The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-12
Steadied BY Gardeners Return
to Leadership
DOUBT ABOUT POSITION
Regulars Forcing Of Caucus Is Dis
turbed-They Are Determined TO
Punish Revolving Repub-
Leans.

Washington. Jan. l2.-The House in.
surgents are resting, testing their
strength By personal conferences and
trying to decide whether enough Repub.
leans win stand against the regular
organization to warrant them IN keep
ing up a running fight They met in
secret conference at the house Of one Of
their number Monday evening and dele-
gated Representative Gardner Of Massa-
ehusetts to represent them in the future.
The return to leadership Of Mr.. Gard
ner has bad steadying effect On the
iusnrgeut band. It guarantees that
whatever course they finally decide upon
win be carefully planned and promises
4 victory with something If it succeeds.
The immediate question at issue is
whether to take part in the forthcoming
caucus to select committee to conduct
the Ballinger Pinehot investigation. Rep
resentative Frank d. Currier q New
Hampshire win Be chairman q this eau
ems, which must not y COMPOUNDED with
one ID Re held this evening 70 organize
tie Republican congressional committee,
This eaaeus can have no business before
L except that for which Il IS called, and
no Republican need hesitate e attend
it and abide b. Rs decision Representa-
tive John w Weeks Is The saehusetts
member Of the congressional committee
and Of course wIl be reelected.
The caucus to name alp Investigating
committee will b. made the tet 81 Be-
nablieanism. The leaders have made il
lear That IT, man elected AZ 4 RepuhIi.
can. WHO fail. q attend the caucus o.
3 abide 81 rs decision. will 81 that ae,
tion be considered as doffng lis Re.
pubieanism, ana be treated accordingly
some Of the insurgents hesitate e take
such ! step, D view Of The loss Of pres
tige and influence e will entail s0ege
tious are heard Of compromise plan.
whereby ether Gardh@ \ Massachusetts,
81 Votead 81 Minnesota win 81 named
upon the committee Men Use Butier
Amss, WHO Is not az anu.Cannan man
voted against the resolution authorizing
TIE pesker 60 name the committee o.
the ground chat The country whethes
Justly 81 not would not apt g It.
face value a decision on the merits 81
tbe conservation policy made bg q conn
ulttee appointed by Cannon Tae peak,
e yielded t6 the point readily thlis 81.
moving himself AZ al immediate issue
and the suggestion that one Of tvo ID.
sureent nominations be recognized is un.
der consideration
The regulars ia the House arc more
determined than ever 70 pay the hard
est kind Of game against tie rebel Re.
pubIieans, The failure ID notify them
when important matters ara upon tha
floor does not worry tham lilies have
an organization 81 tbgir own that keep.
them informed, bat the proposition o.
forcing them with party capcuses g a
different matter The discrimination sys.
tematically practised against the insur-
gents grew out Of the action Of Repre-.
sentative Nelson Of Wisconsin during
Che tariff session in arranging q pair
through the Democratic leader chamT
Clark Since then the regulars have been
% the watch for gross party Irregular
ties Of this kind A failure to caucus
witch The Republicans would rule out tins
insurgents in bunch, instead Of indi.
vidually The Senate viii adopt tb,
| same method