The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-17
FIGHT HAS STARTED
REPUBLICAN, HOUSE s cENTsv MEET AND oRGA-
 NEE FOR WORK.
COEGREssREN WlNT RULES REVISED
Notbino Said at Meeting Against Speaker cannon--Comm'ttee Ap- pointed to Draft Proposed Amend ments-Many States Were Hepre- sented at the lnsurgent Meetings.

Washington. Dec. 13.-The fight TOT revision or the rules of the house was inaugurated Friday night at meeting of the so-called insurgents attended by 25 Republicans represen- tative. Representative Hepburn oi Iowa presided and was authorized to name a committee of five, with nm. self chairman, to draft the proposed amendments to the rules and report to the organization Tuesday night.
 The insurgents" considered the various suggestions for more than two hours. Mir. Hepburn said the various plans proposed for changing the rules would be considered by the commit tee which he will name. He desired ;o make it known that all of the mem hers invited to the meeting. with the exception of Representative MOTHS or Nebraska. who is out of town, were present
 Those interested have been pro ceeding quietly with their plans Wit9 the apparent purpose of increasing their numbers sufficiently to be able to control the situation by joining the Democrats in fight on the rules. The insurgents" claim that in the pres ent congress they need but 2f hepup- licans to join the Democrats Tn order 10 bring about a change in the rules, while in the Sixty-first congress they say they will need but "A Republican members. Three of the represents tfves present Friday night-Hepburn, Pollard and Ellis-will not be mem bers of the next congress.
 While several of the insurgents are for Cannon for speaker, they made Il plain that they greatly desire a change in the rules. There were no expres' sions except those of friendly feeling for the speaker" said MT. Hepburn after the meeting. Nobody said any thing against Mir. Cannon"
 He said the general feeling was that, if under the rules the house must have a despotic leader, there was nc one they would rather have than Uncle Joe"
 Several new suggestions, in addition to those already advanced, were made at the meeting. To increase the mem Dership of the rules committee of the house has been the most popular sug gestion and in this connection 1t has been proposed to have this committed elected by the members oi the house instead of being named by the speaker
 The election in like manner of g committee on committees to perform duties similar to a like body in the senate. also has been proposed by lead CTS in the movement. Another plar proposed is to set two Thursdays apart each month for the consideration of bills on the house calendar and tho remaining Thursday for the consider dar.
 None of those present would state whether it was intended to bring tho matter to an issue in the present ses sion of congress or to wait for tn, new congress.
 Those present were Representative, Hepburn and Hubbard. Iowa; Camp bell, Madison, Murdock and Scott Kansas; Townsend and Mclaughlin Michigan; Davis. Lindbergh and Vol stead, Minnesota; Cooper. Nelson Esch and Morse, Wisconsin; Foster Vermont; Ellis. Missouri; McKinlel and Hayes, California; Gardner ant Lohring, Massachusetts; Pollard Hinshaw and Kinkaid, Nebraska.