The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-04
new TESTS FACE
MORE OLD GUARDS
IN HOME STATES
Some Senators "Panicky"
Because Indications
Point to Reversal I
NOT ALL D0WNCAST
Borah, Johnson, LaFollette
and Norris Encouraged by
Turning of Politics
MORE PRIMARIES COMING
June, August and September
to Be RED Letter Months"
in Political Camps
NOT ALL D0WNCAST
MORE PRIMARIES COMING
By A WASHINGTON OBSERVER

By A WASHINGTON OBSERVER.
Some call them the Old Guard,
others refer to them as stand-pat-
ters. The democrats love to de-
scribe them as reactionaries. There
are a large number OF them in pub
lie life, particularly in the congress
OF the United States. For a year or
more, until very recently, they have
been a contented and happy group.
Things were moving their way, at
least that is what most of them
thought.
Then, like a bolt OF lightning out
OF clear sky, something happened
In Indiana, and no sooner had the
shock of that explosion passed than
along came the second bolt from
sky just as clear, and this time the
lightning struck in the most stand
pat of all the states--Pennsylvan ia
Will the lightning strike again.
and. IL so. where and how many
times? Is a question the Old Guard
Is asking these days. The specter
Of 1912 is at large again.
The other day n senator OF ma
tional reputation and who has been
power in republican councils for
years entered the senate at the time
the returns from Pennsylvania
showed that Pinchot. the tree doc
tor" as astute old Boise Penrose
used to call him. was winning In the
Keystone state, just as Beveridge
had ran away from Harry New In
the Hoosier state n week or two be-
fore.
The senator. as the news was told
to him. sought the secluslon OF the
republican cloak room. There he
came upon several oldtimers who,
like himself. were wondering how
1t all happened in a state where 1t
never happened before. As the sto-
ry goes one OF these senators in the
cloak room was George II. Moses OF
New Hampshire, regular of the
regulars, who speaks right out In
school whenever he wants to, and
who always spells regularity with
a capital "R."
Moses wasn't shedding any tears
over Pinchot. Moses was reelected
in 1920, and doesn't have to do any
worrying until 1926. The standpat
senator, who is up for reelection
this year. approached the New
Hampshire senator.
George" said ne, what do you
think OF 1t an?"
Well" Mr.. Moses Is reported 10
have said, ito be perfectly frank. 1t
is not what / would call a very hap
ny omen for us old tories"
Not All Are Downcast.
But not all the senators on the
majority side OF the senate chamber
are unhappy because OF recent
events, Some are very happy In
deed, and they are willing 20 be
quoted 10 that effect. Among them
Is william f.. Borah OF Idaho, who
welcomes the ascendency OF Pin
chot and the defeat of New as a rev.
olutlon that in the end will, he
hopes, bring the republican party
nearer to the people-that Is. nearer
from the Borah point OF view.
Nor Is Hiram johnson downcast,
His view OF 1t is about the same ms
Borah's. johnson is up for re-elec-
tion in November and he Is going
home in a few weeks, and will tell
the voters that he wants them 20 do
just as did their brothers and sisters
In far-away Indiana and Pennsyl-
vania, which IL, "Renominate me
the friend OF Beveridge and Pin
chot." According to preliminary re-
ports that are coming east, Col. d.
T.. Barrows, president OF the Univer-
sity Of California, who wants TO SUI
persede Uncle Hi," has a mans
size Job on his hands, Few in Wash
ington think that T. RS old running
mate is in any serious danger.
And, OF course, there IL Robert NJ
LaFollette, the stormy petrer from
Wisconsin who is fighting the Ford.
ney-McCumber tariff, and George
w. Norris of Nebraska. Fafollette
! like johnson, Is candidate for re-
election. Lafollette is all smile,
these days. Norris is not OF the 1922
class. but he Is happy just the same
Mr.. Norris said:
Its mighty encouraging"
What will the future bring forth
VIII Townsend OF Michigan, Frel
inghuysen OF New Jersey, Poindex'
ter OF Washington, McCumber oi
| North Dakota, meet the fate tina
was Harry News? All OF them arr
facing hard primary fights, and the,
are all OF them face to face with th'
same issues that figured In the In
diana contest, namely. the Newberrl
case and the Fordney- -McCumbel
tariff. The Old Guard insists tha
Newberryism is not an issue. but IL
protests are half-hearted. All neu
trail reports indicate that the seating
Of Newberry Is very much an issue
AS for the tariff bill now pending IL
the senate. 1t overshadows all tn
other issues in the opinion OF th
democrats. IL Is "the big issue.
says Oscar w. Underwood.
The other day Pat Harrison. VIII
loves to annoy his republican breth
rem by bringing to the front when
ever the occasion offers unplcasan
memories. read into the Congres
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