Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-21
Retreat
Is Significant
Pro-Newberry Men Hail Resignation
With Joy and Enemies Feel FIont-
ed At Loss Of Subject
nv Isaac Gregg

Washington, NOV -l'-Itttlit tiiclt
of Senator Truman II. Newberv
from the Senate, as preicted in the
Gazette some dayS'9go, came as no
surprise to Republican leaders here
as he had told them last Monday
over the long distance telephone of
his intention to resign ana mad re-
coived their acGuiesence N the plan.
However. ii was thought he might
STAY long enough to help the admin
iStrati0n try TO put through the snip
subsidy bill and it was not expected
he would wait until later IN the ses-
sion.
Anti-Newberry Senators received
the news of his resignation with cha
grin: pro-Newberry men received 1t
with pleasure. Those opposed to nm
felt they had been roh3ed OF one OF
their principal oratorical subjects
and they had looked forward with
keen delight toward throwing him
out of the Senate when the next
Congress met
Friends of Mr.. Newberry felt they
had been relieved of an embarrassing
situation and while they were ready
to continue their fight fr him, they
knew it would be losing one.
Bv his resignation, Mr.. Newberry
has taken the first step in what the
Republican leaders expect TO be llb-
eralization of their party to meet the
demands of the people as expressed
Mt the last election. An effort will
be made to put teeth" in the corrupt
practices act and prevent by federal
statute the spending of extremely
large sums of money by candidates
for United States offices.
Liberalization of the leadership in
the House and Senate will be the
next step of the Republicans but this
NAV not come for sometime inasmuch
as Majority Leader MOndell Of the
House intends TO remain at the helm
through this Congress and Majority
Leader Lodge of the Senate has no
intention cf resigning at this time.
Further steps to be taken by the
Republicans will be the meeting. in
part of the demadns Of the farm bloc
for legislation to aid the farmers and
the enactment Of amendments to the
Esch- Cummins act where the Rail
road Labor Board will be reorganized
and obliged to recognize the prlnci-
ple of the Giving wage" in making
its wage awards to employees.
Appointment of successor to Sen
ator Newberrv is a matter of some
interest here because Of the effect 1t
might have on the next Senate line
up Governor Alex j. Groesbeck,
who has the amounting power IS a
radical and a bitter opponent Of Sen
ator Newberry That he Will appoint
a radical to succeed Newberrv or
viii arrange for a sNecial election at
which he himself will be candidate
is not doubted here
Mavor James CouZens. of Detroit,
is mentioned as possible successor
10 Newberry. He is one Of the old
Roosevelt men and has remained a
progressive 10 this time despite the
disrupticn of the party. He never
went back into the Republican party
whole heartedly although he ran on
tho Republican ticket.
Herbert F. Baker, of Chebovganr, is
mentioned also as successor to New
berry. He ran second to Senator
Townsend in the Republican prlmar-
les this fall on a radical platform
very similar to the platforms Of the
Farmer-Labor candidates in other
states.
A political storm of good sized
4: :; o,,r,.oocbipor WashiDp-
ton and is expected to arrive on
December l when the so-called P'o-
ple's Legislative Service. another
name for the Ia Toilette Party, CON
venes in Washington to determine
on 2 plan Of legislative action
for this and succeeding Congresses
From the Council of the Service
personnel of which has been announ-
ced, it is evident that radicals OF eV,
cry shade and hue of political
thought are included in it Some
near-communists, some SOCIALISTS
some radicals. some progresSiVes are
members Of it. All of these are more
or less closely allied to Senator La
Toilette and mis- principles which IN
cludes opposition to war opposltior
to foreign entanglements, opnositlor
to debt cancellation. opposition tc
shin subsidy and opposition to
good many other things.
The storm will break, it is be
/ Iieved. when the various prima don.
! mas comprising the Council; and the
/ invited quests. names of whom have
not yet been given out get together
in the attemnt to agree on something
/ No one Of them has vet been knowT
to agree wholly with ANYBODY els'
and if the past is any criterion OF M
! future. the meeting of the Peoples
Legislative Service viii be in the ma
ture of the Third Party meeting II
I Chicago in 1920 which broke up IN
! row.