The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-23
Hays, Insurgent, Won't Stand
for Cannon Men
ON RULES COMMITTEE
But the Ranks Are spllt-The Repub-
lieans Select Men This Evening,
and the Democrats Tomorrow
Night.

Washington March % Speaker Can.
non Is not taking any leading part IN
the proceedings Of the House nor IS BE-
talking ior publication about his attitude
81 ths subject,
From 3 source very near The speaker.
L was learned yesterday that he icit TIE
majority which had taken control 81
things last Saturday was now response
bic for legislative matters and that il
might be poor taste for him to make
suggestions OF to attempt to have any.
thing 70 do with the directing Of all
fairs.
The chief interest about The capitol
yesterday was tbe composition 81 tie
rules committee. The TACT that large
number Of insurgents win insist upon
knowing 81 advance Of the caucus action
who che Republican members are 70 BE-
rs having rs effect
Representative Hayes Of California.
who presided over al meetings 81 tie IN.
sureents during the present session. stat
"a that Il was a certainty thar 4 confer.
ence Of the insurgents would be called on
this subject between now and the date
Of the Republican caucus He said;
4 win not stand for men who are
close 80 Speaker Cannon being named as
IS tHH
There are a lot of other insurgents who
feel The some way We would lose coo
fruits Of our victory The country would
laugh 81 Mss"
Many Of the prominent Insurgents.
however. Ike Mr. Murdoch 81 Kansas.
SIR Norris oi Nebraska and Str. Lauroot
81 Wisconsin, have expressed their nten
ton Of entering the caucus without ad.
vance assurances.
Representative Lion Dixon Of Indiana
i prominently mentioned as ore OF the
Democratic members 81 the Wles come
mittee. Representative Townsend. who
has The administration railroad hil in
charge, says be expects Is report Il from
committee to-day
The House Republicans VIII hold their
caucus for tie selection IF the sis Re
publican members Of the new committee
tonight
The House Democrats definitely decid
ed yesterday 10 hold Their aauen. Thurs
dry naeht rs mlect their four members
pi he new committee % rnles This az
eision was reached following The 40
noHneement that the Republican cuucus
would BE- held "Wednesday night
All shades 81 party politics engaged "
informal individual conferences over The
situation in the House yesterday There
was considerable discus Ion 81 tbe iusuf
gent position. Some of the Democrats
took occasion TIE commend the attitude
Of the insurgents aud Is express their
personal regard for the speaker though
insistent upon the course mapped ont
bY the voting Of last Saturday
j did not base my support OF tic
Bufleson resolution, declaring the speak
efs chair vacant On any personal ill-
feeling toward tie speaker said Repre-
sentative Sims of Tennessee q Demo
GRAFT I have never used 4 word 81 dis
respect toward him N ny life ] an
prove IF The position Of the insurgents
who voted against the Btfleson res0lu
tion on The high ground Of reforming
the Honse procedure, instead Of showing
antaponism To the present 1
speaker voted for the resolution on
It's intrinsic merits, not Oh account Of 1
The particular occupant Of the chair"
Other Democrats voiced the same 4
views There was considerable specula, I
ton over the probable personnel Of the
rules committee under the Norris resolu
ton There were various slates If III
were going to forecast the Republican
members 81 the committee" said one I
prominent western Republican represent
alive who has been Ia close council with 4
his colleagues ia the House and intimate
AZ associated with the speaker. this
would Be my guessi Dalzell Of Penn
svlvania walter r smith At Iowa two
of the present committee; ].
sloat Fassett 81 New York, DENLY Of I
Mckinley 0f Illinois and prob
ably Gardner Of Massachusetts The last
named has an along refrained from amy
thing savoriug Of personal antagonismI
to tie speaker and Is the only insurgent
TO all of the reenlars7