The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-24
THE BRIDGEPORT TIMES

the Senate in point of service. No
| man is there now who was there
has risen until today he is the recog-
nized Republican leader of the Senate.
He is seventy-two years old.
! get him. More Democratic ammu-
milton is to be poured into Massachu-
sets this Fall than in any other To-
cality in the country. The Democrats
all factions of 'em, North, South,
East and West-would like to take his
scalp for exhibition purposes and to
settle a few grudgeS, new and ancient.
Democrats Haven't Forgotten.
The Democrats Shave not forgotten
that it was Lodge who led the Senate
to the spectacular reputation of
woodrow Wilson and the League of
Nations. There were others, some
perhaps more bitter and hostile at
the time, but it is Lodge who will go
down in history as the man who, more
than any other, planned the strategy
of the thing and was the tactical gem
eral during the long fight.
To the Democrats Lodge is the cpl
fight against. He fathered a bill once,
many years ago, aimed at having
| Southern elections conducted under
Federal supervision in order to insure
| the negroes a fair deal The South
! ernerS have never forgotten it; it is
still mentioned in the Senate from
time to time: And his name is ana
| thema to all those Democrats who
/
| want" him, all factions of 'em.
| Whether or not they will get him
| is matter of doubt, but is question
which is agitating most of the polltl-
cal discussion in Washington these
! languid Spring days.
Chance for Democrats.
The Democrats feel they have a
| good chance. They point to the gem
! eral unrest in the industrial world
| because of poor business, unemploy-
| ment, restricted credit and times that
are semi-hard.
They point also to the Irish vote in
| Massachusetts, always a considerable
factor In other years the Irish vote
was against Wilson because of some
| of his policies before this country en-
tered the war. 1t became solidly in
| opposition two years ago because of
| the league. Now the Irish vote is re-
| ported, rightly or wrongly to be against
the Administration and. consequently
against Mr. Lodge, because of his
share in framing the Four Power
So, with labor and the Irish vote
against the stage of Nahant," as he
| likes to be called, the Democrats be
lieve that by pouring a great number
| of national speakers into Massachu-
setts this Fall they can retire Senator
| Lodge and even up a lot of old scores
| At any rate, they are going to try
hard. James NJ. Cox is one of the
| Democrats who is Intending to speak
! his mind concerning Henry Cabot
Lodge in Massachusetts, this Fall.
.
1t is conceded in Washington that
Senator Lodge will have little diff
Guilty in being renominated by the
Bay State machine. The primary is
yet .0ng way off-September 12-
and to date no real opposition has
developed within his own partyI
Bates May Run.
There is talk of Ex-Governor John
l. Bates running, as. also, Joseph
Walker, ut they have not advanced
much further than the speculative
Who the Democrats will put up is
problematical but as this early date
the contest apparently lies between
sherman l.. Whipple and William A.
| CASTOR Whipp1e is accounted one of
! the shrewdest lawyers in the United
states. CASTOR is a retired bank pres
ident.
That Senator Lodge. despite his
amused tolerance, is not unaware of
the fact that he has a fight on his
hands this year is indicated by the
tact that he hurried straightway to
massachusetts, as soon as the confer
ence treaties were ratified in order
to take a rest and look after some
| political fencing"
| Some Democrats are SO confident
mat they are going to get" Lodge
this year that they are already pick
ing jobs for him after his defeat. The
most common report current around
capital tea-tables is that should Mass
achusetts retire Senator Lodge this
year he VIII be sent to London as
american Ambassador to the Court OF
81. James. replacing Colonel George
Harvey. What is going to happen tc
Colonel Harvey the whispers do not
state.
Has Served Longest
Henry Cabot Lodge has seen more
party service than any man in the
Republican party today. not even ex-
eepting Elthu Root or tUnc1e joe
cannon. He served four terms in the
House before coming. to the Senate
in 1893, and before that he was two
years in the Massachusetts, Legisla-
More than forty years in legislative
service. Truly a veteran is Henry
1900, he was permanent Chairman of
the Republican National Convention
at Philadelphia that renominated Nc
He was Chairman of the Commit
tee on Resolutions and framed the
Repul1can platform in 1904, when
R Bees was nominated. Again in
ISes he was permanent chairman at
the chicago convention, at which Taft
was nominated
Senator Lodges autobiography is
Roosevelt bo1ted at Chicago: but again
IN 1916, he was permanent chairman
At Ine great peace convention. and
ne occupied the same coveted position
IN l92O, when Harding was selected
a man i'm swadding clothes, political
~ speaking, so far as Henry Cabot
1OdSel IS concerned.
There was an occasion in tha-
hectic 1915 convention when Henry
CABOT Lodge almost became the com
promise candidate for the Presidents,
roosevelt, sitting at Oyster Bay. witt
the Wn1p-hand, sent word that Lodg.
was acceptable to him as a com
. promise man. 1t failed to go over
But that is another story
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