The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
definite POLICY
!. NOW THE GOAL OF Z.
G 0. P. IN HOUSE.
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Gardner Of Massachusetts De-
mands Conference To Out
line Progressive Plans
STANDPATTERS BALK BUT .
" THE PRESSURE IS STRONG
Senate Republican Leaders Also
Facing Revolt Of the Western
Liberal Members ~
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WASHINGTON, December 2j-4
Marked agitation in the ranks Of the
Republican party in the lower house
for conference which would outline
definite plan for constructive action
has at last taken definite form.
Representative Gardner Of Massaehu-
setts announced last night that he in.
tends to seek at once for a conference
Of the Republican leaders in the house
in an effort 10 formulate the party
policies for the session. E- .,.e
Mr.. Garduer, who has been in strong
opposition. to Republican House Leader
Mann of Illinois, declared that his lat.
est move has nothing whatever to do
with that opposition. H:ich, he de,
clarcd, is based upon the belief that
Mann represents "Prussianismn in
inteTnationa nal affairs
E"It is, as a matter of fact" said
the Massachusetts, s0lon, "high time
for the party to be planning for the
adoption of really progressive IDEAS
1t is with this idea in mind that have
begun the work of calling a conference
which will at least enable those of us
who are bent on making progress in.
stead of standing still, to voice our
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Row In senate Also ~
Scrambling for the first word has be.
come an i'll tempered diversion on the
Republican side of the senate. Minori
ty troubles are brewing there and this
scrambling is one of the evidences. The
minority, of course, has its orguniza-
tiOn, which is supposed to designate
spokesmen. There is minority leader
Senator Gallingcr, of New Hampshire
ready to speak up on occasion. Sena.
tor Lodge, of Massac h usettes, is the re-.
eogniZed authority on foreign relations
and if any Republican is to step 10
the front when such matters are under
discussion, it Is the Bay Slater. so it
runs
But certain Republican senators
have grown accustomed to jumping up
quickly, getting recognition from the
chair, and thus gaining the chance for
the first word, This conveys u surface
indication at least of floor leadership
and has become exceedingly irksome to
certain Republican colleagues Sen.
ator SmoOt is possibly the chief offend,
er in this regard. The Utah Repub
lican and standpatter is more constant
in his attendance than most other sen,
ators. He is fairly diligcnt student
of the business before the senate, and
he mixes industriously in senate de.
bate.
WeSterners Affronted
Now the SmoOt activities affront
Western Republicans, among others, be
cause in the recent election they zee
the West slipping from their grasp and
the SmOOt type of officials being re
tired as fast as voters can get at them.
1t is openly talked, indeed, that there
is every prospect the voters of Utah
will 'get' Senator SmOot ut the very
next polling for his successor. For.
tunately for him, perhaps, that is four
years away. But eastern Republicans
years away. But Eastern Republicans
alss, want to omit no reasonable thing
toward winning the West back. And
they want to squelch SmOot and others
with him who emphasize the ultra
standpatters.
hlS pToctSH Hnhy not De very easy
for there is much senate discussion on
the Republican side. The need of good
leadership is recognized but for tho
present there is too much divided coup-
Gil on the Republican side to attain
it. Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
ia not a leader of men in the senate but |
he exercises a tremendous influence
influence than ever since
the enormous vote Wisconsin gave him |
at the last election. There are Senator
Cummins of Iowa, and Senator BOrab |
of idaho, among others. AS far as
leadership on the Republican side of
the senate is concerned, it is growing
more and more Western. The power
of Eastern Republicans, particularly of
New England Republicans, is waning :
in that body. Nearly all Of them are
so-called standpatterS. The fact that
nearly all of New England almost went |
for Wilson last November has not
this New England group
in the slightest.