The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-28
Retirement of Aldrich ard
Hale Means New Leader
ship In Senate.
ONE-MAN POWER
WILL BE NO MORE
Group, in Which West VIII Be-
Represented, to Assume
Control.

When Senator Eugene Haze OF Maine
and Senator Nelson W AIdrich u
Rhode Island step suit OF the senate
March 3, next, the commanding infu-
enee Of New England in mat holy VII
be gone.
II is true that a New England man.
Senator William P Frye Of Maine. yin
be the ranking member Of the Senate,
the oldest member. In point Of fe-vfca.
But Senator Frye Is getting far along n
years. and is too Old to take the part of
aggressive leadership.
Senator Culiom OF Illinois vdH be ira
second member Fl point Of ssrvice, an3
Senator GaIlinger Of New EEarnpshirs
VIII be third, with Senator lodge q
Massachusetts fourth Senator Dlifng-
ham or NerIIOnt VIII not be Ear down
the line from Senator Lodge win re-
spect 20 his years Of service. az amouz
the New England Senators rarss next
70 Senator Lodge Then, o. the New
England =roup- comes Senetor Burn
ham Of New Hampshire and Senator
Crane OF Massachusetts,
Must Take Back Se4t.
Looking over these men, who viii
stand foremost among the New Eng
land Senator's vino viii remain after
AIdricb and Hale are gone. Z scarcely
needs to be said that Il is Tar cry
from the days when Senators Aldrich.
Hale. Platr Of Connecticut. ana Allison
OF Iowa ran the Senate, and when three
OF the Feigui1g four were New Eng
land men Il Is likely 70 be a distant
day when there returns 70 New England
the influence on Senate affahs held By
those men
when Aldrich goes is a much mOoted
question Speculation flas pat the mantle
OF leadership on nearly every Senatorial
shouidef: leadership IN the senate does
not z at sOlutely by the score OF length
OF service. For instance. Senator AID
rich is By no means the ranking member
OF the SeLzle. though he Is looked on
as the leader Senators Hale and Gu
/ ION both Outrank him
Back to Group Leadership.
The probabilities are that The Senate
/ viii 10 back 10 the sort Of leadership
that obtained before Senator Aldrich
was so far IN the front. That is, # IS
/ likely to 90 back 70 the group leader
ship. such az obtained in the days when
1 PIa1t. kIdrich. Hale. and Allison were
the reigaiI z coterie-
More OF ieSs talk IS heard that II Sen
ator Lodge IS reelected he VIII be the
/ Senate leader. While it is true that
Senator Lodge viii take most con-
! splcuous part n senate affairs 50 long
/ as he Is IN that body, there rs no hkeli-
! hood Of him being made the Senate
leader He Is lacking IN that element
/ Of personal popularity that has done sc
( much for AidTlCh Is leader. nor : there
/ any other man ia New England VINO 9
/ going 70 be the Senate leader
I Senator Crane IS another who has been
/ mentioned but he has no capacity for
/ taking part IN the reug-a-and-tumbie OF
I fight on the Eoor. and though he IS
/ useful field marshal OF Senator Aldr1ch,
I he could not get Tar when Il came 70
I Ira ~
] potent IN the Senate, bu- he cannot lead
West Looms Up.
The progressive Senators OF the West
VIII have 20 be given consideration n
/ constituting any group leadership :
Is likely that IN the next Congress, after
| Afdrich and Hale 20, It VIII be found
that the plans Of the Republican SIDE o.
the Senate are framed I'D by a small
| circle consisting OF Lodge Crane y ar
| -sr Of r. TomilZ- PelTOSe- MOOT ana
! CI1mnirs curtis OF Kansas VIII be
/ freely consulted. Cunr1ins VIII De tahen
/ into consideration as the man foremost
/ in The ranks Of the prOgreSsiFeSr pro
( viding the regulars Commune % eFllcS
/ the disposition which = % some sN1sllE
/ in evidence now OF irving 70 I've -
( OeacefIf terms with the insuTge Ts5S
| rather than to make war on then
! Plenty Of Yak Is nov going TIE TouIlCs
! bout CEIlLEL Oh AlAA--tAa---e
Senate leader Is succeed Adrich, but
/ leadership by group appears rluen more
proba BILE The leadership or al tBu-Fl4-
uaI in the Senate IS q matter of growth
Senator AIdrich developed into Senate
/ leader ne was not leader because E7e
rest Of the Senators looked niu over
| aud thought ned make q 5000 man %
r,1r things Re developed mo his place
- mover Similarly. If any man be-
comes the real leader o. TIE senate
/ after AfdTiCh Is EOne, he viii nave %
rise 70 his place through sEeer force
Of capacity 70 iea-i-
Must Be a Mixer.
s,rh nan must be not only g mas
Ter If men. 4 handler of men, one who
can nix win them shd can gain their
lfbing am confidence, but he must De
a man who has capacity 70 take care
! OF himself on the noor ana VINO Is &C
! cf,afuted with ali the crooks ana llrliS
I Of parliamentary strategy he need not
/ he = great orator OF = great deEatel'
| Int no leader can get along success
| fully without some capacity IoL ts-h-l' .
care of himself in a running aEnt On
So: Senator AIdrIch Is aGroit IN everything
that relates to partlarn eElLsIy tacst-5- -
| csn sneak forcefuIly i need be Senator
| IaIa IS an extremely able debateT ana
few men IN Congress spsak more tofc1-
fully than he t.. -
| the Senate has not been an unr1lNeo ad-
S-sntsr,s 20 il. While It has enabled View
lEurla-5d 10 get some legislative cOnceS-
Siofg il would not have got otherwise,
1t has Esiped 70 stir UP no SIllali measure
- I,os4ffi+v to New England IN other
sections Of the country
the fact New England IN the changed
order OF things VIII not be 50 much IN
the urneliSht IN the Senate VIII not
1eceSsarffv mean that its interests vii
not be adequately watched over Il IS
eagv TO see that IN the long run, by re7-
go NJ stirring less autaEoniSu. II might
he 70 IT'S advantages to let other sections
/ OF the country take their due share in
the conduct Of things