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Show LINES NOW DRAWN; (1 WHIN OPEN 11 Guns of Skirmishers Arc Heard r 11 and Great Battle Is Near. IT HAS REACHED POINT li I OF FISH OR CUT BAIT j ) Contest Between Insurgents and j I Regula rs in Congress Fierce ; lip j H Guns Open Fire. H 444-4--4-44r,'2-I4iS4,4' III! i.BBB 4-' Ecaults up to Date. jj1 4- Forester Glfford Pinehot dls- 4- Qji y missed. 4 j l IBBJ 4- Insurgents shut off from patron- y m BJ ! Speaker Cannon suffers tlrat de- 4- y feat In not being allowed by house y jSBB .to name Investigators-of Balllnger- -r !: Phv-bot controversy. t ! iBBI y Plfichot's loyal subordinates fired. 4 jj'j 4- Roosevelt. looms upon- horizon as a 4 it y more potential factor than over. i ; JJJJJJJJB y President Taft Jeopardlzcr, his 4 li BbI .popularity in soma s-ictionn of the-.- ' BBJ 4 west. -I- i ; y The most pyrotechnfeal session of 4- y ,BB 4- congrcpf" ever held, even outclassing s- rj itM 4- the rtooscveltian seralona. 4- t B ..;..;..;..;-,.;..;..t, .....;....t..;,...j. !' j'J BY ItALPH M. WHITESIDE. ,t ; 't:H By Leased Wire to The Trlmjiv?. T '! j.BVJ WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Tho line j jH arc now boldly drawn and from the pop- . , JmwJ ping of skirmishers the battle between . ,( AM tho insurgents and regulars in congress ' Jiji has grown into open warfare. Even' .' : HMj member of congress who heretofore dis- ;( yBV erectly kept his allegiance in the bock- ji iJH ground came forward of necessity todav. Jj; i Some moved only a few inches, but oth- !' Kfl ers pitched headlong into the Canuon j camp, the Taft camp, the Pinehot capip, ! or some other bivouac represcnling cith- U H er insurgency or regularity. Tfc is c i- in. tH dent that there can be no half-way bust- Uff H UCSS. I l fll Must Show Hand. fit i The defeat of Speaker Cannon in the Jj: ,H bouse when he tried to name the in- . ; il ' HJ vesrigators of the BallingcriP.inchot: row i ,,h H himself; the dismissal of Forester Pin- , ! chot and his assistants and substantial 1 ;!j s.HJ reports of withheld patronage, make it M jjH imperative for every congressman now ;j i to be known to his colleagues either as iH ,1H a regular or an insurgent. 'VJ Among some of tho western members ''H there arc harh words for President U )'H Taft for dismissing Mr.tPinchot. They Uf claim he "was an cfficieutso.rvaut of tho Srjl !JH peoplo-and-il was-7.eal and earnestness IS1" instead of arrogance that causcd liim to efLllH say and do things which were displcas- jtj- JJI h'v in some quarters. Among the reg- vft 1,'H nlars there were, noles of congratulatiou. L I'. fl " Let us have the soft pedal aud a vaunt , IB vith scnsatioualism,"-' uy 5ay. ;H Rooscvolt iooms Up. :f! l But while l he fireworks are popping V''B in Washington, the horizon is obscured f f ' with a gigantic figure. Tho figure of a ,,: i! B man wearing eye-glasses aud a khaki A HJ uniform, his teeth prominent beneath a I , H drooping mustache, alert and restless. Lt ;1 i Some of ihc more farsighted already it recognize this figure as Col. Theodore ft '1 Roosevelt, the ex-president, termed the. j!Eu '. savior of insurgency aud tho iirebraud -tr,Ej I of the United Slates. t ,j Speaker Cannon was tho maelstrom 's itijj '( center today. Many callers upon Pros- i '( idont Taft spqke in eucrgctic terms .r ' '!" when mentioning tho uame of the 111 i - 1 uois man. And while President Tuft f, i listened, he figuratively removed his j? , coat, for he is in the figlit to a fiuish. j 7 j. Fight Is in the Open. ' j j Scuator Burrows of Michigan was fl i among the callers at the White House I r When he loft ho said: "We now know W v who is president of the United Statos. " :? j Representative Morgan came from tha Jh - White House and stopped long enough fJ ; to sav: "Tho fight is now in the open, .Hi. '" and Mr. Taft wauls to see it finished lif M onco and for all.'' Ifl, ':. Representative Foster, a Democrat of nJi .'(' Illinois, declared that Mr. Taft had IW no alternative but to oust the govern- J mruv,t forester. This came from a Pin- y chot supporle.r. for Mr. Foster had al- 1 l ways been friendly toward Pinehot. , ; Shadow Appears. yj U lr is conceded bv Republicans and j Ji Democrats alike that, the ousting of Mr. a j Pinehot is tho.mist momctaous rhing j m tj. Avhidi could happen to tho Taft nduiiu- m il istrnlion. Why? Because Col. Roose- 8' ! volt's future ainbiiions were said lo li ! L fosrered in the offoct of the Pinehot agi- W. 