The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-13
Republican Caucus at Washington
Was Like The Family Re.
Union Of Prosperous,
Happy People.
HAD OLIVE BRANCHES
Regulars and Insurgents Met Amid
Hand Clasps and Returned
the Smiles Of Uncle IS
Joe Cannon.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13..ANo bombs,
no explosions, nothing but peace,
sweet peace, prevailed at the much
advertised, much worried over repub-
lican caucus in the House of Repre-
sentatives last night
All hostile bands wt're there. "Un-
Gle Joe" Cannon wearing his usual
smile. had handshake for every
body, including the insurgents.
Promptly at o'clock and without
bugle call or other perfunctory sum
mons almost the entire Republican
delegation in the lower branch OF the
Congress filed into the chambe where
SO many battles have been held. All
came wearing smilec. Nowhere was
there warlil1e looks OF actions seen
Both regulars and insurgents carried
an armful of olive branches. 1t was
a typical old-fashioned republican cau-
cus-a caucus such as Is unknown
even to Missouri democrats.
Senator Hale OF Maine occupied the
chair and Representative Mckinley
of California was acting secretary, in
the absence of Secretary Loudensla-
ger Of New Jersey. AS the secretary
called the roll of state, delegate
would rise and announce the rame
of the member who was to serve on
the committee for the ensuing term
All states named regulars eA ,ept Iowa
and Nebraska. Woods and iiinshaw
two insurgents, were named as the
members from these states. Mime.
sofa at meeting, notwith.
standing the delegation is overwhelm.
ingly insurgent, reelected James A.
Tawney, chairman Of the House Com.
nlittee of Appropriations, while Wis
consin reelected Representative Dav.
idson, regular Of regulars.
The bolting Ohioa rs were there,
too. The name of the representative
to serve from that state was announc.
ed by an insurgent and without com
motion. And so it went on down the
line, and still there was peace sweet
peace. The caucus lasted just twenty
minutes 1t adjourned as though there
never had been strife within the party
What the calmness and peaceful
ness of last nights session fortells nc
one will venture to prophesy, but al
are of the opinion that 1t was sim
ply the 1ull before storm.
Before the caucus the reguluar
were defiant and SO were the insurg
count of the increase in their force
by the enlistment of several Ohioans
the regulars defiant and full OF figh
because their leader, Speaker Car
non, has given the word that there
to be no quarter-that the fight Is t
the speaker announced to severs
newspaper men that he stoo
exactly where he stood before
that he vas not going to quit, the r.
ports to the contrary Notwithstanding
The insurgents are feeling som
what elated over report which S
far as could be learned, eminated fro
the white house. and which was to tt
effect that while President Taft W.
desirous of ending the strife with
the party. he has not allowed himse
to become party to 1t. only whel
It affects certain legislation whit
he believes the party should enat
The insurgents sta 9 this is exact
the policy outlined Wy them. Th'
state that they are not coa1Satil
policies. but Speaker Cannon and tt
rules Of the house.
Get busy and stop quarreling.'
said to be the white house slogan
this time. 1t is also stated that t
president is getting ready to ,s@su
the public that there i. no wa /
tween the administration and the J
publican insurgents. There was
disclosure of details, but leading
surgents were eypectant of SOME su
official reputation of the war bel
made upon them by the organizatie