Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-19
PLAN TO HAVE ORGANIZATION IN
HOUSE DURING COMING
SESSION.
INSIST ON BEING TREATED As
FuLL.FLEpeEp ORGANIZATION
Will Put Up Candidate for Speaker
and Appoint Minority Floor Leader
Democrats Given Assurances That
Presrsssivss Will Be Recognized in
Appointment Of Committees.
ESPECIAL Correspondence

Washington, March 19.-Progressive
party members Of the house are laying
plans to nominate a speaker and otner
officials when it comes to the reor-
ganition Of the house at the opening
of the extra session. They plan to nave
a minority leader in this congress and'
in short, to take a stand as the repre-
sentatives of a full-fledged party.
In other words. there are going TO Dc
two minority parties in the house THIS
congress. That much is settled. Win
in the last few days, progressive party
members in the house have been con-
ferring with each other and WIN
Chairman Underwood, Of the ways ana
means committee, on the subject OF the
plans to be followed by the bull moose
mem bers in this congress. congress-
men like Murdoch, of Kansas; lime
baugh, of Illinois; Bryan, Oh Washlhs-
ton; and Chandler, OF New YORK, AL
progressive party men, have oeen III
counsel with each other and nave
talked matters over with the demo-
cratic leader. Leader Underwood mas
been told that the progressive party
men that they intend to organize as
a minority party in the house. that
they purpose to have no party reia-
lions with the republicans. that they
represent over 100000 voters. ana
that they are entitled to representation
ON the committees as minority parry
To 30 Given Committee Places.
in,
two gave definite assurances to Con
gresham Hinebaugh, OF Aiilhols'
sneakiug as q progressive party mem
Der. that the progressive iarty Men
would not only be allowed Representa-
ton on the committees out on sole
of the important committees. MI.
derwood has given the progressive PAT 4
tv men in the house to understand .hae
if they will agree among themselves
ON the men they want on committees
he. as chairman Of the ways ana means
committee and head OF the coHHli'tee
ON committees, will seek to nave them
fairly placed. ,.
In the new house. there are ABOUT
twenty progressive party men. AZ
some quarters, 1t was expected WI.
Underwood would turn them down ana
NOT encourage them, and that he would
force them to treat with Minority
I.eafler Mann in order to get on com
mittees. But Mr.. Underwood saw that
from a democratic standpoint TINS
would been wise. Apparently. he Is
proceeding on the theory that the pest
,way TO help the democratic party ~
to build up the progressive party
against the republican party. Further
more in view Of the enormous vote
hack of the progressive party men, ne
can not fairly refuse the progressive
nartv men representation on commit
tees.
Murdoch for Speaker.
The plan the progressive party ,ne"
will doubtless follow is to make con-
gresham Victor Murdoch. OF Kansas
the nominee for speaker. or course. ne
will be defeated but by virtue OF that
nomination he will be progressive par
tv leader In the house. Jim Mann
will be one minority leader and MUIR
dock the other. Mr.. Murdoch has peeh
in congress ten years. fought thru the
battles OF insurgency in the house, ana
will be able to give the new progress
s;ve party men in the house the benent
~ much experience he has gained IN
those battles.
The progressive party men in the
bouse intend to do much more than go
thru the forms Of organizing as the
Of minority party IN
the lower branch Of congress. Iney
intend to stand, as members OF COM
m,ttees. for certain definite lines OF
legislation. in accord with the general
program Of the progressive party. At
the same time, the progressive party
men for the most part are not going
to he hidebound They will support
hills without reference to where they
originated if they believe them really
nropressiye