Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-22
HOUSE CAUCUS
ON WEDNESDAY
Democrats VIII Have Their
Party Conference Even
ing Following
MUTTER|NGS OF INSURGENTS
Guesses Are Being Made as to
Who VIII Be Named
on Committee.

Washington, March 22.-The House
selection of Republican members of
the new rules committee on Wednes-
day night. The Democrats also have
agreed tentatively on Wednesday
night for their caucus. There is con-
siderable speculation over the prob
able personnel of the rules commit
tee IF | were to forecast the Re
publican members" said one of the
prominent western Republicans who
is intimately associated with the
Speaker, this would le my guess:
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, and Smith of
Iowa, members of the present com
mittee, Fassett of New York. DENLY of
Michigan, Mckinley CT Illinois, and
probably Gardner of Massachusetts.
Gardner has all along refrained from
anything of personal antagonism to
the Speaker, and is the only insurgent
acceptable to all the regulars.
The House Democrats, following the
announcement that the Republican
caucus will be held on Wednesday
night definitely decided to hold their
caucus on Thursday night to select
their four members of the committee
on rules.
Representative Hayes of California,
stated that today it was certain that
a conference of insurgents will be
held before Wednesday night. Il will
not stand for men who are close to
Speaker Cannon being nominated as
Republican members of the new COM
mittee,,'' he said "a lot of other in
surgents feel the same way. We
would lose the fruits our victory, the
country would laugh at u.s." Many
prominent insurgents, however, like
Murdock of Kansas, Norris of Ne
braska and Lenroot of Wisconsin, say
that they will enter the caucus with
out assurances.
Democrats Attack Administration.
Washington, March 22-Referring
to President Taft as a rather plant
executive and characterizing Former
President Roosevelt as the greatest
insurgent of them all' who taught the
insurgents how to ''insurge," Repre-
sentative A. Mitchell Palmer, Demo
crat, of Pennsylvania, attacked the
administration from the floor of the
House today.
Mr.. Palmer in introducing his at
tack upon the Republican organiza
tion and the administration measures
said that the country could expect
little real benefit from this show OF
effort on the part of the President tc
redeem the pledges of the Republican
platform
The speaker said he did not impute
to the President any lack of good faitf
but he added ''any student of recen
and present conditions in the Repub
lican party must realize that, how
ever, much the President may desire
to carry out the promises of hi:
party in relation to these measures
he has bound himself hand and foo
to an organization in the Congress
which has demonstrated on innum
cradle occasions in the past that
can be true to nothing except its owl
false traditions"
The first effort of the administrator
fiayed by Representative Palmer wa
the tariff. He related how Presiden
Taft had promised the voters that tn
pledges of the Republican party $50
tariff revision meant tariff reduction.
"The people understood then" sal
Mr. Palmer, that in presenting tn
platform, the Republican party CAV
it's promissory note to the America
people. 1t was endorsed by Willial
H. Taft and accepted by the people &
the elections. 1t never would hav
been accepted without that endors
ment, for the credit of the maker {
that obligation had been sadly in
paired by the records of years
broken pledges.
IF President Taft had displayed b,
half of the zeal in an attempt
force Congress to reduce the tari
taxation on the necessities of life tn;
he displayed in securing those redu
tions of duties that would result
greater profits to the protected man
facturers, already enriched by oper
tion of tariff laws beyond the dream
of avarice, he would have earned tt
right to say that as the endorser
the Republican partys promise
saved it's obligation from protest.
IF he had been but half as anxiov
to save the pennies of the workil
man by giving him cheaper colt,
goods, as he was to save the dolla
of the steel trust by dumping into
mills raw materials at much reduc
expense, his name would have be-
enshrined in the hearts of the DO
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