The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-25
SAD PLIGHT OF REPUBLICANS.

tho them in the face they ponder over
the changes taken place in the past few months
and they very gloomy.
one who has been keeping in touch with National ahairs
since the beginning Of the present session Of congress can
not but see remoseles trend of events the things n
presage victory for the democrats at the tohoonnus ~
elections And to the republicans themselves the hand
writing on the wall less clear They realize that ney
have done the very things they have deded the demo
Gratis doing They realize that their power being DIS
solved by lack of unity Of action just as the democrauc
power weakened by for past They realize
that unless they able the tide to do things which
now seem quite impossible they will in all likelihood see
democratic president inausurated in 1905.
Within the week republican started revolt against
the obnoxious Reed rules republicans have voted with
the and thus overhrowr the republican majority
in the house and bitter feeling the leaders mas been
enecndeed by the efforts Of Henderson, Payne osVenof
Daze all trade negative votes the Crumpacke pan
for affirmative votes on the socaled Cuban reciprocity bill
The approach panic in the republican party that
has been in evidence plainly apparent IL
is perfectly safe predict that if quite possible under
the existing circumstances the divides the Cuban
question did the house, the decentralization OF the now
dominant party will be complete
or course the beet sugar insurgents who are indirectly
responsible for this condition of affairs, being bitterly
aagned by the leaders whom they helped to defeat so sig
naly on Friday But the insurgents claim that from
strictly republican standpoint right and justice is all on
their side and they paying little attention to the
OF the angry leaders who have had heretofore only
crack the party whip order compel absolute obedl
encc
REPRESENTATIVE Tawnev the young Mnnesotan, who has
been one Of the principal of the insurgents through
their long and bitter fight is out with an article in one
papers which he puts forth many arguments
to justify the actions OF himself and those who struggled
with him independence which had before been
given the ard file OF the party The article is headed
Party Feay Party Independence One paragraph is
OF particular significance in view of the present condition of
affairs. 1t is follows:
In OF time the exponent OF party its Ma
ona convention, may lay down the line of opinion
old landmarks to point the way Probably more OF these
issues congress than any other way and when
laws placed the statute books to certain extent cons-
ute the living policy OF party But while these laws are
other it is hardly possible lay down with certainty policy
the other house may undo And So in the formative stage
it is for every individual contribute his best Judgment TO
the solution OF the issues presented.
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In addition to the blame they attempting lay at
the door OF the insurgents the house leaders also
cricsng the president and Representative Babcock the
publican member of the ways and means committee who is
in OF tariff revision and who other ways opposed
to OF the opinions and beliefs which Henderson and
his umvrate believe he absolutely standard The pre
dent blamed because he did decided stand
in the matter On side it claimed that he is ukewarm
toward Cuba and because OF this he failed in
special message the subject it said time he
intended to do.
There little that be brought forward in support Of
this contention The president in his first declared
unequvoca congress should pass commercial meas
ure for the relief of batha bound by every con
sdcraon of honor and cxpedency do so. At the time
when the ways and committee decided to report
bill repeating the and do nothing
for Cuba the president for the leaders talked with
them such sood that they again up the Cuban
matter and pushed it through the Further than
that the president allowed Governor General Wood Cuba
largely exceed his authority by sending to members of
congress circular letters the effect OF which to show
that Cuba and Cubans could possibly survive without the
promised relief The chief executive has all been
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posed in the Payne bill and in the and ac
cracy he said that he is responsible for the pre-
dicament in which the party finds itself Ii is stated
that the insurgents would brought to time had
he special message the Cuban subject and pre
scented the in such strong terms that there would
have been doubt his desires in the premises This
might have had good effect and it might have had any
effect. They very determined set Of men those lin
srgcn and is doubtful if any special message would
have caused them to 1t thought one time that
1t would be easy to bring them into line but soon ap
parent that this not the the president several
conferences with Tawny and the insrgen leaders
and found them to be firm the position they had assumed
Still there hope up the moment that they MIGHT
be disciplined especially after awney the house
leaders on the proposition limit debate But as every one
knows, there change The "insurqents" saw that =
would he possible achieve victory by combining With
the democrats and including in the bill so obnoxious to
them the amendment aboshiug the dfcrentia on refined
c sugar. And they improved the opportunity
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T. Another who is blamed is Mr. Bsbcoek hut there :
as little reason for this feeling against him as for the SINH
lar feeling against Roosevelt In short the men who arc r.,
blame and who should be blamed Henderson and the few
others who have been accustomed to control leeatop ia
ne mouse lhey turned on the screws too tight and on
them and them alone, the responsibility for what has 90
CURED should rest or course this is family quarrel with
the details OF which the democrats have nothing to do
much as is only the Anal result which interests them hut
since SO much has been said ON the subject there is no rea
son why the situation should placed before tho b
N Its true light The house Leaders responsible for the
dilemma in which they have placed party and there is
reason to believe that they will he made to suffer for il
Judge Crumpaeker he OF Southern
taton lame is now attempting start a movement tbe mn
e nose OF which the .lr.n... - ~ PuI-