The Washington times., 1922-06-18
INSURGENTS IN
SENATE BIDDING
FOR HIGH SEATS
Reversal at Next Election
. Would Put La Toilette In
Penrose's Place.
By GEORGE r.. HOLMES.
international News Service.

BY GEOhOE n. ffOIbMEo.
international News Service.
Picture Senator William E. Bo-
rah, the untamed irreconcilable,
the "bad boy" in foreign rela-
tions, the man who openly and
insistently- advocates recognition
of Soviet Russia-picture him as
chairman of the august and dig
nified Senate Committee on For
eign Relations, a post now filled
by Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts.
Picture that!
La Toilette rs King.
And then, IL your Imagination is
still hitting on all six, picture Sena-
tor Robert M. La Toilette. another
untamed insurgent, the arrant foe OF
railroad domination" the friend of
labor. -and the enemy OF trusts and
Big Business-picture Bob La Fol-
lette as chairman of the all-powerful
Senate Committee on Finance. where
but a short time ago Boies Penrose
held undisputed sway.
Picture all that. And then you'll
have an idea Of two objets dart that
are cauang the regulars" in Wash.
ington considerable uneasiness these
rare June days.
Both those pictures are distinct
possibilities-so distinct, in fact. that
there has already been an undercur.
rent of quiet talk in the cloak rooms
and Hobbies Of the Capitol as to what
ought to be done should Lodge go
down to defeat in Massachusetts and
McCumber. present chairman Of the
Finance Committee, be licked In
North Dakota in the primaries and
elections that are steadily approach
ing.
Borah Ranking Member.
Committee chairmanships usually
go by seniority. And should Lodge
fail to return from Massachusetts
this year for the first time In thirty
years, Borah would be the ranking
member of the committee and the
logical candidate for chairman. Sim
ilarly, should the Nonpartisan
League in North Dakota succeed Ia
getting" Porter J. McCumber this
year, Bob" La Toilette stands next
In the line OF succession-for La
Toilette is coming back. Washington
generally comedies that, despite tbs
opposition TO him in Wisconsin this
year.
Committee chairmanships are po
sitions Of great power. Particularly
is that true Of the Committees or
Finance and Foreign Relations.
II Is the Foreign Relations Com
mittee that determines to a great ex
tent the Senate's ratification and
Endorsement OF any Administers
tion foreign policy. 1t was the
Foreign Relations Committee. guidec
by Lodge, that defeated the League
Of Nations during the Wilson admin
istration.
1t 10 the Finance Committee thai
speaks with-a loud and commanding
voice in matters Of taxation and tar
iff-despite the constitutional inhi
bitions placed on the Senates origt
mating taxation and revenue meas
ures.
plotting a-tariff bill through the Sen
ate, or writing O taxation bill, Ii ont
not particularly pleasing to the eyes
Of the regulars"
the stiffest kind Of fights to return
TO Washington this year. They will
be opposed in the primaries and. II
successful there, will have to face
the DEMOCRATS in November.
Samuel w. Mccall. three times
Governor Of Massachusetts and long
a power in Bay State politics. was In
Washington a few days ago. While
here he informed friends that ht
would oppose Senator Lodge in tht
primaries. There is q political feud
of long standing between Mccall and
Lodge.