The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-14

|<<l>3<MI Vi NOW J6Tb6y,
Wetmore, OF Rhode
- Island - Burnhain
Of Vermont; Percy
Gibson GARDNEs Of 49, Mississippi;
Cullom, OF Illinois, and Perkins, OF
California. S4e =, .t,
Some of these went down in the pri.
maries, some as result OF changes
In the political complexion of the
state legislatures, some retired be-
cause they knew they could not come
back, as for example, Crane, Guggen.
helm and Wetmore.
Death and other causes have de-
pleted the tory ranks. Hepburn, OF
idaho, and Nixon, OF Nevada, and
Frye, OF Maine, have died. Lorimer
was expelled
The old combination, headed by
that greatest tory of them all, Mel
son w, Aldrich, has vanished. When
TAFT came into Office In 1909, there
was q Republican party majority OF
tories. including In addition tosthose
mentioned above, such familiar
names as these. now all absent:
Aldrich, OF Rhode Island, Bulkeley,
of Connecticut Burkett, OF Nebraska:
Burrows. OF Michigan; Carter, OF Mon
.tana; Depew, of New York; Dick, Of
ohio; Dillingham;, of Vermont; Elkins.
OF West Virginia; Flint, OF California;
Hale, of Maine; Kean, OF New Jersey;
Piles Of Washington, and Scott, OF
West Virginia. ta
There were all Taft's friends. They
lwere assistants In passing the Aldrich
tariff bill. and defeating progressive
measures. Now they have all walked
the political plank,
The list OF the politically dead N
the House OF Representatives since
Taft came into Office would fill solid
column, but among the most conspicu-
Gus servants of special privilege, who.
since March, 1909, have suffered the
penalty of their toryism, are: Joseph
10. Cannon, of Illinois, james A.
lTawney. OF Minnesota; William B. Nc
Kinley of Illinois; Duncan +. McKin.
ley, OF California: John DalZelI, OF
Pennsylvania; Samuel w. Mccall, OF
sachusetts; John j. Gardner, of
New Jersey; Ebenezer j. Hill, OF Con
necticut; William L. Humphrey, OF
Washington; Nicholas Longworth, OF
Ohio; Cyrus A. Sulloway, of New
Hampshire; William A. Rodenberg. OF
Illinois; J. Warren Keller, of Ohio
Henry G. Loudenslager, OF New Jer-
sey; Harry s. Boutell, OF Illinois: 10
seph n. Gaines, OF West Virginia
George Edmund Foss, OF Illinois; ID.
r. Anthony OF Kansas; John A. T.
Hull, of Iowa Frank o. Lowden, of
Illinois; r. ID. Crumpacker. OF Indiana.
and d. ]. Focht, OF Pennsylvaia.
The Cd ini ctr ti1v on1u.1
With the fight of the insurgents in
the House OF Representatives on the
Cannon ring. This fight was led by
men like George W. Norris. Victor
Murdoch and Miles Poindexter. Taft
took the Cannon side. At the con
gressional elections two years later
the Republican majority was broken
and the demands OF the Republican
insurgents were carried out TO a Ger
tain extent by the Democratic house
In the senate the same division was
precipitated by the Aldrich tarin
fight. Opposed TO the Aldrich ring
were such men as Dolliver, Clapp,
Bristow and LaFollette. Taft took
the AIdrich side and has now gone TO
join Aldrich, Depew. Burrows, Crane
and his friends. The nominal major
ity OF the Republicans iu the senate
has given way 10 majority OF Dem.
ocrats, and the real bipartisan major
ity which serves special privilege finds
itself opposed by bipartisan combin.
alton Of men Ike Poindexter, Gore,
Bristow. owen, Lea, Kenyon Ollie
James, Shiveley and Ciapp.
II Is impossible 10 say at thus time
that every Democrat who has come
in Is necessarily a Democrat with a
little ID" Many may be the Bailey
or Bacon type OF Democrats. II is
quite evident, however, that notorious
servants OF special privilege cannot
hold their places against the aroused
conscience OF the voter. The spread
OF the Oregon plan and the more gen,
eral adoption OF senatorial primaries
Is steadily undermining the senate as
the citadel Of special privilege,
There are scule tory holdovers, men
like Root. Gallinger Warren (pos.
siblyJ Penrose. simmons, Bacon.
Bankhead, Martin, Nelson, Lodge,
Overman. Smoot McCumber and
Switzerland. but opposed to these
there Is an increasing number OF men
like John Sharp WIIIiams, PUindexteF,
Reed, Kern. Hitchcock, Myers. Bris-
tow. Yardaman and Chamberlain
There has been much speculation
as 10 the parry cont.-ol OF the senate.
This speculation is a waste OF time
in view OF tho fact that there has
not been vote in the senate in the
last six years when the senate divid-
ed on party lines. The senate divides
exclusively on the line OF special
privilege against general welfare.
The sooner the people understand this
the more intelligent they will be in
choosing members to the senate and