The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
"INSURGENT" REPUBLICANS.

REPUBLICANS.
The insurgents r working them.
selves into q fine frenzy of fear les,
they be left out of the distribution OF
federal patronage. They we're eager
to assume q noble eminence of indie.
pendence during the tariff discussion
at the special session of congress.
They wanted no favors from the Taft
administr alton which they we're &C.
lively opposing and they freely &C.
cepted the applause of the democr attic
and mugwump newspapers for their
disinterested patriotism in denouncing
Cannonism and voting against the
policies of their party adopted>by an
overwhelming majority in regular
party caucus. But now when 1t comes
to facing their republican constituen.
cies. single.handed and on their per.
sonal merits, and giving an account
OF their stewardship, they are quite
indignant because the administration
which they opposed is not as active as
they desire it in dispensing its pat.
ronage to assist them in securing q
reelection to Office.
For example, Senator Bristow of
Kansas, who has spared no pains and
spent his entire time since his election
In criticising President Taft's course
and In denounctng the administra-
ton tariff policy to the people of
Kansas az q betrayal of the party
platform, and who voted with the
democrats against the majority of his
party in the senate, has had the eff
frontery to demand promptly upon
his arrival in Washington that half
the patronage the at disposal of the
federal administration in Kansas be
given to him to distribute for his per-
sonal political benefit while he mag.
unanimously allows Senator Curtis,
who has been q loyal republican and
faithful supporter of the national adj.
min%istration all the while, the other
half.
The insurgents, as we'll as their
democratic and .mugwump newspaper
allies, grow purple in the face at any
other idea and vow that it would be
''suicidal" for the administr alton to
resent or attempt in any manner to
their past ingratitude and
party treachery. In other words, &C.
cording to the insurgents political
code of ethics, q republican senator
or representative may oppose the ma
of his party associates and de-
nounce a republican administra alton
eleven months in the year and in the
twelfth month, when the appointments
to offices are to be made, he is entitled
to share equally with the faithful who
have been true to their party colors
all the year. A very pretty and con.
v~enient sort OF arrangement-for the
insurgents-but hardly calculated to
promote party 10y atty or solidarity.
Most self.respecting men will rather
incline to agree with that sturdy and
uncompromising exponent of stalwart
republican principles, Speaker Can
non, who declares that when a repub.
lican has been fairly whipped in his
party's aucus he should take his
medicine like a man and abide 10y ally
by the will Of the majority; and that
a senator or representative who re.
fuses to give faithful and loyal sup.
port to his party's policies as defined
by the majority of his colleagues in
caucus assembled does not belong any
longer to that party and should have
the courage and manhood to Join
some other, or organize one of his
own. At the very least, he should
not expect to share in the favors which
those whom he has fought and sought
to discredit before the country have
to bestow.-Kansas City Journal.