Possible Clues:

• Having less mess
• I had to stand in line -- it's neater
• I tried (anag.)
• More neatly arranged
• Better organised revolutionary holding one childish opponent back
• I had to break up row, becoming more orderly
• I tried somehow to be less messy
• More orderly, I had to get in line
• Making less mess
• Slowing up, about to stop, straightened up?