The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
Administration Will Show No FaVors to the Rsbe||ious
 Members
BLAME f0R TROUBLE IS LAID UPON LEADERS
Some of the insurgents Say That Taft Should Withhold Favors From AL drich and Cannon Instead of
 Themselves.

Washington, January 5.-Wfile no for- nal statement was forthcoming at the White House today. there was no attempt in administration circles to deny that President Taft is withholding certain cus- tonary congressional patronage from those "insurgent'' senators and repre- sentatives who. the adherents of the President say, show no disposition to sup. rort administration measures. MT. Taft is reported as taking the atti- tude that if an obligation rests upon him to give certain patronage to a represen- tative of his party, there is a reciprocal obligation upon the representative to sup port the President
 number of so-called Insurgents were out in interviews today saying that they heartily agreed with the Presidents legIs- latiye programme and asserting that in- stead of using the whip on them the President should use it on three leaders who in the past had opposed the Roose- welt policies which MT. Taft is seeking to enact into law.
 On the part of the President it was said today that the withholding of patronage does not apply to all Of the insurgents and has absolutely nothing to do with their fight against Speaker Cannon or the House rules.
 Rosewater's Statement.
 Victor Rosewater, republican national committeeman from Nebraska, one of the ,insurgent states saw President Taft this afternoon and in an authorized interview said:
 The President said to me that he wanted me to help correct the reports that are being circulated to the effect that he is using the patronage club to whip so-cailed insurgents into Iine The President says there is a well-founded custom that has become almost rule that in making certain appointments, such as postmasters, the Nresident should act on recommendation of members of Congress in whose districts the appointments lie. if supported by member of the same po- litical party. This obligation, resting on the President, however is reciprocal he feels
 The republican congressman, he de- clares, is under a similar obligation to support administration measures recom- mended by the President to carry out platform pledges on which both were elected. The President says he has not turned down recommendations of insur- gent congressman, but is simply preserv- ing the status quo to impress them of their obligation
 Will Support Taft.
 Many of the insurgents have frankly told the President that they would sup port him in his legislative programme. which already has been pretty definitely outlined. They declare themselves to be republicans first and last and they say they will support measures framed to carry out the party platforms.
 There are still few of the insurgents. however, who seem disposed to carry on an absolutely independent attitude, and who are generally against everything that the leaders of the party are for. To make their position stronger they are said to be willing to ally themselves with the democrats. It is against these so-called fecalcitrants that the non-patronage or der has been issued. and so far as Presi- dent Taft Is concerned it will stand until the members see fit to subscribe to the principles of the party's legislative pro- gramme.
 Meeting Is Called.
 It Is expected that the insurgents will call meeting at an early day to give earnest consideration of the situation originating from the announcement that the administration will no longer coun- tenance "insurging'' in Congress and would withhold patronage from the re- calcitrant members. Most of the radical insurgent leaders of the House feel that with the election but few months dis- tance it is life and death struggle with them and consequently when forced into the fray have no hesitation about carry- ing the war to any extent.
 The effort to defeat insurgent congress- men by starting a fight against them in their home districts, as was reported yes- terday had already begun in several dis tricts in the west, has hit hard and the congressman so attacked probably will make no choice of weapons in defendina themselves.
 Representative Hayes, who had charee of the proposed meeting. stated later in the day that no meeting would be called by him before next week.
 "J think the boys had better have . chance to cool off he said Some of them are pretty warm, you know"
 MT. Hayes said that when he read the published accounts today or what pur- ported to be the administration ate titude toward the insurgents, he con- sidered the proposition as suicidal from the standpoint of the administration that it was incredible. He denied statements made that he had said he could see Presient Tafts finish if he persisted h upholding Cannon
 Doubt About Attitude.
 From a source close to the administra- ton the declaration came today that no hard and fast determination has yet been reached by the President not to recognize the insurgents in matters of patronage.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock today d.
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