The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-02
SENATORIAL
 B00KMAKERS
 ARE NOV BUSY

training is not confined alone to baseball. It exists also in that other great national pastime-poli- tics.
 ] The Spring crop of Senatorial re- cruits this year is especially prom ising. It is made all the more so because sprinkled here and there through the ranks of the aspirants are some battle-scarred veterans, attempting that most difficult of all tasks in baseball or in politics comeback.
 By no stretch of imagination could 1 William Jennings Bryan be termed political "rookie." Yet he may be- come a pronounced Senatorial re- cruit by trying for the Senate this year after having tried unsuccess- fully three times to be President of the United States. The Commoner wants to succeed Park Trammell from Florida. Senator Trammell | | POLITICAL BOOkMAkERS BUSY
 The political bookmakers of the capital-7and they even outnumber the racing bookmakers-are engaged these languid Spring days in some interesting speculation regarding the possible makeup of the next Senate From present appearances it is going to be changed materially, and if even third of the new blood gets in that is assiduously engaged in trying to get in it promises to be livelier Senator in the Sixty-eighth Congress. There are many Republicans, as well as Democrats, in Washington who would like to see William J. Bryan enter the United States Sen ate. They are the ones who mourn the passing of the good old days" when the Senate was composed of leaders and orators instead of re- tired lawyers and bored business men.
 One prominent political parsonage described the Senate the other day as "an exclusive and wealthy club, where tired and retired lawyers and business men go when they get fed up with the hustle and hustle of making money"
 Even the Republicans concede that w. J. B. would liven things up considerably. He would at least draw galleries, which is more than can be said for many Senators in these days, outside of Borah, of Idaho.
 SMITH MAY RUN
 Another Senatorial possibility is Al Smith, of New York, former Gov ernor, and rated by political friends and foes alike as one of the best two-legged, two-fisted debaters that ever stepped on a legislative floor. Smith is now in business life, but his political friends in the capital assert that he can be drawn back into politics.
 Tammany Democrats in Washing ton say that Smith can have the Democratic nomination if he wants it and that if he takes it he certainly will be elected. Smith ran a million votes ahead of his ticket in 1920, which, considering the Republican i landslide, was an Illuminating in- sight into the former Governors pop ularity in New Yorw State. Smith, too, could be counted upon to jazz" things up in the Senate The former Governor is a hard-hit- ting speaker when on his feet. His forensic forays at Albany, while he was Democratic leader in, the Legis- lature, sometimes penetrated even to Washington.
 The New York primaries are not held until late in the Summer, Sep 1 tember 19. Between now and that J time, according to his friends here, ZAP will decide whether he wants to give up directing his. profitable tuckering business in New York and I join the "wealthiest gentleman's club in the world.' His probable op- pnent in the election will be Senator William L. Calder (Republican) Of Brooklyn, up for renomination and reelection. saH atg GnHb~zt e. BEVERiDGE A CANDIDATE?