Evening star., 1919-05-14
Activity of the Insurgents
Ar0uses Men Who Won Or
ganization Control.
STORM MAY SWEEP OVER
HOUSE CAUCUS OF G. O.P.
Standpatters Accredited With
Framing Ultimatum Which I'm
plies New Deal All Around.

There's storm brewing which may
sweep over the republican House con-
ference Saturday night. In the mean
time the atmospheric conditions may
clear, but II the warning elements
continue there is a possibility that
.Speaker-elect Gillett may be swept
from the chair and the entire sched-
sule Of committee assignments blown
to the four points Of the compass
There has been so much insurgency
sfn the air that the so-calIed erst-
while standpatters have become
: charged with the current and threaten
10 indulge in some fireworks.
Concretely. the situation today is
; Snat conferences are being held by
standpatters of recognized influence
who are preparing to demand an en-
firely new deal in the republican re-
II the insurgents con-
fanue in their uprising.
Regarded as Coincidence.
Peculiarly enough. the stand-pat ele-
ment seems to have been aroused CO.
incidentally with the return to the
Capitol of Representatives Nicholas
Longworth Of Ohio. Sidney Anderson
OF Minnesota, James w. Good of Iowa
IL III
the first being the insurgent-in-chief
and the latter three being members
who were originally picked by the Gil
lett following for membership on the
steering committee. the two others be-
ing Representatives Reavis Of Nebras-
Ia and McFadden of Pennsylvania.
The saving element in the situation.
which prevents an immediate thunder
clap, Is that Representative James r.
Mann. the acknowledged director of
N Arryl
tive j. Hampton Moore of Pennsyl-
vania, his first lieutenant and adju-
tant, are not in the city, and their wise
and moderated counSels are expected
70 calm things down a bit.
Proposal Backed by 25 Men.
The proposal is-and 1t is backed by
about twenty-five men of recognized
stfength-that If the insurgents or
progresstves start to make a fight
over charging the steering commit
tee, these men will stand up and say:
"All right. The steering committee
was strictly limited to a membership
(of five by the Winslow resolution. It
was your proposition which we ac-
pointed personal ambition you want
to repudiate the action Of the repub-
lican House caucus. we are unwilling
to abide by the caucus action piece
meal Let's throw it, in its entirety,
in the discard and start all over Let's
start in by electing our candidate for
Speaker
These standpatters feel sure that
they have the strength to put
through an entirely new election that
would give them the. speakership and
complete control of the House re-
organization program. They point
out that even after having out
Unanswered the Gillett following and
obtained an undisputed control of the
committee on committees, the Mann
following put representatives of the
opposition. in the persons of Long
worth and Winslow, on the steering
committee-giving them two places
out of the five ordered by the caucus
They also point out that they gave
the progressives representation on
other important committees includ-
ing the acceptance of Representative
James w. Good as chairman of the
appropria tions committee. They say
that if the insurgents are not salts
fed with this deal they will give
them another, and see how much bet
ter they will fare.
OF course, there are two sides to
every quarrel. Representative Long
worth. Representative Gillett and
Representative Good-the leaders of
the opposition-had nothing to say
today