The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-12
By GEORGE R. HOLMES International News Service Staff


 Washington June 12-Picture sena-- tor William E. Borat. the untamed irreconcilable, the "bad boy' in for eign relations. the man who openly and insiStent1y advoiates recognition of Soviet Russia-picture him as chairman of the august and d1gnified tions, a post now filled by Henry Ca bot Lodge of Massachusetts.
 Picture thati
 And then. if vour imagination is still hitting all six, picture Sena- tor Robert M La Toilette. another untamed insurgent, the aITant foe of railroad domination the friend of labor, and the enemy of trusts and Big Business picture Bob La Fol 1ette chairman of the all-powerful Senate Committee on Finance, where but short time ago Bois Penrose held undiSputed sway.
 Picture all that .And then you'll have an idea of two objects dart that are causing the 'regulars" in Wash ington considerable uneasiness these
 Both those pictures are distinct possibiIities-so distinct, in fact, that there has already been an un- rooms and Hobbies of the Capitol as to what ought Do be done should Lodge go down to defeat in Massa- chusetts and McCumber. present be licked in North Dakota in the primaries and elections that are steadily approachine.
 Borah Ranking Member
 Committee chairmansl1ips usually go by seniority. And should Lodge fail to return from Massachusetts this year for the first time in thirty years. Borah would be the ranking member of the committee and the logical candidate for chairman. Sini lar1v. should the Nonpartisan League tfng'' Porter J. McCumber this year Bob" La Toilette stands next in the line of success8on-for La Toilette is coming back. Washington generally comedies that. desiDdte the opposition to him in Wisconsin this year.
 Committee chairmanships are po- sitions of great power. Particularly is that true of the Committees on Finance and Foreign Relations.
 It is the Foreign Relations Commit tee that determines to a great ex- ent the Senate's ratification and endorsement of any Administration Foreign policy. It was the Foreign Relations Committee. guided by Lodge, that defeated the League of Nations during the Wilson admins
 It is the Finance Committee that speaks with a loud and commanding voice in matters of taxation and hibitions placed on the Senate's originating taxation and revenue measures.
 piloting a tariff bill through the Sen ate, or writing taxation bill, is one not particularly pleasing to the eyes of the ''rexbars."
 Both Lodge and McCumber face the stfffest kind of fights to return to Washington this year. They will successful there will have to face the Democrats in November.
 Samuel w. Mccall. three times Governor of Massachusetts and long
 Do in Washington a few days ago. While here he informed friends that he wculd oppose Senator Lodge in the primaries. There is a political feud of Iong standing between Mccall and
 If is even said by some of McCaTs friends that if he is beaten by Lodge in the primaries he will run as an indeDendent. Such an event would make Lodges defeat certain. accord ing to the political wiseacres of the win the Senate seat himself he would spEt the Republican vote so badly as fo allow a Democrat to romD in.
 The Massachusetts, primary is not Democratia candidate is Sherman L. WbinpIe. . nationally known lawyer.
 Mc5sumber in North Dakota, is in even a more precarfous position, ac- cording to reports Altering into Washington, Lynn J. Frazier, former Nonnartis I4eacue Governor, is out for the Republican nomfnatlon, with 1,cvverf,,I support from the nonpar- tfsan forces augmented by part of inc old Gronna following. There are two regular candidates against McCumbar-Ormsby MacHarg and former Representative P. P. Norton.
 Primaries June 2S.
 The primary is on June 2s. Chained to Washington by ms poSltion as Chairman Of the Finance Committee and its incumbent duties of pilotinS 4be tariff and bonus bills through tbs Senate. McCumber has been una shIe fo return home and give battle to his political enemies.
 Before his vision as before that of hot of other candidates this year,