The Washington times., 1922-05-28
TWAS taking lunch yesterday

TWAS taking lunch yesterday
with some members of the
. - House In the lunch room Of
the House Office building.
," That fact alone in itself is not
worth recording, but It isn't every
day that a mere reporter gets the
q chance to break bread with those
d, who sit in the Seats of the Mighty.
: The important thing Is: What do
g these statesmen talk about when
- they are not speaking for home
consumption into the columns Of
the Congressional Record? Do
they take themselves as seriously
while they are eating their chow
as when they are posing for their
constituents?
-. There were five Of US at tho
luncheon, all the guests Of a vet
eran Republican legislator from
the West. OF course, he paid the
ington that when the "outs" and
the '1ns" eat together the 'ins"
pay the bill. 1t is done without
any reference to the fact that the
"ins" can draw from Uncle Sans
pile while the "outs," being cut
off from the pie-counter. may not
have the price. 1t is a delicate
custom rarely honored in the
breach.
What win be the Democratic
majority in the next House?"
asked the host, in the manner of
one who knows that his party de-
serves to be ousted and looks to
see 1t done in November.
NO ONE IS SATISFIED.
~ do you admit that the next
House viii be Democratic?" asked
his Democratic colleague. rather
surprised that the Republican
member regarded the change as a
foregone conclusion.
e. Certainly" was tho reply.
Didn't tell you in 1920 that tho
Republican majority in that year
would be so big it would destroy
us? Well, tell you now that the
+ next House Is just as certain to
90 Democratic as the present
House was preordained to go Re-
publican. Two years ago It didn't
mean that the people had all
turned Republican. 1t only meant,
plus some other things, that they
, wanted q change. And they are
now Just as ready to flop the other
way for another change. The
people do not pass their verdicts
upon the evidence, but on the
preponderance Of wanting to try
something new-anything for a
- change. II is so in private life as
well as in politics- Nobody Is sat-
homo. II they do they build a sleep
ing porch and freeze there in winter.
In summer they live IN their auto
mobiles. There isn't such a thing
any moro as the fireside. II there
were crtckets on the hearth no
body would hear them unless they
chirped in tho automobile or the
sleeping porch or the swimming
pool or tho cabarets"
HAVE TOO BIG A MAJORITY.
He continued; The Republicans
have had too big q majority made
~ up OF disoordant elementa We
can't harmoni1e. The only show
OF II Is when We get scared that
unless we stick to the old tariff
talk We will have nothing at all to
say in defense OF our Administra-
ton"
Tho othcr Republican states-
man agreed with his colleague
that his party had best beware of
- the ides Of November. He was
certain the House would be in
jeopardy. and at the best close for
his party. He was not willing to
oonoede q certain Democratic
victory.
Asked what he thought about
the election in the fall the Oldest
Democratic member, who has been
In Congress for a score of years,
said he felt sure the Democrats
would mako large gains. and he
added:
II hope, however. that we will
not gain enough to give our party
control Of the House. We will
win the Presidency in 1924 unless
we have the misfortune to carry
the House in November"
had had jeremiads Of that kind
from mossy-back Congressman be-
fore, but I was none the less Jared
70 hear a member of the party to
which belong bring so severe an
indictment against his party and
virtually admit that 1t was nos
worthy of victory. said as much
to him with the respectful salutation
ono must always pay to the seri-
Gus views Of a Congressman who