The Washington times., 1909-11-15
Campaign TO Be Outlined
Before Opening of
Session.
ENLISTING RECRUITS
TO THEIR RANKS
Hoping to Make Determined Fight
For Certain Rights in
the House.
By 7. C. wELLIvER.


and Senate are going to have confer
ences in Washington some time before
the opening Of the session of Congress,
for the purpose of considering the
course they VIII pursue regarding po-
litical and legislative matters.
It became known today most of the
House Insurgents are expected to ar
rive here before the end OF the present
week. by arrangement among them
selves, for the purpose Of meeting,
planning and reporting on their vaca-
tion efforts to strengthen their forces.
These conferences viii be entirely in
formal IN the beginning. and there have
been denials in some quarters that any
thing Of the kind Is going on It Is
positively known, however, a consider-
able number OF last session s. insurgents
are on their way to Washington cor
the purpose. Of opening their fight early.
Representative Murdock, Of Kansas. is
expected 70 arrive here this week, and
about the same tine several others will.
come.
The insurgents have been doing a
good deal OF corresponding among them
selves. and in several States efforts
have been on foot 20 draw recruits into
their ranks. Partly as a result Of these
general Western disaffection with
the work Of the tariff session, It is
confidently predicted that practically all
the Republican House members who at
various times last session acted in op-
position 20 the organization on one or
more votes, will tins session line up as
thick-and-thin opponents 70 the Speak
er's organization. Thus the Wisconsin
Republicans almost al voted for the
tariff bill, though they had been in
surgent on nearly every other roll can
Of the session. on the other hand, tEe
Minnesota Republicans lined up as In
surgents al the final test. though pre-
vious TO that most of them had been
regular. Some OF the Nebraska anc
Iowa insurgents voted for the bill
Join in Fight
It Is promised with the greatest as
surance, by men who have had oppor-
tunlty to know the results OF the cor
.respondence and preliminary considera- /
tiOns that have already taken place.
that all these men are going TO line up
against the organization this session,
and Join in the fight to overturn the
house organizatiOzi There is demand
now for leader and a plan Of proceed
ure; and these may both be provided as
result of the conferences that will be
held before the opening day of the ses-
sion.
Insurgency has been active during the
summer IN both houses. popular
magazine, which will be Issued within
a few days, win give a series OF inter
views with insurgent Senators, concern
ing the issue IN the Republican party.
In substance, these men. who made the
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the Payne-Aldrich tariff biz. will unite
I'm the decoration that the issue IS the
control OF the Republican party. They
will declare the majority of the party is
in sympathy with the insurgents; that
the majority is misrepresented n. the
present Republican leadership in both
Senate and House. and that the night Is
on, and Is going 10 be continued TIL a
new domination, under new traditions
in the Senate and new rules IN the
House is established.
This article is fully expected by the
men who have contributed expressions
10 II to be accepted By the Aldrich
forces as the final and irrevocable cast
ing OF the gage Of battle for party con-
troll 1t Is understood all the insuTgent
Senators-Berevidge, DOlliYer, Cummins,
Pristow CIapp, La Toilette, and the
rest-have contributed vigorous inter
views to the symposium that they did
SO by mutual understanding that they
should make common cause, and stand
together as they did during the last ses-
ceived assurances of such aCCessiCus of
strength as will shake, from the very
start, the Aldrich-Hale grip on the SEN
ate,
Like Taft Program.
The feeling among the insurgents
about the impending conflict is most in
teresting. In general, they are in favor
Of the Taft legislative program for the
session, and they realize that their fight
will get IN the way of that program.
But they take the ground that the Taft
program will have no chance Of formu-
lation into law, anyhow, until the pres
ent Republican organizations are over
turned IN both houses; therefore the
fight for control must be pushed first
of all They realize that they Will be
held up TO the country as obstruction
lists, and are prepared 10 take the
chance of making the country under
stand the situation as thew view II. They
believe that the country will agree
with them, IN fact, they come back from
their Western states assured that their
constituencies al 9 more concerned about
this matter of party domination, than
Il Is about getting any particular laws
passed at tbs time.
The ancient query, Wnat is a Demo
crat2' Is going 10 be superseded BY
the newer and more acute inQuiry,
What makes a Republican," Certain
proceedings lately taken by dominant
leaders, looking TO the communication
OF Iecalcitrant Republicans. will cali
forth violent protests from the floors of
both houses. Indeed, there is assurance
of so much activity in this fight for con-
troll. that already It is becoming ap-
parent that the business of legislation
will be a secondary consideration unless
! the Administrat'o finds means Of ouelI-
ing the outburst. Nobody believes It
will be able 10 do that
Excellent Service to Jacksonville.