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Show ilfl-'ISUIEENI" I HOT IS BITTER " I is to the Knife- Between Ad-Jiinislration Ad-Jiinislration Forces and Those Who Do Not Agree. IpVTKON'AGE IX STOKE ? FOR REBELLIOUS OUTS Lin Breaks Suddenly and ne Can Tell What Ultimate f Result Will Be. ! L.sHlSGTON. .Tan. 4. War without SarwlH ,,c 'acd between tho Taft Sslsimtlon and such republican "ln-Tnls" "ln-Tnls" eoSrc"s ;IS arc PPosl? ic!,o oppose in the future, the Tuft TLillrc programme. The battle Is not 5k those tariff insurgents who quietly Sttd their blHtles alter defeat, but S'tboic u-ho have nursed disappoint---S ad arc whetting their knives pub- 'Sfl? . .(,.!,-, 1 1,-m of oontlmiCll COI1- 7 la aiinw"'" lS fs. Mlllc broke suddenly today. At ' wit this a single shot; then a seat-iji seat-iji j jirinr; swiftly the thins: spread, Mi g anight it has taken on the aspects S scncral engagement, the wiisu- wits of which cannot he foretold. ?! 5 Will Be Ignored. rtb substance of it is that semilog SM-crcimon who havo taken a, sUind i t the present administration and 't 57onUniie to align themselves with ;j nwitlon to the presidents policies til r. to 'receive no consideration in mailers 9 'lwkicIs such as that made by Sen-I Sen-I ? Cummins at a recent dinner In Ijc-s iJJi by Senator Rrlstow In previous i, nntl-Taft articles In Senator EtTrfictte's magazine, and a recent ln-Erfw ln-Erfw hy Fnator Clapp on the price of E&tuiT: are said to nave stirred the cgiitnt to action, h has been reported further that some teiWican Insurgents in the house have Ejd to obtain the appointment of men Rorfcs openly out of harmony with fcrfrft regime. . Hi Tuft s closest mends advised him fct It frouM h impolitic for him to give rt of war to those who. they warned fc mleht even co-operate with the fecrtts iti congress n gainst the Taft kpatlve programme and in the country Urge bv creatine antl-Ta.fl sentimont ftlnnce of the 1912 convention. J Taft Take:; Advico. ft h slated without reserve tonight 'Mtt thi president has listened to such tjKrrt ami has decided to follow it. In yflftfil by the position taken by certain Wk'.m or the administration, tho battle Wt tm vrlih the tariff insurgents. It mu pointed out tonight that Scnutors iBfern, Brown, Rurkclt and Rorah. all ipiljia vowil against the Paync-Aldrlch Mr bUl. appear to be persona grata at .meililtc hous, land office and Internal Jtctc biircuu, -where federal "pie" is jKi polltlrlAii who would discuss the iSNIlin 3i all tonight dared hazard an K?n a to tlit- political outcome of mkintel Some insisted (hat It would Vkh bitter opposition Jo President while others declared thnt tho ef-iR.Tould ef-iR.Tould be to make all Republicans Sf?P for or against tho president and pA 6ul" those who havo carefully 5w a neutrol position. Mi "Lid" Conies Off. 3Lk?rcentailvft Miner of the Eighth rjpEKota district, was tho man chiefly Mpmenod In "blowing the lid off" of 5 rilluailon today. Ilo did it by a statc- to the effect lhai Postmaster CJen-4 CJen-4 5 Illtclicock had informed him yester- tht his recornmondatlon3 for prcsl-ji prcsl-ji tiil pohtmastei-ahips were being held 3 ihauje of his Insurgent activities In fl' tw no quoted the postmaster tenlas saying in substance: wt .A' great deal of pressure is being 'J! R2;tt to bear upon me. to withhold a Wllfi Insurcent Itepiddlcan congrcss-patronage congrcss-patronage In their districts. I ii to do this, and the mailer Is lor consideration." Illler s.ald he told the postmaster he Intended to carry the thing loor of tho house: but that. Mr. :k urged him to defer any such mtil the subject could ho further ed. Whereupon Mr. Miller agreed t full developments before prc-S prc-S au open tight. Scolded for Telling, nas the congressman's statement known, the postmaster general lm up on the telephone and took tail: for not regarding tho con-n con-n as conndcntlal. to whlclj Mr. cplitd that he hail not no under-arid under-arid felt that he had viola led no fentatlvo Miller said tonight that "if mnro ago he complied with a from the poslofflec