The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-01-21

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dcpg aaks. "Wbat n 40 insurgentf
aba general public. always Interested
ln personalities, inquiries. ''Nho b a.
fnaurgontf Uncle Joe Cannon, ln
more oF less beWhlskered and unsteril-
i1ed language, rises 10 the question.
eWhy b an nSurgeutTr TO answer
al three queries adequately would re-
Quire several books But 81 ! have
not time 70 write the books and no
body else would have time 20 read
them We win have 10 boil Il down.
10 begin 10 the good old Ordinnl and
ordained way: Firstly. what h an IN.
enrgent7 Il depends on who is giving
me answer. II II were Robert MariOu
IA Foiletts be would doubtless reply,
aAn insurgent d the nOblest work Of
Cod" having IN mind, perhaps, one
particular insuFrectO. II Il were Can.
non who was giving the opinion But
Waitl There are postal laws IN the
United States against printing and dis
seminating certain kinds Of words, and
J have no desire 90 get either myself
OK the editor into jail. Either the La
Toilette OF Cannon idea would prob
ably be biased. TO take a perfectly
GisDassiOnate view, an insurgent IL one
who wants 20 change the rules Of the
house in which be is serving: also the
rulers. He has q passion for ripping
e into Cannon and AldFich He wants
% revise the tariff dowDward-empha'
els on the "dOWn"-or 90 least be
wants 20 DO Il to all the tariR that
doss not affect bis district. Finally
and f0remostiy, and this 10 the imme-
date object Of bis being. be wants %
chase Cannon and Aldrich on the 20.
Iltical map II be is IN the houne Of
reDresentatives--what an irony there
e IN that word 'represenfativesF'-h
objects 70 the speaker being the whole
works. he now regards the house as
consisting Of a number 30 large that
there r. not q type case In existence
with figures enough % set Il up. Can.
non being represented by the figure
~" and the other 800 members By
long string OF ciphers trailing after.
That would be something like one
million billion trillion quadrillion gum
tlliOn--oh. 1gure Il out yourselfl
Ny own view OF an insurgent Is that
ne h an honest man who by some mis-
take broke into congress. The other
members do not know what 20 make
OF him He knows what he would
like to make Of himself but the
speaker won't let him That Is the
whole story. The insurgent wants to
save the country and, cover himself
with glory. and here Is this white
Whiskered tyTant with the gavel. this
Old man with the artillery name. who
bars the way II IA enough to make
q saint insurge.
A Growing Army.
As 10 the question. who is an IN
surgentY' his name Is legion. The po-
iitical woods are full Of him. Nobody
a certain Of his neIghbor. He does
not know who Will insurge next. May
be II will be himself There are those
who think that every time Speaker
Cannon bifs the table with bis gayel
q new lnsurgeDt springs into being
" this is true there will soon be mil
Hons OF bin. For a man Of his
years Uncle Joe certainly does NAL
treat that innocent wooden hammer
ne could give points IN the tattoo
line 20 a snare drummer or 70 the
active and lncessant woodpeckeT.
TO be accurate. there are thirty 10
surgents 10 the house and something
iike eleven IN the senate. Yet can
remember the day when Robert Mar
ion Ia Toilette vas insurging alone.
First be had to convert the state
o. wisconsin. and when that JOB was
done 20 BIS satisfaction he started IN
% convert the entire nation. This
work - stili In process AZ about the
zine Ia Toilette was making the VOL.
Verene railroads and regulars jump
Sideways Albert Baird Cummins was
caueing the stane petters 60 zee red
with his lows Idea. The careers Of
these two progressive leaders have
many featurus 10 common. Both bad
% aght the machine IN their own
states both were elected 10 tho gov.
ornorship Cor three terms. and both
while serving as governor were eie
waited b the United States eenate
Both are effective speakers and bofh
deal with facts rather than figures Of
speech. The diRerence "a their per
1al appearance and mannera. how
6ssr. s. as stirling e. the resemblance
- theig careera Both are fighters.