Show OEMOGRATSTOGAUGUS + I To Determine Party Attitude On Imperial Policy PLANS OF THE LEADERS t LEADERS AGAINST PEBJUANENT ACQUISITION ACQUISI-TION OF PHILIPPINES Bacon Kesolution Will Probably Ba Adopted and Presented t the House McEnery Resolution Pigeonholed Pig-eonholed By Republican Committee Commit-tee the Issue t I Washington Feb 2A caucus of the Democratic members of the house has been called for 8 oclock next Friday Fri-day evening for consideration of the attitude of the party on the Philippines Philip-pines The call was issued today bj I Representative Richardson of Tenncb see chairman of the caucus committee who had received a request signed by forty Democratic members requesting a caucus A plan of action has already been outlined and it is expected a resolution res-olution will be adopted against the permanent per-manent acquisition 01 the > Philippines A resolution to this effect has been drafted by the Democratic members of the committee on foreign affairs following fol-lowing the lines of the Baron resolution resolu-tion to be adopted at the caucus and thereafter It is expected to get the resolution olution before the house Among those active In securing the cal were Representative Dinsmore I Ark Rdpreeentative Howard G and Representative Ball Tex l Dinsmore says the essential tenure ten-ure of the movement is to secure a definite declaration of the attitude of the party against permanent holding of the Philippines Mr Howard stated that the step had been taken mainly because the Mc Enery resolution passed in the senate had been ignored by the committee on foreign affairs No meeting of the committee com-mittee ha been called since the Mc anc r resolution was received so it was nery rCOIUUUI Wi rt i manifest the house was not to be permitted mitted to vote on such a declaration He and his Democratic associates of committee had therefore framed a resolution similar to that of Senator Bacon which would be offered to the I wrch eIg V caucus If this or a like resolution was adopted Mi Howard said it would I adopte Howar be presented to the house and an effort made to have the speaker grant an I opportunity for its ctinsideration In any event it would define the position of the Democrats in the house I OCI uOm It is slated by a number of Demo rats that the movement does not arise I from the recent visit of Mr Bryan although al-though it is said the resolutions will j I express sentiments similar to those of Mr Bryan at tile recent Washingtons I birthday banquet here Several Democratic I Demo-cratic members feel that it would be appropriate to con del how far the i financial question is to re nain the I paramount lir ue or is to become sec I I ondar > to an Issue I of imperialism Congressman Maguire O i california says that while the financial subject I will continue to be among the foremost j i party issues yet it may not continue to be paramount owing to force of clr eunstflns In advancing the ISSUE on imperialism |