Show NONE WILL TRUST THEM While Mule the situation in the House of ot Representatives at Washington has quieted down for the time being it has not lost interest so far as the tho lesson it has conveyed and the impression made upon thinking people throughout throughput the country The Democrats in the House made the most of the tho treachery of a few men elected as Republicans as the Democrats were expected to do doand doand doand and were justified in doing from their own party standpoint notwithstanding ing lug their from Dem Democratic Democratic precedent under very similar circumstances But the personal and party perfidy of the Insurgents none the less has removed d these from the list of men in public life who may be even incidentally regarded as worthy of public confidence The situation Is quite clear A coterie of Congressmen not exceeding 15 per percent percent percent cent of their political party in the na national national national house purpose to dictate to that party and to its national administration tion The fact that 85 per cent of their party representatives disagreed d with them cut no figure The majority was strongly against them but to the 15 per ver cent it was not a question of ot ma majority majority majority rule role It was solely a question of that 15 per cent of ot the party running I Ithe the whole If there had been real merit in their contention does any on UP pose they th y could not have converted an additional 40 per percent cent of their th their lr own party less than seventy men equally as clearheaded as they But with them it was not not a matter of logic or of conversion or of party honor and fealty The Tho sole issue was to rule 01 of H ruin the present Republican adminis administration administration and failing to rule it they adopted the ruin policy and carried it out as aa far tar as they were able Be Becoming Becoming Becoming coming thoroughly apostate to all party allegiance and lining up with its ene enemies enemies enemies mies against the party which elected them they did it what damage they could then deserting their new allies thus being guilty of double treachery Now this coterie of turncoats In the House want to come back into the Re Republican publican fold with none the less hon honorable honorable rable motives than they possessed posses ed be before fore that of either ruling or ruining through the fact of their holding the balance of at power They have a small coterie of f coadjutors in the Senate composed of the notorious political fakers takers LaFollette and Cummins and a afew afew afew few others who like their House con confreres contreres confreres freres are determined to control the Republican administration or to defeat It But those insurgents cannot get beck back They may vote at times with the Republican party but it never can trust them any more than the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic party can The cord of confidence confidence dence is completely severed no matter what may be the effort at patching and no new confidences have been established es established established An incident related of Utah pioneer history gives a homely yet apt illustration of off the existing conditions An early eady settler becoming angered at not getting his way left his state for a time during which period he made about all nIl the gross accusations he could conjure up against his people In a afew afew afew few months he became conscience stricken returned to his state and begged the forgiveness of a prominent statesman The grim old pioneer hit tho the nail squarely on the head in his re reply reply reply ply Brother I forgive you but when are ore you going to do it again The same question regarding the insurgents Insurgents insurgents gents is in the minds of the thinking people of this nation |