The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-21
NOT SURE Mr.. TAFT
is FINAL AUTHORITY
Congressional Plans Largely I'm
settled Following Successful
Revolt-Rules Committee
Jobs Not Popular.

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the surface there was not the slightest
Indication of the turbulent experiences
OF last week.
The most far-reaching result of last
weeks revolution In the House, 30 far
as legislation by the present Congress
is concerned, will be full discussion
on the floor Of the so-calied Taft leg
islative program. In the opinion Of
insurgent leaders who canvassed the
situation to-day.
on rules IL constituted" declared Mr..
Norris the tnsurgent general, to-day.
1T has been settled that the House can
decide for itself what II wants to DO.
and TO matter how the special rutes
that the committee will frame for the
| consideration OF legislation are word
ed, the House Itself will have the last
say.
Il believe that last weeks victory Is
a step towards fulfiilment OF the plat
| form pledges of the Republican, party.
AS to the So called Taft program.
many OF US claim the right to decide
for ourselves the form the proposed
legislation shall take. Many OF us who
are heartily In accord with the plat
form Of the Republican party claim
the right to say how those pledges
give US that right. whereas formerly
the speaker framed legislation accord
ing to hts ideas. and il was up to us
10 take 1t or leave 1t without the OPP
portunity OF amendment,
Discusses ''unete Joe"
AS for the vote on the Burleson
resolution Ito Dust the speaker. was
against IL because IL was an entirely
different proposition from electing
speaker. 4 would not vote to elect Joe
Gannon speaker OF the House now, or
At amy otner time, under any ctrcurn-
stances. Hut when II comes to oustlng
him. we must have more against MIN
than We have now Uncle Joe AssS
done nothing that the rules old not
give him the power TO do.
.'As for his speech Saturday night
before the Illinois Republican Assoc
citation, | regard that as the silly va
porings Of q foolish old man who had
iost hts temper.
According to present frrdtcattons.- tt
L. improbable that any one II the six
Republicans on the new Committee on
Rules Will be an InsurEent The In
surTents Will probably go into the
Republican caucus and abide by the
selections made by the caucus. Most
OF them do not want representation on
the committee because they do not
want responsibility for the actions ri
the committee. Several OF them stat
ed to-day. that while the changes in
the rules would mean the fuifiment
OF platform pledges of the Republican
party they realized the Democrats In
the House would not necessarily aid
this end
IF the Burleson resolution had not
been presented when IL was said
Representative Murdoch tlnsurgan..
Kansas. and the House had adjourn
ed. Uncle Joe would have been UNI
seated before the end OF the week.
believe TEL the Insurgents would have
gone into caucus OF their own and
have agreed on this course. Then they
would have gone into Republican eau
Gus and have agreed on the election
Of some one else. But the resolution
was presented while wave of SYM
pathy was floating over the House Tor
Uncle Joe, and thus 1t enabled him
to secure a personal endorsement"
Calls Insurgents yellow"
We ought TO have q new speaker
In the house to-day. said Represen-
tative Sims Democrat Pennsy lvanial.
and we would have had one IL the
Insurgents had played fair with us.
But they showed the yellow streak
when the critical time arrived and
proved that they were still under the
old cnar's thumb"
Champ Clark. the minority leader.
does not look At the situation through
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