Evening star., 1909-03-10
STRANCERSN0 LONGER RULES ROW IN HOUSE
White House Portals Omen to insurgents Mean to Wage
Roosevelt Adversares. Warfare Until the End.
Rail EY PAYS VISIT TO TAFT VICTORY MATTER OF DOUBT
Long Years Avoidance Of Victor Murdock
Presidents Home Broken. Makes Statement
PERKINS AND NE.soN ALSO GIVES OUTLINE OF PROGRAM
Of by Solid Democratic Strength
Urged for Will Act Next Monday. +
VICTORY MATTER OF DOUBT
Representative Victor Murdock
Makes Statement.
GIVES OUTLINE OF PROGRAM
Says Thirty-Four Republicans, Back
ed by Solid Democratic Strength,
Will Act Next Monday.

Will Act Next monday.
Presidential interference or no presi-
Dental erference: tariff necessity or no
tariff necessity, the insurgents of the
House OF Representatives intend to wage
warfare on the rules OF that body until
they are either victorious or extermi-
mated.
The foregoing Is the substance OF q
statement made this morning by Repre-
sentative Victor Murdock of Kansas, one
of the acknowledged last-ditch insurrec
uonaries. Present indications point 10
the fact that the lot OF malcontents will
be determination and not victory. Speaker
Cannon and his aids. former Representa-
tive Watson of Indiana, Represent ative
Mann OF Illinois and others. were AL
| smiles today. although they have not re-
laxed their vigilance and are still ex-
tending the honey pot and the cake tray
to all new members of Congress-and old
ones. too, for that matter-who come
around Uncle Joe Cannons busy offices In
the Capitol.
Fight to Begin Monday.
Mr.. Murdock is quoted as making the
claim that Monday. March Is. after the
special tariff session OF the Sixty-first
Congress has been called to order and
Representative Dalzell OF Pennsylvania.
one OF the big five. rises in his place TO
| offer the usual motion that 1.-THE rules of
t he last Congress be adopted as the rules
OF this Congress: and on that demand
the previous question:" that thirty-four
republicans backed by the solid demo-
cratic strength. will vote mo-" thus OPEN
| ing the way for all sorts OF amendments
Mr.. Gardner. tftular head Of the tnsur-
gent band, claims only thirty-0ne repub-
| licans.
AS with the whole strength Of the
House on hand. 1t will take only twen-
| ty-four republicans. voting with the en-
tire democratic strength. to defeat the
organization. Messrs. Gardner and Muir
dock say that despite the DEVELOPMENTS
of the last few days and the interference
| from the White House OF President Taft
| they have not lost hope and that the
| battle will not be won or lost until the
last vote on the previous question has
been recorded and the final result an
nounced.
| But there is another side to this ones
| ton. The organization leaders make the
claim that the insurgent strength cannot
by any chance exceed nineteen, i've short
| Of the number. which. Joined to the dem
| ocratic phalanx, could bring about the
overthrow of the regular forces and open
the way to general and indiscriminate
amendment Of the rules. They go even
further than this and say that on this
list OF nineteen insurgents there are sew
eral names that seem shaky. and that
probably may be erased In a few days, or
just as soon as the republicans to whom
the names belong realize the full signif-
canoe of what coalition with the demo-
Gratis would mean.
1t is further intimated that the influence
of President Taft on the small but active
ly disturbing insurgent element in the
House is already making Itself felt, and
that some of me members Of the little
band are now beginning to talk Of an
armistice. suggesting that there is no use
in handing the whole country a blow in
the solar pleXuS at this particular mo-
ment through the medium of a row on
the rules. when the whole business can
just as well be thrashed out at the be-
ginning of the second or regular session
of the House next December.
Views Of Insurgent Leaders.
The insurgent leaders would not admit
today, however. that there was a posi-
bility of them adopting this sort of a
policy. They seem to think the delay
would give the Speaker and his gentle
manly assistants behind the committee pie
counter of the House Of Representatives
too much of a chance to win over anv
political gourmands who might happen tn
be now among the rebellious. They figure
it would be better to perish collectively
and with honors now than TO be bought
off as individuals between now and next
December.
OF course. some of the insurgents will
wind up by being really and truly las,-
ditchers. They are in so bad now aS a
result of the dust they have kicked up
in the House and the trouble that has
resulted from their efforts that no
tion of theirs could take them farther
away from the old home reservation.
Others. however. feel that II they lay
down their arms and come into camp.
properly humble and contrite. to kiss
the big toe of that great chieftain. Old
Cigar The Face. and swear alle-
glance anew, that not only would they
be received with open arms. but that
they might be suitably rewarded as
well. MessrS Gardner and Murdock are
endeavoring to lash all gentlemen OF
this ilk to the mast, but they are not
sure that their ropes are strong enough.
Several high and mighty gentlemen Of
the House were sitting around headquar-
ters this morning. smacking their lips,
rubbing their hands and discussing the
various unconstitutional. cruel and un-
usual puniShmentS to which the inSur-
gents might suitably be subjected.
What are they going to call them
selves" asked one House republican
his name does not matter. for all the
regulars, big and little, talk the same
way-'what are these caucus bolters and
democratic allies going to call them
selves? Republicans? Democrats? In
dependents? I'd just like to know. Do
they expect recognition from the repub-
lican side of the House on committee
assignments, or from the opposition? And
do those of them who now hold excellent
committee places expect to hold these
places after they have stirred up all the
trouble they could and done everything
in their power to disrupt the body"
Can't Eat Cake and Have It, Too.
This comment calls attention TO the un-
disputed fact that the insurgents will not
be permitted to eat their cake and TO have
it, too. Some of them hold good commit
tee places When Victor Murdock came
TO Congress for his first term he made an
excellent impression on Uncle Joe Cannon,
and was put on post offices and post
roads. very de:.~able berth indeed par
ticularly for an euitor-person hailing from
Kansas. Nowadays both the republican
and democratic members of that commit
tee call him a socialist and an AN
archist" and several other things. due TO
the fact that there is less Of party feeling
and partisanship i'm the operations of this
committee than of any other in Congress,
and that Mr.. Murdock. ever since he
joined. has been disturbing element.
There are other insurgents who hold
shot that ALL of them, certainly the last
ditchers previously referred to, will be
reduced to the ranks and turned out in
the cold. Ventilation and acoustics" and