Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-03

Washington, July 2.-Somt
friends in the senate are facec
tion and re e-election next year
to throw the entire weight Of
ence in the direction of saving
1t 90 happens that nearly all Of th'
presidents golf cabinet must go t'
the people" next year and it also nap
pens that there is talk of exceedingly
Aiff opposition to some of the men
bers of the presidential "inner circle
Mr.. Harding possesses the trait OF 10y
atty to his friends to degree unusua
in the politician, and if by successive
acts Of presidential favor he can turr
the tide of political fortune in the way
of continuing his intimate associates
in the upper branch of congress he will
give that favor in unlimited quantity.
All His Piayfellows.
The list of senior statesmen whose
terms expire next year includes Sena-
tors Joe Frelinghuysen of New Jersey.
Freddy Hale of Maine, Frank B. kel-
loRg Of Minnesota, Philander Knox OF
Pennsylvania and Harry New OF In
diana.
This list is virtually the entire list
of the presidents senatorial plaJfel-
lows. They are his golfing partners
and opponentss they ssit-~with HIM at
the white House in the evening when
4, Il il too dark for golf. and when week
end trips are on the presidential mind
the suest list is sure to include most,
IL not all, of these intimates. Sen
ator New does not play golf but is
White House guest as often as the
others.
Over the Fourth of July holiday
President Harding is visiting Senator
Frelinghuysen. Last winter he was
the guest of Senator Frelinghuysen On
the houseboat Victoria for cruise on
the shoals and shadows of Indian river
IN Florida. There has been loud talk
Of strong opposition to Senator Ere
linEhuysen next year.
He Defeated Murphy.
At his first nomination Senator
"Joe" defeated the late Franklin Muir
phy by a narrow margin of some loOO
votes and most of the members OF the
old Murphy machine have never for
gotten the fact. -,
1t is generally believed that with
President Harding's outspoken support
Senator Frelinghuysen may be rcturn-
ed. The president has gone to Kari
tan. N. J., therefore, for the double
purpose Of enjoying the famed Freilng-
huysen hospitality and to show the
people Of the Mosquito state that Sen
ator "Joe" stands second to none IN
fhe much sought favor Of the White
House.
Another member of the Frelinghry-
sen-Hardinx Fourth of July party is
Senator Freddy Hale. So far as Wash
in9ton knows, Senator Hale is not
threatened at this time with serious
opposition. If he should be threat
eued. there is no doubt that President |
Harding would gladly spend a week
end in the cool and bracing atmos- |
!, here of the Maine coast. As matters
.and even at present. it is very appar-
eut to his constituents in the old Pine
Tree state that Senator Hale shares
the presidential confidence and favor
to a marked degree.
Harding Visited Knox.
A few weeks ago, it will be recalled,
President Harding spent a weekend
at Valley Forge, the country home of
Senator Knox. At that time there was
talk that the Ware and Sproul sections
Of the Republican party in Pennsylva-
mia might have q candidate for sena-
tor next year. This talk is all but
ended now. Before going to Valley
Forge the president is said to have
had a heart to heart talk with Cover
nor Sproul and to have told him just
how much he needed Philander G..
Knox in the senate. As matter of
fact. Mr.. Harding leans very heavily
nn,nn the iuniOr senator from Pennsyl-
vania and seems to trust his judgment
above that of most of his close ad-
visers. u@
Senator Harry New of Indiana faces
The absolute certainty of stiff opposi-
kon in the resolution primary next
rear and is Just as certain to have the ,
support Of President Harding in his
How deeply the president
AN 70 into the tangled Indiana situa
ion without danger of disrupting the
,arty remains to be seen.
Beveridae on Hastings. Il
Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge
llready is on the hustings in Indiana !
ind reports have come to Washington
hat he is making headway which, If
lot checked, will spell defeat for Sen e
tor New.
Former Senator Beveridge is lectur-
nc on the Chautauqua circuit and is ;,
putting his ability as an orator to good :
Use.
Senator New could have had q high .
llace in the Harding administration !,
.ts he has chosen to remain in the y
enate and to seek reelection next d
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