Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
FRAME UP NEW RULE
Republicans Put Ban on Fac
ti0naI Strife.
UNITED FOR THE SESSION
Supremacy in the Next Congress
Regarded as Paramount.
TAKING STOCK
Net Results Of Recent Disputations
Not observation-disclosures Diff
ferences Subordinated.

Two new policies of procedure will mark
the conduct of the republicans OF the
House Of Representatives for the remain
der of this session:
1--WE will not worry about the organiza-
ton of the House in the Sixty-second
Congress until we have elected republi--
can majority to its membership.
I'VE will slack up on quarreling among
and devote our attention to at
tacking the democrats
Reaching the conclusion-after the fash
ion of the old adage-that they must first
catch their hare before they skin it, the
republicans of the House propose from
now on to pay more attention to party
politics and less to party factionalism.
CannoniSm is to be less an issue than
republicanism. The election of a repub-
lican House is declared to be more impor-
tant to the republican party and to the
Taft administration than is the person.
ality of the next occupant of the Speak
ers chair.
Scope of Rules in Allegiance.
Even the question Of the nature and
scope Of the rules is to be subordinated to
of the question whether
there are to be democratic or republican
rules in the Sixty second Congress. In
surgents, 1t is insisted. are as vitality con-
cerned in these considerations as are the
regulars, and are said to admit their CO.
gency as heartily. The insurgents want
to be reelected, please.
Nearing the close of the second month
of this session of Congress, and approach
ing the eve of campaign involving the
reelection of every member of the House.
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to the fact that valuable time has passed
land nary a dish washed politically
speaking A big batch of political soiled
linen has been washed and that's all.
So a change has, come Ger the spirit
of their dreams. There has been some
pretty plain talk recently among them
selves, and a very vigorous line of con-
versation from President Taft and les
ser leaders of the party outside of Con-
gress. The scrappers have almost liter
ally had their heads bumped together
and admonished to cut 1t out and attend
to business. The warning has struck
home. and things will be different from
now on
Capital for the Democrats.
In addition to the foregoing considers
tions. the republicans have recently real
lied that the democrats have been max
ing most of the political capital thus far
in this session of Congress The pages
of the Congressional Record are unusual
ly bare of good republican campaign
material. and this at a time when it is
said there should be plenty of it.
They have been too busy up to this
time, it is true, flying at each others
throats to pay the requisite attention to
the furthering of the party's political
welfare. but now they are going to give
an imitation of that familiar old stunt
Of the republican party, abating its own
quarrels long enough to turn in and lam
bast the common enemy.
The annals of the party are replete
with records Of successful performances
in this repertory, and now they propose
to turn off another star engagement of
the same kind
Inventory of Results.
At the Capitol yesterday some of the
politicians were taking stock of the
net result of recent republican insurgent
activities while playing in the democratic
backyard According to some observers
the inventory showed:
That the regular organization was
materially strengthened all along the
line and fmmea surably benefited in one
important particular, namely, through es-
tablishing the fact beyond peradventure
that the President and the House leaders
are in perfect harmony on republican
measures. and that the test of loyalty to
the national organization and party is
willingness to participate in and abide
by the party caucus.
Second, that the insurgents have no
ground of insurrection beyond cavil at
the House procedure, and that it is dam
gerouS to attempt to join with the demo-
Gratis to overturn existing procedure, as
evidenced by the fiasco in the Ballnger-
Pinchot investigating committee in
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in the end to go into party caucus and
abide by It.
Prominent republicans of the House said
yesterday that too much stress cannot be
laid upon the significance of the advant-
age gained by the organization in secur-
ing acquiescence in the principle, laid
down by the regulars and backed by the
President that republicans must sink
their factional differences in caucus
agreement If they desire to be recognized
as republicans in good standing.
Views Of the Leaders.
Some Of the most astute political lead
ers among the republicans are pointing
out to their less experienced colleagues
that it is not necessary to let the wave of
hysteria against Cannonism, now reach
ing high tide in some quarters of the
country, sweep the republicans out of
taken care of by the next House-but
first be sure to elect the House and make
1t safely republican. they say.
The present attitude of Speaker Cannon,
as outlined by one of his friends yester-
day, is this:
THAT he certainly will not gratuitously
eliminate himself before he is even elisi-
BILE for consideration. That would be
cowardice of which he is not capable. If
the republican caucus for the selection of
the next Speaker picks another man Mr..
Cannon. if in the House, will be his
strongest supporter
All Are Taft Republicans.
1t is agreed that all republicans are
Taft republicans" now. There are no
administration and anti nti-administration re-
publicans in this "era of good feeling in
the national ranks. They are all, it is de-
clared. interested in making the repub-
lican national administration a success in
all its branches Of government endeavor
That being true, it is cOntended that the
gravest menace which could befall the
project would be the election of dem
ocratic House in the middle Of the presi-
Dental term.
Complete paralysis of legislative en-
deayor would follow. 1t is contended, and
the pledges of the republican national
platform would remain unfulfllled. to the
reproach of the party, at the outset Of the
national campaign of 1912.