Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-13
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Taft Asks Republicans All to Stand
by Party Pledges.
SPEAKERSHIP NOT ISSUE TO HIM
Main Thing is to Garry Out Will of
the People.
NKLING OF INTENT TO CANNON
President Carries on. Correspondence
with Congressman Norris, and
May Make Public Pro-
nonncement soon.
trrom a staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.--(Special Tele-
gram.)-senator Norris Brown saw Presi-
dent Taft today and had a talk with him.
There Is nothing strange or unusual In
either of these statements, for It happens
very frequently, but the result of that talk
is significant President Taft Is not with
holding patronage from republicans who
are fighting Speaker Cannon and his rules
as has been alleged will he, but he
Insists that where platform pledges have
been made It is the business of republicans
to stand by the administration in its efforts
to make these pledges effective. instead Of
fighting wiii-0 -tfe-wisps and thereby i'm.
pairing the solidarity of the party.
President Taft is not welded to Speaker
Car non nor WIN no punish those who are
inimical to the Iron Duke of Illinois," but
what the president most wants is unani-
nifty Of action for he told Senator Brown
there was much to do in the next year or
two and he wanted every republican to
help carry out prediction pledges.
In m evening newspaper Senator Brown
is quoted as saying on emerging from the
presidents room, We're going to get
those anarchists before this session is
over"
"who do you mean by anarchists" ?"
Senator Brown was asked.
Il mean the regulars'-the Aldrich crew."
he answered.
When asked about this statement Senator
Brown laughingly said it was intended for
Joke as much as anything. He said he
had told the newspaper men about the
White House that he had nothing to say
for publication, but on being "badgered'
had used the words attributed to him. but
with no thought of their being seriously
accepted.
Cannon and speaISership.
One thing Senator Brown is insistant upon
and that is the president realizes the In
tensity OF the situation and win do every
thing possible to bring about honorable
peace between the contsndIng factions and
1t may be that the White House will in
form Speaker Cannon that TO persist in his
intention to be speaker of the Sixty second
congress viii mean democrat in the place
he now occupies. Run for congress il he
will in the Danvlle district, but keep out
of the speakership fight.
That correspondence has passed between
the president and Representative Norris o
Nebraska. one of the foremost of the in
surgents concerning the situation was ad
mitted by the Nebraska member today, bu
in the absence of Official sanction he de
clined to make public the contents of tn,
letters.
President Taft is said to have writer
Mr.. Norris letter declaring that the ad
ministration YVES making no war upon any
member of the house and that he in nj
wise blamed Individual members for acting
In IN Independent capacity in anything af
fectlng themselves or their districts.
The president, however, is said to hav
deprecated the action OF the republican in
surgents in making such fight as to caus
the press and the public to believe that
division had occurred within the party
and that the administration was confronte,
with a serious detection in it's own rank
before 1t had become year old.