Show nON DO WOT NO DENY J I PIE fROM INSURGENTS l Jan 6 While While no forma formal formal for for- mal statement was forthcoming at the ma hite hOlS house there was ivas no at- at In administration circles to den deny hat khat Taft Tatt is withholding certain er tain t-ln customary congressional patronage rom those insurgent senators and representatives rep rep- om who adherents of ot the present pres- pres dent ent say a show snow show no disposition to support measures lt President Taft is reported as taking he e attitude that If I an obligation rests pon him to give certain patronage to a representative of ot sf his party pary there Is a reciprocal obligation upon ucon the to support the president Insurgent ave Attitude tB number of ot the so called Insurgents gents gents' w were re out In interviews today say- say ng that the they heartily agreed with wih the jg residents presidents legislative and ani ase asserting as- as e that Instead of ot using the whip hip in n them the president should use it fl on I those hose leaders leders who In the past had op- op I posed the Roosevelt Roose el policy which Sir Mr lr Taft raft is seeking to enact into law union iOn lOn the part of ot the president it was aid that the withholding of pat pat- nage anage does not apply to all aU the insurgents rents gents and ana ad nas absolutely nothing to do dovith hith their fight against Speaker Cannon house rules rles VIctor Rosewater Republican national from Nebraska one o or of tte th he Insurgents states saw President Taft Tatt thi afternoon and in an authorized In Interview In- In said sid J The president said to me that he canted me to help correct reports that ire re being circulated to the effect that e eis is using the patronage cub club to whip called to ranted Insurgents insurgent rg into line lne w The president sa says s s 's that there is a J founded Hell founded el-founded custom that has become come alost al- al ost a a. a rule that In making certain ap- ap ointments such as postmasters the president resIdent should act on recommendation 1 f n members of congress in whose dis- dis the appointments He lie le If I represent- represent td d by a m member of ot the same political Party arty larty This obligation resting on the he lie president however Is reciprocal reels feels IS The Republican a con congressman he de- de de declares e di w y glares clares la I is under a sinaI similar obligation to support legislation recommended by the president io w carry carr out platform pledges whick both carT were elected The president president down recommendation rec rec- rec- rec dent n sa says s 's he lie has not turned e of ot insurgent congressmen to but Impress is r simply them preserving e with 1 their the eo obligations status i fo quo have Many anY insurgents however frankly told the president nt that they would support him in his legislative pro pro- gramme which already has been beer pret pretty declare themselves them them- definitely outlined They be Republicans first and last s selves ves to an they will support measures and say wl framed rame to carry carr out the party platform a Get at t in i Line Lie or r Suffer however however how how- there are still a few Insurgents ev ever r. r ere who ar seem disposed to carry carryon on an absolutely independent attitude and arid who generally against everything that ar are are generl leaders of ot the party are for tor To make they are said tobe to their position stronger willing to ally themselves with the bet be Democrats DemoCrats It I aly Is against these cUed so-cUed called so-called order order or or- that the patronage no-patronage Preside President Pres Pres- der Ser has been issued and so far tar as ide dent ident t ha Taft is concerned it will wi stand until the members see fit to subscribe to th Lh the party's parys pary's legislative Representative Ha Hayes es states that the would contemplated meeting of ot insurgents insurgent not be called caled before next week ri I think the bo boys s 's had hd better beter have a athance chance to cool off of he said So Some e of ot them them- are pretty warm war you know he read the published pub pub- Mr r. r H Hayes es said Id when accounts of what purported the administrations administration's attitude to toward toward to- to tobe ward tobe the insurgents he did not nol believe it t ard He considered the proposition so sui suicidal sui- sui idal from the administration standpoint that it was te incredible Mr Hayes de denied denied de- de nied clad the statement published today in which he was quoted as saying that he could see President Tafts Taft's finish if I he persisted in irs upholding Cannon From a source close to the tho administration Fm tion the declaration came that no hard I and fast determination n reached ache b bAthe president not to recognize the Insurgents in insurgents In- In he in matters of ot patronage The subject is under consideration prot Self protection Is the key to the administrations administration's ad ad- ministrations ministration's ton attitude toward the in In- In from mere personal politics the administration fAlde has conceived some legislative legis legis- policies which it desires to see carried into effect The president an his advisers adviser realize that tat opposition maye may bet e expected to those by some members of ot his own ow party pary in congress and it i is to protect them against what might be considered as a an Uan attack atack from the tho rear that the patronage of ot at least some parts of ot te the country countr is to be subjected subjected subjected sub sub- to a very ery close scrutiny H It I is Insisted this attitude was not suggested sug sug- ested dt as ss a pecans means e of punishment of ot any any- cody body for rS past a opposition o tf Pressure for Appointments Appointment The pressure r for appointments Is as great T i a as usual i a and d I it Is tIle the idea of oil the f Republican leaders that a few of these those members await only a favorable awai opportunity to O attack the tue policies and perhaps per ler- t 1 3 haps the p personnel el of t the administration 1 after ater having obtained the offices In which they are arc ar especially interested and upon which they demand prompt action acton It I is definitely understood stood it is not the purpose of t the president n to I lend aid tofo pc Y g i f and comfort t to those lofe who may use the strength he gives gt cs them In a fight against hi his announced policies I Postmaster General Hitchcock who is generally regarded as the closest political cal adviser of the pr president declined to tomae tomake tomake make mae any statement for publication regarding re regarding regarding re- re garding the question queston He did not deny having a conversation with wih Representative Represent Represent- tive Miller Mier of ot Minnesota one of ot the in insurgents In- In In the course of which he in intimated intimated In- In to him what the administrations administration's administrations administration's tion's tons ton's position was likely to be He lIe wa was I quite quie sure that whatever er determination might be reached by the president re respecting respecting re- re II federal federl patronage would affect not merely the postoffice department but i ial all al branches of the government |