Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-26
SENATORS GET
FIDGETY LIKE
SCHOOLGIRLS
Hard to Make Them Behave
in Warm Spring
Days.

WASHINGTON. May es.-The suppos-
eddy staid and dignified Senate of the
United States, composed Of ninetysix
supposedly great men. is. after al, not
unlike the little red school house.
When the sweet warm breath Of spring
begins stirring in the foliage Of Capitol
Hill 1t is a difficult task to make THE
boys" keep their minds on their business.
Particularly is this true every second
year. when politics begins to shake of
its winter lethargy and prepare for the
summer and fall rush. This IS a second
year.
What the crick' and the Of swim
min hole" are TO the small boy who
idgets In his seat In the little red school
house. the summer primaries and fall
elections are to the senator's of the United
States And there is an overwhelming
desire to play hockey that certainly does
not go with white waistcoast and states
man-like poses.
The collective mind of the great United
States Senate fits out of the window and
back home" where the boys are get
ting active just as surely as the coIlec-
tive mind of the little red school house
strays to the creek and the fields. Its
In the languid spring air.
In vain do the leaders plead for at
tention to misunderstanding, ship subsidy.
bonus, taxation. The senators are hunt
ing issues and talking politics. and the
leaders might IS well stick their hea's
out of the windows and plead with h.
whole outdoors.
Here is a typical spring day in the
Senate. The principal business IS con
sIdera;ion Of the au-important tariff
There is handful of Senators present.
ing new one about what Mike said TO
Pat.
ACCUSE TARIFF
OF running SOUTH.
Senator Tom Helm (Deml If Alabama
He of the expansive smile and the more
expansive white waistcoat-is speaking Of
the Federal Reserve Board a fayorire
subject with him, aud accusing it If
running the South The discussion has
nothing nj all TO do with the tariff
Farmers farms have been taken away
from them says Mr. Helm. Dire his
tress reigps in the country. and every
time we defeat one of the Republican re-
dictionaries the Senator from Illinois tMr
Mccormick gets rp here and demands
that the League of Nations be made the
issue"
= Mr.. Mccormick Every time what hap
pens:
Mr. Hefin-Evrey time We defeat one
of the reactiNlaries. such as my good
friend, Congressman Copley clever gen
tleman. but one Of the standpatters Of
the old school
Mr. McCOrmick-Mr President the
Senator forgets that Mr. Copiey supported
Colonel Roosevelt and even left the Re-
publican party in doing So
Ir Hehin-Then Mr.. President IL he
had stayed out he might have been Re
nominated. He went hack to the old
lcklog, and they slaughtered him. Now
my friend from Illinois comes in here and
lifts his voice to say We must make the
League Of Nations the issue He has
been quiet now for two or three
weeks
Mr. MeCormick-That Is nero than can
be said for the Senator from Alabama
DEBATE GETS
ALL sHET UP.'
Mr.. Hesfn indignantly had
not said anything in over month until
yesterday, when | was compelled TO talk
about your defiation policy.
Mr., Mccormick (sarca sticaliFl-
the day before that.
Mr.. Hefin-Not the day before that
Mr.. McCormick-The Senator was out
Of town perhaps.
Mr.. Hefiin tvirtucusfy-I have been
right here. And now, when Senator New
IS defeated, strong Administration
ca 1didate. Mr. Presifent-now comes my
friend from Illinois, louder and stronger
than ever before. demanding that We
make the league the main issue.
Mr.. Mccormick VIII the Senator
yield?
Mr. Hefin-T shall he glad TO ne ia
terrupted by the Senator. because I am
anxious to help him out of the amusing
predicameat in which he finds himself.
FAMoUs LEAGUE
BOBs Up AGAIN.
Whereupon Senator Mccormick called
attention Ia the fact that few Democrats
were in the Chamber "now that the
League of Nations is before the Senate
This aroused Senator Oscar Underwood
the minority leader. who explained dur
ing the course of an hours Interchange
that he voted for the Lea CUE Of Nations
and had never apologized for IT.
Mr.. MeCormick-The Senator considers
the League of Nations dead lssue2
Mr.. Underworld say the live issues
are now being made by your own party.
Mr. Hefin-Mr. President, my col
league has made a strong and clear
statement. Every time we defeat re-
dictionary the Senator from Illinois Is
going to come in with a demand for the
League Of Nations as an issue. because
he saw his phrty triumph on that issue
or II had something to do with It. 7
suppose. But | want to remind the able
and distinguished Senator from Illinois
that The senator from Indiana fSen-
ator Sewl voted against the League OF
Nations
Mr. McCormick-Th Senator from In
. diana (Newl did not vote against the
League Of Nations
Mr. Hefin-certainly he voted against
the League of Nations.
Mr. McCormick-He did not,
Mr. Heiin-Did he vote for it?
Mr. McCormick-Mr Revcridge was
against it.
Mr Hefin-Senator New voted against
the league.
Mr.. McCormick-He did not.
After another half hour ii developed
that Senator New voted for the league
with the Lodge reservations
Mr.. Sheppard tDem3 Of Texas-The
reservations cut the heart out Of the
league.
Mr.. Smoot CRer1 of Utah. want to
say that Mr.. Beveridre was against it
with or without reservations
Mr.. Harrison Dem.l Of Mississippi
Was that an issue out there
Mr.. Smoot-The Senator from Alabama
has brought il up as an issue here
Mr. Hefin-I knew the Senator from
Utah would come to the rescue OF the
other leader.
Mr. Mccormick am not a lel!er
Mr. Hefin-I ask the Senator frorl IlIf-