The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-05

1ect could be further considered Whereupon MT. Miller agreed to wait full developments before participat- ing an open rupture.
 AS soon as the congressmans state ment became known the postmaster general called him on the telephone and took him to task for not regard ing the conversation as confidential, to which MT. Miller replied that he had not so understood 1t and felt that he had violated no confidence.
 Representative Miller said tonight that a month or more ago he compiled with a request from the postoffice to forward his recommendatins upon sew eral presidential postmasterships in Minnesota.
 After a wait of several weeks, he says, he called at the department, but could get no satisfactory information and was for a long time unable to see the postmaster general.
 He succeeded in gaining an audi ence yesterday afternoon and it was during the conversation, according to MT. Miller, that Hitchcock informed him of the existence of q situation which had made 1t impossible for him 10 act, as yet, upon his recommends tions.
 Mr. Miller insists that he had no idea that the interview was to be con- sidered private, as there were three other callers in MT. Hitchcock's office at the time, who might have heard the conversation.
 Representative Humphrey of Wash. ington was one of the three present and one other congressman.
 Before making the matter public he had conferred with Senator Clapp of his own state, also an insurgent. He did not desire, he said, to precipitate any final break, but he had merely re. peated remarks which he considered were official and authoritative. Representatives Cooper and Len root of Washington are also said to have filed recommendations for pa, tronage upon which no action has been taken. Neither would discuss the matter tonight, but 1t is known that their position is similar to that of Representative Miller.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock was silent on the whole subject tonight nor would any other official represent ing the administration say a word about it.
 Another feature of the attitude of the party leaders toward insurgent members of the house was hinted at in disclosures today It was current ly reported that the "rebelious" Re- publican members of congress were soon to feel the hand of the national organization in their districts. The plan, according to one of the insurgents, who also is said to be marked as victim was for the or gsnization at Washington to stimulate opposition to renpmination of those congressman by adverse lpcal activi- ties. Rival Republican aspirants for their places were to be encouraged and, if the opposition was unsuccess- full at the primaries. the fight was to be carried even to the polls. It was pointed out that in Congress. man Cooper's district in Wisconsin, already a rival Republican candidate was in the field. although the prima- res do not occur until September. Large sums of money are available flor the purpose, it is claimed, and con- siderable has already been expended.
 In the district represented by Rep resentative Norris of Nebraska early Republican opposition has developed. Representative Norris said he well knew the fight was on against him at home.
 On the other hand, inquiries among other congressmen generally chased as insurgents. failed to disclose any apparent active antagonism to them on the part of anyone connected with the administration.
 Representatives Murdock and Madi- son of Kansas had not suffered from suspended animation" in their pa tronage recommendations
 When Mir. Madison was informed that the fight apparently had started, he said:
 Good. am glad of it Nothing suits me better than good. square | fight"
 1 Congressman Hayes of California, who presided over the only meeting of the house insurgents held this year, declared that he was in the fight to stay. If no one will call a meeting of the insurgents to mark out plan of