'R tation. The shadow of Roosevelt drops If upon the political horizon as strongly jrj 1 ' as though he were-not in Africa, stalk- $, ij ing vhile rhinos and elephants, but m right here in Washington with his whip Prr stirring congressmen into f ren.y. ( Kl li What Taft's Frionds Say. 1 Some of Mr. Taft 's best friends hold f him at fault and declare he should not us 4J hnvc ousted Forester Pinehot until a lA ti eongrefsioual investigation of his M chnrges had boon made. Suppose lho ht ,i Pinehot allegations of irregularity iu I , 'r tho office of Secretary Ballingor should ij result in an unexpected verdict ? What j jf' then would be tho position of President ,L i Tnf I In this instance, they say, Mr. i it i tt Taft took upou himself the offices of judge and jury, finding the plaintiff 'J 3' guilty of false charges before the fi 9 charges could bo investigated. Of w course, Ihc president acted largely upon TO tho rcporl of A I (orney-Gcueral Wicker- K j;' sham, who charges Overton Price and A. C. Shaw willi exaggerated egoism. J8 t'; Senate in Fight. M ! ' The senate really yot into the figlit jfii for fnir today when the commit tee ou ra j public lauds, to which was referred the r' resolution of Senator Jones, aulhoriz- u I- ing tho Ballingei'Pinchot invosligation J (' by a joint committee, decided to sub- W ", sfiiute a senate resolution for tho oue V 1 , passed bv tho bouse giving Speaker g .ij Cannon the power to name tho investi- f f ! ' -. gators. Tliie. would have annulled lho l(J ', ', victory of the anti-Cannonilcs in lite f house' if advantage had becu taken of f The senate committee also increased m 'Al (lie appropriation for the investigation III from $10,000 to $Uo.000. This really jT ' HJ brougltt the senate in a position of light IB . H ing the houso whiio tho house ia light- m H ing Cannon. i ' Hi i B Senator Nowlaftds of Nevada rallied ny to the support of the house insurgents, 1 H Continued on Paec Three. m lines now drawn: Warfare in open Continued fiwin Page One. but was instantly crushed "with his colleague, col-league, Senator lleyburn. Bic Men Silent. There were persistent refusals on the part of the big men to discuss the intimate in-timate features of the squabble. Nor were there any lirognostications coining coin-ing from the really eminent men as to the effect on the next national election. Secretary Wilson of the department, of agriculture and Secretary Ballingcr of the depai tnient of the interior, the Iwo men mosl filled to discuss Ihe controversy contro-versy iu its details, are silent. Indicates Complete Break. I'ut without inlorvievv.- the indi..i-tious indi..i-tious throw all the light needed. The biggest possibility is a complete br-'ak between President Taft and former President Roosevelt, which, of course, would dist integrate the Roosevelt following fol-lowing from Iho regular Taft following follow-ing and cause a split in the Republican party. In 1912 this split might, re-: still in the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt' Roose-velt' for the presidency. It cannot be denied that Mr. Pinchot has powerful friends. Senator Dolliver is looked upon, since his reading of the Pinchot letter in the senate as one of tiie upper house Pinchot leaders, and when one says Pinchot forces he might as wcM lie plain and say Roosevelt forces. New Innurgent Move. , Representative Taylor of Ohio has starlnd a brand new insnrgeiil movement move-ment ngainst Cannon and consequently against ovory interest on the Cannon side, which is presumed to have President Presi-dent Taft's support, "f will ne . ev again vote for Speaker Cnnnoii for speaker." said Mr. Taylor tonight. Speaker Cannon started to rfply In this tonight. He got as far as Sufficient Suf-ficient unto the day is the . ." Then he stopped and kept his silence. Struggle Hn3 Just Begun. ; The end of the struggle is not near-K near-K in sight. Both sides moved rest-fesslv rest-fesslv today gathering new ammuii't ion. There were conferences iu evcrv hotel tonight. |