The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-01-28
INSURGENTS
have WON OUT.
They Are the Moral VictOTs In
the House War.
Recognition Of This Fact Has Made a
Changed Situation In Washington.
Cannon Practically Out Of 1.-THE
Fight Against High Prices Is Az
Stunning FERN.

Cannon Practically Out of 1.-THE
Fight Against High Prices Is Az
sumins Fern
Washington, Jan 21.-The clash be-
tween the Democrats and insurgents
over the naming of the members Of
the Ballinger- PinchOt investigators
will hardly affect cooperation be-
tween the two on questions affecting
the speaker or house rules. The whole
trouble arose over the character of the
insurgents wanted conservatives, and
the minority selected James and Raj
ney. two of their most radical repre-
sentatives. Aside from this incident,
it Is now recognized that the two
groups by acting together can COM
mand a majority of the house. The
Insurgents have twenty eight votes
they can count on and possibly thirty
FIVE or more. AS the Republicans have
but fifty majority, twenty-five Repub-
licans changing would be sufficient to
tie. provided all the Democrats stood
pat AS a matter of fact, Fitzgerald
of New York Is now the only Demo
crat that can be counted on to stand
with the speaker Thus the twenty
eight insurgents are practically GER
tain Of controlling "a majority when
ever they decide to make fight. The
recognition OF this fact has changed
the entire atmosphere of the house.
Already Speaker Cannon is practically
out of it, and this is true whether he
announces his intention to withdraw
in 1911 or not. After all, a moral vic
tory is the greatest kind of victory,
and the moral victory in this battle is
with the insurgents. Henceforth there
viii be more freedom and less ma.
chine rule in the house.
To Discover South Pole.
1t would be supposed thu Washing
ton hal ehou. i To at,rtG 10 In looking
af,pl the Uni,ed States and several
islands of the sea, but that fact does
not prevent its interest from going to
the ends of the earth, or at least to
two of the ends. Not only is the Ma
tional Geographic society determining
who discovered the north pole, but
Secretary Nagel is considering a plan
for sending an expedition to the south
pole. The proposed government ex-
ploration does not announce It's objec
tive as being exactly the pole, but mel
Their did Bradley and Cook. The Ma
gel expedition, IL the scheme goes
through, will look into the fauna and
fora of the antarctic, but If bunch
of Americans ever get that near to the
southern extremity of the earth the
result will be inevitable. They will
gravitate to the south pole as certain
ly as the sparks fly upward. Wild
horses could not keep them from it.
Ne Prssebis Pardon For Morse.
Friends of Banker G. w. Morse of
New York, now serving a fifteen year
sentence in the penitentiary at Atlanta,
say that President Taft will be APP !
pealed to for pardon. 1t Is practically |
certain that such an appeal will be
fruitless. Morse has already had his |
case passed upon by two United
States courts, which makes it practi-
cally certain that there are no flaws
in the legal processes of his convic-
ton. This leaves the only question
one of fact. and it Is the one phase of
the question that the president would
not be likely to pass upon. Mr.. Taft
is 50 much the judge that he would
look at the matter from the judicial
and If he found no holes in
the legal end Of the case that would
end the matter.
soyeott on High Prices.
The action of the Anti Food Trust
league IN its boycott ON high prices,
which has been backed up by labor
In Cleveland and by an
interview condemning the increased
cost Of living from the lips of no less
a person than Cardinal Gibbons. makes
1t look like the war on aeroplane beef
and other necessities Is on in earnest
True, the first open meeting of the
Anti Food Trust league, promoted by
DR. z. l.. Scharf, was not as large as
only about $50 persons at
but great causes have started
from smaller beginnings. 1t all de-
Ponds on the way the thing catches
on" in the country at large. The pur-
pose OF DIR. Scharf and his coworkers
Is to enlist a million householders In
4 boycott on high priced foods, begin
ming with beef In newspaper par
lance, now Is the time to subscribe"
With a good many people they might ]
rs well boycott since present prices
are out of their reach anyway.
ciVa Service Retirement.
The question of old age pensions foe !
government employees is now definite
y before congress. Recently the joint !
,ivn service committees Of -the two
louseS listened to representatives OF
ne United States Civil Service Retire
nset association on the subject One
,le.eat Of this body favored a Straight
,eR@iou system, while another would ,,
70 satisfied wkh a contributory plan.
.exseshiag less than fun pay. Some )
,cties n me with the recommends
aoas would seem oaly fair and just )
F~dsrsi judges I'D army and navy Of b
,csr~ srs already retired on full pay =
lftsr Q certnt. sge sud length OF serv-
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