New-York tribune., 1922-11-10
President Expected to
Ask Action on Subsidy;
Leaders Prepared TO
Rush Measure Through
Republicans Will
Control New Body
Reinforced Radical Bloc
May Dictate Program, In
Guiding Rail Legislation


WASHINGTON, Nov. o. Develop
ments in the Congressional and polit-
ical situation, which has been greatly.
complicated and intensified in interest
as the result of the elections Tuesday,
were:
/. President Harding issued for
nal call for an extra session of Con-
gress TO begin November 20. Whiie .
he does not refer TO the merchant
marine bill, the primary purpose Of
the House pass the subsidy measure
prior to the regular session which
convenes December q. -
2. Approximately final figures show.
the Republicans will control the new, /,
or Sixty-eighth, Congress. With two
states still uncertain, they will have
at least fifty-three members out of
ninety-six in the Senate. In ths !,
House they will have 225 out Of 435. j
The Democrats in the House will
have cot, with one Socialist, one
FarmerLaborite and one Indepsnd- !.
ent. This gives the Republicans
majority of seven in the House and
ten in the Senate.
8. So narrow is the margin of con-
troll of Senate and House by the Re-
publicans in the new Congress that is z
is now taken for granted the insur-
gents or radical Republicans, along
with the farm bloc, will held the ball :
ance Of power In both houses. Who
will lead the insurgents or whether
it will be group leadership has not
yet developed.
Wadsworth May Succeed Lodge
4. BY reason of the sweeping
changes in Senate and House there
is aifmanner of speculation as to- the
Republican leadership of the Senate,
on the assumption that Senator
Lodge may not seek it, and the Re-
publican organization of both Senate
and House. Senator Wadsworth's
name Is mentioned for the Senate
leadership.
5. Insurgents and Democrats are OK
pected to make a great drive for
drastic regulation Of railroads and
corporations and In particular the
coal industry. Anti-Newberry forces
Newberry's resignation is fully sx-
pected.
Analysis of the election returns so-
ooJ anu VI tHG lnetnDef~
ship of the new Senate and House
made more clear than ever the com.
manding position which the radical
or insurgent Republican group will
occupy. With both Houses close, they
have only TO stick together to hold the
balance of power.
With powerful group of Repubii-
can insurgents in the Senate, tho fact
Is not to be overlooked that Senator
Underwood, of Alabama, conservative
Democrat, has announced he will not
have the leadership after March 4.
owing to i'll health. The more radical
elements on the Democratic side, III
selecting new leader, will attempt to
choose a man much less conservative
than Senator Underwood. The result
of the elections, moreover, Is felt here
to have tendency TO drive the Senate
Democrats away from conservatiyism
in many particulars.
VIII Urge Rail Regulation
The big drive of the insurgent Re-
publicans in the Senate, helped on by
most Of the Democrats, for railroad
and industrial legislation of radical
nature is expected TO be aided by the
farm bloc.
The outstanding thing on which ths
insurgent Republicans and farm bloc
leaders have set their minds Is to over
haul the transportation act 30 ~ to
change the present method Of rate
making which allows the railroads by
groups or as a whole reasonable net
income. The contention Of the irs
surgents and the farm bloc Is thss the
present law changed the old law ~ 70
the basis OF rate making and has
greatly increased rates. A drive will
he made in Senate and House to re-
peal the rate making provisions Of ths
Esch -Cummins law and go back TO the
old law OF pre-war days in rate-making,
This law contemplated no valuation OF
the roads as q whole or by groups.
Restoration of the powers Of the state
railroad commissions will also be
sought.
In general, the insurgent and radical
and farm bloc movement will devote
it's attention to strict government
regulation Of railroads and CORPORA.
tions, including the coal industry. and
to the legislation usually described as
progressive. If opportunity offers TO
cut tariff rates or to increase taxes on
wealth while lowering taxes on ethe1
sources Of revenue the insurgents snd
radicals will seize 1t.
The insurgents and radical elements
iH tHc kAUusS WiiI uUuusic6S SurS9FIBE4
closely with the same elements III the
Senate. Owing to the latitude Of tia
rules, however, the insurgent elements
in the Senate will WELD tho great
power.
Public Ownership Unlikely
In theory, number of ths int
surgsnts are for government owner,
ship but II Is doubtful If the new
Congress will &c 10 the point OF govern.
ment ownership of coal mines snl
certainly not of railroads. A powerful
movements FOR government ownership oil
the coal mines may be looked for.
While there are some clashinE per.
sonalities among the Senate insurgen.
Republicans, on certain matters of legs
islation, the insurgents will almost is.,
eyitabiy sote one way. Whether shs
insurgent Republicans Of the senats
will have any real leader Is doubtful.
The aggressive and radical Ia FoIiests
has been mentioned bus he Is not j
good team worker. Others in the Ia,
surgert group will be Senator's HoraA
cappcr, Ladd, Norbeck, Norris, Brook,
t.n n.& ~ n a.