The Washington herald., 1921-02-27
ORDER IN SENATE
BICTASKFA
LODGE EASLEADER
Massachusetts Solon Will
Crack Harsh Whip
After March4.
ny ROBERT HARRY.

ny ROBERT HARRY.
Bad boys In the new Senate will
not got any pie. Plums will go
only to those Of the Republican Sem
atorial family who show their COM
pany manners when important is
sues or policies are at stake. There
is to be none Of the eoddling and
petting which was necessary dur
ing J, the Congress -soon TO end.
There is a substantial difference be-
tween a majority of two and mar
gin of twenty-five.
1t may NOT sound so nice, but it
is practical politics. Republican
Senators are to learn ct the outset
of the new administration that they
must play ball" or suffer wherl
distribution of Federal patronage
begins in earnest. They are, to be
advised that team work and not the
ineffective and ofttimes embarrass-
ing individ1alism must prevail IL
the Harding administration is to do
the things the Republican party
promised the country.
PatfenaEe In, Large.
Warren G. Harding VIII have at
his disposal the greatest volume OF
Federal patronage which ever fell
to a President. It will be greater
than that which fell to Woodrow
Wilson. There are more and bet
ter jobs now than in 1913. Mr..
Harding, a companiable person
preferring friendly relations with
all, nevertheless has had practical
policitics drummed. into him. He
will not testow favors on Senators
who threaten success to his policies
when Senatorial cooperation Is es-
sential
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has
endured many attacks on his leader
ship. He has been criticised by the
public for alleged failure to have
the Senate function more efficiently.
He has incurred resentment of Sem
ators for yielding too much and for
| being too autocratic. 1t Is doubtful.
however, IL any other man in public
life today could have held that Re-
publican majority in line during the
league OF nations tight, and to have
carried his program when he was
| obliged to work on a margin Of two
votes. The Senate stood 40 to ~ and
Truman Newberry was absent for a
considerable time. In the new Sem
ate the Republican leader will have
the much more satisfying alignment
Of So to 81.
Determined on Showdown.
Lodge Is represented by his
friends as being determined to
| show the country that the Senate
can and will function in a thor
oughly businesslike fashion after
| March Ia
! achieve that result without dis
pleasing some Republican Senators
little. When he is absent from the
cloakrooms there will be some un.
dattering references to him. But
with the support of President Hard
ing it Is not doubted. that the en-
bryo boilers will fall into line after
they have pouted little and kicked
their toes against the Senate rules.
They wero the mild reservation
lists in the treaty fight. They are
not the dominant personalities
| now.
Examples of ineffective leader
ship under such conditions as now
prevail in the Senate have been nu-
merous OF late, when various Sem
ators we're fighting to slip pet
eicS tHrouSn the legislative
Jam. Yesterday the absence Of a
smooth program was especially no.
ticeable. The army appropriation
Dill was entitled to priority. by all
the rules of steering committees,
Senator Wadsworth.- chairman OF
the Military Affairs Committee, AL
though somewhat pessimistic as to
nnal action on the bill before March
:, nevertheless sought to have the
senate consider the measure. Sem
ator Sterling, of North Dakota, tried
TO sidetrack the army bill for tn.
House resolution repeating some Of
the war legislation. An idle arRu-
ment followed. A little later Sen
ator Penrose, of Pennsylvania. tried
10 call up the conference report ON
the Fordney tariff bill. There wa,
Quorum call and a pointless dis
cussion, and then that was droppad
Ih4 whole proceedings had accom-
piished nothing but a waste of time,
NO well-regulated Senate would
Tolerate such conditions. A pro-
gram would be outlined in. advance
ana adhered to. 1t will be the
| lodge policy to have such order in
the new Senate.