The New York herald., 1922-07-10
Committee of Three Will See
Him To-day in the Hope
Of Quick Relief.
DEMOCRATS BLOCK WORK
Their Attitude Obstructive,
While That of Repuhli-
cans Is Hysterical.
By LOUIS sEIBoLD.

Special Dispatch to THE Nrw Yosk HEsALp.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington. d. c.. July 0.
The Republican Congressional ma
chine has broken down. The Demo-
cratic Congressional machine func-
tons with partisan advantage chiefly
because OF the inefficiency Of the Re-
publican engineers.
The Republican machine Is not func-
Lstioning at all while the Democratic ap-
paratus operates along obstructive and
not constructive lines.
Republican leaders in the Senate,
confronted with many perplexities. but
divided in opinion as to the causes,
have run up signal Of distress.
Under the protection of 1t COM
mittee of Republican Senators will ap-
peal to the White House tomorrow tu
rush a rescue expedition.
The committed headed by Mr.. Lodge,
will present to the President varied
assortment of legislative woes and en-
barrassments to justify their appeal
for immediate aid.
The Senatorial call for help un.
doubtedly will be prefaced by con.
fession from Mr.. Lodge, Mr.. Curtii
and Mr.. Watson that the Legislative
machine has become so gummed and
jammed as to require the skill OF an
expert political mechanic.
The committee. which will take the
party troubles In the Senate to the
White House, was the outcome Of a
conference held at the home Of Mr.
| Lodge Thursday night In anticipation
Of the defeat Of the Republican effort
to extricate the unpopular Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill from a filibuster
organized by the Democratic Senators
and seven or eight Republicans Of In
surgent tendencies.
Bonus the Big Problem.
The effort to rescue the tariff bill
through resorting to cloture was beaten
on Friday and drove the makeshif,
tariff scheme further up into a par.
liamentary cul de sac.
Most of the barbed wire entangle-
ments which hem in the tariff bill
really grow out of other Legislative
ventures, notably the political hys-
teria over the $5,o0o.o00, 900 bonus raid
or, the Treasury and divided sentiment
regarding the merchant marine project
While the tariff measure Is admitted
to be in a precarious position almost
every member Of the Senate recognizes
the bonus to be the chief irritant In
the entire Congressional program. AS
long as the bonus is uppermost In the
minds of Senators and Representatives
| who are more interested In their owr
political prospects than In the welfare
of the country, every other feature OF
the Congressional program will remain
in jeopardy.
In a general sense the situation
which the Lodge committee will de-
scribe to the President tomorrow Il
almost identically the same as tina,
which existed in March. when the
President indulged in a short holiday
| in Florida. Upon his return then he
found the bonus on his doorstep. He
met II with the declaration In a letter
to Mr.. Fordney. it's sponsor in the
House. that he did not look with favor
on any bonus bill unless It was
| financed with sales tax or other
revenue readily available.
The alternative he suggested wal
that the bonus legislation. which I!
generally recognized as political rather
than patriotic, should be postponed
until the finances Of the country arr
elastic enough to stand the stupendou'
strain which 1t would impose in th'
form Of additional taxes.
/, Despite the Presidents warning. thu
bonus bill was shot through the Hous'
under a gag rule and sent to the Sen
ate. 1t has been on the Senate cal
endar for nearly two months. An Of
fort to rush It ahead Of the tariff meas
ure was defeated at the request Of th'
President. Supporters Of the bonus
In the Senate. however. have continued
to insist that 1t must be disposed o
before consideration Is given to an,
other feature on the Administration
program.
Few II any Senators actually be
lieve the President will sign the bill
the bonus Senators insist must b,
passed. Their refusal TO drop II 4
based on the alleged belief that thu
President ultimately will recant an;
approve the measure II II is sent Z,
him. Direct and reasonably convincint
statements of the President to tn,
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