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Show INSURGENT EIGHT BOESMERRJLY ON Administration Circles Do Not Deny Withholding of Patronage Patron-age Prom Stubborn Ones. T'AFT SAID TO FEEL OBLIGATION IS MUTUAL Will Hand Out Pie Only to Those Who Support. His' Policies. WASHINGTON. Jan. r. While no formal for-mal statement was forthcoming' at the White House today, there was no attempt at-tempt in administration circles to deny that President Taft Is withholding certain cer-tain customary congressional patronage from those "Itisu:gent" senators and representative?, rep-resentative?, who. adherents. of the president pres-ident say, fhow no disposition to support administration measures- President Taft Is reported as taking the attitude that, If nn obligation rests upon him to give certain patronage to a representative of his party, there is a reciprocal obligation upon the representative represen-tative lo support iho, president. Insurgent; Attitude. A number of tho so-called "Insurgents" "Insur-gents" were out In Interviews today saying say-ing -that they heortlry agreed with the president's legislative programme and asserting as-serting that. Instead of using tho "whip" on I hem. the president should use It on those leaders who In th" pn.st hail opposed op-posed the Roosevelt policy which Mr. Taft is seokhifj to enact Into law. On tho part of the president, It was said -today that the withholding of put-ronngo put-ronngo does not apply to all the "insurgents" "insur-gents" .and has absolutely nothing to do with their fight against Speaker Cannon or tho house rules. Victor Rosewaier. Jlepuhllcan national committeeman frorii Nebraska, one of the insurgents states, saw President Taft this afternoon, and in an authorized In-lervicv In-lervicv said: "The president said to me that ho wanted me to help correct reports that aro being circulated io the effect that he Is using the patronage club to whip so-called 'Insurgents' into line. Expresses Taft'n Viows. "The president says that there is well-founded custom that has become almost al-most a rule that, in making certain appointments. ap-pointments. ' such as postmasters, the president should act on recommendation I of members of congress In whose dls-tiicts dls-tiicts the appointments lie. If represented represent-ed bv a mi.-mber of tho same political partv. This obligation resting on the president, ' however, is reciprocal, he feels. "The Republican' congressman, ho declares, de-clares, is under a similar obligation to support legislation ' recommended by the president to carry out platform pledges on which both 'were elected. The president presi-dent savo he has not turned down rac- ommcndatioiiR of Insurgent congressmen, but Is simply .preserving tho status quo to impress them with their obligations. Many "Insurgents," hotvevcr. have franklv told the president that they would 'support him In his legislative programme, pro-gramme, which already has been pretty deflnltelv outlined. Thej declare, themselves them-selves to lie Republicans- first and last, and sav they will support measures framed to carry out the party platform. Got in Line or Sutler. There are still a. fow "Insurgents." however, how-ever, who seem disposed to carry on 11 n absolutely independent attitude and who are generally against everything that loaders of the party r.re tor. lo make their position stronger, they are siild 10 be willing to aliy themselves with the Democrats. It is against tttese so-called "recalcitrants'' that the no-patronage order or-der has been issued and., so for as President Pres-ident Taft Is eoneerneo. It wlli sta-nu until the member. sec nt to subscribe to the iartv's legislative programme. Early Meeting Expected. it is expected tluit the Insurgent Republican Re-publican members or the house will caJI a meeting at an early date to give earnest ear-nest consideration to tho situation arising aris-ing from the announcement that ine administration ad-ministration would no longer countenance "Instirglng" In congrcn? and would viltli-htold viltli-htold patronage from the recalcitrant mMostl'o'r the radical Insurgent icuders on the house side feel that with the elections elec-tions but a. few mouths distant it Is a life :uid death struggle with them and consequently when forced Into tho tray Ihev have no hesitation about carrying tho war to any extent. The effort to defeat Insurgent congressmen by starting start-ing a fight against them In their home districts, as was reported yestorday. Jjad alrcadv begun in several districts of thu west nnd has hit hard and the congressmen congress-men so attacked will probably muko no choice of weapons In defending themselves. them-selves. . . it was expected that some slaiements would be forthcoming today from the administration side as lo its attitude regarding re-garding the insurgents. So far Postmaster Post-master OaneruJ Hitchcock hus remained stlent under the statement emanating from Representative Miller of Minnesota to the effect that Mr- Hitchcock tvas holding up the appointments of postmas- j tcrs recommended by Insurgent Republican Repub-lican members of tho house. Published intimations that this courso was being pursued with reference 10 a number of congressmen from Minnesota and Wisconsin Wis-consin has so far brought no formal denial de-nial from am administration author ty. Representative Hayes stated later that no meeting would be called by him before be-fore next week. "Boys Should Cool Off." "I think thi boys hud belter have a cb.inco to cool off." he said. "Some of them arc pretty warm, you know." Mr. Hayes said when he road the published pub-lished accounts today of what purported to be the administration's fitUtuoe toward to-ward tho insurgent3. he did not bcliovi it. He considered the proposition so suicidal sui-cidal from the administration standpoint, that it was incredible. Mr. Hayes denied de-nied the statement published today in which ho was quoted as saying thai tie "C"Uld sen; President Taft's finish if he persisted in upholding Cannon." From a source clone to the administration administra-tion the declaration came that no hard and fnst determination had been reached b'- tbo president not to recognize the Insurgents In-surgents In matters of patronage. The subject is under consideration. Self-protection is the key to the administration's ad-ministration's attltudo toward the. insurgents. in-surgents. Aside from mere personal politics the administration has conceived some legislative legis-lative policies which It desire? to see carried Into nrfec.t. The president and his advisers realize that opposition may be expected to those nolloies by some members of btr. own pyrty In congress, and it Ir- to protect them against what might be considered a "an attack from the rear" that the patronage of at least some parte of the country Is to be sub-Jeetod sub-Jeetod to a very close scrutiny. It Is Insisted this attitude was not ug-gosted ug-gosted as a means of punishment of any-hody any-hody for past opposition. PrcHSttro for Appointments. The pressure for appointments is ;ia great as usual, and It Is tho idea of ths Republican loaders that a few of these members await only a favorable opportunity oppor-tunity to attack the pollclos and perhaps per-haps the personnel of the administration after having obtained the offices in which Continued on Pago Seven. INSURGENT FIGT GOES MERRILV ON Continued from Page One. they aie especially interested anil upon which ihe3' demand prompt action. 11 Is definitely undci-stood It is not the purpo5e of ihe president lo lend aid and comfort to those who may use the strength lie gives them in a figlit against Ills announced policies. Postmaster General Hitchcock.- who Is generally regarded as ihc closest political politi-cal adviser of the president, declined to make uny statement for publication regarding' re-garding' the question. He did not deny having a conversation with Representative Representa-tive Miller of Minnesota, one of the insurgents, in-surgents, in tin; course of which he in-Unia.led in-Unia.led lo him what the lulmlnislra-1 lulmlnislra-1 tlon's position was likely lo be. ITe was iulie sure that whatever determination might be reached by the president respecting re-specting federal patronage would affect not merely the poloffiee department, but all blanches of elie government. |