Evening star., 1922-11-14
LODGE HAS NO IDEA
OF BEING UNHORSED
Senator Will Not Surrender
Leadership to a Younger
Man.
BACKS SENIORITY RULE
Sees Worse Evil Than Any Exist
ing Now in Effort to
Change Things.
BACKS SENIORITY RULE
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NAHANT. Mass, November H.
Senator Lodge has no idea of beins
unhersed as chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations and the
leadership of the Senate, to make
way for younger man. Senator
Lodge. who is convalescing at his
Nahant home after a severe attack
of laryngitis and bronchitis. con-
tracted while campaigning for re-
election three weeks ago, made it
very plain today that he has no
intention of relinquishing his lead
ership or the Craftsmanship of the
foreign relations committee.
Mr.. Lodge is a bit disturbed over
the published correspondence by SEN
ator Mccormick on the subject of
abolishing the seniority rule. where
by the Senate committee ckaiFmen are
selected. The senior senator from
Massachusetts fails to see any re-
Senator McCormick's letter to him on
the matter published. To Senator Nc
Cormick's suggestion that Senate
committee corresponding to the House
steering committee be selected to
work; work The the latter at , to carry out the
representative Of the republican mem
bership. Senator odge stated that
the Senate already has such a
committee. and has had a similar COM
mittee ever since he has been a men,
Der Of that body.
Stands BY Seniority Rule.
He is not in favor of any change of
the seniority rule. and feels that
Senator McCormick's plan would only
substitute worse evil for the pres
ent one.
Under McCormick's plan there would
be lot Of pulling and hauling and
bartering of votes. Senator Lodge
fears, and he doubts II it would he
any improvement on the time -honored
custom of promoting trained and well
informed men.
He refuses to be disturbed OF
alarmed over the present newspaper
attempt ito reorganize the Senate" he
stated, adding that inasmuch as the
new Congress will not meet until a
year from next December, unless called
together in extraordinary session by
the President. there is ample time for
republicans to talk things over and
Washington.
FOlnt0 10 nece0t right.
The idea that Senator Lodge, be-
cause now in his seventy-third year
has lost his usefulness as a leader in
the Senate is ridiculed by his init
mates in Massachusetts. The SEN
ator points to the greatest fight OF
his life. which came after he had
passed his sixty-ninth year, and that
he emerged from it in better shape
than some Of his antagonists, who
were younger. His tasks Of leader
ship will be simplified in the Sixty
eighth Congress-, because the repub-
lfcan majority will be SO slender In
the Senate that Individual members
Of the party will not be under such
strong temptation to "go OF the res
ervation" when fancy moves them.
The changed personnel In the House
will also aid Senator Lodge, he be-
iieved. During the last two years he
has several times lost his patience
with the republican leadership at the
other end Of the Capitol.
Senator Lodge Is slowly recovering
from the illness which incapacitated
him during the closing weeks Of the
Campaign. Yesterday he was able to
take a short walksabout the grounds
of his Nahant home. and throughout
the day he kept in touch with the
recount of figures from various cities
and towns Of the commonwealth. He
nlans to leave Boston on the Colonial
exnress next Sunday morning. ar
living at Washington that night. and
he Will be in his seat in the Senate
on Monay.