Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-12
REBELLION UNDER WAY
AGAINST cLARk's LEADERSHIP
Fitzgerald, of New York, Leads lnsur-
gents and There is Trouble in Store
Many New Burdens Imposed Upon
Secretary Macveash, of the Treas
ury Department.
Especial correspondence.1

! While the contest was on over the tar
! if bill. this fight was generally lost
sight of. But that it will flame up
! in full vigor when the next session
Bile is a continuation Of the controversy
which split the democrats into two fac
| lions when the house rules were being
considered. Champ Clark was unable
to hold the democrats together and a
part of them strayed from his leader
! ship and f1ocked TO the support of the
republican organization, led by Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald, of New York
No end of feeling was aroused among
the democrats by the action of Fitz-
gerald. A large part of his following
was composed of northern democrats,
tho some of them came from the south,
from such states at Louisiana. The
Fitzgerald group not only intends to
keep on fighting Clark but it makes no
secret of it. 1t intends to encompass
the downfall of the Clark leadership.
If the democrats should carry the next
house, then Clark will be candidate
for speaker. The influence of the Fitz-
gerald clan viii be thrown against him.
No doubt that Fitzgerald himself would
run for the speak ership if he saw any
show of winning the honor away from
Clark or of defeating the Missourian.
1t is the plan of the democratic in
surgents against Clark to charge that
he has been Ineffective as a leader and
has host no end of valuable opportuni-
ties in the tariff discussion. Probably
they will bring up the fact that Mr..
Clark lectures pretty assiduously on
the chautauqua platform and argue
that for this he neglects his other
duties.
The democratic insurgents were reg
uiar enough on the tariff bill. They
lined up not because of love of Clark
but because they perceived it would be
bad politics to desert the cause for
which the democratic party has fought
so long. In their leader, Fitzgerald.
they have one of the shrewdest mem
bers in the house. One of the charges
against Clark is that he favors south
ern members TOO much.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
has had a lot of burdens imposed on
him by congress. For the next year
or so, 1t is likely that his department
will be in the public eye most of the
time in consequence of these burdens.
In the first place, the tariff law has
to be put into successful operation. This
in itself, so the old experts of the Gus
toms division say, in great task. In
addition to this, it will devolve on the
treasury department to collect the cor
poration tax and it will probably not
be long before the secretary of the
treasury has to sell an issue of GER
tifcates of indebtedness in order TO
keep Uncle Sam from going to the
poorhouse. When the monetary COM
missions report is made, the treasury
department will be called on to tell
congress whether it ought to legislate
according to the report or not.
Mr.. Macveagh is fully cognizant of
the hard work which has been imposed
on his department and he is organizing
it with view to taking care of this
work in the most effective way. He is
surrounding himself with young men,
the most competent for the work he
can pick up. This is emphasized by
the fact that within the last week or
so he has selected Royal E. Cabell to
be commissioner of internal revenue
and Prof A. Piatt Andrew, one Of the
brilliant young members Of the faculty
of Harvard. as director of the mint
Before he picked these men, Secretary
Macveagh had about him as assistant
secretaries such able young men as
James B. Reynolds, and Messrs. Norton
and Hilles At the head of the office
of comptroller Of the currency>is Law
renee o. Murray, who was a member
of the Roosevelt tennis cabinet.
The selection of Mr.. Cabell is inter-
esting for several reasons. Mr.. CaIbell
is from Richmond, Va, and was put
on his feet by President Roosevelt,
who made him postmaster at that
place. He took hold of an office that
needed reorganization and succeeded
in recognizing it and putting it on a
satisfactory basis. The postoffice de-
partment has recognized the value of
his services. Mr.. Taft had heard of
IlCabell but didn't know much about
him personally until last year, In the
!
who is only "a, organized a big rally
and got 10000 people out to the horse
show building TO hear Mr.. Taft speak
The president has not forgotten 1t and
not long ago; he presented Cabell to
Secretary Macveagh. The latter con-
cluded he would make a good COM
missioner Of internal revenue and Sc
lected him accordingly.
Friends of Mi Cabell say that not
only will he administer the office of
commissioner of internal revenue sat-
Iisfaotorily and put the work OF col
lecting the corporation tax on the
right basis but that he will be around
when it comes to the politics Of the
office and will not overlook any ap-
Ipointments that might initiate in the
direction Of helping the republicans to
control the state Of Virginia Pres
Iident Taft has an ambition to see Vir-
ginia turned over to the republicans
and he thinks this is good oppor-
ltunity, while the state is torn by dem
| ocratic factions. Mr.. CabeN is ac-
lcounted one Of the slrewdest poll
ticians in Virginia He comes Of an
old family there, one that was imbued
with democratic doctrines. But the
4 young man broke away from the faith
1 of his fathers and became a repub-
Iican. II his state Should. chance to
turn over to the republicans, there, is
/ no telling how far he would go II the
way of achieving high political office.
HE'S q lawyer and was educated at