The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-06
REGULAR REPUBLICANS IN GRIM MOOD
ARE ON VERGE Of CAP|TU7AT|ON NOW

-aL." aEl lIfu.s-.rrr tf fl- lpl
time leaders o. the majority toward
t,- r- g-eseiye policies repTesertel
by most Of the republicans % tn
middle west TIE --gulars c1arg
Vita bitter resentment tba, tbe ia
surzents are simply trims % a.
stroy the republican party by a.
,emp,lz % d.sr-edt is time-501or.
"a leadership and p-nclD.es and
ride ovtr the -ui-. 20 coveted place.
q power
Tie striking tl.n- about ta- shol.
situation. TO the lmpl-t a. observer.
The evidently sincere conviction
or '4- part Of each side tta, 8, is
itself loyal 90 r.pl5lcanism and
wholly in the right. ana that Oh
other either wItlry --rr-sut or fan.
atlc4.iy sefdeceIge1 q. more or jess
consciously a band o.. public en.ui-s
Whichever side j.. rz1t. the bst.
ti- ass assumed deadly a1d certainly
historic proportions a good many
Politicians looking beyond the mo-.
m@nt and the concrete su5jects Of
ii-eorl right q. hand are asking
aha' angle the struggle Kill take
in the next republican convention.
Meanwhile the democrats So both
house, aye looking on pfth 20.
q, husband 2. &, bear expression.
They .ay that whichever -oses
We HiA or a. Senator Bailey pu.
81. the other day IN the floor. The
only policy We have in this affair
4 is 20 keep both OF you fellow. irri.
tlt.d.
Majority Leader Serene =. Payne
Of NeT York sounded the only op-
timistic note that could be heard
DO. canvass Of the house.
4 haven't seen or heard anything
. on the house side which indicate,
/ great spill, in the party" said MI
Payne. Have you?" he inquired. with
a broad smile 4 think those fellows
In the senate are unduly alarmed. "
On the other hand Representative
Vree!and OF New York. one OF the
ultra conservatives. said:
This insurgency IS not becoming
serious; It Is already serious. II d
division Ike this in the party con.
tinues. it is bound to become ire
parable. II Il existed only in con
sress. IL might be patched up. bat
when II Is in every state and In
every district. no amity can com,
Of IT,"
Representative Needham. a conser
ystiye from California. said tha
insurgency in its national aspect &.
rapidly becoming antl.Taft and anti
protection. When this fact becomes
generally known there will De ;
change In the sentiment OF tn.
country regarding IT,"
Practically all OF the insurgents n
the house were disposed 20 attrib
ute the split in the party TO tn,
alleged intolerance OF such leader
as Speaker Cannon and Senate
Aldrich Poindexter OF Washington
and Hayes OF California. both o
whom are identified with the In
surgent wing. said the party coul,
get together II Cannon and Aldricl
were eliminated. Victor Murdock o
Kansas put II differently. He said:
Il think that Aldrich and Can
non are not in line with either IN
, party or the people. but We are 20
, ing TO work out these great legis
laiIye problems within the party"
r Speaker Cannon talked Of the situa
, ton with Characteristic vigor He re
, iterated his statement that there wa
, no longer working republican
, majority in either house. It woul
soon ge; tiresome." he said. "i
] kept repeating my opinions abou
Insurgency"
, ,The disgust with which he prc
. nounced this word is indescrlbable.
. And can only refer you u
. what I have said on that subjec
Z in my recent speeches. CUES
q. everybody knows whore stand OF
tha, proposition"