The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-31
The REGULARS ARE
UNABLE TO RETALIATE
G. o. P. SENATOR'S CANNOT HOLD
Up WILSON APPOINTMENTS.
Present Democratic Minority in Senate
Seems Safe in Holding Up TAFT
Appointments.

ate hold up until this administrator
is ended, almost all Of the civil noHl-
nations made by President TAFT slnce
me beg: ?ping Of th& present 1Sa i'hal
session Of the ed congress, will ths.i
Republican senators be able to retail
late with equal force by blocking th7
nominations of President Wilson?
They claim that they will
This question has the pToh!en-solV-
orc hard at work. There is co .Stant
buzz of arguments on the SUBJECT
among those who delight in watching
the political game as it Is played at
the capitol and the White House. Re
publican patronage experts are saylng
for the benefit of the newspaper men
who seek their confidence that the
hold-up policy apparently adopted Oy
the Democrats with regard to Mr..
Taft's late appointments is sure TO De
like the chickens that come nome TO
roost or the cat that persistently re
turns to the dwelling where it IS not
desired.
However. it is inconceivable that the
Democratic senators, most OF Wnom
are wise in politics from long expert
.enSe. would block so many OF these
3eleyenth- Taft nominations II 1t
were so easy for the Republicans TO
retaiate when they change places
with the Democrats as the senate min
ority. Why is it that the Democratic
senator's are not abasned by the seem
ingiy clear argument that the RepuD-
lican minority will be in just as gooo
a nosition to tie the patronage up az
ter March as the Democratic minor
ity is able to tie it up until March =!
Insurgent Republicans the Answer
The answer is found in the attitude
of the insurgent Republicans. who
now hold the balance of party power
in the senate and have held it for the
mast two years. Some Of these sena-
tors have even gone so far as to walVe
ali claim to being Republicans. 9th
ers like Senator Cunrlnins, Of Iowa.
still assert that they are members OF
that party, although they supported
Roosevelt for president at the last
election.
Because of this split in the Repub-
lican ranks the situation in the SEN
ate at the close of the Taft admins
tration is not by any means an exact
opposite of what the situation will BE
at the beginning of the Wilson admin
istration. Mr.. Taft has not the united
support of a majority in the senate
in matters of patronage. Mr.. Wilson
will have the united support Of ma
iority unless some of the Democrats
bolt their party caucus. Even In the
latter event which, if it comes at all
is likely to be postponed until some
time after the new administration
opens, there is a good possibility tnae
enough Republican insurgents will
side with President Wilson (rather
than go with the hated Republican
reeulars) to Offset the loss.
But for the attitude Of the Repuo-
lican insurgents, it would hardly have
Seen possible for tht Democratic MI
nority in the senate to hold up the
Taft nominations in bulk at this ses-
sion and even if it had been possible
it might not have been wise, because
tho Democratic majority after March
will be so precarious that the illness
of one or two Democrats might turn
the scale of control. In this connec-
ton the recent invitation of one OF the
/ insurgent Republican house leaders
- CONGRESSMAN Kent, Of California, to
discuss with the president-elect, at
Trenton, the question Of CONSERVATION
is most significant Senator LaFol-
lette and those who follow MS lSaoel
ship are much more friendly to the
incoming than to the outgoing admin
isratjon.
Capital Horizon Full OF Sufiragettes'
President-elect Wilson's lauda0!e
course in eliminating the affair known
as the inaugural ball, which was con-
Quoted to enable Washington TO gel
its money back and the decision OF
the senate Democrats against the sus'
sestion of a great public reception IL
the capitol building, will by no means
cause the inaugural period to be with.
out spectacular interest in addition te
the ceremony of the oath-taking anc