Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-05
REGULARS CLAIM
z INSURGENTS IN
TAFT BILL FIGHT
Kean and Briggs Among Forty
five Senators Who Stand
Pat for Program.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-~Forty-five
senator's, all from he conservative or
regular wing of the membership, are
+, said TO have Joined in the movement
to formulate a new administration leg
isIatiye program. Two more are
claimed as positively, but the regular
Republican leaders say they do not
care to subject these men to embar-
rassment by disclosing their names at
this time.
The new organization, which was be-
gun yesterday, was made by the con-
serVative Republicans in the effort to
maintain control of the Senate ma
chinery, mutual concessions have beer
made already, and 1t is expected that
moro will be required to carry out the
plans of the regulars, Much depends
upon the success of President Tart In
harmonizing differences that may arise.
The President will be back in WASH
ington tomorrow. If he is willing to
swing the big stick" as the egula
Republicans say he is, the claims OF the
regular organization appear to be JUST
lied. The work of the organization III
lining up Senate members proceeded
today with the understanding that the
Senate would adjourn until Monday.
Forty-fve Conservatives.
The forty-five Republican conserva-
tives who have undertaken to STAND
together to establish a firm control OF
The Senate proceedings and put through
what remains of the administration
program are as follows:
Aldrich, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs,
Bulkeley, Durham, Burrows, Burton,
Carter. Clark (Wyoming), Crane, Cui-
Iom, Curtis, Depew, Dick. Dillingham;,
Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye, Galiinger,
Gnggenheim, Hale, Hepburn, Jones,
kean, Lodge, Lorimer, McCumber,
Nixon, Oliver. Page, Penrose, Perkins,
Piles, Richardson, Root, Scott, Smith
lMichiganl Smoot, Stephenson, Suth-
erland, Warner, Warren and Wetmore.
As utterly impossible for the con-
servatives to reach the regulars have
classed Beveridge, Bristow, Clapp,
cummins, Dolliver and La Toilette.
The men on whom the regular Re-
pu5licans are still working and who
will receive the attention of President
Taft include Borah, Bourne, Brown,
BurEett, Crawford, Dixon. Gamble and
s sNelson. All OF these men have voted
with the Insurgents from time to
time. They have refused. however, to
be called insurgents and have beer
found in the ranks Of the regulars at
least half of the time.
Dixon and Borah Suspected.
1t was reported today, although 1T
confirmation of the report could bt
obtained, that Senator Dixon would
vote with the regulars as soon as the
long and short haul amendment to thu
railroad bill was disposed of.
Senator Borah, it was stated, would
also join in the lineup for the Taft
program, provided he were given as
of support for his bill pro-
viding for the issuance of $50, GOO, 900 Ii
certificates of Indebtedness to provide
money to complete reclamation projects
Senators Bourne and Nelson, it is said
would be found in the conservative
ranks if the new legislative program
takes cognizance of certain measures
favored by them.
The purpose Of the regular Ilepubli-
cans is to get q majority of the Senate
so that the charge cannot be made thai
they formed a coalition with the Demo
Gratis to put through party measures
At the same time they claim they can
count on certain Democratic votes when
needed