The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-30
INDIANA GOSSIP
At THE CAPITAL
Mastery Speech of Crum-
packer-Rep. Dixon Is
Hard Worked Man.
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Washington. May 30.One OF the
speeches that can truly be called great
was that By Representative Crum-
packer on the questions involved In
the admission OF Arizona and New
Mexico into the sisterhood OF States.
The congressman did not mince mat
ters in calling attention to the dangers
embodied In the proposition OF the
Arizona document providing for the
recall OF judges. and while he did not
get 20 far as to attempt to deny to the
people OF Arizona the right to try out
20 dangerous an experiment, yet he
denounced the attempt championed by
the Democratic majority of the house
70 force such provision upon the
people OF the new state. He Endorsed
the minority report which gave state
hood to Arizona, and which at the
same time provides that this question
be voted on separately at the election
to be held for state and other officers.
the Democrats secured control of the
Constitutional Convention, and had.
against the wishes OF the people of the
Territory forced this provision upon
them and that the citizens OF Arizona
In their anxiety to come into the
Union had swallowed the bitter pill
IN order not to be longer deprived OF
their natural right of citizenship. The
Indiana congressman held tat It was
the duty OF congress to give these peo-
pie their full rights. and not only
part of them; and therefore he pleaded
for immediate Statehood. with the
chance to remedy In their own way the
obnoxious experimental theories that
had been forced upon them.
As constructive statesman, Mr..
Crumpacker entertains an enviable
place In Congress, and great many
measures Of his creation are upon the
statutes Of the nation. At the last
session Of congress 1t was his pen
that virtually fixed the basis or rep
resentation for future congresses, and
his reapportionment bill, which failed
of passage In the closing days Of the
senate, has been practically re-enact-
ed by the Democrats, who have been
successfully running everything In the
way of politics and craftsmanship
since the reconvening of the special
session.
Speech by Dixon.
Representative Dixon, who is a
member of the Ways and Means CON-
mittee, and who has been an important
factor In framing the Democratic pro-
gram for the present session OF con-
gress. made one Of the principal
speeches for the so-called farmers
free list bill and inserted enough sta
tistics among his remarks to obscure
the real issue of revenue to the gov.
eminent. which this bill, II passed,
would naturally decrease. Mr.. Dixon
claimed for the Democratic party full
credit for having passed joint reso-
tuition to give the people the right to
elect their United States senators by
direct vote. measure which was pass
ed by the last Republican congress.
He also claimed credit for his party
Tor q bill compelling campaign CON-
mittees to inform the people before
the election, the sources OF moneys
used for Congressional elections. This
was a measure passed by the last Re.
publican house. Like many other
Democrats. he sought to claim for his
party the Canadian agreement, and
In respect to the action Of his party,
he said that the passage by the house
OF this measure constituted IAN ac-
Acknowledgement Of the Democratic
policy OF opening the markets OF our
trade to benefit our own people,"
Tribute to Gibbons.
To pay a tribute to Cardinal Glib
oons, the highest official OF the Catho-
lie church In the United States. on the
liftieth anniversary OF his ordination
~ q priest: and the twenty-fifth an
adversary Of his cardinalate. the great
est group Of American statesmen ever
gathered on one platform will be in
Baltimore on June 9Th. President
Taft and former President Roosevelt,
Champ Clark, Speaker OF the House Of
Representatives. and his predecessor.
Joseph g. Cannon. Senotor Bailey OF
Texas. the acknowledged leader Of
the Democrats In the senate, and Sena-
tor Martin, the nominal Democratic
leader. Senator Penrose, leader Of the
Republicans. and Senator Cummins.
Of Iowa. leader Of the Progressives,
the Chief Justice OF the United States.
Edward Douglas White. Senator Kern.
pf Indiana, and Senator O'Gorman of