The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-21


,ress who Wtou.ht such havoc today
rhrN said the speaker shoul not he
member of the committee on rules.
= hich they made over into "A commit
.,e Of ton Much depends upon the
of thai committee.
May God bless and keep these mea. f.
for so far as am concerned, he only F.
can hess them. Many so.callcd repub' .
Leans are. in fact. populists and are
irving to out.do Bryanism.'
No meeting of the insurgents TO
consider their future course has been
called. but undoubtedly one will be
held vi hin day or two.
The conflict will come, il 1t comes.
on the selection Of the new rules com
mittee provided for I'm the Norris res
olution. The committee is to be elect
ed hv the house. instead of being ap-
pointed by the speaker As heretofore
Neither the regular republicans nor
the democrats have made arrange
ments for a party caucus. but b"th
caucuscs viii De held within the next
three or four days.
Representative Tawney, one of III"
leaders on the republican side, said
that no conference had been held To
date on the subject. but undoubtedly
one would take place. perhaps today.
All the caucuscs must be held within
ten days. Tor tina, is the time limit
fixed by the Norris rcso ution Tor the
election of new committee.
or this committee the republicans
viii choose six members and he dem
ucrats four. Whether the insurgents
viii be- given representation among
tn, six republican members is Eow
unknown They say they have not
asked and do not care for membership
ON the new committee.
We don't wish to assume RESPONSE
bilit Tor LEGISLATION. or Try TO force
ourselves on the house in that way
said one of their number.
1T would not be just Tor Us to iu
So"
The democrats will choose theiI
four members in caucus and expect
their selection viii be ratified by the
vote of the house OF these four
three are practically certain to DE
Minority Leader Champ Clark, Fitz
gerald of New YORK. and Underwood
OF Alabama. The first two are mem
her, of the old committee and un
doub. edly will be accorded similar
honors on the new. There Is gen
eral demand among the democrat
that Underwood who is L"adc
Clark's first Lieutenant on the floor
be given pace. The fourth demo
crat has not yet been even much dis
cuSsed
10 attempt % predict whom The rc
rupicans will select would be the mcl
est ,prcu' alton, Besides speaker Can
non. Dal1cn of PcnnsylN MA an
memicr, of the present rule, commit
tee Ey the terms of the Norris amend
mem. speaker Cannon is spccihcilll
eliminated lyom the new committee
The democratic 'cadcrs said they c'
pcctcd no didiculty In having their s.
IcutiouS Tor rhi, committee ratified b
the house. rs In, iusurgen, rcpuhl
cans hal given them a pledge 10 SUI
rou the democratic nominees, p'
I'm consideration of the uuanimor
D vote uf ne democrats tor the Nnrr
! resolution.
rut tho highly important matter
y thc selection OF this new rules cor
! mittee was OF secondary considerable
ID in the talk a. To who.her this ".
:. within the ranks of the ropuhlIca
y party was To continue or not
o The legislative program in c!usre'
% We, -rarce'y mcutiored Al al. eNcer
q ing i'm connection with the proh1h
u de.ay II viii encounter hefor" y
e present AIR has become sufficient
clarified to 20 ahead with legis'atio
u It was generally recognized son
% semhlauce of quietude must Dee resto
ed before congress can proceed VII
the calm consideration Of imrortai
measures.
W Every important a'w!ristrat
3 measure is halted Just where It sto'
" last Wednesday when the prcimina'
D. skirmish ~ the battle began.