The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-21
FORMER SPEAKER
LEADS IN ATTACK
Becomes Evident That Democrats Will
Have to Fight to Obtain Vote
on Reciprocity
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., April 20.-With
the general debate still under way and
with score or more amendments
ready to be offered, as soon as the
measure reaches consideration under
the five minute rule it was apparent
today that the democratic house or
ganization had a stiff fight ahead be-
fore the reciprocity bill could be
brought to a vote.
Washington, d. c., April 20.-Former
Speaker Cannon, Representative Hub
bard of Iowa, Hanna of North Dakota,
Nelson of Wisconsin and Sloan of Ne
braska, attacked the Canadian reci-
proeity agreement in the debate on
the reciprocity bin in the house yes
terday. Some rapid fire speeches were
made by republicans in reply to dem
ocratic and republican supporters of
that measure headed by Representa-
tives Underwood and Mccall.
Speaker Cannon discussed the fight
in the last campaign over the free
print paper bill. Mr.. Sloan referred
to the house supporters of the reci-
proeity bill as "a Tammany and Dixie
combination against the welfare Of the
country" The general debate on the
measure will be continued tomorrow
by Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee, who will en-
deavor to get the bill before the house
under the five minute rule before ad-
journment
A bitter denunciation of newspaper
influence in connection with the fight
over free print paper legislation in
the last national campaign was made
| by former Speaker Joe Cannon in
vigorous speech in the house in
connection with his opposition to the
reciprocity bill.
There has been a great deal of talk
about the price OF print paper" said
Cannon. Until the committee on ways
and means of the sixtieth congress
when John Sharp williams introduced
his free print paper bill and 1t went
to that committee by aAunanimous
vote, as ] am informed, and it post
poned action for the session of con-
gress and did not even hold hearing
ON it.
Il was speaker. They unloaded it
on me. We had stormy time.
Newspaper publishers, through
their representatives, one of whom
shall mention, Mr.. Herman Ridder, de-
manded that I should do what never
had been done before in the history
of the republic-thas / should recog-
nize Mr.. Williams, to rise in his place
and move to discharge the committee
from further consideration of that bill,
which they had postponed for that ses-
sion, and by the time the next session
would come the presidential election
would be over
Mr.. Cannon said he replied that he
could not do it; it would not be just
to his party.
what happened" he continued, 81
was informed in the presence of wit
nesses that If the republican party
did not promptly put print paper on
the free list that great and good man
who headed the publishers associa
tion, Mr.. Herman Ridder, would sup
port Bryan for the presidency and con
tribute 100000 to his election. We
did not pass it. When the time came
Mr.. Ridder was made treasurer of that
committee and guess he gave yot
boys on the democratic side $5O,0OO
did he not? The newspapers say so
and have never seen it denied"