The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-06
insurgents" Amazed When
They Hear Of Reported Move
NOT READY TO BELIEVE
plan to Meet the Attack Of the AL
ministration-Th Situation WIN
Be Given Earnest considera-
ton.

Washington, Jan. 6 With amazement
III some cases bordering Oil anger, the
Republican 'insurgent7 members Of the
House yesterday read the published re-
ports that they were to be singled ont
BY The administration FOX punishment
for their rebellious conduct 81 members
Of che majority party Of the House
Several Of them were unsparmg IN.
their denunciation Of a policy which
sought to punish q man for freedom and
independence Of thought and action. a.
they expressed Il.
Not q few were loath 70 believe that
President Taft would lend his aid in
an effort to administer castieation to
them for supporting the very principles
and policies for which they asserted the
party stood pledged
Representative Madison Of Kansas ex.
pressed view 81 the matter to which
several Of his associates subscribed He
said,-
"we insurgents. as we are called are
not against Taft or his policies We are
unanimously, | believe, ID favor Of every
leading reform to which The president
and the Republican party is committed.
For instance, ! am IN favor Of postal
savings banks, conservation Of natural
resources, regulation 81 injunction re-
form Of federal court procedure, govern
mant regulation and control Of indus.
trial and carrying corporations, the pub
location Of campaign funds and other
reforms
1T is slauderons 70 say that We can
be swerFed from the course o. support
ing these reforms BY the withholding
Of any official patronage BY anybody, or|
b induced 70 support this Of that prop
osition by the offering Of a sop Of any
Kind.
III IS not the insurgents Of the House
bnt men like Aldrich and Cannon, whom
The president 9il have 70 induce % sup
port his policies
Representative Norris 81 NehgaskaI
added Is approval 81 the above deolera
ton, al AKA Representative Hayes oiI
California who said That Dis aght Was
solely against the rules Of The House and
its present organization Il @as The in.
dependence Of the representative IN Con-
gross which he was eontending tot. bed
said.
Il IS expected that the Republican ln.
argeuts 81 the House win call meet
ing at an early date to give earnest con.
sideration to The situation arising from
tie announcement that tie administra
ton would no longer countenanee "in
surgine7 in Congress and would withhold
patronage from the recaIeitFant leaders
Most 81 the radical insnrgsnt leaders
81 the House feel that with tie elections
but a few months distant ii IS a Tie
and death struggle with them, ana con
seqneHtiy, when forced into the Fray
have 10 hesitation about carrying the
war to any extent The effort % defeat
insufgent congressman by starting
fight against them III their home Az
tricts, which, It was reported Tuesday
had already begun ii several districts
in the West, was hit hard and the con
eressmen 80 attacked win probably make
10 choice of weapons in defending them.
selves.
It was expected that some statement
would Be forthcoming yesterday from
tito administration side as to IT'S attitude
regarding the insurgents So far Post.
master General Hitchcock has remained
silent under the statement emanating
from Representative Miller Of Minnesota
70 Che effect that Mr. Hitchcock was
holding ZIP tie appointments Of postmas
ters recommended By insurgent Republi-
can members 81 the House.