Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-21
INSURGENTS ARE
READY TO FIGHT
SPEECH OF SPEAKER HALTS A
RECONCILIATION
FOLLOWERS OF NORRIS MAY NOT
GET ON COMMITTEE
ReouIars Talk of Securing Peace by
Eliminating the Issue Of Cam
nonlsm Before the Fall
Election
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leaders on the Republican side. said
todav that no conference had been held
ON the subject, but undoubtedly one
would take place, perhaps tomorrow.
All the caucuses must be held within
ten davs. for that is the time limit
fixed by the Norris resolution for the
election of a new committee.
of this committee the RepubHcanS
will choose six members and the Demo-
Gratis four Whether the insurgents
will be given representation among the
six Republican members is now un-
known. They say they have not asked
and do not care for membership on the
new committee
eve do not wish to assume respon-
sibility for legislation, or to try to force
ourselves on the house in that way,
said one of their number 1T would
not be Just for us to do So
The Democrats will choose their four
members in caucus, and expect thelr
selections will be ratified by vote
Of the house. OF these four three are
practically certain to be Minority
Leader Clark. Fitzgerald Of New YORK
and Underwood of Alabama. The first
two are members of the present com
mittee. and will he accorded similar
honors on the new committee.
Breach Made Wider
There is a general demand among
Democrats that Underwood who Is
Leader Clarz's first lieutenant on the
floor. be given a place. The fourth
Democrat has not been much discussed.
To attempt 10 predict whom the re
puhlicans would select VIII pe lhe
merest speculation. Besides speaker
cannon Dalze1l of Pennsylvania and
10 Rnnnbl1CHn
members of the present rules commit
tee BY the terms of the Norris
amendment Speaker Cannon Is spe-
officially eliminated from the new COM
mittee
The Democratic leaders said they
expected no difficulty in having their
selections for this committee ratlfed
by the house. as the insurgents had
given them a pledge to support the
Democratic nominees, partly in con
sideration of the unanimous vote Of the
Democrats for the Norris resolution.
But the highly important selection of
this new rules committee was Of sec
ondary consideration in the talk today
as to whether the war within the
ranks Of the Republicans was to con-
tinue or not The legislative program
in congress was scarcely mentioned at
all. excepting In connection with the
probable delay it will encounter before
The political air has become sufficiently
clarified to go ahead with legislation.
IT was generally recognized that some
scmblance Of quietude must be restored
before congress can go on with the
calm consideration of important meas
ures.
Every important administration
measure is halted where II stood last
Thursday. when the preliminary sliir-
mish Of the battle began.
Says Cannon Is Mo Longer Issue
A Republican, high in the councils
of the party and Of eminent political
Judgment, gave it as his opinion today
that the worst was now over in Re
publican strife, and that permanent
peace would shortly cnsue.
"The party in the house is more
united now than for long time ne
said. There will be no disposition 70
abuse the insurgent members but ON
the contrary an effort to conciliate
them.
sional committee viii from this time
forward lend its All to the election Of
those men who yesterday stood by the
party and every efor, will be made TO
secure thier return to congress-
"What about the issue Of Cannon
and Cannonism?" was asked.
THAT is going to be taken care or,
and you can count upon it, was the
reply. 1T is a good prediction 10
make that Speaker Cannon viii an
nounce. long before the campaign for
the election of a new congress begins,
that he viii not again be a candidate
for speaker.
where, then. win be the issue you
speak of? 1t will not exist. 1t is upon
this basis that the warning elements
cf the Republican party can be most
easily brought together, and that is
what is going to happen
Benefits Taft Program
This Republican believes that the
effect Of the battle of last week would
he advantageous to an administration
legislation now i'm congress, lie eX-
pressed his opinion shat both sides in
The Republican ranks would now stand
Solidy for the Taft program and That
the party pledges would be fully re-
deemed.
In the meantime all these various
coniecturCs Of party secrs must await
the verdict Of time All sides are rest
ing, if only from sheer exhaustion of
The struggle from which they have
lust emerged.
Tomorrow the bcdraGgled ranks Will
be reformed ana move forward to
whatever there may be to meet.
Much depends upon whether the in
surgeut Republicans, who lined up and
nreVented the crushing defeat of
Sneaker Cannon and his oustiug from
the chair, only to bc rewarded last
night with denunciation at the speak
ers hands, can he placated, or whether
they may be made to- feel further Tc-
sentiment, and Thus driven into more
relentless rebellion.
May Again Attack Speaker
It was even stated today by a prom
jnent member Of the house that q Sec
ond assault might occur upon the
sneaker to remove him from the speak
ership, and it was pointed out that the
INSURGENTS who stood by the speaker
might next time be leading the fight to
down him A motion to declare the
speakership vacant is in order at any
time in the house. and this member
believed that the precedent for its use
established yesterday might be in
voked any time the situation seems TO
warrant it.
There was talk also Of a further at
tack upon the rules Of the house, now
that a big entering wedge has been
inserted, although it was doubted gen
erdily whether this would be eXpedi-
ent from political standpoint or nee
essarY for the present.
The appointment of all the commit
tees of the house by the house itself,
instead of by the speaker, is spoken
of as the next move of the reformers
Of the rules, but as such action at this
time would entirely disorganiZc the
house it is not likely to be considered
before the beginning Of the next con-