Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-30
IS CANNON OR THE INSURGENTS IN THE REPUBLICAN SADDLE?
ten expressly for the Silver Belt By Henry T. Rainey, M. c.

WASHINGTON D. C., March 29-Close ob- servers here in the national capital are begin ming to realize that the fight made by the insurg- ents has been absolutely abortive and has result ed in practically nothing. And time is going to verify this view
 Let us go back over the ground and see what really occurred In the first instance, yielding to the demands of the insurgent west, the in surgents introduced in the house of representa- tives a resolution providing for the removal of the speaker from the committee on rules and the enlarging of the committee on rules from five to fifteen members, and the committee to be selected geographically, the country to be divid- ed into zones for that purpose.
 At the last moment they abandoned this reso- lution and introduced a substitute which pro- vides simply for a committee of ten, to be elect ed by the house, six republicans and four demo- crats.
 Before presenting their substitute resolution they agreed with each other and in fact at one of their meetings passed resolution, as I un- derstand and declared that none of them would accept or be candidates for positions on the new committee on rules, if created. Various insur- gents have since been quoted to that end.
 The democrats were ready at all times to a man to support the insurgents. Of course, with out the insurgents the democrats can do noth- ing. The resolution passed with the assistance of every democratic vote in the house, but the resolution accomplishes practically nothing, for the reason the insurgents refused to accept any responsibility in the matter and for the reason that they declare that MT. Dalzel Mir. Smith, Mir. Payne and other radically regular republic ans will be entirely satisfactory to them.
 In short, having enlarged the committee on rules and having succeeded, with the assistance of the democrats, in excluding the speaker there from, they refuse to accept any of the responsi- bilities of their alleged victory and are now climbing back into the regular republican organ ization as fast as they can.
 Six republicans and four democrats can and will do about the same things that three repub- icans and two democrats have been able to do in the past. The majority of the committee on rules is still republican, The fact that the speak CT is not on the committee makes no difference at all. Mir. Dalzell, Mir. Smith, Mr. Payne and any others of like character who may be selected (and as Cannon will dominate the republican caucus no one can secure membership to the committee unless 1t is certain they will do what Cannon wishes them to) will be just as effective in the matter of smOthering the legislation the people want.
 I have resolution referred to the committee on rules to investigate labor conditions at South Bethlehem Pa., and one to investigate the sugar trust scandal. The committee on rules has not reported either of them out, of course, and the new committee will not report either of them.
 The new committee will be the same grave yard for bills of this kind that the old one was during its entire history. Nothing, then, has been gained except that there will be forced upon the country the conviction that if reforms are to be obtained it must be through the demo- crats.