The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-07
INSURGENTS NOT
THE LEAST SCARED
Withholding of Patronage or
Prospect of Taft Cannon Com
bine Does Not Frighten.
NORRIS OF NEBRASKA
TALKS VERY DEFINITELY
Says Taft Is Making Grave Mis-
take in Course He Is
Pursuing.

WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-"The .usur-
irtimidate6 by the action OF the admin
istratiou in Withholding patronage from
them, and are not scared into silence
by any apparent combination of Presi-
dent Taft and Speaker Cannon
This was the declaration today Of Rep
resentative Norris OF Nebraska a lead
ing nsurgent. Mr.. Norris resented
stories appea ring in one or two Wash
neton and New York newspapers today
"a the effect tbot the insurgents are
lying down under the edict OF the ad-
mInistration. On the contrary, Nr. Nor
rls returned 10 the attack and criticised
President Taft himself for the act OF the
administration In singing out insurgent
members for punishment.
President Taft is making 4 gfavo mis-
take by aiding Cannon in this way, and
want 10 say so unheSitatingly. con-
as | know. TO the Withholding Of patron
age from us. But 7 dnnounce this sin
sling out Of nc men Who have opposed
the lniiiction Of the punishment.
Not Fighting President.
BOW can the president say wc are OPP
posed To his policies and declare that we
arc 10 hc punished for il when VIC have
not opposed his policies In amy way We
do not. I'm fact vet know what President
'Gaft's policies are 10 be. We have not
even received his message on several i'm
porlant subjects. Still, We have been
punished.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has,
admitted that We are being discrininJtcd
against right now. although we have
done absolutely nothing TO merit il ex-
ccpt to oppose Cannon and the house
ma chine.
Tho president is aiding Cannon. There
is no other construction that can be
placed Oh this move OF the adninistra-
ton.
Where the Kick Comes
Il want to say that this effort 30 de-
ieaI us by starting lights against uS al
home Is open 70 vigorous criticism.
u have no objection Ia Speaker Can
non or any OF his supporters coming tc
flghr. on me they wisE 10 make. but
do deny that The Republican conSros-
sional committee has any right to at
tack INC. It is unjust and unfair
''Ths fight of tho Insurgents IN the
house will continue against Speaker Can
non and tho house rules which he has
80 pcrsonificd. We will not, however op-
pose any policy of the president so long
as II is Republican doctrine"
Speaker Cannon called at the White
House today and had q few minutes talk
with President Tart. After some coaNine
ON his way out The speaker made few
remarks concerning the doctrine oil party
lTcgIlsrity.
MY tesl Of regularity in politics
church. linauco or family, hr said, ''is
co operation, harmony. ! am a great be-
lever In caucus-th, wicked caucus. Get
together and fight out the differences
there snd ii you are licked come back
and fight again.
we can't al have our way i'll this
world We don't have our way, no mat
ter bow biz or high we may be: The
manly man gives and takes, lights or
yields as he thinks best Tor his cause.
haven't much patience with these men
who arc wiSci-i than all the other fellows
put together nnd whose views are Hn-
changcJble.
Il always feel that a man OF that sort
has no business in an organization. II
hu can't fight il out in party ranks and
Weld II he rs beaten, tnoD he had better
GO out and Join The cneDy. or better still
form an organization Of his OWL
But all this il chcStuuttN. boys con
tiuued the speaker tho worst sort oi
chcstnuts But want j. undeggStood
that ! did not mention this subject 10
ihe president OF no 10 me. 1 am not
trying 10 run his business.