Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-25
INSURGENTS GOOD BYE ID
 STAND PATS
Indications Are the Split in the National Republican Situa- ton Will Be Similar to That of Iowa State

WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.-The Re. publican party has suddenly awak ened to realization of irreparable losses as a result of its fight over Cannon and the house rules The l. dissention today existing in the ranks is of such serious proportions in the | opinion of many as to practically in- sure a Democratic majority for the next session of congress.
 The insurgents" of the Republi can party have said good bye" to | the "standpatters" for all time. This | may be put down as final and authen tic Indications are the split In the | national Republican situation will be | very similar to that in the Iowa state 1 Republican party. It is not unlike Iy that within the next year or two l there will grow out c- Sae present in- l surgent forces national ''progress- i've" party.
 Today the insurgent band mum
 bers ess than 30. Its strength is insignificant But the sentiment of the Republican voters is with the in- surgents, according to all indications, because they fought Cannon and the rules. i That the regular organization is 2 in utter disrepute with a large per cenage of Republican voters can not
 be denied The party has put its | 70. R." in large, black letters on l Speaker Cannon and the oligarchy
 that he works with. It refused te.
 see the handwriting on the wall and | must take the consequences. Work toward crganizing the var
 ious "insGrgent" foreseeing various
 parts of the country will begin at 1 once, in order that all available strength win be in working order | for use in the next Congressional
 elections, in 1911. The work wila
 be done very quietly, and in all prob
 a bility without making any general
 announcements that would tend to
 attract the attention of the stand.
 paters." The insurgents plans are
 to build up organizations in the cen tral and western states first, and to
 lie low until it comes time to nomi-
 nate candidates. and then give the
 Cannon-Payne-Ald crowd
 the surprise of their lives
 Tho LaFollette organization in
 Wisconsin will cooperate with the
 Cummins forces of Iowa and Victor Murdock, the insurgeut leader of Kan
 sas, will join with his following and
 even Gardner of Massachusetts may "come through with little pro
 gresslve' machine.
 With the Republicans thus divided
 the Democrats hope to bring home
 the bacon.
 The RsUublican party practically . signed its death warrant at the open ing Of congress on March 15 when it
 retained Cannon as speaker in open
 defiance of an overwhelming public , opinion" declared Representative ". ! Shacklefcrd. of Missouri. "Cannonism is to be the coming issue. Cannon is
 a weight on the Republican organiZa- tion that will bear it down in defeat. Taft has branded himself a Cannan ? man and CannOn's importance to the l Republican organization has been
 made perfectly plain to the country. A vote for the Republican party is e vote for Cannon.
 ] "1'he first effect of the Republican b party's endorsement of Speaker Can z non will be seen in the congressional
 elections of 1911. Those elections g will send an increased number of ] Democrats and insurgents to tho 3 House of Representative. That is ! as certain as anything can be. As [ for the 'stand-pat' Republican party . its Ceath-knell has been sounded. - don't mean it is going to die sud 2 den death. or suddenly disappear F from the face of the earth. but its l power is bound to slowly decrease as F the insurgents or 'progressiyes' ex D- pand.
 f The position of the majority of . 1 the Democrats toward those mem- 2 bers who bolted on the opening da, k of congress. preventing real change e il the rules. which was within the 3 grasp or the insurEen&Democratic : between Tammany and tho Cannon ! 1 forces. is that it followed 9 coalition ? clique.
 I'll the Democrats that left our ! ranks on that day are defeated for reelection it would serve them = right" said a prominent Democrat f 1 on the evening of the vote. while
 l stii hot under the collar over
 | the mater But so far as laying ] the blame on the Democratic mem ! bership of the House for the de- !. feat of the movement to secure re- - vision of the rules-it is non-sensical f The body of the Democrats not only , voted against Cannon, but with the 1 insurgents. The Republican party is . really alone to blame for the present ( speaker and the present rules. The - majority is Republican, and can g change the rules and day it sees fit. : Let the Democratic party have 8
 majority in the house, and see how 9 quick the appointment of commit 1 tees is transferred from the speak s CT to the house"
 - The cooperating of the insurgents and Democrats resulted in some re- [ forms secured in the rules, but they
 are not of great importance. oRD,NATIoN SERVICES