The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-21

tlous consideration OF the important
measures now before it.
Every important administration
measure is halted just where it stood
last Wednesday when the preliminary
skirmish of the long drawn battle
was begun. Necessarily all work was
thrown ruthlessly aside when. the
great conflict on the floor of the house
began.
A Republican, high in the councils
Of the party and of eminent political
judgment, gave it as his opinion to-
day that the worst was now over in
Republican strife and that permanent
peace would shortly ensue.
"The party in the house is more
united now than Tor long time," he
said. "There will be no disposition
to abuse the insurgent members, but
on the contrary an effort to conciliate
them.
Il make a guess that the congress
sional committee will from this time
forward lend its aid to the election
Of those men who stood by the party
and every effort will be made to Sc
cure their return to congress"
What about the issue of Cannon
and Cannonism?" was asked.
"That is going to be taken care of,
and you can count upon 1t" was the
reply. ct is a good prediction to
make that Speaker Cannon will an
nounce, long beforesthe campaign for
the election of a new congress: begins.
that he will not again be d candidate
for speaker.
Where then, will be the issue you
speak Of? 1t will not exist. 1t is
upon this basis that the warning ele-
ments of the Republicans can be most
easily brought together and that is
what is going to happen"
This Republican believed that the
effect Of the battle of last week would
be advantageous to all administration
legislation now in congress. II *
pressed his opinion that both sides
in the divided Republican ranks would
stand solidly for the Taft program,
and that the party pledges would be
fully redeemed.
In the meantime, all these various
conjectures of party seers must await
the verdict of time. All sides are rest
ing, If only from the sheer exhaustion
of the great struggle from which they
have just emerged.
ANuSA uOPS11u0 upOu "uCtucI luC al.
surgent Republicans, who Incl %
and prevented the crushing defeat of
Speaker Cannon and his ousting from
the chair. only to be rewarded with
denunciation at the speakers hands,
can be placated or whether, in the
course of coming events, they may be
made to feel further resentment and
thus driven into further and more re.
lentless rebellion.
1t was even stated today by a prom
inent member of the house that a
second assault might occur upon the
speaker, to remove him from the
speakership, and it was pointed out
that the insurgents who stood by the
speaker might next time be leading
the fight to down him. A motion to
declare the speakership vacant is in
order at any time in the house, and
! this member believed that the prece-
dent for its use. established Saturday,
might be invoked at any time that the
situation seemed to warrant it.
There was talk also today of a fur
ther attack upon the rules of the
house. now that big entering wedge
has been inserted, although it was
doubted generally whether this would
be eXpedient from a political stand
point or necessary for the present.
The appointment of all the commit
tees of all the committee of the house
by the house itself instead of by the
speaker Is spoken of as the next move
of the refOrmers of the rules, but as
the taking of this action would en-
tirely disorganize the house, if made
at this time it is not likely to he con-
sidered before the beginning of the
next congress.