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Show HOUSE INSURGENT LEADER - -v I Congressman Victor Murdock, tho redhead-jrf&ifrt, redhead-jrf&ifrt, 0(1 Kansan who led tho Insurgent forces In the f?OS wnr nBn,ust Cannonlsm In tho organization of wt'" vflpfctf tllu l,rcscnt house, Is n Wichita newspaper man fSlf nml ln n" respects ono ' the I'vcst wires In con-jfc. con-jfc. M gross. Ho lays his first olcctlon to his blazing &58&'fcfcs. locks, which he says drew htm tho support of Wyi fS every red-haired man in tho B'ovonth district roll ro-ll 'to?' if gardloB of party or previous condition ot servl- K&jjj Besides bolng tho most unwelcome thorn in m' ufw) tno B' ' Speaker Cannon, Murdock has dono -OTa a good many things that earned him unpopu-Ywffisik unpopu-Ywffisik yimMWT ,arlty w,ln tl10 influences at Washington. Ho WanMfUi nut u, n wnr on tno n'n'1-cnrr'InB plunderbund YrAK Muflffffll among tho rnllroads, which finally resulted in lessening the cxponBO to Undo Sam of transporting transport-ing tli d mails Ho has warred relentlessly on other old usages and precedents ot tho capltol, v Murdock Is sure of being an Insurgent so long as llfo endures, Kansas loves an Insurgent, and Victor Murdock Is ono of tho most popular men in Kansas. It is said ho can be govornor or senator at nlmost any time. Ho is in Kansas what thoy call a boss buster, and a boss buster finally becomes tho biggest kind of a boss. At least this has been so in Kansas. Then now boss busters come up to bust tho old boss busters. It was Murdock who first, mado tho lato Congressman Jerry Simpson world famous as "tho Bookless Socrates" by a nowspapor yarn about that Jcad-cr's Jcad-cr's antipathy to hosiery. It Is reported that on ono occasion, when a guest at a reception given by President Diaz In Mexico, Murdock did not notlco until tho evening was half ovor that he had neglected to put on a collar. Murdock Is 37 years old. His father was Marsh Murdock, on old Kansas pioneer editor, who died a few years ago. Marsh Murdock was a hard hitter. He Borved tho Republican party and never received the rewards which woro Justly his duo. Somo of tho rewards havo como to tho son, Victor. Victor represents tho old Long district. Long was elected to tho senate and Victor took his place In the house. Long settled down In Washington to bo a peaceful nnd qulot citizen, working with tho mnjorlty of his party, and Knnsas would not stand for that. Kansas nover wants n man to Bcttlo down. Long paid tho penalty with his political llfo. |