Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
LEADERS IN SENATE
Republicans Must Choose New
Fighting Chieftain.
CUMMINS MAY BE MAN
La Toilette, Penrose, Gallinger May
Seek Distinction.
FINE DEMOCRATIC MATERIAL
Big Men at Hand Ready to Handle
Campaign and Lead in
Debate.
FINE DEMOCRATIC MATERIAL

Who is to be the republican leader in
the Senate In the Sixty-second Con-
gress?
The republicans are awakening to
realization that they are to be short
Of leadership material consequent upon
recent retirements voluntary and
forced-of some of their biggest men.
They will be strong in council. with
Crane. Root. Gallinger. Frye. Cullom
Nelson and others of the old guard
but they will sadly lack a fighting
captain.
Aldrich will be gone. Hale gone. Bur
rows retired by Townsend, Flint gone
Kean gone; Lodge may not be there
Who is to be the Horatius to hold the
bridge?
And by the same token, the demo-
Gratis are to be reinforced in their
strength, with capable leaders at hand
already and more material coming in
with the new Congress. 1t promises
to be a remarkable shifting of political
lines. =
Cummins May Be Chosen Chief.
The republican who Is likely to be in
the front rank of active leadership is
Cummins of Iowa. The sentiment of the
new Senate will be distinctly progressive.
and 1t may fall out that, in recognition OF
that fact and by common consent. Mr..
Cummins will be recognized as a militant
figure.
There is no question of his ability He
won his spurs In this Congress in the
tariff debate. He Is a scholarly man, a
good lawyer. a skilful debater.
None Of the old guard was able to put
one over on Cummins at any stage OF
brute force on the vote many q time, but
they did not get away with him In de-
bate
Mr.. La Toilette will push Mr.. Cummins
hard for leadership. In this laudable en-
desvor he may be handicapped by the
than Nlr. Cummins.
Mr.. Cummins will come nearer, It is
said, to bridging the chasm between the
standpatters and the progressives. He is
more of 2 harmonizer, anyhow.
Mr.. Cummins made masterful stroke
for himself. just before the close of the
campaign, when he went to Clfcago and
pleaded for support o. the entire repub-
lican ticket regardless Of the standpat
or progressive tendencies Of candidates.
He announced his willingness even to
swallow Uncle Joe Cannon In behalf of
republican success, and he must have
made that announcement within lump in
his throat.
Iowa. Col. "Lafe" Young. was responsible
for that move Of Mr.. Cummins Accord
ing to the gossip that drifts in from the
west. ''Lafe' Young. who was identified
with the old guard In Iowa, went to Mr..
Cummins and admonished him that he
must stand up for the whole ticket.
Mr.. Young pointed to his own support
of Prouty. progressive candidate for
Congress in the Des Moines district, and
insisted that the progressives ana the
old guard must alike support the ticket
Be that as 1t may, Mr.. Cunmins ''came
across handsomely. He stands to reap
the reward In the next Congress by being
accorded place among the republican
leaders.
Penrose and Gallinger.
Senator Penrcse of PennsyIvania is a
good fighter-if he would 'stay on the
job He is absolutely ruthless when he
goes into a fray.
He carries a big stick, but he does not
speak softly. He could be relied upon to
ram through, with an iron hand, a po Icy
that might be outlined by the adroit
Crane and the astute Root.
Senator Gallinger ming,es Diplomacy
and firmness. He is a great stickler for
dignity and has a fund Of saroa m r
those vino ruffle him. Senator Gal.inger
has a mighty long head In p litics and
will be away up front in the council
table all the time.
the front. it is predicted. He is quick
on his feet" and II there is a tariff de-
bate he will undc ubtedly take a front
place He was trained by Senator Aldrich
in the last session. and probably knows
more abou the tariff than any younger
Qanat0r
Senator Nelson of Minnesota Is regard
ed as one OF the wise old owls" OF the
Senate, strong in council. but inclined to
let "the boys do the rough and tumble
fighting.
Strong Democratic Timber.
The democrats win be in fine fettle for
membership and leadership. Bailey Of
Texas. Hughes Of Colorado. Bacon Of
Georgia, Gore Of Oklahoma.
Oh, you can count them on the fingers
OF both hands! Good fighters all, and
likely to be flushed with the lust Of
battle and victory.
Some good men are coming to the new
Senate on the democ- attic side. too-Ter-
rell Of Georgia. Swanson from Virginia.
Kern from Indiana.
Edward M. Shepard seems to be the
most likely man from New York. For
mer Senator James Smith. jr., is ex-
pected from New Jersey.
IL q democratic-republican combination
can be made In Massachusetts, to beat
Mr.. Lodge they are taking of the pos
sibility OF d.aping the toga on Richard
Olney. who was Cleveland's Attorney Gen.
eral and Secretary OF State.
That would be a trio Of democratic
conservatives to draw to-Shepar 1, Smith
and Olney-and to throw William j.
Bryan into convulsions. And then. If
Ohio sends q conservative. as Leader