The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-10
Has Forced Both Anti and Pro.
Cannon Forces to Support
Him
EACH FACTION CHARGES THE
OTHERS WITH AMT|.1AfT IOEAs
Organization Must Support Admins.
tration Program or Place Itself in
the Category in Which the Members
Have just Placed the Insurgents.

Have just Placed the Insurgents.
Washington, Jan. 1O,-President
TAFT Is the real victor in the three
cornered contest which now involves
the administration in the battle be-
tween the house organization and the
Republican insurgents. This ia the
opinion of the biggest men of both
the speakers faction and that which
is striving to depose him and revise
the rules still further. The tacit ad-
mission Of the administration that
federal patronage will no longer be
placed at the disposal of the house in
surgents. brought out by the publica-
tfon of the interview between Post
master General Hitchcock and Renre-
sentative Miller of Minnesota last
week drew from members of both the
pro-Cannon and the anti. Cannon
wings expressions which show plain
ly that the president will win, what
ever the immediate result of the con-
test between the organization and the
insurgents.
NO formal announcement was given
out yesterday. The white house was
ofticially silent; Postmaster General
Hitchcock would not permit himself
to be quoted on any phase of the
new campaign of the administration
against the insurgents; the regulars
aud insurgents of the house would
consent to talk only on one subject.
that of their loyalty to the president
and his policies.
President Cannot Lose.
AS pointed out by several of the
more practical politicians of both the
senate and the house yesterday, the
president cannot lose. Even the prac-
tfcal admission Of the administration
that the insurgents will not be allow,
ed the privilege of handling federal
patronage, the explanation. ran. can
not prevent him from gaining all the
advantage that Is to result from the
present difficulty.
The members of the Cannon Or
ganfzatiOn are now pointing to the
insurgents as enemies of the Taft ad-
ministratiOn. Not member of the
regulars could be found yesterday
who would refuse to state that he is
for the president, first, last. and all
the time. At the same time each one
took particular pains to point out that
the hostility of the insurgents certain-
ly was directed against the admins
tration. The statements of most of
the members of the organization fac
tion identified the speaker and his fol-
lowers with the administration. Their
expressions. openly made, furnished
evidence of their coming support to
/. the presidents program. Any defec-
tiofl OIL the part of the members of
the organization from the policies rec
commended by the president, it was
pointed out, from this time on would
place them in the same category in
which they have put the insurgents.
30 the president is sure of them.
Insurgents Profess Loyalty.
hut the insurgents. too, were loud
iii their protestation of loyalty to the
''"'@'"~ Al"o"t tn q MAN. thew
declared that they intend to support
the administration in the program
which has been outlined by the presi-
aellt. Some or the tnlngy Lney s.tu
were not at all complimentary to the
speaker: .all of them expressed hostil-
ity to the present form of the house
rules; but the presidents policies re-
cejved their heartiest expressions of
admiration. Here are few character
istic statements which indicate the
sentiment of the insurgent body to-
ward the president, as we'll as toward
. the speaker
Representative Madison of Kansas.
discussing the subject of the attitude
of himself and his fellow-insurgents,
said:
1.-The word 'insurgent' must be
clearly defined before l will place my
/ self in that body. If it means that
! am against Speaker Cannon and the
rules | will cheerfully be SO classed,
but II it means that am opposed
to the president and his program 1
repndiate it. The insurgents always
have stood Tor the policies advocated
by President Taft, src!, as conserva-
ton, appointments. t.; the interstate
commerce law AMI the antitrust law,
parcels post, and economy. There un-
doubtcdly will be a division OH the
question of ship subsidy. but ] am
! sure that the president is too broad
Q man to attempt to prevent the en-
preston Of an h0rest difference Of
opinion. So. far as ! ain concerned
have 10 complaint to make of the
/, treatment which have received"
Mr.. Hayes Skcptical.
i Representative tIa%es of California,
cne of the most prominent o: the in
surgent members. was skcrnical on
the subject of the withdrawal of pat
ronage from the speakers opponents.
i He said:
& II do not believe that the president
! contemplates the Withholding of pat
ronage from those who have been
fighting Speaker Cannon and the
rules. ] am convinced that he will
not Interfere in that fight. and do
not believe that he intends to discrim-
mate against any member of the
house unless he feels that the men,
Der is 0bstructing measures that will
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