The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-21
THE .JEFFERSONIAN
How the DeSerterS Are Trying TO
Shield Themselves
Reprint from JEFFERsoNIAN, May 2e, 1901

q. Edwards, of the Savannah (Georgia)
District are publishing, the brazen lies which
such men as Gordon Lee, Lon Livingston
W. g. Brantley and Bill Howard are telling
to their constituents, either By aOOrd Of mouth,
or by private letter, or through the county pa
pers, are calculated to deceive, and are being
told for that very purpose
Concerning the changes in the Cannon
rules, proposed by the Clark amendment and
the Fitzgerald resolutions these base betr0y-
ers Of the South are hoping to confuse the
minds Of the busy farmers, the busy ner-
chants and the busy artisans It is much to
be feared that their hopes will to some ex-
tent be realized. Because of this, / intend in
this paper, from week to week, to keep the
facts SO we'll before the public that the busy
man, If he a0izZ but take the time to read the
editorials, will become so we'll Informed as to
these different subj ects that his Congressman
will endeavor valnly to dupe him.
Now, let's take up the Congressional Rec
ord for March Is, 1909. This IS the official
evidence, Of the highest and best Kind You
will find on page 4 where the full strength of
the two old twins divided itself on the floor
of the House of Representatives. Voting for
Speaker Cannon, the Republicans were 2O4
men, all Republicans. Voting for Champ
Clark, of Missouri, were 1866 Democrats.
There we're also seven Congressman who did
not vote at all. The names of these [ will
mention: Mr.. Cannon was under no necessity
to vote for himself, and, therefore, without
any expense, INDUCED in the modesty of not
voting. Mr.. Clark, of Florida, did not vote
Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri, losing moth
ing by abstaining, likewise INDUCED in the
modesty of not voting for himself. Mr.. Esch,
of Wisconsin, did not vote Mr.. Legare, of
South Carolina, failed to vote Mr. Russell,
OF Texas, is reported as not voting. Mr.. Shep-
pard of Texas, failed to vote
Now, let's get down to business:
On page 5, we find Mr.. Dalzell, most 10y
al henchman of the very worst of the ma
rauding corporations, offered resolution that
Congress adopt the rules Of the former House.
These we will call the Cannon Rules, under
q0hich the Speaker as the a0hOze cheese. It is
nothing new for him to be so. When we
Populists who were sent to Congress in 1890
arrived in Washington, the first things we
did was to study the makeup of the House,
and the nature of the rules by which it did
business. To my intense surprise, I discov-
cred that Congress oO0s o. 0ne-71o041 concern.
1t does not elect it's Committees as the Eng
lish Parliament does, but gives the Speaker
the power to appoint them. Consequently,
he can shade them into any color he likes, by
choosing men for the purpose. This seemed
to me so undemocratic that we Pops made
fight on the rules, and [ delivered q little
speech on 0rae-moa1o poorer q0hach found quite
an echo IN the combat aOhlch a00S made against
Cannon q feeo aceehs ago. The plan which
the Populists proposed was, to let the House
elect its oao1o Committees, and thus become
sezf-governng, deziberative body. Such was
the intention of our forefathers, and such is
the British Parliament the French Cham
bers and the German Reichstag
Whom M, no11o11 yoro,oocoJ +bo+ +Lo loo