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Show know, but I have noticed the use of the -expression by those, who. while ready to atuck men. in public, still have"' regard for the libel laws and .seek-to discredit without assuming the responsibility for simple and direct di-rect accusations which they might Tiave to prove or suffer the consequences.. conse-quences.. Mr. -Higging has this same respect-for the law wnlle he apparently appar-ently ' makes froe to Insinuate mi- , worthiness against the law makers. "As to thu criticisms Mr. Higgles makes, of the rules and the administration adminis-tration of them by the speaker, 1 need 1ut say., his letter shows he knows nothing of what he writes. That will be evident to any. one 'who ha.i ever studied the rules or observed carefully and honestly their administration. admin-istration. A man who, without having hav-ing studied the law or practiced in the courts, should criticise and denounce de-nounce indiscriminately the law aal tho courts, simply because ho had heard the complaints of tho lawyers who had lost their cases, would re-celTC re-celTC from the community their attention at-tention to which his Ignorance ana presumption entitles him. Dut it ha that any one, after having sat at tho feet of persons dissatisfied with legislation, legis-lation, or disgruntled because of the failure of proposed legislation, may become a patriot and a moulder of opinion by denouncing the rules which adjust tho rights and relations and secure the efficiency of a body of 391 members representing the complex interests in-terests of ninety million people." s Speaker Cannon Incensed by Attack Hade by Success Suc-cess Magazine. Washington, Feb. 28 Inoensed bv an attack alleged to have been mado upon himself and tho rules of the houne by Edward E. Hlgglns, president presi-dent of Success Magarine, Speaker Cannon tonight made public a letter vigorously defending the rules. "The rules may not be ideal." he writes, "but they have stood the test among those who know them, in spits of half a century of denunciation such as Mr Hlgglns puts forth. The foun- datton principles were laid down more than a century ago under tho leadership leader-ship of Jefferson and Madison. They have been perfected from year to year to meet the needB of a growing representation of a growing nation. "I receive letters from men who denounce de-nounce tho legislative, the executive, the judiciary, the law, the church, and the rules of the house. One publluh-er publluh-er makes It a point to denounce the narrowing influence of religion on our civilization, and demands legislation that will destroy this influence, anj denounces the fundamental law'of the land, and would destroy the constitution constitu-tion and th statutes; a clever tstock broker sends out bulletins attacking the executive, and another advertlee.1 his attack on buslnoes. Mr. Hlgglns employs tho same methods to attack the speaker and the rules of tho house. 'He attacks the present speaker as representing the Interests whatever that may mean. 1 confess J do uoc |