Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-04
THE ART OF INSURGENCY
The Lady Sets Example of Regularity the
Gentlemen From ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Moore
Writes of the Organization of the House

motives that actuate him 1t is not always
the man who carries the banner in the
parade who enlists for the real service
Human interest Is strong in Washington as
it is elsewhere. lnsurgent movements are
therefore charged with certain degree of
suspicion until the promoters of them be-
come known and understood. Such agita-
tions as have recently stirred the country
beget variety of new movements, some OF
them serious and many of them freaky
Announcement of the formation in Jeru.
salem of "a Universal brotherhood" sounds
IKE big proposition and worthy of con-
slderation until it develops that all the
printed matter and all the blank appica-
tions Tor membership spring from the mind
and the activities Of one remote individual
VINO Is yet unknown to fame Legislators.
representing diverse interests, who pledge
themselves TO these freak movements in
advance. would occupy a peculiar postion
DeIore their constituents once il was known
they were so easy" 1t is no eXrggeration
10 say that the amount of printed matter
Which comes to the average CONGRESSMAN.
sh anu Wnicn must necessarily be thrown in
.ne waste basket, If collected and turned into
pulp would help materially to reduce tho
.lsh cost or paper Congressman has n
thousand advisers upon every phase Of i'm,
portant questions. and It is not to he ev
Pec.eu tnat he can or will please everybody.
rs not IN the nature of things that he
du
1t does not indicate that he lacks patriotis,n
insurgency Threatens Both Parties
But we were discussing insurpeno,, ..
appies TO the Senate and the House To,y
" isf shaii insurgency go within the ranks
VI an organization without being calIed 20
account! In the Senate recently insureencv
III III war matters was not confined To either
e''Vc,a.ic has h or Republican parties. Neither
n as IL peen exclusive to either party in the
rouse. The Democrats have freouentIv in
surseu IN caucus and on the floor, although
III the last analysis they have usually voted
,Usether, under the Wilson Administration
Ihere are still evidences Of Democratic I'm.
suisency on various lines, such as peace and
war prohibition and woman suffrage bni
,no patronage of the Administration has
~. Useful IN Strengthening these things
OUT Ihe Republicans have no patronage
| SO that insurgents are freer TO 90 on tn'
isns' Inc exhibition of insurgency when
lhe republicans undertook to organize on
| Sa'uluay last, however. fell so fiat as IN
discourage future efforts of the kind. unless
'hey ueVeiop more strength and are better
| oisahizeu' Tor, paradoxical at 1t may seem
| even insurgency cannot succeed or last
very long unless there is some cobesivonass
among the insurgents. What happened on
| saturday did not impress the new memhars
OF Congress favorably. The Massachusetts
lheiioer VINO led the opposition and wbo
nhaliy Withdrew from the conference he.
cause he did not want to be bound nv,
what the conference did was followed fro,,
.he nan by two members. one of wbom
came back And this after every onnor'
tunity had been offered TO the leader .,
the bolt" II such 1t might be called ~
make any motion he saw fit to obtain an
expression Of opinion. The general fee,,ns
at the wind-up was that several gentleman %
VINO could not have their way declined 20
play. That sort Of insurgency does not
get very far. "''
Republican Organization Lost
The organization of the House on Monde, :,
demonstrated the value of a single VOTE
since at the beginning Of the Contest sa aoh
side was presumed to have 214 votes M.
Clark had announced that he won,a -.
elected Speaker. but the Republican, has s q
not conceded 1t, since one vote one ,va, ,'au aa
the otner might at any time have Ss,.v "
mined the contest The rumors Of ina,'.
gency against Mr.. Mann, the Renuhii"n, !,
candidate. were more ominous thar thsai
akainst Mr. Clark. 1t was insurRencv ,ose bus
ever. that defeated Mr.. Mann and iita,,s- muw-
tne Republican organization. The swise na
cEsu poLed every one Of their ra.ss.'s !