department to his recommendations upon s-ov-UnastrrahlpK in Minnesota, waiting several weeks, lm called lpartmjnt. he eays, but could set 'factory Information ami waa for Umc- uufible to sen the por.tmaaier He siiccdnlei In gaining nn 6 y8tcrday afternoon, and it was (nversaton ncconllng In Mr. laat Mr. Ilitcheock informed him lMenl-e of a situation that had I 'nipwslble for him to act as yet ls commendations. Was Almost Public '''Her lrifilEts that he had no Men e interview was to bi considered thcro were three other callers f ."Itchcock's office at tho time Wt have heard the conversation, taiive Humphrey of Washington viw l'10 'Itrce present . and one or "ic others were cimgressmcn. T5o-j!ln? T5o-j!ln? tho mat I or publh- h had wjlth .Senator Clapp. tor hip ov.-n 'Wan Insiirgiiu Jlc did nol de-L de-L f,ad- to precipitate any final J he had merely repeated ro-Yhcoiisldered ro-Yhcoiisldered wore official "afr Of.'nfral IMtchcock wa-5 'a uic subject tonight and no othor rtprcrentlnp; tlc administration ! '' word about it. (l, VIrc of '1h- altitude of the Ws '"ward insurgent members jwuo wus Wined at In dlHch.suios 28 furieniiy reported that "iv-'"'publlciii "iv-'"'publlciii members of con-'Unrt'v10 con-'Unrt'v10 l. :c'.tK hand of the lS to -' imo,J'ti lets. The plan, accord -ISfcat, , 'BUd'nioni of one of tho In-?rjMctiiT. In-?rjMctiiT. . :0. lK 931,1 'o be markcu T'iianftJ 1? Ktlmulnie opposition to re- 31,1 J!8ht Hcouragc Rivals. ' Jki itt,pr'.'!.bl'r:i" "HPlrants for their MNum J, b- ""couraged. and. If tho Mfrthc rfJJ?f ,,n',ce,nrul at tho pri-$Mt pri-$Mt W:iF' t0 b carr,ed lo lne SK&pSrv'rt! ,0,,u t,aL ln Congress-a Congress-a d,i r ct m AVlKconsiii al- fwgfahVff',cft''lnte waa In the field, rrwtvaiiui?'lcV Tige Bums of money Jl by h J0r ,l,H' Purpose. It la ht 50 w," tell this story, and Jiwniaii f. 'PC'xled. In the dletrlct jB2kaear ,Vl,,,rt',"?t,utvo Xorrls oi 'EmwCiil Ull,llllean opposition has "cprcaciitative Noiria said he etluuvd',,,, Pane Two. TA FT-" INSUR G ENT" FIGHT IS BITTER Continued from Page One. well knew the light was on ugalnst him at home. Inquiries among other congressmen generally classed as insurgents failed lo disclose nny apparent nctlvc antagonism lo them on the part of nny one connected with .the .administration. Representatives Representa-tives Murdock nnd Madison of Kansas had not suffered from "suspended animation." anima-tion." ln their patronage recommendations. recommenda-tions. Is Ready for Fight. Whon Mr. Madison was informed tltat the fight apparently had been started, he said .- "Good. I am glad or It. Nothing suits me better than a good, square fight." Congressman Hayes of California, who presided over tho only meeting of tho house insurgents held this year, declared "ho was ln the flglit to stay." "If no one will call a meeting of the Insurgents to mark out a plan of battle, I will do It," he said. "And, If there are others who are backward In this battle, I will go It alone. I nm an Insurgent until It Is over." Spenkof Cannon remarked that If he were to express his own views on. the. subject they would sound "ehestnutty." He denied knowledge of any specific determination de-termination to crush the Insurgents. But ho turned to a copy of the speech he delivered de-livered In Kansas City Dec. . and quoted from It a paragraph as expressive of his opinion of tho course that ought to be pursued against the Insurgents. The paragraph read: "When Lincoln fountl an army marching march-ing on tho national capital from the south and a body of sympathizers ln the north encouraging that army, he said It was difficult to determine which was tho most threatening to the welfare of the nation. History repeats Itself, and when Senators Cummins, LaFollette, Brlstow and their so-called 'progressive' following Join hands with Mr. Bryan In waging war on the Republican members of congress who passed, the tariff bill and upon President Taft, who signed It, In that contest I know of hut one way lo treat them, and that Is to fight them Just as wc fight Mr. Bryan and his followers." |