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Show THIS FALL SEATTLE Wash., Aug. 24 Congressman Con-gressman Victor Murdock, the Insurgent Insur-gent leader of Wichita, Kits., appeared appear-ed before an audience here tonight in behalf of Congressman Miles Poln-jLfikiei-8 candidacy for the Republican senatorial nomination to succeed Senator Sen-ator Samuel H. Piles. Mr. Murdock predicted that the Insurgents will sweep this slate and also carry many Republican strongholds in the middle-west. middle-west. "No one can travel over this state as I have" said Mr. Murdock, "ami not see that Washington Is gnlsg to Join Iowa. Minnesota, Wisconsin, the I Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas and California Cali-fornia In ihe insurgent movement. Furthermore, I believe the Insurgents I will carry Indiana, Illinois as well as I many other Cannn strongholds. Should Recognize, Committee. "I believe the Republican National congressional committee should recognized re-cognized at once. Congressman Wll-l.'ara Wll-l.'ara B. McKinley, of Illinois, was made chairman of that committee by the Cannon machine and 'the Cannon machine no longer represents the Republican sentiment anywhere 1n the United States. "'The congressional committeeman from my state, for Instance Congressman Congress-man J. M. Miller, has Just been downed down-ed by the Republicans of his district by 5,000 majority. There are similar Instances all over the country. The Cannon control of the national committee com-mittee ought to bo eliminated at onco." Not a Candidate Speaker. In an Interview today Congressman Murdock declared lhat he is not a candidate for the speakership of tho house of representatives. "I do not seek the office myself but I will support the c andidate for speak crshlp who, like myself believes the committees should be elected by the bouso and not appointed by Its pre-I pre-I tiding officer." Mr. Murdock also paid that be is In favor f an immediate revision of the tariff. He said It should be taken ta-ken up schedule by pched.ile nnd although al-though the neV bossIou of cougress will be too short to acoinpllvh much, something should be done toward a revision before adjournment. |