The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-05
SEEKING TO AVOID
POLITICAL CHAOS. .
Senate Leaders in Des-
perate Effort to Get
Together.
PARTY BREACH
is WIDENING
They See That Unless Drastic
Remedy Is Applied No Taft
Measures Will Go Through
Congress, and Future of
Republicanism Is
Doubtful.

Doubtful.
Washington. D. c., May 4.--Through
the formation to-day of an organizations
which It's leaders claim represented a
clear majority of the entire Senate, and
to be made up wholly of Republtcans
of the Regular wing. movement waa
started with intent to settle the aues-
tion whether the Senate shall remain
conservative, become radical or bs
thrown into political chaos. SO far aa
concerns any policy in regard to the
administrations legislative program.
Senator Aldrich called the Regular
Republican Senators together and con-
fronted them with a grim description
of the possible political effect of their
apparent defeat at the hands of ths
Insurgent Republicans and Democrats
in the fight over the traffic agreement
section of the administration railroad
bill. EIe asked his associates whether
they were ready to submit to donina-
| ton by such combination. Any
4 such surrender he warned them, meano
the failure oi the Taft policies and the
downfall of conservative control. nor
only in Congress, but in the Republi-
can party generally.
Must Get Together.
Some one reminded Senator Aldrich
that Senator's then and there gathered
/ together were not In agreement on all
points. Whereupon he replied thai
they must get together and agree to
stand together. and let the details bd
secondary. Otherwise, he said Con-
| gress would adjourn without single
| item of the Taft program accomplished.
The entire tone of the conference
was belligerent as toward the Insur-
gents This was the dominant note;
LET us get together and stand as a
unit against every Insurgent proposi-
tton. If the Insurgents propose any
thing good. we'll take II over bodily
| and put it through as our own; X they
propose anything bad, Veil stamp "
tout."
i ii was stated that President TAFT
4 had been kept fully advised of the
Il situation, and was entirely in s5n1pa-
Il thv with the plan and VIRTUALLY pleds-
81 to IT. 1t was said In behalf OF the
II conferees that while the measures
/ which had been resorted to were ne
\ roic. they were necessary In defensa
OF the administration, and tho integrity
of the Republican party. and as
means to any effective legislation
whatever. ~.
To Senator Aldrich was given ihd
leadership of the new movement. na
! left late to-day for Rhode Island anu
will not return before Tuesday. rfe
plan is meanwhile to mark time, ana
endeavor to "hold the fort, while there
will be many conferences at the White
House. and elsewhere, and the details
of the militant plan will be perfected.
,rhe intention is to avoid test votes on
any subject of Importance until ne&n
week.
Brcnch In Widening.
Every hour brings additional erft
dence Of the widening breach between
the Regulars and the ms ~ a. = i.l, ei,,1 ~
both houses Conservative Republican
1caders. with hardly an exception.
cnnfess that in neither is there az
nresent a coherent majority. Eyen
those un nfamiliar as yet with the piaha
~ the new Senate organization seem
to be awaiting the return OF frss,
dent Taft to Washington to see W'sl.
| IL anything. he can and VIII W ~. W
inducs or to compel action suttclentiY
na.r.onious TO get at least some rem
.. -. of his program through Cons
| gress. 49, nro..
nect from the Republican point OF vie"
is ANYTHING but allurins me I'M
mediate cause OF the danger 70 tne
legislative program Is that the W.
factions in the Republican party hasu
|
| tails of the proposed legislation. bo.l l
sides agree that this is the case buc
| aacb side blames the other. The m
| sureents say that the fault hes III
the arrogance and of the intoleranee ,e
| Of the longtime leaders OF the maoor.ts
| toward the progressive Poicles rep
resented by most OF the kepuoi'cah5
| of the Middle West
The Regulars charge With bitter res
he ne
plv trying TO destroy the Republicans
party by attempting to discredit IT'S
| Itime-honored leadership and principles.
and ride over the ruins to coveted
places of power.
All Sincere.
The striking thing about the whole
situation, TO the Impartial observer. IS
| the evidently sincere conviction on the
nart ot each side that it is itself loyal
"a Republicanism and wholly in the
right, and that the other. either Will
Ifully recreunt or fanatically self
deceived, is more or less consciously
hand OF public enemies Whichever
side is right, the battle has assumed
deadly and certainly historic PROPOSE
tlons. a good many politicians. look-S
ling beyond the moment and the con-
crete subjects of discord right ~
| hand. are asking what angle the
struggle will take in the next Republic
[can national convention Meanwhile,
the Democrats In both houses are look
ling on with q "go 1t, husband so i,
hear" expression. They say thae
..whlchever loses, we win Or as
Senator Bailey put 1t the other day on
the floor:
"The only policy we have in this
affair is to keep both of you fellows ir-
ritated.'
Practically all of the Insurgents IN
the House We're disposed to attribute
the split in the party 70 the alleged
.Iintolerance OF such leaders as Speaker
/ Cannon and Senator Aldrieh,
senator Bucon Explains.
Washington, u G., May t,--SomeN Of
I the details OF the agreement by which
! the Cumnins amendment to the traftc
. tior, uyas ~