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Show pick out among them men who would have competed with Judas, who betrayed be-trayed hlsmaster. "We have a great Republican president presi-dent and a Republican majority, yet we cannot say whether there are not enough cowards to flock with tho Popuilslic Democratic majority and have us without an efficient Republican Republi-can majority "If there were two armies drawn up In actual conflict, do you kno'v what would be done with such men"" "Sbot them!' cried one of the diners. din-ers. Would Have Them Hanged. "Shoot them'" thundered the speaker speak-er "Shoot them! That would be too : honorable a death for them. Hang- , ing would be their fate. 'It is the essence of popular gov- ! crnmcnt that majorities should rule ' and be held responsibly for their mistakes mis-takes Thcretore 1 nsk you to make ! a manly fight for the Republican party so that when the polls close in November ou may give a maJorit to the Republicans in the house of . representatives and hold it responsible or give a majority to tho Democratic j ropullslle minority. ; In 1912 we elect a president, on March 1, the present congress goes out of existence. If I were a mere partisan I'd like to see the Democrats Demo-crats have full power In both houses so tbey would be forced, because of their opposition to the Payne tariff law, to act upon their pretensions and enact a new tariff law. Then they would have that to defend rather than misrepresent the present tariff law. They would have a baby of their own to protect. Says He Is Patriot. "I I were a mere partisan. Id be glad to see Dolllver, Hristovv, EaFol-btto EaFol-btto and Clapp of Minnesota join hands hands with Champ Clark and company. Hut that would bring sorrow, sor-row, shortened wages and misery to millions of hearthstones; therefore, a man of 71, who will soon be where 1 will wear cither a muslin or asbestos as-bestos halo. I'd rather inarch to defeat de-feat in the future than to have our Populist or so-called progressive friends reaping a victory. "I would rather than we carry the next house and senate bv a sound real Republican majority, although we lost in 1912. I'd postpone the evil day as long as possible and perchance, though it is a forelorne hope, wisdom may come south of Mason and Dixon's land. Cod bleys nu you need not bother about New England, shell take care of herself. " . Earlier in his address the speaker said: 'The demagogue, the Miort- 1 sighted man, the specialist, the philosopher phil-osopher I was about to say the col lege professor, but there are notable, exceptions find fault with our coun-try. coun-try. To such I have no message ; They sometimes occupy the uplift magazines of (he metropolitan dailies and they sometimes anathematize tho existing order. It is our place to march on and say: None of these things move me." j Speaker Cannon Is Very Bitter in His Attack New York, May 19. Shooting was too gentlemanly a fate for certain Republicans, Re-publicans, thundered Speaker Cannon of . the house of representatives last night as ho addressed the annual banquet of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldof-A.toria. Waldof-A.toria. Speaker CaDnon was making an eloquent defense ejf his conduct as speaker and he was wildly cheered. "You believe the Re-publicans have a majority of forty-four in tbe house of representatives," said the speaker, "and ei we are under the Bway I will not say of dishonesty of mis- taken people, and now and then a i demagogue, seeking power; and I can |