The Washington times., 1910-03-23
TIME FOR REPUBLICAN, RE-
ORGANIZATION AT HAND.

These are anxious days for the Re
publican organization leaders in House
and Senate, on the Republican Con
gressionaI committee, and in the inner
circles of the Administration. They
are confronted with trouble in a multi
rIicitv of forms. Last week there was
the revolt in the House The long
srnouldering feeling against the tyranny
of the Speaker and tie coterie OF
;euders around him lroke OUT, the
Speaker was unceremoniously tossed
of the Rules Committee. and was per
mitted to continue on as Speaker by a
margin narrow enough to give an indi-
cation of what viii happen if Mr.. Can
non makes any further attempts this
session or next to run things with a
high hand and dictate the course of
legislation.
The storm and stress of such a fight
as the House Republican organization
had TO 90 through last week. with Ulti-
mate defeat. would in itself be suf-
fcient strain, one might think, to last
awhile. But fate has ordained it
otherwise
Tuesday, an election was held in
Massachusetts, to choose a successor 70
the late REPRESENTATIVE William c
Lowering. a Republican. BY a trenen-
dous uprising Of public sentiment
against the Payne-Aldrich bill and
against Cannonism, along with a pro
test against the high cost of living,
Eugene y. Foss was elected on the
Democratic ticket by a plurality Sf
5,64O over William r. Buchanan, who
was the Republican candidate. Nearly
every precinct in the district reversed
itself. and Coverings last plurality of
about $4,000 was more than wiped out.
1t was a remarkable upheavaL Mr..
Foss is an independent Republican who
was running OH the Democratic ticket
and is known all over the country as
a man who believes in downward re-
vision of the tariff and reciprocity.
That such an upheaval should have
occurred in a New England district,
where insurgency does not ordinarily
ruA as deep as in the Middle West
means something. 1t Unquestionably
forebodes loss of the next House TO the
Republicans unless the managers Of the
Congressional campaign bestir them
selves and do so along different lines
than they have been pursuing
But even the House revolt and the
Foss victory is not all of the cup of Bit
terness of the old-Tne Republican
leaders. with whom President Taft has
been at some pains to cooperate
against the rising tide Of insurgency.
Theodore Roosevelt has summoned Gil
ford Pinchot to Europe by cable, and
James r. Garfield. former Secretary of
the Interior. Is ready To break out in Ohio
in a speech that viii practically accuse
this Administration Of having deserted
the Roosevelt policies.
Along with these developments the
old regime in the Senate, headed by
Senators Aldrich and Hale and their
satellites, finds itself In a situation
where it Is unable to jam through legis-
lation in the form in which it wants
IT, Already defeated on certain pro
visions of the postal savings bill, the
signs are that it will be compelled 10
make important changes in the railroad
bill.
1t has been years nee the Repub-
lican outlook, with an election less than
eight months ahead. was so gloomy
What does it mean and who is to blame
for it?
1t requires no clairvoyant power to
see the meaning and locate the trouble
Chickens come home to rOOst as truly
in politics as in other affairs of men
The Republican parry is paying the
penalty for the Bourbonism most o.
its ruling elements, more particularly
in Congress. have so long displayed
They have displayed it on the tariff
and in their dealings With every ques
tion affecting the grelt corporate in
terests. Having passed tariff measure
that telied the promises CT the Chicag,
platform and the promises on tn
stump, they are now trying to max
the public swallow it and imagine tn
flavor thereof is pleasant. They vii
not succeed. They talk of sacrificing
Cannon 70 the aroused public senti
ment. the stirred public conscience
What they need is general house
cleaning of those political barons WI
have not the sens t. see that tn
country will no longer stand for
party that is dominated by Aldrichisr
and Cannonism.
There are those who believe the Re
publican party and the Democrat
party alike viii be disrupted and tha
the two parties of the near future vi