The Washington times., 1910-03-20
BATTLE MAY SHIFT
TO PARTY CAUCUS
Makeup of Rules Commit
tee Is Now Chief Con-
Germ of House.
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head OF tie House FOR the rest OF this
Congress. Then. he will have TO step
aside and lay down the crown Of the
SpeakershD. He stands before the
country now as car deprived o his
capacity for aosolutism. As q poll -jcaI
factor, men have ceased to fear rim.
That the spirit OF independence will
srow in the House as the result Of what
happened from Wednesday afternoon 20
Saturday night cannot be doubted. And
1t viii grow in the Senate. II is likely
70 be many a day before a SDeaSe- Of
the House, If allowed to make up the
committee. takes occasion in so doing 10
allow his personal feelings 10 dictate his
action.
1t Is highly probable, however. that
the next great step of the House in
the reform OF the rules viii be 10
take from the Speaker tha powr to
name committees. This will not be
done this session or in this Congress,
IN all proba bility.
Having passed the Norris resolution
enlarging the Rules Committee and re-
moving Speaker Cannon from it, the
next thing for the House 20 do is TO
pick the new Rules Committee
That body has been composed Of
Speaker Cannon, Representative Dal-
Zell and Representative Walter l.
Smith, Republicans, and Representa- tives
Champ Clark and Fitzgerald. Demo
Gratis. II will now consist Of six Repub-
licans and four Democrats, and Mr..
Cannon viii not be one OF the Repub-
licans. Under the resolution Of Rep
reSenLatiTe Norris. the election must be
IN the next ten days.
Caucus to Be Held.
Il is expected the Republicans will
caucus 10 select their six members and
that the Democrats viii caucus TO pick
they -four. The probabilities are that
the regulars viii control the situation
as to the caucus so completely that not
an insurgent viii be put on the Rules
Committee, though for the sake of in
ducing party harmony. some ConCes-
sions may be maze Il would uu-
doubtedly contribute 10 a better feeling
on the Republican side if at least one
inEuTgent were allowed on the Rules
Committee.
But so bitter and sore are many of
the regulars over the way they were
Jammed and battered about in the fight
ing between Wednesday and Saturday
that they are not disposed 10 do any
yielding
Representative John DaIzeu Of PennsyI-
-
Republican organization in the House q
man unrclentiuE i'm his bitter antaEon-
ism 10 the progressive wing OF his Marty.
has long been identified with the Rules
Committee.
VIII DalZelI Go?
Almost as much as Cannon himself.
he typifies in the eyes of the country
the tyranny exercised through a long
series of years by the Committee on
Rules The House regulars would 20
ga 70 smooth things over IN the House
ard satisfy the sentiment in the colIu-
Try against control Of The House by
a small element II DalzeH were kent
on the new Rules Committee Bur thpra
IS no sign thus far that anything OF J
this kind viii be done
II Is probable DalzeIl and Smith VIII
ne kept on that such powerful chair /
men OF committees as Tawnev. Psvre
weeks OF Massachusetts and Mann
or Illinois VIII ha added on the Rar,r-h-
mean side While these men, and others /
aL,slSa 60 WIN them Who are possibilities.
aIt cannon men. IL would be ImgOs-
slDle for them 10 run the Rules Com
mittee with the high hand IT has been
run In the past
The Presidents Attitude.
Not the least important phase Of tho
recent struggle in the House relates
10 the Administration. For davs. 'rum0rs
went around that President Taft was
intervening on behalf Of Speaker Can
ron,
20 These rImo~s proved untrue. PrcsI-
dent Taft made IL clear he was kesrr1r
IN the middle Of the road. AT che same
time, tor many months, President Taft
mas shown his hostility 10 the insIr-
gents. He has withheld patronage from
some OF them and he has given aud ana
comfort 20 Uncle Joe and his GIUs
IN various ways.
He has given reinforcement to the Re- n
publican Congressional campaign COM
mlttee, Of which Representative Nc
klnley Of Illinois is the head, and which
Is sticking the knife into the INSURGENTS
wherever IL can find one with a Joint
exposed.
lnSuTgent Power Increases.
Much has been said Of the wan1n-
power Of the ins, rEouts. Now that i.
has been sufficiently diSprovcd that the
power OF the insurgents has not vyaued
but that on the contrary IL IS greater
than ever, 10 IS possible the Administra-
ton viii conclude % go slow In tie
matter OF making any war on ms r-
gents
u is not possible 20 interpret the
House result, ~ throwing the Speaker
rom the Rules Committee. IN any other .
way than as at least q warning To
Inc Administration 10 keep hands of.
Some dav books viii be written over /
ne struggle in the House. of which the I
ierCc battle from Wednesday TO Satur-
iay evening was the elimination.