The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-10

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an indication OF What may be ex-
pected in the next house, because
much the same men will be In con-
troll and the same policy will be
followed.
No Pledges Are Expected.
In the conference between the
president-elect and the speaker, IL Is
rot at all likely that one will make
conditions and the other make
pledges. The two men are too big
and too powerful for any such pro-
ceeding. They are both plain spok-
en-, and are personally friendly. II
rs impossible that two such men
should get together and talk as man
TO man without reaching definite
understanding. :
Mr.. Taft will lay down broad
general principle. which is that the
speaker and every Republican mem
Der of the house OF representatives Is
in honor bound TO support and to
fulfil every pledge made IN the Re
publican platform at Chicago.
As head of the party. Mr.. Taft
will tell the speaker that tariff revi-
sion. the postal savings banks. iimi-
tation of railroad securities, reform
in the federal Injunction practice,
and similar things specified at Chi
cago are issues which have been
passed upon by the highest tribunal
in the party. and which are not sub
ject to any decision whatsoever By
the committee on rules, or By the
speaker, or by -caucds Of congress
sional representatives
The action Of the Chicago conyen-
ton. in the oplniou'of the president
elect, Is mandatory. and no represen-
tative in congress can vote against
any OF these measures or work
against them. or prevent their con
sideration without treachery to the
party under whose banner he was
elected.
Cannon to Aid Tariff Reform.
As a strong men, MIR. Cannon
probably viii agree to these general
principles without hesitation. He
will not be asked for pledges, and.
Of course, viii give none m 50 many
words. but ne mas repeatedly told
his friends, including the writer, that
he is entirely willing 20 redeem every
pledge made at Chicago and that he
feels himself bound TO secure revi-
sion OF the tariff along the lines OF
the Chicago platform, which. by the
way, is substantially the same ON the
tariff, although much better express
ed, as that adopted by the Illinois
state convention which put Mr.. Can
non in nomination for the presidency.
Il does not follow that the present
and prospective speaker viii agree In
advance to change in system the or
ganizatlon by which the committee
on rules will be elected by the house
and viii not be appointed by the
speaker, President-elect Taft believes
in this reform, and probably will
urge il upon the individual members
of congress. The speaker, on that
other hand, may naturally fake thal
ground that amy question OF organl-l
cation is a matter for the house Il
self to determine and that, of course
neither the Republican platform nor
the president-elect has any controll-
ing voice in the matter, except tol
see that the platform pledges ara
carried out.
In other words. the speaker Isl
likely to assume that the small COM
mittee on rules, appointed by thal
speaker with regard to the special
fitness OF It's members for that par.
ticular work, probably can voice ths|
sentiments OF the majority better|
than town meeting committee Sc
lected BY the caucus Itself. On thls|
point the speaker and president-e,ect|
are more than likely to split, and
the split VIII extend TO the member@|
ship OF the house.
Demand Change of Rules.
Representative Townsend, OF Mich
igan. who has been talked OF as al
possible candidate for speaker, saldI
today with considerable sfgnificanceI
in declaring that he is not himself
a candidate:
81 am for Cannon. That is, pro-
vided he will give due conslderation1
to the desire of the members to|
amend the rules, and I believe he
Will do so.
Representative Murdoch. of Kan
sas, has been busy among the MEM
bers endeavoring to organize a move
ment for a reform in the rules. The
subject was widely discussed before|
and after the session I'm the house,
today. AS matter OF course, the|
older men who hold the desirabiel
rhairmanships and who belong to the
inner circle OF the house believe in|
keeping the rules as they are. Bin