Show CORNERING THE COWARD John JQhn Sharp Williams VIII lams leader of ot the minority In congress and the Demo Democratic cratic members who are following his lead have Inaugurated a fight against the speaker and the rest of the stand pat Republicans who are ar try tryIng tr tring tryIng Ing to evade e de any vote on the tI e Import Important important ant legislation recommended by b the president and hung up in committees by b the speaker and his associate dodgers To this end Mr Ir Williams refuses to allow any Important action to pass the house by unanimous consent but insists on a roll call and other filibustering steps until he Is assured that th t the house will be permitted to record Its own on views on the most Important of the pending measures The minor minority minority ity it does not mean to oppose these bills on the contrary there is a re remarkable remarkable remarkable readiness in the Democratic ranks to vote ote for the presidents meas measures measures measures ures while his own party leaders are smothering those same bills In com corn committee committee that Mr r Williams and his Ills colleagues mean business busl ss Speaker Cannon fannon is now now preparing to bring in special rules preventing debate on appropriation bills and otherwise gag gagging gagging ging the minority in the hope of ot fore forc forcing ing lug a surrender of or the filibustering program Mr Williams however in insists insists insists that the fight will go on until he helIas has lIas assurance that the important bUls are into the house where members will vill have hae to go on record Of Ot course the purpose or of Mr Can Cannon Cannon Cannon non Mr Ir Payne Mr Dalzell and the t theother e eother other dodgers Is to t prevent nt a vote ate They The have hae no desire to support the bills and they are arc afraid to vote ft them so they are resorting to e a trick to escape re responsibility That Thai That Is why hy the country is treated to the spectacle of ot a con congress cress gress which h Is not o permitted to vote on its own measures measures to debate im irn important Important appropriation bills or to sup support support support port Its own presidential leader In legislation which he thought Import Important ant enough to warrant special mes messages messages messages sages That That the tariff on pa paper paper paper per and r pulp remains for tor the benefit of ot the paper trist although A n majority of or both hous of ot congress are pledged to vote for fol the removal of the tariff if they have a chance ch nce And that is one reason why Joseph G 0 Cannon speaker of ot the house and 4 candidate for tor the presidential nomi nomination nomination nomination nation stands no more show of get getting ge getting ting the nomination than if it he were a Indian |