The sun., 1910-01-09
UNCLE JOE TO FIGHT IT OUT
LIKELY no GAIL THE C4UCUS
TO HIS ARD.
n the Insurgents 60 Into Caucus Hen
Beat Them and n Tiaey Stay cut his
Friends say He'll Beat Them Anyhow
The senate's Help May he Declined.


Friends say He'll Beat Them Anyhow
The senate's Help May he Declined.
WASHINGTON. Jan. s--Although the
Senate Committee on Public Lands to-day
graclously offered to extricate the House
OF Representatives organization from
the embarrassing position to which II
was relegated yesterday by the COM
bination OF Democrats and insurgents
the offer will in all probability be declined.
Speaker Cannon has devised another pro-
gramme for counteracting the eject OF
the combination yesterday OF Democrats
and insurgent Republicans. which took
from him the power OF appointing the
members Of the joint committee that are
to represent the House in the investiga-
ton OF the BallinRer-P -Pinchot controversy.
The Public Lands Committee of the
Senate went into session at 10 O'Clock
this morning. All of the Republicans
were present and nearly all OF the Demo-
Gratis. The session lasted nearly three
anu a half hours. and when it adjourned
had agreed to report a resolution as .
substitute for the resolution OF Senator
Jones OF Washington, which practically
restored the Humphrey resolution In the
House in its original form. carrying with
il power for the Speaker to name the
House members OF the committee. This
conclusion was not reached without some
debate and conflict.
Senator Newlands offered an amend
ment which would have left open the
manner OF appointing the House mem
bers Of the committee. This amendment
commanded just two votes. Senator
Newlands voted for II because he proposed
it and Senator Hepburn voted for IL
because he believes, as he warned the
committee. that it should avoid any
COMMITTEES on inquiry. Senator New
lands is one OF the most ardent friends
OF conservation. while Senator Hepburn
has led the war on the forestry service
in the Senate for many years
The opposition 70 Senator Newlands's
proposal to leave the House absolutely
in control OF the appointment of the House
members Of the committee as IL was
manifested to-day in tAe Senate committed
was twofold. First. the sticklors for
form pointed out that the Senate had re-
ceived no official notice Of the action Of
the House in taking out Of the hands Of the
Speaker the appoin tment Of the House
members. The Senate has not been IN
session since Thursday and following
the parliamentary course the action OF
the House in passing the resolution will
have to be -messaged" over while the
Senate is in session. This cannot occur
before Monday noon. The second objeo-
ton to senator Newlands's plan was that
all OF the precedents were In favor Of the
form of joint resolution originally pro-
posed by Representative Humphrey and
IA. utv mi RAH ha 4h Of fhaI
presiding officers Of the respective houses
to appoint members Of joint committee.
The form Of the resolution as II was
finally reported by the Senate committee |
gives the Speaker the power to appoint |
the House members. IL 10 expected that |
the resolution in this form will meet some |
opposition in the Senate from the insur-
gent Republicans and the Democrats,
who will undoubtedly want 10 preserve |
the fruits Of the victory won by their |
collaborators in the House yesterday.
But it 10 believed that the Senate will |
finally pass the resolution in the form re- |
ported by the committee.
When Il reaches the House again tho |
question will come up on concurrence or /
non-concurrence. n a motion In made |
20 accept the Senate resolution the House |
organisation will have another oppor-
tunity for a test vote on the question in /
volved in the Norris amendment, which /
was decided yesterday adverse to the |
~
Speak er's followers were claiming to-day /
that they could easily command the neces-
saI-y votes IL the question comes before /
the House again to oyerturn the result OF /
yesterday. They were blaming their |
predicament to-day on absentees.
But the report went abroad to-day that /
the Speaker would not take advantage 1
of this parliamentary situation. II was
said that he would probably ask the |
Senate leaders TO pass the resolution in |
the form in which it was adopted by the |
House. Hewill then carry the tight against |
the insurgents into the party caucus. |
The Speaker will agree with his friends on |
a list OF names and ask the caucus to /
approve of them. II the insurgents with |
in the Republican ranks In the House |
enter the caucus they win be overwhelm- |
ingiy outvoted. hut will be under the |
party obligation to conform to the de-
cision OF the caucus when the question |
comes up in the House.
This plan was talked over informally |
among leading Republicans at a little |
dinner at Speaker CannoL's home last |
night. The dinner was given TO the Illi- |
nois delegation, the guests including the
Democratic members as well as the
Republicans, but the plan for disciplining
the insurgents was evolved at little side
talks between the Speaker and his Repub-
lican friends in the Illinois delegation.
There has never been a day since
Reed Of Maine was Speaker of the
House that the majority in the
House was stopped from enforcing it's
will. The insurgents yesterday demon
strated the truth OF this proposition.
They have been talking for months about
the man astride the House. to whom they
had to crawl with hats in hands for recog-
milton and power TO legislate.-
This is what Speaker Cannon said to-
day. apropos OF the fight In the House
yesterday, when the organization was
defeated by q combination OF insurgent
Republicans and Democrats. Uncle Joe
was in a merry frame OF mind. He did
not appear to he at all cast down over the
fact that in the scrap OF yesterday he was
not with the majority
"A majority can always legislate In
the House." said Uncle Joe. MY critics
have given the country a striking example
Of this fact. II the House Is SO disposed
it can take up any measure that suits
its fancy. A resolution 70 elect Fowler