The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-02
STILL
IN Defiant MOOD
Have Not Been Tanned, /"
Declares Representative
Morris. of Nebraska,
DROP CANNON FROM
RULES COMMITTEE
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This Demand Must Be Met Be-
fore ANY Compromise Win
Be Considered, President
is Told.

WASHINGTON. Feb. I'VE have
not been tanned nor have we laid
down at all In our inststence that the
Republican party live up to Its plat
form pledges" declared Representa-
tive Norris. of Nebraska, leader OF
the house insurgents To-day.
We have not agreed to GO into
caucus On the rules or on legislation"
he added.
We have been represented as hav-
tng been opposed TO the presidenes
policies ana as having been just
brought around. Nothing could be
y greater misrepresentation of the
facts.
We have always been favorable to
the Roosevelt policies and the Taft
policies in 30 far as they follow those
OF Roosevelt. 1t has been said that
We are to cease fighting the speaker
so az to get the administration iegis-
iation program Through the house.
What does this mean. 1t means that
the machine is trying to use the club
to get us into line by threatening
Cannon. the machine will block iegis-
lation and blame us.
Speaker is Criticized.
we Will NOT DC SANbpG4 lAkO AHc
nor be put into false position AS
a matter of fact the speakers COM
miftees have charge of legislation and
have not reported any one of these
measures. Why not? The speaker
controls all the committees. Ii he
favors this legislation, why don't his
committees bring some OF Ii out OF
their pigeon holes.
Truth Is the organization sees that
n ssnr zy,Ei It's a al
progressive legislation and Is afraid
SSI@ssEsA siae A4asv tn real COED
iegisiatton. SO they want TO hold
cAucuses on this legislation and get
us pledged to certain bills that seem,
progressive but In reality are full
Of vicious 5okeTs. That Is the whole
conspiracy and it will not be pu,
through so far as the insurgents are
concerned.
I'VE will not stand for turning over
the legislative powers of the house to
the republican caucus.
III they want progressive legista-
ton. let their committees bring 1t out
onto the floor. III Ii is really good
wei fight for II.
We recognize the platform OF the
republican party as greater than
mandates of any caucus or any set OF
men,"
LAS to changes in the rules, We
have shut of the unauthorized at
tempt of certain of our numh Der to get
us to go into the caucus or accept q
compromise. We stand where we did
last March and will not go into a
caucus on the rules"
President Taft's Position.
1t was learned to-day that the OBJ
ject of Monday nights meeting OF the
insurgents was primarily for the pur-
pose of receiving a request from Pres
ident Taft that the insurgents accede
to q compromise on the rules. Re-
representatives. Hayes and Gardner had
told the President that the insurgents
would not compromise unless Can
mons removal from the Rules Com.
mittee be a part Of the agreement
Hayes and Gardner carried word from
Taft to the Monday nights meeting
that Cannon had informed the White
House that II he were deposed from
the Rules Committee he would re-
sign from the speakershtp.
The President asked the insurgents
not to insist in putting Cannon OF
the committee. but they sent Hayes
and Gardner back with word tina,
they would not compromise at all
Hayes and Gardner were also in
structed to let the President know
that they favored his policies.