The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-11
INSURGENTS IN HOUSE WANT
EARLY MEETING TO FORM
BATTLE FRONT.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE DIVIDED
While the Democrats Are Playing a
Waiting Game for They Can't Play
Until the Ball is Sent in Their
Direetion-Attaek Economy Plan.


already broad breach between the :
organization of the house and the ?
republican insurgents was widened
percepubly today Tonight there
was every evidence that the mutual.
ly hostile acts of the last few days
would continue with increasing bit.
ternoss
The insurgents caucused In groups
Of twos. three and fours. on the
house floor, in the cloak rooms and
the members lobby, discussing the
situation and debating the desira-
bility of an early meeting to form
battle front to meet the on
s!aughts reported to be coming from
the organization. Much secrecy was
observed among them.
II became known today that the
party caucus will be invoked against
the insurgents and on every occas
ion when there are difference be.
/ tween the republican members. the
| insurgents will be made to follow
/ the program or be forced out of the
pa.e Of ;he party. The announce.
ment did not disconcert the recalcit.
rant representatives.
They were free in their expressed
opinions that compulsory measures
would avail nothing to the organiza-
ton. If the test of regularity lies
in the following the machine as
several denominated it, they say
they preferred to be irregular.
The first battle will occur it Is
believed. over the selection of the
house committee to Investigate the
Ballinger-Pinchot imbroglio The
house republicans doubtless will hold
a caucus TO name committee and
map out a program and here the
insurgents Will it is predicted. fish
or cut bait A dozen insurgents
said privately today they would not
attend any caucus where they knew
there was a prearranged plan to dis
credit them.
Representative Underwood. speak
ing for the democrats, said the MI
nority would probably hold caucus
also on the Ballinger-Pinchot inqu!s-
ition. There is Il prospect of u Joint
democratic and republican insurgent
committee being named to oppose
the committee of the regular repub-
Leans, which would bring test
battle on the floor.
We are like the outside nine,"
said Mr.. Underwood, waiting to see
which way the ball is going to be
batted. We cant play till they hi,
something in our direction
The letter issued by the republi
can congressional committee which
bad elfecst OF throwing few bricks
into the insurgent camps, came from
the literary bureau" maintained
by that organization.
1t was stated the congressional
committee did not exist as a body
at this time and therefore was not
responsible. Representative McKiH.
ley OF Illinois. chairman OF the com.
mittce today assumed responsibility
I for the letter 1t was sent out. he
said, under his guidance from the
republican headquarters In this city
a, part OF the regular weekly news
letter"
Calling the ayowed policy Of the
Taft administration a political eN-
igency," which would not prove to
be an economy in the long run, Rep
resentatiye Hay of Virginia made an
earnest plea against curtailing the
sl,35O,O0o appropriation for national
guard encampments while the army
appropriation bill was before the
house today
MIR Hay said the administration
did not really mean to reduce it's
expenditures permanently, but that
IL 1t did, the economy should not
be- placticed at the expense Of the
citizen soldiery, oa whom the coun.
try would have 10 rely II it got into
trouble.
An amendment by representative
Mann OF Illinois, reducing the APP
preparation 20 one million dollars in
} the interest OF economy. was voted
down and Mr. Mann called for a
division only nine members sup
. ported Il, but while the nays" were
being counted, Mr.. Mann was on his
feet counting the democrats who
voted against his amendment.
You democrats are always shout.