Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08

early at the Capitol today and showed no
iii effects of the lambasting his following
received last night. Uncle Joe was as
clipper as could be. but had nothing TO
say for publication.
1t was evident, however, from his un-
official and not-to-be-reported talk, that
he did not regard last nights action as
threatening the solidarity of the House
organization.
Some of the republican stalwarts were
inclined to take fall out of Herbert
Parsons, who voted with the democrats
and contributed one of the three votes
which overturned the organization. 1t
charged the House leaders with having
been in league with Tammany last spring.
Where Parsons Was At.
Where was Mr.. Parsons on this vote?"
asked one of them Turning to the Rec
ord he found that Mr.. Parsons had voted
with the democrats and the Tammany
members from New York
The democrats were demure as
held mice today. They felt they had
pulled off grand stunt, with the aid of
the fnsurgent republicans to embarrass
the majority and that there was nothing
for them to say.
Let the CALLED jade vince" quoted one
of them.
The republican insurgents-that is, the
radicals of them-were feeling very good
thank you. Others of them had much
the air of the boy who had broken the
SchOolhOuSe window.
Norris Is Growing.
Not so with Representative Norris OF
Nebraska, the leader of the republican in
surgents. who was delighted with the vic
tory over the organization
The vote shows he said, "a lack of
confidence in the Speaker. ANY commit
tee that he might have named to make
an inquiry into the Ballinger-Pinchot af-
picion.
The moral effect of this victory will be
felt more and more as the session ad-
vances. A dent has been made in the or
ganization. and notice has been finally
gwen to the people that the movement
mas serious purpose behind it and is
bound to succeed in the end
Cautious in Discussing Pinchot.
So far as expression could be obtained.
the insurgents incline to the view that
the time is not ripe for the expression
or opinions as to the wisdom of i,resi-
dent Tafs's action in dismissing Forester
Pinchot and his immediate assistants in
the forest service. While nearly all the
members of the Senate talk confiden. ially
to newspaper men concerning the sltua-
ton they forbid the publication Of their
statements in the form of interviews.
FROM the private expressions of opin-
ION, however. the idea seems to prevail
that Mr. Pinchot must have believed
that II he continued in the government
service he would have been trammeled to
certain extent in the giving OF testi-
mony before the congressional investigat-
ing committee. Not all Mr.. Pinchot's
friends in Congressional it is admitted
on all sides that he has many SYM
pathizers-think he was justified in pre-
cipitating his official decapitation.
No Chance of Whitewash.
One of the insurgents in the Senate who
has been a particularly warm friend of
Mr.. Pinchot said today that it makes lit
tie difference whether the House or
Speaker Cannon appoints the House
members of the investigating committee,
and that the personnel of the entire COM
mittee is of little consequence to either
Of the principals to the Ballinger-Pinchot
coH roversy.
1t was argued that the very fact that
the inquiry is to be public will prevent a
whitewash. 1t is well known that the
public Is SO intensely interested in the
proceeding that it will judge for itself
and the decision, if it is to be final, will
be rendered by the people.