Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-09
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHOW.
ING SIGNS OF BREAKING
AWAY FROM WHITE HOUSE.
oUTsPokEN REBELLION TO
FOLLOW NOVEMBER ELECTION
Many Have Kept Within Bounds Of
Caucus Dictates For Sske Of Party
Harmony on Eve Of Eisetion-RuIe
by Caucus May Be Ended by Open
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sneclal correspondence.I
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Washing ton. oct. 9.-The democratic
end of congress is expected TO begin 10
show more signs OF independence after
the November elections. Some syrnp-
toms Of Insurgency are already APP
pear.ns. Many OF the democrats in the
under the charge that they do nothihs
except register the will OF the president
and have ceased 10 be legislative ta@-
tors.
But on the exc of an election is not
propitious time for Insurgency in the
party 10 become active and hence
there IS general restraint Of indepen-
dent tendencies. Now and then. a
democratic senator or house member
kicks over the traces, but not often.
When he election is over. and there
Will be less feeling OF need 10 preserve
harmony in the party. the situation
VIII be more favorable for members
who want TO iaAe an independent
course.
Gagged Thru Caucus.
For the most part since the admin
istration began. the house ard SEN
ate democrats have taken their IN
struc,tons on legislation from tae
White House. Thru use "f the caucus
system, the refractory ones nave been
gagged and party discipline enforced.
Some exhibitions of disposition 10 IN :
dependence have been shown. TIC
canal tolls fishi developed such pro-
rounced differences within the demo-
ratio ranks tina; il was Impossible 10
line al % tae demo rats UP for canal
tolls repeal. In connection with tag
currc-cy Struggle there was some In
sur-ency IN beth houses.
Democratic senator's could not be
llnet. UP Is a unit for the confirmation
OF W. VI. Daniels as a member o. the
Interstate commerce commission. IL
Was due 10 the vigorous fight against
The conf.rnls tion Of Thomas u. Jones,
Of Chicago as member az the federal
reserve BOARD thar the administration
found 4 iITlify;3sSihie t. secure the con-
tirmatiYn o. th!s appolntee- Jones
dre, ped out when il Was seen he could
not oe confirmed.
insurgency in Senate.
The latest instances Of vigorous in
sJreenSy ~: the democratic side OF the
s4nat, has seen the war on the con-
ference report on the Clayton irGss
bill This WAS led bl Senator Reed.
az Missouri. and Joined in by two
other democratic senators. Martin and
Lane. Their insurgency did not pre-
vent the adoption o. the conference
report bB. the assault OF Senator Rec!
epon tina repor; mas attracted vide
spread notice, mas caused the demo-
cratic leaders in congress much ern-
harrassrnent and IL is generally pre-
dicteG VIII cause them a lot more
Senator Reed for number os
months mas been showing growing
disposition 70 do as he pleases III the
senate and pursue an independent
course This has earned him the hog
tility Of some Of mis- democratic col
leagues but he has not been alarmed
aoou. thar. He is an able lawyer, one
az the best In the senate and has al
WAYS been used 10 fighting since the
days when he lived in Iowa and moved
rom there to build up mis- fortunes IN
Kansas City.
Reed Breaks With White House.
Senator Reed has practically broken
with the White House and there is lit
lie reason to doubt he VIII pursue a
more completely independent course
than ever from this time on. His as
sarlt on the Clayton bill conference
report. on the ground ii was a surren-
der 10 the trusts, was one OF the most
scat ming and yitrioiic ever heard in the
senate. The fact the president strong
* endorsed IL showed now little Mr..
Pee: considered himself bound 10 fol-
low In the path % the administrations
In fast. "A group of senators on the
democratic side whose numbers are In
creasing was inclined 10 refuse 70
refuse 10 have their program cut out
Tor them by the executive. Senators
Lane MARITIME. Nardaman, Chamber
lain. Hitchcock. Thomas, Asnursi. a.
we'll NJ Reed are in this group.
1t Is the experience Of presidents to
have a hard and fast grip on theiI
PARTY when they enter the White
House and 10 be able to dictate legis-
iati0n freel.. AS their terms lengthen
this grip is likely to grow weaker To
what extent this will prove true in the
case of Mr.. Wilson remains to be seen
However, there is plenty Of insurgenct
open and latent. against the admins
tration among the democrats in con-
zre.s and 1t will be surprising II il
does not crop out pretty vigorously
next winter.