The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-01-21
GOVERNORS At
The CAPITAL,
Chief Executives Of Many States
Plan Uniform Legislation
some talk OF CONGRESS-,

D Insurgents Now Feel Sure of Pres-
: dents Support In Their Fight With
? Cannon-La Toilette and Cummins
, Pinchot on Conservation-The Fed
eraI License Bill.
| Washington, Jan. 1S.-Uniform state
legislation is the slogan Of several bod.
: les now meeting in this city, incIud-
ing the house of governors, the uni
form legislation conference Of the Ma
| Honal Civic federation. a conservation
| convention, gathering Of insurance
, people and other meetings. All these
are called together by the conference
Of governors at the White House. Out
Of this movement may grow a new fac
tor in American politics, body that
will cover the buffer" territory be-
tween the federal authority and that
of the Individual states. Regardless
Of any talk Of federal encroachment
everybody recognizes that there is a
vast field of legislation that cannot en-
ter and that the states acting singly
have failed to occupy. Under our con-
stitution this ground can be covered
only by the states acting in concert.
To bring about such concert of action
Is the design Of the house of govern
crs.
ls This tho End Of Uncle Joe7
The insurgents Of the house are in
very much more assured position since
resentative Hayes, with President
Taft. There are various stories about
what occurred, bst there is practical
unanimity In the Interpretation placed
on the incident. To put it in plain
English, that Interpretation is that Jo-
seph G. Cannon is to be eliminated
from the speakership of the next con-
gress. That is not what Taft said to
Hayes, but 1t is the meaning Washing
ton has placed on the affair, after the
quick way Washington has of divining
the changes Of the political wind.
What the president seems actually to
have said to Mr.. Hayes was that he
| COuid hOI AhNOIltEC III dlly HHuI III llle
house; that all he required was the
carrying out of the administration and
party policies; that he had no patron
age club with which to punish those
who were loyal to his policies, but that
he would hold the insurgents RESPONSE
BILE. a. he would the regulars, for de-
ivering the goods al per administra-
don program. The significant thing
that Washington read between the
| lines was that TAN does not attend to
read the insurgents out OF the party
merely because they are fighting Can
non. upon which everybody immedl-
ately jumped to the conclusion that
this congress will mark the end of I'm
Gle Joe as factor In American poll
tics. II that Is not mind reading and
provision. what Is It? The weather
prophets were never In It with the DO
litical prophets.
Straws In the Wind.
Aside from all this, there are signs
30 plain that he who runs may read.
all pointing to the downfall of the
speaker The rebellion in Ohio. the
resinSts own state; the statement
Of lSstsescntative Crumpacker of In
diana that If Cannonism were an
issue not Republican would be re-
turned from Indiana next fall. the
clrcumstantial stories that part Of the
Illinois delegation Is at heart against
Mr.. Cannon and the straw vote recent
ly taken 10y a magazine showing well
nigh unanimous opposition to him by
the Republican rank and file.
cummins and La Toilette.
VIII the insurgent movement end
with the ending of Cannon? For one.
do not believe il. Cummins and La
Toilette were never under the speaker.
and the causes against which they
were revolving are still in existence
So long as these two men continue
the fight so long will the insurgent
movement remain I'm existence. You
cannot eliminate IL without eliminat-
Ing them. Nor can you forecast what
1t will do I'm the future without taking
Into consideration what they are likely
to do in future.
A Large Conservation Program.
The comment Of Clifford Pinchot on
bis removal from Office contains one
significant statement II Is this: "The
Of natural resources and
The conservation Of popular govern
nent are both at stake. The one needs
no less than the other
Hay il not be that the growth Of the
terry cause which Pmchot.dil so much
p advance, together with the other
matters mentioned iu this column. the
louise OF governors and the insurcent
movement has come as an Indication
hat the American people appreciate
his fact2
snags Ahead Of Federal License Bill.
The administration bin 20 provide
ederal license for corporations may I
ring about one Of the hardest fights I
Z the session Indeed. e may meet q
nch determined opposition that Il will {
ot be pushed seriously az this session ?
! all. which would almost certainly q
lean that e would 60 over % another I
ongress since the short session Of a