Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-21
TEST WILL COME OVER
NEW RULES COMMITTEE
Insurgents Expect to Enter the Re-
publican Caucus.
ASK REGULARS TO BE FAIR
If Caucus Choice of Rules Commit
tee Members Is Not Satisfactory
to Insurgents, Fight May,
Go to Floor

Peace or war, harmony or dis
ruption in republican ranks?"
These are the questions the re-
publicans Of the House are con-
corning themselves over today.
Present tendency is toward peace
and harmony, but the situation is
full of dynamite. Republicans
are wearing rubber-soled shoes
and are careful where they toss
their cigar ends.
Representative Wilson (dem.)
of Pennsylvania, introduced a
resolution today authorizing tn.
new rules committee of the
House to revise, amend, simplify
and codify the rules of the House.
The conservative insurgents,
meaning those who voted for the
Speakers retention after demot-
ishing the committee on rules, are
anxious. The nine irreconcilables
who fell outside the breastworks
are defiant and full of jeers and
ginger.
It was reported that some of
the insurgents, angered by
Speaker Cannon's speech of Sat-
urday night denouncing them as
'cowardly members" were draft
ing new resolution proposing a
committee on committees to Sc
lect an entirely new set of COM
mittees in the Houses
May Go Into Caucus.
Leader Norris of the insurgents de-
clared today that his followers-excepting
the nine never-die radicals-will go into
the republican caucus for the selection
of the majority members of the new
committee on rules. and II the regulars
will act square, will play ball.
What is meant by the expression act
square" is left for further analysis and
elaboration. The general acceptance of it
is that regulars are expected to choose
republicans acceptable to the insurgents.
The situation presents an anomaly. Ii
the insurgents, it is asked, consent TO the
regulars choosing the committee, where
are the fruits of their victory? What
have they won?
If the insurgents decline TO yield as
sent to the choice made by the regulars.
they disrupt the party. for in order TO
prevent such control the insurgents
would have to go into open House and
join with the democrats in voting down
the caucus nominees, substituting
straightout insurgents
Strive Against Disruption.
That would be termed party disruption.
That is the outcome. possible at all times,
which the republican leaders are bending
every effort to prevent.
If the insurgents are given one man
on the new committee. that. with the
four democratic votes deadlocks the COM
mittee If they are not given one man
they will be entitled, it is said, TO COM
plain. If they get two men they will
have. with the democrats, a majority on
the committee.
Still another embarrassment confronts
the insurgents: they have indorsed
Speaker Cannon with the republican vote
of the House, lacking nine. What be-
comes Of the outcry against Cannon
ism" in their districtse
The nine defiant insurgents are the
only thoroughly happy people in the
House. They have burned their bridges
behind them and are out in the open.
Out in the Cold.
They are also out in the cold" re-
marked a regular leader today. 1T is
difficult to see how republicans who voted
as they did on the last roll call Saturday
can be counted as republicans longer"
Cancellation Is the order of the day.
however. and the biggest republicans In
the House are at work on harmony plans
The republican caucus for the selection
of the new rules committee will prob
ably be held about the middle OF the
week The regulars are discussing at
tentively the proposed personnel of tn.
republican membership OF the committee.
ana .cautiously sounding tha tnsusEsats