Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-02
INSURGENTS LIKELY TO MAKE
SENSATIONAL ATTACK ON HIM
AND RULES.
DEMOCRATS ARE LUKEWARM
Many Favor Retention OF Autocratic
system-Unsatisfactory Ending Of
BaIiinger-Pinchot Inquiry-Suc.
tess Of Fight on the
Rate Bill.

ding for the creation of a committee
on committees in the house of rep.
resentatiyes with one member from
each OF II geographical districts
OF equal population.
Instead of forcing his " plan to
an issue in the house. Mr.. Fowler will
work with the other Insurgents in
carrying forward a plan, to be ar.
ranged in conference, for again bring.
Ing Cannonism into the limelight. The
plan being worked out will probably
result In a sensational attack on both
Cannon and the rules, to be made just
prior to the end of the present ses.
sion, which will bring about not only
the destruction of the last of the
speakers power over legislation
through his appointment of commit
tees, but will also force the deposi.
ton Of Cannon from the speaker.
ship.
While the regulars are publicly de-
claring that they have no plan for de.
feating PrOgrcSsives in their districts
and talking peace and party harmony
for newspaper consumption, the Pro.
gressivcs take no stock in this sort
OF talk. Recently, for instance, 1t
was announced through the medium
or inspired articles in Organization pa.
pers, that the Republican
sional committee would treat both reg.
ulars and Progressives alike in the
coming campaign.
Call Proposition Absurd.
This newspaper bid for party har.
mony is ridiculed by the Progressives.
The idea Of the party organization be.
ing Tor CannOnism in one district and
against CannOnisln in another, for Al.
drichism IN one state and against IL
In another. they say, is superlatiyely
absurd. and they do not propose to
nave m part in such a dishonest
and silly program. They accept Can
mons defiance that II he Is a Rcpub.
mean, they are not, and they are go
Ing into the campaign with the idea
or proving to the rank and file of the
party that they are Republicans and
that Cannon and Aldrich are not Re
publiCans.
Back of the bid for harmony, how
ever, it Is believed there has beer q
hope on the part of the house machine
II the regulars" of placating the
ProgrcSsives to the extent of head
Ing off any further attacks on Can.
non and Cannonism in the house
during the present session. Not that
the regulars" generally are so much
opposed to the fight against Cannon
being carried to a climax. In fact,
there are many regulars who will vote
against Il resolution to unseat Cannon
as speaker, when 1t Is renewed with.
in a few weeks, who will be secretly
and the Danville veteran Is ousted
from the chair.
Position of the Democrats.
II is no secret that If the Progress
sives could now be induced to unseat
Cannon and let it so at that, there
would be Joy in the regular" camps
both Republican and Democratic. Not
only the Republican regulars" bu,
many of the Democrats, are opposed
to reforming the rules in such a way
as to destroy the power of the speaker
They are willing to unload Cannon
but unwilling to destroy the system
which makes Cannonism.
AS the Democrats become more Ger
tain each week that they are going Il
control the next house, a large mum
Der OF them are each week CROWN,
lukewarm over the fight against tn,
rules. II they are to have the mex
speaker. they say. they a him t,
have the same power Cannon has had
5allinser inquiry Dropped.
Upon the advice of Senator Roo
the taking Of testimony In the Bal
linger-Pinchot inquiry was brough
suddenly to n close. Before dc
parting for Europe, Senator Roo
had q big conference with the presi
dent, at which he gave the advice tina
the Rallinger matter be dropped a
quickly AS possible. The next day MI
Nertrees announced he had no othe
witnesses to call, and after eXamininI
one witness In rebuttal Mr.. BRANDED
closed the case for Mr.. CLAWS. Thi
conclusion was unexpected. Comm
as 1t did, It IL accepted as an abaI
Comment of the case by the secretar
OF the interior, who will rely upon
vote in the committee rather tina
upon evidence. to clear himself OF tn
charges which have been made agains