The daily times., 1922-02-03
KENYON ON SHELF
MAY GIVE TROUBLE
WITH THIRD PARTY
STRATEGIC PROMOTION
1t May be that the Senator Was
Tired of the Turmoil of Pol
itics and Wanted the Quiet
ude of the Bench, and Then
He May be Thinking Of
Leading Third Party.
(By David Lawrence.)
Copyright, 1922, by The Daily


Times.)
Washington, Feb. 2.-Out of the
frying pan into the fire may be the
upshot of the maneuver whereby /
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, brains Of
the agricultural bloc, was prevailed
upon to leave the Senate and accept
the federal judgeship offered him by
President Harding.
The political purpose plainly was
to remove the leader of movement
which had been threatening the SOL
|idarity of the Republican party. Sen
Iator Kenyon was thorn in the side
of the administration. He was the
man who gave the Democrats much
political ammunition by the way he
fought against the seating of Sen
| ator Newberry. He threatened to sup
iport Senator Kendrick of Wyoming
a Democrat, as against Frank Mon
dell, Republican, because the latter
was too conservative. Mr.. Kenyon
talked about campaigning from one
END of the country to the other on
the subject of "condemning corrupt
ion' in the Senate. He was always
active and Independent and was one
|of the chief figures in bringing out
the facts of the Missouri primary
scandal which preceded the Republi-
can national convention of 1920.
Then why did he abandon these
| q oooroccivo 70 cticc and accent uniet
! place on the bench? Most everybody
here in political circles know why
1.-THE Administration wanted to have
kenyon out of the way. It's not
new kind of strategy-removal by
, promotion. Democrats have availed
!. themselves of it too. But Senator
tKenyon's own reasons remain mys-
, terry. The most plausible explanation
: advanced by those who know him
, best is that he was just tired-plain-
-,,1y tired with life in the United
: States, that the vote in the Newberry
lease disheartenened him, and thai
the disgust for politics which he had
so often expressed in private had al
last come to head, and that if the
appointment had not been rendered
him he might have resigned.
But if Senator Kenyon has found
/, fsolace ON the federal bench, it canno
lbe said that the Administration is al
together sure that it has accomplish
ed much by removing him from
!. Leadership of the farm bloc. In tht
first place, there is no certainty tha
1.-THE appointee fro mIowa will hoit
laloof from the bloc. The chances ar
THAT any Senator from Iowa will
!, lhave to go along with the western
igroup of Senators who are making |
tight for better treatment of th'
American farmer by the federal gov
), ernment.
AS for leadership of the bloc. tn
departure of Kenyon leaves no out
standing figure unless it be Senate
Norris of Nebraska. The truth j
THAT Kenyon has been more or les
of a liason officer between the tw
factions inside the agricultural bio
the radicals and conservatives. II
has managed to keep the bloc te
gether and has endeavored to wor
Through the machinery of the Reput
Iican party despite the constant gos
sip about third party. movemen
with Kenyon as presidential car
8 ldidate in 1924 Now it would not b
Surprising if the two factions d.
velop differences of opinion wh1c
may lead to further disturbance il
side the Republican party. Senate
We Norris of Nebraska is likely to lea
ct the radicals in the farm bloc Will
nd Senator kellogg of Minnesota is tt
he most conspicuous of the conserv'
'ly tives.
asl Politically minded folks seem
"a see parallel in the present situate
tContinued. on. pase.s)