The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-25
DISCOUNTED Standpatters Are
Blaming the Congressional
Campaign Committee for
Methods It Has Employed.
WANT PUBLICITY LIKE
THE INSURGENTS HAVE
Say Campaign Managers Will
Have to Discard Old PoIiti-
cal Methods and Get Few
Modern Methods.
sy aooER,ck CLIFFORD.

~ RooERlck CLIFFORD.
Washington. Sept. 24.-The trou.
bles in the ranks Of the grand old re-
publican party are not confined to
tho troubles between the regulars and
insurgents. The regulars are having
troubles between themselves. Their
troubles will not como to . head until
the campaign for the control Of the
next house Of representatives 10 set
tied In November. Theirs 10 family
row over the management of affairs.
Members Of congress. regular re-
publicans. who are drifting into
Washington spasmodically these days
looking after wants of constituents.
are red hot over the campaign man.
agement methods Of the republican
congressional organization. They
believe that . serious mistake has
been made In the conduct Of affairs of
the last two years. and that the con-
gressional campaign managers Of the
regulars will have to forsake old po-
litical campaign methods and adopt
the progressive ways Of the insurg.
ents to get supporters and succeed
ct tho polls.
Publicity 10 what the malcontents
In the regular republican ranks want.
They point out that LaFollette. Cum.
Minis and the other successful insurg.
ents maintained press agencies and
like former President Roosevelt new.
or allowed their names or ideas to
grow cold In the columns of the press.
They want the congressional organiza.
tion 70 60 into publicity business.
Wanted Publicity Bureau.
When the house ways and means
committee. was digging into facts pre-
paratory to the special session that
enacted the much discussed Payne
Aldrich tariff law. the republican con.
gressional leaders were approached
BY . number Of regulars with . pub.
licity campaign. They asked Chair
man Mckinley. Vice President sher-
man, who was formerly chairman
and 10 still In power. Speaker Cannon
and . few others who make up the
machinery. TO start . publicity bureau
which should give the republican side
Of the tariff bill In the making and
defend the measure from insurgent
80 we'll ~ democratic attacks.
This movement was led by Repre-
sentative Rodenberg. of Illinois. An
thony Of Kansas. Currier of Maine.
and others. and they had aiding them
former Representative Jim Watson OF
Indiana. . clever politician. and q
man. who ~ . republican whip OF
the house. had aided the Cannon
machine In many bad places In which
II had found itself.
The leaders refused to 90 into the
publicity proposition. They told the
promoters Of the proposition that the
house organization did not need this
kind Of work. When It was pointed
out that the insurgents had gone into
the publicity game hammer and tongs
they said II did not matter, that the
republican organisation was 20 strong
that the insurgents were not bother
Ing Il In the least.
Now the republicans who wanted
the organization to 60 into the pub
licity game are heard In . chorus o.
II told you co." They say that unless
the congressional committee wakes
up and decides to 90 to the people
Of the country through the newspapel
columns with it, ideas and promises
and promises fulAlled. there 10 surel,
to be . new makeup Of the commit
tee. whether Il II Q committee repre-
senting the dominant party In tn,
house or . committee representing
the minority.
One Thing Not Shown.
There 10 one thing that visitors Il
Warrington never have shown I,
them By the departmental guides
That 10 the overworked. energeti
women clerks Of both the treasur,
and the war. state and navy buildings
Persons who are constantly In tn
buildings and have occasion to fr<
quently traverse the corridors Q
either OF the two giant buildings hav
70 travel In . sigzag course in orde
to make Roadway. Especially 10 thi
necessary In the afternoons. tn
reason 10 that the corridors ar
crowded with promenading wome
clerks.
II 10 the young women employer
not the old ones. who are being IL
pacitated owing to the idea that oil
clerks are not competent. that prone
made the corridors. An army once
who had trouble breaking his va
down . corridor In the war depar
ment the other day owing to the nun
Der Of women employees who wer
promenading. suggested that the CO
r1dors should b turned into nowe
and palm bowers. and that Il woul
b ever % much moro pleasant II u
government would furnish orchestrs
10 play during the afternoons.
Over IN the treasury department u
omclals are doing their best to brea
up The peActics but 90 tar their 9
forts to conquer the Wostonism o. q
young wome1 CLERKS during ofhs
h6nrS seems 10 have been total fai