Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-21

I association last night, my blood boiled | with Indignation continued this in- I surgent. There has not yet been called | any meeting of the insurgents to con l slider what their future course shall be but undoubtedly one will be held with in a day or two,
 The Next Conflict the Selection of New i Rules Committee. 1 The next conflict will come, if ii l comes, on the selection of the new rules | committee provided for in the Norris resolution: The a committee . is g to ,a be appointed by the speaker, as hitherto | Neither the regular republicans nor the democrats have as yet made any arrangements for a party caucus, but | both caucuses will be held within the next three or four days.
 Representative Ta.wney, one of the | leaders on the republican side, said to- l day that no conference had been held to date the subject, but undoubted- l ly one would occur, perhaps tomorrow. All of the caucuseS must be held with in ten days, for that is the time limit fixed by the Norris resolution for the election of the new committee. Of this commit the republicans will choose six members and the dem ocrats four. Whether the insurgents will be given representation among the six republican members is now un- known.
 They say they have not asked and do not care for membership on the new committee
 We do not wish to assume responsi- bility for legislation or to try to force ourselves on the house in that way" said one of their number. Tt would not be just for us to do so."
 The democrats will choose their four members in caucus and they expect that their selections will be ratified by the vote of the house.
 To attempt to predict whom the re- publicanS will select would be the mereSt speculation.
 The democratic leaders said today that they anticipated no difficulty in having their caucus selection for this committee ratified by the house, as the insurgent republicans had given them a pledge to support the democratic nominees, partly in consideration of the unanimous vote of the democrats for the Norris resolution.
 But the highly important matter of the selection of this new rules com mittee was of secondary considera tion in the talk heard today as to whether the war within the ranks of the re- publican party was to continue or not. Something in the Mature of a Truce
 Must Come.
 The legislative programme in con- gress was scarcely mentioned at all, able delay it will encounter before the political air has become sufficiently clarified to go ahead with legislation It was generally recognized that there must be restored some semblance of qlIietUde. som ething in the nature of a truce, if ultimate peace cannot just now be had. before congress can pro ceed with the calm and conscientious consideration of the important meas ures before it.
 Every important administration is halted just where it stood Wednesday when the preliminary sl1ir- mish of the long drawn battle was be- gun. Necessarily all work was thrown aside when the. great con- f1ict on the floor of the house began.
 T. V
 A republican high in the counsels of the party and of eminent political judgment gave it as his opinion that the worst was now over in republican strife and that permanent peace would shortly ensue.