The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-10

new moves that are being widely dis
cussed is the big conference Of in
surgents and reformerS from all parts
Of the Union planned to be held in
Washington. the purpose being to
launch nation wide movement
against privilege. In the national
capital it is limited that the result will
be the formation of new national
political party The plans include a
secondary conference in New York
which will have largely to do with
finance. Judge Ben B. Lindsey. the
boys judge" is slated to take a
prominent part in the new movement
A review of the history Of the in
surgent uprising In the senate and
house should prove of interest at this
time. The exact date Of its beginning
is not known. Some think 1t began
in the house in the spring of 1908.
when the appropriations committee
undertook to defeat an item Of $780,
600 in the sundry civil appropriation
bill to pay interstate commerce ac-
countants to examine the books Of
railroads. President Roosevelt threw
down the gage of battle on that item.
Representative Townsend Of Michi-
gan champiOned the appropriation.
which was carried against the power
full influence of the appropriations
committee by something like half
dozen votes That gave President
Roosevelt fresh courage. and he en-
tered upon contest for the enact
ment of other administration bills.
But whether the insurgent cause
sprang from that interstate commerce
item or from any one Of half dozen
other legislative matters in that first
session Of the Sixtieth congress, on
which the speakers program was re-
sisted by members Of his own party,
it steadily gained in momentum at the
south end of the capitol. In the SEN
ate La Toilette is the pioneer insur-
gent He went there over four years
ago with a national reputation as a
Republican dissenter and lost no time
in advancing ideas about railroad reg
ulation and other corporation reforms
which most Of his Republican col
leagues frowned upon. More than any
other, unless 1t be Senator A. 3. Cum
Minis of Iowa. he had been preaching
reform ideas and creating the power
full sentiment back in the states which
has stood all insurgents in such good
stead.
One Of the greatest accessions to La
Follette's standard in the senate was
Cummins, although he has not always
fought side by side with him. Nelson
and Clapp Of Minnesota and Dolliver
Of Iowa, all older senators in point Of
service. joined him eventually because
Of the exigencies of the political situa-
ton at home. where the insurgent sen
timent had become rampant. These
men. with Bristow and Beverage. are
generally classed as the dyed in the
wool insurgents In the senate, while
Senators Borah. Brown. Crawford.
Bourne. Burkett, Dixon and Gamble
are called near insurgents"
The insurgents are not all lighting
against the rules. as many believe
Inere are two or Iaree different
brands Of them. One Is sometimes
called tariff insurgents. Another is
styled rules insurgents. Still others
are insurgents on such matters as cor
poration legislation and conservation.
In a general way they conceive them
selves to be more in accord with the
Roosevelt ideas In those particulars
than are the regulars. However. prac-
tically all the insurgents, whether in
the senate or the house, are for re-
form In the rules, and that they are
winning their tight in the house is
shown by the successive defeats of
Speaker Cannon. The test vote that
deprived him Of the opportunity of the
appointing Of the Ballinger investiga-
tors marked the beginning of his
downfall and then came the recent