The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-24
INSURGENCY TIDE IS GROWING APACE Taft's Friends Getting De-
 ciedly Uneasy THE NEWS FROM OHIO Disaffection Is Spreading and Every Mention of Roosevelt's Name
 Seems to Arouse Much
 Enthusiasm
THE NEWS FROM OHIO
By WALTER HARPER

By WALTER HARPER l Washington, November 3.-(Special)-- The tide of insurgency in the republican
 party is rising higher and higher. There is no dscounting the fact that the regu- lars of the party who desire the renomi nation of President Taft without serious opposition are very uneasy. Indeed, they have about despaired.
 The latest and most discomfting news to the President and his friends comes from the Presidents own state, Ohio. Politicians from that state who have re- gently visited the capitol bring strange stories of revulsons against the President.
 At a big republican meeting in Ohio a few nights ago the mention of Theodore Roosevelt as a presidential possibility was received with wild enthusiasm. The men ton of Taft received but slight applause, There was no mistaking the temper of the several hundred republicans present. Those In position to know claim that President Taft could carry but few of the counties of the state in a primary that should be held now and it Is claimed that this sentiment is growing It is claimed that the progressive movement has bet ter organization and is receiving more support in Ohio than in almost any other western state.
 The word comes to Washington that the progressives of Ohio are not particu- lar about the nomination of Roosevelt or LaFollette. They want Taft defeated and are ready to support almost any other man.
 As the sentiment in Ohio Is the sentl- ment almost everywhere. The republicans see nothing but defeat tin the renomina- ton of President Taft. They can only have hope in some other man who will come forward with new issues. new vigor, new promises and new pledges. MT. Taft has been tried and though he has been faithful to the policies that he believes were demanded of his party regardless of all promises. the party is now ready to throw him overheard if it can do so with any show of decency.
 And while many democrats had rather see Mir Taft renominated by the repub licans his repudiaton at the last moment would amount to practical admission of party weakness and would act as much to the advantage of the democrats as the nomination of MT. Taft itself.
 But conservative men in both parties expect nothing but the renomination of MT. Taft. The administration organiza- ton cannot get away from it and the .progressives will be unable to gather enough strength to defeat him. It is the general belief that the republicans will accept him as their leader, make a bold stand for his policies and go down to de- feat. New issues will be tried out at the coming session of Congress, but the re- publicans are discouraged and cannot hold their forces together and fight with the vigor of the old days when winning was easy.
 A story got into some of the special press dispatches sent out from Washing ton this week that the ways and means committee would make no move toward tariff revision until after 1t had heard from the President in a special message on the subject. Anonymous authority, said to be authentic, was given for the statement.
 The fact is that no one with authority on the ways and means committee or con- nected with 1t has given out any state ment as to the probable action of the committee The members of the commit tee themselves know nothing of what &C., ton will be taken until a meeting of the committee has been held and the situation discussed.
 Congressman Hull of Tennessee is the only member of the committee now in Washington. He informed your corre- spondent today that no one knows what position or what course will be taken by the committee, and that no one has any authority to outline it's future course.
 Chairman Underwood of the committee is expected to arrive in Washington about the last of this week or the first of next and meeting of the committee will prob- ably be called for a few days before the opening of the session. Until this meet ing is held and all the situation gone over carefully no one can forecast with any authoritative accuracy the plan that will be adopted.
 But it is safe to guess that the commit tee will not wait long on the pleasure of the President. The members, of course, will give him respectful hearing when he chooses to advise them and will be greatful for any information that he may transmit from his tariff board, but they will not depend upon his advice or wait long on his pleasure. One of the interesting questions to be taken up by the democrats of the House when Congress convenes will be the man. ner of holding the party caucuses.
 MT. Underwood has expressed himself as favoring publicity in these conferences and he is supported in the view by many of the members of the majority party. This matter will be decided probably early in the session and maybe in the first meeting to be held shortly before the converting of the session.
 An open caucus of any party held as openly as the regular sessions of Congress with the opposite party looking on and