The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-20
AS IT SHOULD BE.

According to Washington news
tween the administration and the
regular, republicans in congress
against the "progressives, says the
of the coalition is to prevent the APP
pointing of "progressives" to office.
1t is further reported that if the
sprogressives" are not whipped into
tine by this action, they will be read
out of the republican party.
This is as it should be. There is
no doubts in the minds of thoughtful
and careful observers that the So
called regulars" constitute the re-
publican party, which has become a
high tariff for favor party and is
controlled by the Trusts and Com
bines-the interests; and the tariff
reform and other reforms element of
the party has no place in the party
when getting right down to the heart
of the matter.
1t. is high time that republican
.'reformers" realize and admit that
this is the actual condition. If hon
est in their desire, they must break
away from the bonds of partisanship
and rally to the aid of the great mass
of the democratic party, who desire
reform for the good of the whole peo-
pie of the country-not for office.
There is, too, small element in
the democratic party that should be
and must be told to get out. With
that done and union of the purged
democratic party with the progress
sive element of the republican party,
there is hope for the coming of
government of the people, for the
people, by the people.
Never in it's history has the repub-
lican party been closer held by the
cohesive power of public plunder---
and further plumber is projected.
Now is the time for q getting to-
gether of all people who are opposed
to government N favor OF the Inter-
ests at the cost of the average citl-
zen.
President Taft, according to re-
ports. has not yet openly aligned
himself with the regulars, but there
seems but little doubt that he will do
so-he belongs to them.
The following extracts from
Chicago Record-Herald, written jan
uary 4, shows well the present situa-
ton:
Evidence Backs RumOrs.
Rumors of impending warfare up
on those outside the breastworks or
the regulars have been in circulation
for some time, but it was not until
today that any of the insurgents or
progressives found what to them
seemed tangible evidence. Repre-
sentative Cooper of the First Wlscon-
sin district and Representative Nor
ris of the Fifth Nebraska district
have been informed by friends at
home that some influence is at work
in their districts to develop OPPOSE
ton to their nomination and that
encouragement is being given Tor
bringing candidates into the Held TO
run as regulars and supporters OF the
Organization. This has not caus-
ed the representatives much anxiety,
because of the known sentiment OF
their constituents in support OF their
stand in opposition to Speaker Can
non, and to certain measures recent
ly enacted, notably the tariff. KEEP
resentative Miller of Minnesota, who
has a number of postoffice vacancies
in his district; Representative Hub
bard of Iowa, who has in his district
a postmaster actively supporting his
rival; Representatives Nelson, Cary
and Morse of Wisconsin, and other
members of the house who are class
ed as insurgents have noticed that
their recommendations have not been
acted upon by the administration.
Hitchcock Bares Scheme.
Today Representative Miller OBJ
tanned from Postmaster General
Hitchcock what seems to all to form
an explanation of the situation. Mr..
Miller, returning to the capitol from
a fruitless visit at the postoftice de-
partment quoted Mr.. Hitchcock as
saying:
"Mr Cannon and his friends have
brought the strongest kind of pres
sure to bear to the end that the in
surgents shall be ignored in matters
of patronage. They insist that the
insurgents are entitled to no consid-
Grafton, and that if they cannot be
beaten into line, as now seems evil
dent, they should be read out of the
party. The administration has not
decided what it will do, but in the
meantime we are not acting upon
the recommendations made by in
surgent members of the house,
Miller Threatens Fight.
Mr.. Miller said he told the post
master general he intended to carry
the matter to the open floor of the
house, but he asserted Mr.. Hitch
cock urged him to defer any such &C
ton until the subject could be fur
Their considered. Mr.. Miller finally
agreed to wait full developments
before precipitating an open fight.
AS soon as the congressman S
statement became known the post
master general called him on the tele-
phone and took him to task for not
having regarded the conversation as
confidential. Mr.. Miller replied that
he had not so understood it, and felt
l,-e.. he had violated no confidence
The announcement to the insur-
gents that the postmaster general
who is supposed to have the political
fortunes of the administration in his
keeping, is holding out patronage on
them while the overtures of the reg