The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-10
Republican Revolt in House NH
 Probably be Crushed
ARIZONA IS INDIGNANT
Resents Being Coupled With New Mexico-ohio Senators Are Going After the
 President.

Washington, January 9.-(speeial.) .)-The party whip in the House is cracking long and loud. The organization headed by Speaker Cannon, Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee and Chair man Hamilton of the territories commit tee claims today that the insurgents cannot get the necessary fifty-seven votes required to overturn the House leadership, and therefore the movement will fail.
 Babcock of Wisconsin, the leader of the rebels, called a caucus of his follow CTS this morning. They were only able to muster twenty-sx men, twice thirteen, as one of the organization observed The insurgents claim that they did not call the meeting with the intention of having 1t go out that there would be a full at tendance; that 1t was simply a confer ence, and when the vote comes the in surgents will number above sixty The House leaders say the movement cannot succeed, as the anti-statehood-bee sugar conference of today indicates.
 Democrats Are SkeptlcaI.
 The democrats are very skeptical over the reported strength of the insurgents. In the first place, the democrats, or at least nine-tenths of them, are heartily in favor of the passage of the Philippine tariff bill, and while willing to strike out the differential on refined sugar. they realize that by doing so and combining with the beesysiIssndpe. ple the bill could not get through the Senate. By a com bination on this question little additional political capital could be gained. The measure is democratic and that in itself must strongly appeal to the country.
 Representative Burgess of Texas, who spoke in the House today in opposition to the reduction of the Philippine tariff rates to p per cent, is a great deal big ger man than his speech would indicate He fared very badly at the hands of Rep resentative Williams and Representative Smith of Kentucky, who tried in vain to convince the Texan that a half loaf was better than none, and if the democrats couldn't get free trade with the Philip pines 75 per cent of 1t was more demo- cratic than the present tariff.
 Arizona Is Indignant.
 As for the statehood proposition, it is generally regarded here that the insur- gent combination will be broken in that matter if the beet sugar republicans can not muster sufficient number of votes to throw down the House organization on the Philippine bill. The democratic side will vote solidly against uniting Ari- zona and New Mexico, as Is provided in the Hamilton bill. Arizonians say such a bill is an outrage; that New Mexico would control and an Arizona-New Mex ico legislature would have to carry on its pay rolls almost as many interpreters as members of the legislature. It is strongly hinted that one of the main reasons some members are so insistent for joint Arizona and New Mexico state hood is that such a bill has little chance to get through the Senate and the pres ent territorial form of government would be maintained, which would therefore keep down taxes on mines and other forms of enterprises, which at present pay almost nothing in comparison to their taxable value.
 Ohio Senators Make Protest
 Several weeks ago the President. upon Representative Brownlow's S recommenda- tion appointed Richard Austin of Knox vile, Tenn, consul at Glasgow, Scotland. His nomination has never been reported from the foreign affairs committee and according to Ohio politicians it will be a long time before it is. Austin was ap- pointed to displace an Ohio man. Sam Taylor The Ohio senator's wrote letter to the President protesting against Fay lor's ping supplanted by any one other than an Ohio man they should recom- mend. No answer was forthcoming from the White House. however. and instead the appointment of Austin was sent to the Senate.
 Foraker and Dick then took their sec ond step, which was to serve notice that the appointment shall not be confirmed. As long as they hold up the appointment Taylor will continue to hold on to the consulship, and the President cannot ef- feet change until after Congress ad- journs next summer, when he can make a recess appointment and displace the Ohio man. pending action by the Senate next winter