Gilpin observer., 1920-03-18
OLD GUARD LEADERS
AGAIN FACE REVOLT
Johnson and Borah Undermining
PenrOse-Hays Organization
Congress Still Inert.

ent that the Republican Old Guard
is threatened with a new Bull
Moose uprising. Senators Borah
and johnson have maneuvered the
Lodge faction out of the advan-
tageous position it held for
months. The little band of party
wreckers are busy undermining
the Hays organization. The Borah-
Johnson coterie is asking, "Who
in the devil is Will H. Hays?"
There are stormy days ahead
for the Penrose-Hays ring. The
Borahs and Johnsons are riding
hard and will run over the Old
Guard, if possible.
The apprehension that Messrs.
Penrose, Watson and others of the
Hays faction felt over the early
speaking tours of Mr.. Johnson
seems to have been we'll grounded.
The Republican "irreconcilables"
have collected the discordant ell
ements of their party and the op-
ponents of the treaty and are MAX
ing a showing.
Most of the woes of the Repub-
lican organization at this moment
can be traced to the Stacking" of
the Senate Foreign Relations COM
mittee against the peace treaty.
Democratic members of the
house of representatives COM
menced several weeks ago to call
attention to the sorry record of
the present congress, which is
controlled by a little group Of Re-
publicans under the leadership of
Senator Penrose. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Penrose and Chairman
Will H. Hays of the Republican
National committee have given or
ders to their lieutenants in the
two houses that congress must ad-
journ early in June.
The Republican leaders of the
house have talked great deal
for home consumption. They have
taken great pains to get their
boasts and brags into the news
papers.
Representative Tom Connally of
Texas, in a speech in the house,
defined the attitude of the Repub-
licans. He was advising Repres-
entative Graham, Republican, of
Illinois, chairman of the special
committee on expenditures in the
War Department, to quit criticiz-
ing and offer something construc-
tive.
There had been clamoring be-
cause it was said that the War
Department had on hand great
masses of all kinds of material
which ought to be disposed of and
turned back into the useful lines
of commerce, said Mr.. Connally.
after resolutions have been
adopted and the Secretary of War
notified that such articles must be
disposed of, the gentleman (Rep-
resentative Graham) comes back
into the house and makes COM
plant here because the Secretary
of War has on hand so few of the
very articles which he and his
committee have been declaring
should have been disposed Of"
said Mr.. Connally. ."They have
been denouncing the Secretary OF
War for his neglect in not selling
supplies and now condemn him
for having too little"
The Republican senate has
ceased to function as delibera'
tive body because of the aspira'
tions of it's leaders to win the
| presidency. Here is the list OF
these Republican aspirants: Sen
ators Harding of Ohio, Johnson OF
California, Lenroot of Wisconsin
Poindexter of Washington, Boraf
of Idaho, Lodge of Massachusetts,
Knox of Pennsylvania, Sutherland
of West Virginia, Watson of In
diana, La Toilette of Wisconsin
and Sherman of Illinois. Severa
of these are only dark horses
of course, but each seems to ex
pect a call if deadlock shoult
come in the Chicago convention
Hiram Johnson, who is PRO
pressive" in the West and conser
vative in the North and the East
is causing the Old Guard leaders
worry and serious concern. The!
fear his influence in the Republi
can national convention. Th'
Penrose-Hays group see DANCE
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