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Show HOLD THE AtSoNU OP MM Open Warning Issued to Insurgent Repub licans Has Not Visibly Disturbed Them-Senate Them-Senate Committee Reverses Itself Washington, Jan. 10 It was 6ald In the house tod.iy that Representative Representa-tive Dwight, Republican whip, had taken the names of insurgent congressmen con-gressmen off the list of representatives representa-tives to whom he regularly sends notices .demanding their attendance at times of division. While the army appropriation bill still engaged the attention of tho house when that body convened today, members manifested far greater Interest In-terest In the Plnchot-Ballinger situation situa-tion and the statement issued yesterday yester-day by the Republican congressional committee, openly warning Insurgent congressmen that they could expect no help from the administration when then csme up for re-election. The Insurgents were not visibly agitated agi-tated by the action ef the campaign committee when they appeared at the capitol today. Several of thom have already observed tho shadow of coming com-ing exents In their districts and have expected that the organization would fight tooth and nail to prevent their renoiul nation and even their re-election !n event of their nomination. The power of the party caucus will be Invoked In the house lu the effort to suppress the revolt of the Insurgents Insur-gents rh a body differ from the majority ma-jority cf the caucus shall determine the party courBO. The senate committee on public lands today reconvened and amended its resolution providing for the Bal-linger-Pinchot Investigation po as to leavo to the house the method" of se-i se-i lectlng its memberBhip of the committee, com-mittee, I The senate adopted the resolution as reported by the committee, after defeating an amendment proposed by Senator Newlands which would per-i per-i mil "rny official or ex-ofllclaJ," whose ' conduct Is to be considered, to appoar In person or be represented byt coua-sel. coua-sel. Among the significant develop-! develop-! merits -of the-insnrgent situation was I tho return to the insurgent camp of Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, son-in-law cf Senator Lodge, i Mr. Garduer gave out on Interview early in tho session In which he was quoted as faoring a cessation of hostilities. hos-tilities. Today ho 6tatea that he had some time ago urged his Insurgent Insur-gent associates to adopt a conciliatory concilia-tory course, but he was now convinced, convinc-ed, In view of the many recent occurrences, oc-currences, that they will be right in not doing bo. He was now In favor ol a radical program of action. "As there Is to be no truce," he sf id. "I expect to act with the Insurgents In-surgents on all matterB relating to the rules and management of the house. I had hoped things would take a different turn and that there would be no split In the party, but I don't at all blame the house in8iirgont3 for resenting the attacks on them and carrying tho fight back to the source from which it is coming. "I am personully in favor of practically prac-tically everything the President recommended re-commended and shall so vote. Thj other Insurgents will act individually In these matters as each sees fit. It I is unfair to represent the house ln-I ln-I surgents as being opposed to Presi- dent Taft. They are associated for the single purpose of freeing the low-i low-i er house of congress from auto-I auto-I cracy." |