The New York herald., 1922-05-05

attempted stripping of the navy and
army, the rejection of the sales tax
and other legislative acts, have in
stanced the lack of respect of the
House leaders for the views of the
President regarding the necessities of
the Government.
The outside leaders also are con-
vinced that a number of Republican
Senators should be retired 10 private
life for reasons similar to those thar
exist in the House. 1t is apparent
from the views of these leaders that
the retirement OF Mr.. McCumber (N
d., Mr.. France (Md.) and Mr.. La
Toilette (Wis.) (all candidates for re-
election) would contribute to a greater
degree of stability than now exists in
that body.
Favor n "Housecleaning."
With continued control of the upper
house assured, the outside Republican
leaders believe a good housecleaning"
would benefit the party and conduce
to more satisfactory teamwork be-
tween the Presidential leader of the
party and a few Senator's and Repre-
sentatives whose only thought is to
promote their own individual fortunes
at its expense.
The Indiana result is therefore hailed
by the outside leaders as something
approaching blessing in disguise.
They believe it will convince Senators
and Representatives who have been
pursuing an independent, everybody
inns hot l,a l.
liable asset they can present in the
coming elections is the record of the
Administration.
The mental ferment provoked by the
Indiana decision extended to some de-
gree to the militant members of the
agricultural bloc" which on more than
one occasion has ignored the policies
of the party and manipulated class
legislation to the advantage of them
selves and their constituents The
declaration Of Mr. Beveridge that he
would not cooperate with any bloc in
Congress" somewhat alarmed the pro-
moters of that hitherto successful en-
terprise.
The fact that Mr.. Beveridge received
most of his support from the agricul-
tural and rural sections of Indiana,
while the industrial centers generally
favored Mr.. New, carried lesson that
could be ignored.
The conflict of opinions as to the
causes that contributed to the victory
OF Mr.. Beveridge over Mr.. New came
in for a large share Of attention in
both houses to-day. 1t was injected
into a discussion Of the tariff in the
Senate. The schedule relating to glue
had been reached. Senator King
tDem., Utah) made some of his Re.
publican colleagues sit up by declaring
that the Republican party would need
lot of glue to hold on to popular re.
spect.
Unfortunately" he said. "the In
diana Republicans were not glued
sufficiently to the reactionaries of the
party and voted for Mr.. Beveridge."
Senator Oddie (Rep., Nev.) retorte1
that the returns from the primaries az
the two parties showed that most of
the voters Of Indiana were Repub-
licans. Senator King replied that the
contest in the Democratic party was
of negligible Importance and did not
bring out the Democratic vote.
Declaring himself for the League o.
Nations. Senator King expressed the
personal belief that the Democratic
candidates would take up tie ST.
preme issues of the hour and in
cluded among them the Newberrv
case, the unsatisfactory tax program
of the Administration and "the infa-
nous McCumber- -Fordney tariff b..
which is now under consideration"