Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-07
INSURGENTS NOT
INTIMIDATfD BY
TAFT, THEY AVER
Cannon and AIdrich Seek
to DiScredit Men Who
Oppose "Clique"
AUTOCRAT BLUFFING
Observation-Disclosures
Tries to Save scalp
Morris ReSentful
Especial to The herald

WI ASHINGTON, Jan. 6.--"The in
w surgent Republicans of the
house are not to be intimidat-
ed by the administration Withholding
patronage, and they are not scared
into silence by any such combination
OF Taft and Cannon"
This was the statement today of
Representative Morris of Nebraska, a
leading insurgent
Through an understanding said to
exist between Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon, a carnival of false
pretense is predicted in the house of
representatives., the object of which is
to discredit the house and senate in
surgents, rehabilitate Cannon in public
estimation and incidentally fool both
the president and the American pubic.
From Speaker Cannon and those close
to him there come promises OF great
legislative activity in the house, and a
determined purpose to carry through
the legislative program now being
framed by the president.
AIdrich's Forecast
From Senator Aldrich and his hench-
men in the senate there are equally
emphatic declarations that little, if any
thing will be done, and that the pol
icy of the senate will be to let well
| enough alone.
The senate dictator has very little
hope that any legislation will be en-
acted strengthening the interstate COM
merce law. He views with doubt the
practicability of entering on the many
other reforms which President Taft
discussed in his speeches, and which
he will recommend to congress in
special messages.
Speaker Cannon, on the other hand,
is all optimism with respect to the
legislative outlook. The PRESIDENT
recomr- endations will be put through
the house, he says, and If they Iail IN
the senate, the public must hold the
senate responsible and absolve the
house from blame.
Inasmuch as nearly all experts agree
th,.t the congress viii do little to bet
ter existing conditions, regardless of
what the president recommends, and
that the purposes of Aldrich and Cam
non are regarded as identical, hoW-s
ever much thew may appear to dis
agree, the conclusion has been reached
that the session is to be used chiefly
in permitting the speaker to make
record by active support of the presi
dents policies, in order that he may
| defeat the purposes of the progress
sives and remove the disfavor with
which Cam Jnism is regarded in every
section of the country.
To Hold Up Bills
But the bills which pass the house
will not be permitted to pass the sem
ate.
1t has become obvious to every one
d that the question of greatest tmpor-
tance to those who control legislation
is how to defeat the progressives and
how to discredit them to such extent
as to prevent the further growth of
the progressive movement.
This has become an obsession with
Cannon, Aldrich, Hale and the other
reactionary leaders. The fact that the
country believes in progress believes
in the doctrines taught by President
Roosevelt and is standing steadfast-
ly with President Taft because it be-
lieves he will carry out the policies OF
his predecessor and with the inde-
Dendent Republicans of both house and
senate because they are fighting along
these lines has proved source of Bit
ter disappointment to the congressional
bosses.
Their first plan was manifestly to as
sumo an attitude of sullen hostility to
every progressive propositions whether
it came from the president or from
some crystallized public sentiment.
Strengthens DisapproVal
But this attitude promised only to
concentrate public disapproyal upon
the whole reactionary force in both
houses and TO strengthen the adYo-
Gates of progressive policies.
Cannon and Aldrich plan to elect a
congress in the coming year that Will
he q much under the control of the
bosses as is the present one, and this
can be effected only by discouraging
all insurrection against bossism and
by preventing, if possible, the return
of the leading insurgents in the present
house.
Representative Morris today resented
the stories appearing in one or two
Washington and New York newspa-
pes to the effect that insurgents are
Lying down. under the edict of the
administration. On the contrary, Mr.
Morris returned to the attack and cri-
ticised President Taft himself for the
administration singing out insur-
gent representatives for punishment.
president Taft is making a grave
mistake by aiding Cannon in this way,
and want to sa so unhesitatngiy,
continue Mr.. Norris
"I do not object, nor do any OF the
insurgents object, so far as I know, to
withholding patronage from us. But
denounce this singing out OF the men
who have opposed Cannon and the
house organization for the .infiiction OF
the punishment
Policies Not Known
GLOW can the president say we are
opposed to his policies and declare thar
we are to be punished for IL wnen we
have not opposed his policies IN any
way?
1--WE do not, in fact, yet know what
President Taft's policies are. We have
not even received his message on sew
eraI imp Jrtant subjects.
POSTMASTER General Hitchcock has
admitted tat we are being discrinl-
mated against right now although we
have done abs lutely nothing to merit
IL except to oppose Cannon and the
house machine.
eaThe president is aiding Cannon.
There is no other construction that can
be placed on this move Of the ad-
ministration.