The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
INSURGENT LEADER
MAY DELAY CENSUS
La Toilette in Position to
Hold Up Nominations.
TROUBLES OVER PATRONAGE
SO-caIled PrOgreSsives of House
Threatened with InsurrectiOn In
Their Own Observation-Disclosures and
Miller I'm Hot Water-Resent Charge
OF Opposition to Administration.

Senator la Toilette. as ehairmSn OF
the Census Committee of the Senate.
is an object OF some concern to Senate
leaders.
Several nominations OF census super
visors have been sent in by the President
and following the usual course, were re-
ferred to the Census Committee. 1t oc-
CURED to the leaders yesterday that
Chairman La Toilette might decide to sit
on the nominations by way of reprisal
for some of the disciplinary methods that
are being invoked against the insurgent
leader from Wisconsin in the interest OF
party solidarity and unity"
Grave Faces seen.
Tnereupon there were grave faces. The
leaders conferred. II Mr. La Toilette
concludes to deliberate before reporting
the nominations. the Senate being a de-
Lucrative body, the taking OF the census
may be delayed.
A suggestion was made that the Senate
had the power to recall the reference of
the nominations and refer them to a
committee that would report them back
promptly.
But If that method Of circumventing
Senator La Toilette proved impractical
there would sta remain the alternative
of having the President recall the nomina-
tions and send them in the second time,
in which case the reference TO committee
could then be controlled by the Senate
Meanwhile. Senator La Toilette has
given no intimation OF making trouble
He never appeared more at peace with
the world
In addition to impending troubles
over patronage, the Republican I'm
sUrgents" in the House from several
States are said to be threatened
with insurrection in their own districts
A back-fire is said to have been started
in the constituencies Of several OF the
insurgents. which threatens their renomi-
nation.
MurdOck in Trouble.
Victor Murdoch, Of Kansas, is said to
be In the deepest trouble in this respect.
An asptrant for the nomination in the
person of one Adams has appeared against
him and is making things lively
Mr.. Adams charge is that Mr.. Muir
Np~N = hDl q Sl4I4Ol pure uySO-ll-Ll6-
wool Republican, as shown by his IN
surgency in Congress- and Mr. Adams is
appealing to the old dyed-in-the-wooI Re
publicans of that district
Norris, Of Nebraska, and HInshaw, OF
Nebraska, are declared to be under scru-
tiny by the organization Republicans Of
their State on the same charges
The Republican constituency Of that
entire section Of the country includes a
large portion OF the -chin-whiszer
type of Republicans, who In the stormy
days OF the past have held feaity TO
party 20 be a cardinal principle OF poll
tics, and a determined effort is said 70
be under way TO put insurgent incum-
bents I'm bad' with that class.
II viii be noted that the impression is
being persistently fostered that the insur-
gents are TO be regarded as "4nsurgng'
against Taft and the administration as
we'll as against Cannonism and AIdrich-
ism. The insurgents have felt the cutting
edge OF this position in which they were
being forced for some time and have re-
sented It.
In the case of Victor Murdoch, of Kan
sas, II IS CLAIMED he is in such hot water
he may have to seek the aid OF Populists
and Democrats.
Mr.. Miller, Of Minnesota, is said to be
IN water as hot politically as the seething
in which Mr.. Murdock Is declared to be
fioundering,