Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-08
Dorh PARTIES TO DE SpLir
~ FRACTIONAL DIS.
AGREEMENTS.
pNooReSoivEs AND sTANpPAre
AMONG DEMOCRATIC ALSO
Party Likely g d Rent oy Leaders OF
Factions With Divergent Views -
Leaders and Issues 70 % Chosen on
Entirely New Basis.

Washington. March s-Congress.
when it convenes in extra session next
month, IL going to present to the coun-
try the spectacle Of two rival four
ring circuses performing In the capitol
Of the republic.
In each party In each house there are
two factions plotting against each 9TH
er and negotiating combinations with
kindred factions in the opposite party.
That the session will bring bitter
wrangling among the four political en-
titles 10 q foregone conclusion, but how
long it will continue and whether 1t
will result in q new alignment of forces
Is matter Of speculation.
Those who believe the republican
and democratic parties are on the eve
Of q dissolution will find great eigntfl-
canoe in the moves being made by the
leaders in congresA The agency bring
ing about this Transformation Is the
progressive movement, which Is con-
tinuing to spread in the republican
party. and Is becoming conspicuous
force in the democratic party. The
tendency is toward q union OF the pro-
gresstve elements in both parties on
one side and combination of the re-
dictionary elements on the other.
In the new senate the progressive re-
publicans. led by Cummins. LaFollette.
and Borah. will be a formidable power,
while the old guard. marshaled by
Penrose and Warren. will be crippled
On the democratic side there will be
a progressive majority led by Culber-
son, Stone, and John Sharp Wildams.
opposed by a reactIonary minority Of
the dozen followers Of Bailey of Texas.
Negotiations are in progress betwssn
the progressive democrats and the pro-
gressive republicans looking to q re-
organization OF the senate committees
by which Cummins or La Toilette will
be given the Craftsmanship of the A.
nance committee and other progress
sives will be given important assign
ments.
In the house 1t Is apparent that the
democrats are divided into q progress.
sive majority following the lead Of
Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood
and q reactionary minority captained
by Fitzgerald, the Tammany member.
When 1t comes to the rules the diver
gence Of factions among the democrats
Is eog reat that It probably will take
several weeks to adopt the laws Of the
house. The Fitzgerald democrats stand
for tho Cannon rules. while the pro-
gressive democrats want q further lib
eralization.
The republican minority will be
hopelessly divided. The progrsss1ves.
led by Madison. Norris. and Murdoch.
will be greatly strengthened. but not .
majority. The "old guard" numerical
ly stronger. will rally around Cannon.
Mann. Payne. and Dalxell.
A bitter fight over the minority lead
ership is in prospect. Cannon still is q
candidate. but he Is unacceptable to the
progressives and IL only half-hearted-
ly supported by the regulars. The
progressives would like to have Madi-
son or Murdoch for minority leader. but
the regulars would vote for neither II
Cannon withdraws. Mann will be q can
didate and he would command more
progressive votes than any other reg
ular
The progressive republicans and pro-
gressive democrats will be found fight
ing on the same side on the committee
organization. the rules question and the
tariff issue, while the Cannon following
will align with the Fitzgerald demo-
cratic reactionaries.