Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-16
Small Group of ProgfeSSiveS
That Are in the Upper House
VIII Become Court Of Last
Resort
ADVANCED LEGISLATION
STANDS GOOD CHANGE
Neither Democrats Nor Old
Guard Can Pass Law With
out Aid Of CumnlinS -BistoW-
La Toilette Coterie,
Morning Journal bureau
G13 Munsev building, -

WNSlIlEtoQ. - ~ NV Hs
vevt 10 the size OF the democratic
oaorin in the next house Of repre-
.eutatiyes the greatest interest in the
,fter-electfon discussion has been at
i,rhed To the probable strength 81
,be republican Insurgents IN the
honse and senate. Many republican
MANNERS of the house. who were re-
rseted after promising their con
.tlments that they would not vote fof
cannon for speaker designated them
selves as progressiVes For purposes
If rules revision, however these re-
publlcans are eliminated from the lisI
n Insurgents. who can be counted
anon TO again wage warfare against
tbe existing rules OF the house.
The repuhlicans who we're consist
ent Insurgents during the last session
Of congress, and the newly elected
members Of the house who are
known to be progressiyes, ana VINO
are counted upon to act WITH sueH
msufeent leaders as Norris and NUT
dock, viii present more Iormida hle
hont than il was possible 70 muster
except upon rare occasions during
the last session of congress
Il Is now estimated that there WIZ
he at least thirtN-siN out-and-out re-
aubncan insurgents - the next
house They are: Hayes Stephens
and Kent. of California; Pickett, Hau-
gen. Good. Kendall Prouty Woods
and Hubbard. Iowa Mitchell, Jack
son. Reese. Young Madison and Muf-
lock of Kansas: Amos and Gardner,
Of Massa chtsetts. Anderson, Davis,
Llndburg. Volstead and Miller ot
Nnnesntn Norris, Kinkaid ana
sloan. of Nebraska Martin, Of south
Dskota. Howland, of Ohio, Cooper
Nelson. Kopp, Cary Morse and Len
root. Of Wisconsin; Warburton ana
Ia Toilette, Of Washington Total
&C.
In the senate, the insursent repub-
lcahs i'm the next congress VIII be-
Cummins and his colleague to be
elected from Iowa Bristow. OF han-
SASS In Toilette. Of Wisconsin; Clapp'
Of Minnesota: Gronna, OF North Da-
kota. poindexter. of Washington
gerah. of Idaho. Townsend OF MICH
gan. Nelson OF Minnesota Brown
o' Nchra ska. and Work of Caliorhia'
the probable selection of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league. senate Insurgents
are strongly counting upon the sup
port Of Senators Bourne OF WashlaB-
ton and Dixon of Montana, both ol
whom showed a tendency toward III
Sirgency NJ the last session, ana VINO
are believed to have assurance that
they viii forsake the old guard lead
orshfp to cast their lot with the pro-
gressyes
In the matter Of legislation, the IN
mrgent senators will be confronted
with problems of great Importance
Upon them will depend, in large nea-
sure, the amount and character OF
legisalion written on the federal stat
ute books during the two years pre-
eeding the presidential election IN
lsl2.
That there viii be 'an immense
amount of radical legislation sent Ia
Ine senate from the house goes without
"Nne. Even with = gain OF els NJ
seats tile democratic senators Will be
unable to help their political brethren
" thr other end of the Capitol. IL Is
Asewisc true that tho conservative
tpu0lcan senators viii be unable tc
Non democratic legislation II the m
sefsent republicans manifest desire
" accept much or little Of that Whicn
Received from the house. rms
@a'l group OF republican senators
WV absolutely control throushon'
tue course OF the Sixty-second con,
Hrss With the democrats In contro
me house il is considered eNtremelN
youthful if any member of that party
the senate will dare to go 70 the res
."e OF the republican leaders, per-
,ofn@nce which has not been at al
unusual during the past two years
assuming, therefore. that the senate
y'hncrats will vote sulidly aud con
NStently to support the bills passce
democratic house. the insurgen
pahlicans viii find themselves ~
,e position Of court of last resort
',Nays excepting, of course, the pos
p'tlty OF d veto at the hands o
President raft.
many OF these iusurgeut republican
'Nt mad" no secret of their intention
work with the democrats in passinl
sslaton which has been frowne'
,poh by the cid guard of both houses
J. lhe past 1t IL apparent. there
s' lhat instead OF the SiXty-secon'
.sfess entering upon a dead-iocl
''h the result that no legislation vii
~ ,hacted. there will be far NOR
,N'aton OF d really progressive na
'aan II was possible to enace int
during the last session Of con
So when insurgent republicans il
house and senate We're at tn
"elsht OF their power.
s,,ere are many insurgents wit
,n ,nIiaee that since the fight asains
~ rules was vindicated at the poll
republican insurgents should no
iA wait for the democrats q
no.. INTO power TO finish the worl
Tih hf progressive republicans
H. 5se Insurgents take the Aosition tha
N'fun Tor rule revision shout