Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-01-21 | Page 2 | Nebraska Insurgents Put on Their War Paint

NEBRASKA INSURGENTS PUT ON THEIR AVAR PAINT LINCOLN, Nob.. Jan. 20. Several hundred hun-dred "Insurgent" Republicans, from nearly near-ly all sections of tho state, held, their Initial rally In Lincoln tonight. President Taft was doclared lo bo the victim of conditions surrounding him In congress, but the spoakors voiced their faith In the president, saying that In moro than thrco years ho has yet to serve there will be reason to bcllcvo ho would prove himself true to tho cause of the people. Denunciation of tho new tariff law was the keynote of the speeches. Senator Aldrlch and Speaker Cannon coming In for the chJef criticism. Cheers followed tho reference to former President Roosevelt Roose-velt by City Attorney Flansburg of Lincoln, Lin-coln, who said: "It would be worth while Just now to havo tho African Hon hunter In tho place and furnished with the opportunity of President Taft. Can anyone doubt what would be tho outcome of Cannonlsm if President Roosevelt were in Washington Washing-ton armed with his big stick? It would be a fight to the finish; Cannonlsm would be beaten to a pulp and the champion of the- people would coirio out triumphant and ready for further controversy."