The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
TAFT BANQUETS
WITH PUBLISHERS
President Defends Proposed
Increase in Second Class
Postal Rates.

/ periodical publishers and editors of this
country with the title of controllers
OF public opinion and public officials;
senator Deliver told them there must
be something defective in the lightning
&C tCulatiOn that attributes the loss or
I S63 200 in the postal service 10 you;
/ Speaker Cannon iutimated that there
/ might be cooperation between the pub
4 fishers and Congress in several con-
/ venlent ways, and everybody Is HAPPY
! today.
1t all happened last night at the New
/ Willard when the Periodical Publishers
/ OF the writers who make their uasa-
/ zines and OF many public men who fur
( nish copy" for their columns
! The publishers have similar dinner
once every year, but this winter the
/ affair took on a significance deeper
| than mere funmalzing- They were care
[ ful 10 invite President Taft, Speaker
/ Cannon, Senator Dolliver, and other
/ thing to say about that question as 10
/ the exact status of magazines as
| second class mail matter.
Gauntlet Thrown Down
But the most striking phase OF the
/ dinner was not the discussion Of maya
| zine mail rates, or the fluctuations OF
/ guests 1t was the discussion OF the
/ status OF the insurgents IN Congress
/ The gauntlet was thrown down BY Sen
ator DOlliver and taken up by Speaker
/ Cannon, who spoke with deeper feeling,
I many declare today, than he has shown
l on any other public occasion since he
was elected Speaker
] At the close Of an address by Senator
DOlllveT in which the declared point
/ blank that big interests had infi1-
/ enced tariff making and in which he de-
/ fined an insurgert as "a man who
/ wants 10 have a bin read before il is
/ adopted, Speaker Cannon rose and de-
| clered he was going to give this mat
Carefully avoiding a political discus
| sion IN the early part Of his address the
Speaker veered hack 10 the subject Of
! Mr. DOlliver'S address and said.
Some Sit Through Toast
Without party organization there can
/ De no government in a republic, without
/ fidelity 70 a party there could De no
party organization For my part. I do
! not believe this cause, OF any cause. or
/ the future of the nation can ever Be
I solved by a group OF uen-sl minority
who think themselves too good for one
OF the great parties, and not quite good
l enough Tor tie other
/ When bIT- Cannon sat down, r. Hop
I kinSOn Smith. master Of ceremonies
/ tried to quiet the applause that came
] the appiauuinS yTeS orly from portion,
/ OF the guests, WlaL was heard was con-
stinUOus and enthusiastic
/ Every body knows Uncle Joe Cannon.
| and loves him. and believes him 10 be
4 thoroughly honest" said Mr.. Smith
! Then be proposed that a toast be drunk
/ TO Jhe Speaker.
/ The most tense moment Of the even
Z lnS followed when nearly One-LbIrd Of
! those present declined to allow the good
/ fellowship Of the dinner TO gloss over
I their feelings in the matter and re-
manned seated while the rest OF the
I gathering drank the toast
1 Although the occasion was primarily
Z one Tor 1uUmaklug the hosts and the
guests touched frequently upon the sub
Jet that Is worrying the publishers
more than anything has done in years
President Tart started the subject so
there wasn't any heSitancy about talk
ing shop The President started the
agitation by giving notice, In his annual
/ message that thu Government was
/ hauling too much advertising matter at
/ too low a cost and last night he defend
ed his course
/ The President didn't beat around the
bush, either He spoke right out and
THE trouble with brother Wilder"
] he said, is that he looks at Il solely
from the financial standpoint, and does
/ not understand the altrUisIl that IS in
/ VOWED in continuous office holding"
/ The President then explained waaT
/ that meant he also paid a tribute 10
/ ercised great power and urged them
/ 70 WELD that power wisely.
] The Presidents advice was received
/ IN good spirit, and his experiences in
/ gIee-
Insurgents Defended.
/, With President Taft's address as an
/ opener Senator DOlliver of Iowa
I plunged boldly into the matter Of sec
1 Ond class mail rates and then handled
! the rather delicate subject Of insuT-
! geaCy without gloves President Taft
/ and Speaker Cannon were still at the
/ table when Senator DClliVeT called
/ Upon the President to lead the fDs77r-
! gents into a new trend of public oDin-
/ Ion and declared ar awakened public
/ VIII no longer allow tariff laws written
| in the Offices Of big interests
I AS I understand It.. he declared
/ an InsUrgsut IS merely a man who
! wants to have z bill read before Il IS
/ adopted, and who demands protection
! AGAINST 'haud-ue-dOWn' legislation -
! The Iowa Senator's remarks were
puEctuated with applause, and this
Iinal rally was greeted by a rousinS
! demonstration
| Speaker Cannon. grim and somber
/ accepted the challenge OF Senator Dol
( liver and opened FIRE without warning
/ Il snail rot attempt to please you.
/ but shall give you the matter as I see
/ it. he began
| Speaker Cannon continued to touch
/ upon the muck Taking" phase Of mag
/ azine publication IN Away to indicate
| that recent attacks upon him and his
methods had at Least been brought 10
his attention
| 4 glowing tribute to American msrs-
zines was paid by Baron Mayor des
/ PlauChes. the Italian ambassador He
said he had been acquainted with maya
zine literature from ms earnest child
LhOOd-
Party Leaves For Home.
The publishers and writer's arrived
! here yesterday afternoon on a special
train from New York that also stopped
| at Philadelphia AID Baltimore to take
/ on passengers Tf.S-- left Union Sta
I ton on their special At II O'Clock this
morning
/ They were received at 3 O'Clock yester-
: Gay afternoon at the National Press
/ Club There they met Washington
/ newspaper men and the correspondents
! from out Of town papers They in
/ spected the clubs quarters and many
/ OF them remained at the club until the
time for the banquet
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