The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-03-27
SEPARATE PARTY
|. IN THE new HOUSE
DECISION OF PRoGREsslvEs is
CAUSING MUCH UNEAsINEss.
is ENDORSED BY ROOSEVELT
Congressman Kirkpatrick Says. Hard
est Nut to Crack in His Limited
Congressional Experience is Set
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Washington, d. G., March 25.-The
decision of the Progressive party
leaders, enthusiastically approved by
Theodore Roosevelt, to have sepa-
rate party organization of their own
in the new House, has caused a great
deal of uneasiness among lot OF
straddling republicans who, with more
or less comfort, have been perched up
on a barbed wire fence. This class
is composed of republicans who would
retain the party name yet, in order
to win votes, follow Roosevelt al
though he denOunces the party every
time he mentions it. Those among
this class who are representatives in
congress will, by this decision of
George w. Perkins, Clifford Pinchot
and other self-appOinted, self annoint-
ed leaders of the uplift movement, be
called upon to say whether or not
they are true Progressives. willing to
cast their lot with Col. .ROoseveltS
trusted lieutenant, Representative Vic
tor Murdoch of Kansas, and follow his
flag wherever that leadership may
take them. There is no chance for
them to dodge: the victims are right
up against the gun" Are you q
| Progressive or are you not?
This caucus call of the Progressives
states that Representative Murdoch
has denOminated himself a Progress
| i've and will accept the leadership of
the House Progressives in the Sixty
third congress. The caucus, which
will be held April 2 at Mr.. Murdock's
office, will name Mr.. Murdoch the
Progressive candidate for Speaker,
discuss committee representation and
legislative program.
The Republican caucus will be held
Saturday. April ;, for like purpose.
Representative James r. Mann, the
wonderfully able member from the
Second Illinois, who has represented
| his district in the last eleven con-
crosses, will be reelected the party
| leader on the floor and will be put in
the field as the Republican candidate
for Speaker against Champ Clark,
| Democratic candidate.
The Democratic floor leader again
|
derwoOd of Alabama.
Invitations to attend the Progress
i've CAUCUS have been sent to forty
four members of the new House. In
formation at Progressive headquar-
tiers is that six of the fortyfour inyi-
tations We're sent to Iowa members.
No names were given, but their iden-
tity easily is established by simple
process of deduction. Iowa has elev-
en- representatives in congress. Three
of these, Pepper. Connolly and Kirk
patrick, are democrats; two, Kenne-
dy of the First district, and Towner
of the Eighth district, are denominat.
ed republicans without any Qualifying
adjective. This makes five. So, nat.
urally, the six which remain, must be
the six whom the Progressive leaders
hope to have declare themselves Pro.
gressives. They are:
Haugen. Fourth district.
Good. Fifth district.
Prouty, Seventh district.
Green, Ninth district.
Woods, Tenth district.
Scott, Eleventh district.
All of these congressman, except
| "OO are ut tlltll III loN q
and the Progressive organization has
not had time to hear from them.
Representative Woods. with char
acteristic caution, is undecided. He
said, in reply to a question as to what
he would do regarding the invitation
that he hadn't had an opportunity yet
to talk over matters with the boys"
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Representative Kirkpatrick of the
Sixth district, declares that the hard
est nut to crack that he has run
across in his limited congressional eX
Iperience is the selection of post
master of Ottumwa to succeed Frank
A. Nimocks. the republican incum
bent. "Old SAINT" says he wishes he
could find some one who would be as
tumwa as NimOcks is to the patrons
of the Office generally.
A prominent democrat of the state
mot a resident of Ottumwa, but whose
father resides there, has offered to
solve the problem for Representative
kirkpatrick. He asks, why not rec
commend my father"
But the Congressman said he could
not overlook the men who had fought
the battles of Democracy
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The Ninth district Democratic or.
ganization put forth two candidates
for important offices in the new ad.
ministration, Tom Maloney of Coun-
Icil Bluffs. for one of the commission.
erships of the District of Columbia
and w. +. Cleveland of Harlan, for
second assistant postmaster general
Maloney was ineligible because he
was not a resident of the District OF
columbia; Mr.. Cleveland lost out for
the reason that Postmaster General
Burleson had picked out another man
for his second assistant. However
Maolney and Cleveland have taken
new hope. for j. J. Hughes, Ninth dis.
trict member of the Democratic state
central committee. has espoused their
cause with the state organization and
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