIg
lower expenditures. he has in reality
promoted loot and plunder without
STINT. II Il would reward his hcncn.
men or serve a factional end, and in
ra,king display of homely language
aud meanest manner. he has been the
hulwarl OF every plot and cabal OF
the arlstocracy to swindle and cheat
and oppress the people. Don't be de.i
ceived by that pose OF the great coni-
n,oner. He bas been living, breath
ing denial OF the right of this people
to representative government eyer
aince his ascension to power f All
csnnon's Associates tSf /
Look at your speaker, my friends.
Stand with me and with your own
gaping congressman as your speaker
comes from his private room See
the stenographers and clerk and min
ions back out OF the room before him.
See the crowd, bug-eyed with awe.
watch the departure OF his man from
Lss privacy Who has he with him.
Look. there goes Joseph G. Sibiev,
\ 10 wrote to Mr. Arcbbold OF tbs
Standard 0ii: ! have senator vino
wants q thousand; shall ] Invest