Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-03


 way, was of the greatest value to the country, because it forced clear-cut line between those republicans who secretly stand with Cannon and those who are independent of him and the greedy interests he represents.
 The six republican members of the new rules committee were selected in secret caucus. In this assemblage the nine "genuine" insurgents were outnumbered twenty-four to one. Or, in other words, twenty three twenty-fourths of the present republican membership of the house represents Cannonism Before Cannonism can be downed, this all potent twenty three twenty fourths of the republican membership of the house must be downed. For therein lies "Uncle Joe's" real power, and no one can successfully contradict it.
 The difference in the cost of living in the United States and Canana, and the increased prices in this country since the passage of the Payne-Aldrich bill were practically the sole points raised by Foss, democrat in his tariff speeches in the Fourteenth Massachusetts dis trict, where republican majority of 14,250 in 1908 was converted into democratic majority of -5,64O The fact that prices of foodstuffs, wearing apparel and rents average from 20 to 30
 
 river in Windsor, Canada, was cited by Foss, and his protectionist opponent was unable to satisfy the people that the Aldrich-Taft policy of excessive protection was not to blame for the contrast. Senator Lodge was called into. the campaign, but he, too, failed utterly in his at tempt to disprove the argument of Foss. The democratic candidate showed that the contrast in the cost of living in Detroit and Windsor was not an exception, but the general rule between protective and free trade countries. He cited comparative prices in Montreal, St. John, New Brunswick and Boston, easily disproving the allegation that the ever-increasing prices in the United States are merely in keeping with a worldwide upward movement.
 
 Indications multiply that President Taft and the reactonary supporters of the administra- tion in house and senate regard conflict with former President Roosevelt and his supporters inevitable, and are therefore preparing for it. The Ballinger statement presented to the in- vestigating committee, ridiculing the Roosevelt conservation policy and abusing the chief up holders of that policy, is open expression of hos tility to the Roosevelt spirit For some time, however, it has been plain that the president was being led or forced into a position where the possibility of reconciliation between him. self and his predecessor was rapidly disappear ing. There is no doubt that early in his admin istration President Taft hoped for an endorse ment by Roosevelt, but it is extremely doubtful if he is now optimistic on that score.
 
 Following the precedent of the old committee on rules, the new organization is making prac- tice of swallowing bodily and for all time, reso- lutions disapproved of by campaign -fund-con- tributing corporations Should the committee later reverse this policy, your correspondent, in justice to the reformed body, will fully report the same. One of the resolutions that has ap- parently gone to its last rest in the new rules committee catacombs is the Rainey resolution providing for an investigation of the sugar trust scandal. Not word has been heard of this measure since 1t was referred to the com mittee, and it is now generally believed to have perished.
 So far as the senate is concerned, the joker in the administration railroad regulation bill, which will have the alleged effect of legalizing the Southern Pacific Union Pacific merger, is still intact The joker has been stricken from the house bill. This joker is but one of many bad features of the bill which have been care fully pointed out by Senators Cummins, Clapp and others. Referring to the presidents pet measure, framed by George w. Wickersham, formerly attorney for J. Pierpont Morgan and the sugar trust but now attorney general of the United States, Senator Cummins said: q can conceive of nothing that would be so complete a garb of protection for illegal contracts and l-