The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-11
BIZ HARRY B. HUNT.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE next
Congress is going to be a totally differ
ent institution from the one that is
now perspiring. swearing and wres-
fling with the bonus and tariff tangle
through these sultry weeks of a
Washington summer.
That much already is assured by
developments to date, regardless of
what the whimsical voter decides to
do in November.
The leaders of the present Con-
gress, who have been attacked as
leaders of other Congresses seldom
have been, are going. Some Of EN-
are already gone. Familiar figures
around the legislative halls of Con-
gress for the last two decades will
disappear after this session. and the
frosty winds of November promise to
bring a new deal all around at Cap
ftol Hill.
Some of them have been cut down
in primaries already held; some will
suffer the same fate in the primaries
yet to come: others will, in all prob
ability, feel the ak of popular dis
pleasure in November. and still
others have gone out via the retire
ment route.
Seldom has an off year in politics
witnessed so many upsets and
changes as this year. The best laid
plans have gone awry, long political
shots have come home. and favorites
have been beaten. And this is only
July. with the primaries not half
completed!
House Rejecting Changes
The House already is rejecting the
changes. Frank w. Mondell of Wy
oning, the Republican leader. who
has seen twenty-six years service, is
retiring. He will try to come back to
Washington, though in the Senate.
He will seek the Republican sena-
torial nomination in Wyoming on
August % Should he be successful
there he will have stiff fight on his
hands in November against John B.
Kendrick, the sitting Democratic SEN
ator from Wyoming.
In some political quarters in Wash
ington it is said that Mondell has
little chance of beating man Of Ken
bricks strength next fall, even should
he get by the primaries, but Mondell
thinks he has Kendrick is a cattle
man. born and bred, and he has a big
following in the State. He was elected
Governor in 1914 and served until he
resigned to come to the Senate in
1917.
Republicans Retain Control
Who will succeed Mondell as ma
jority leader in the House is ques-
ton that already is causing consid-
cradle agitation-for it is assumed
that the Republicans will retain con-
troll of the lower branch.
There are plenty Of candidates
James r. Mann, of Illinois; Sidney
Anderson, Of Minnesota; Martin B.
Madden, Of the same State; Philip
Campbell, of Kansas; Joseph Walsh.
of Massachusetts,. are few Of them
all this, of course, being con-
tingent upon those named being re-
elected.
FOrdney Retiring
Joseph W. Fordney, of Michigan.
chairman Of the all-powerful Ways
and Means Committee. author of a
tariff and a bonus bill at this session.
is retiring. and this highly priced
position will go to William r. Green,
of Iowa, unless Green should I'M
expectedly be defeated.
Fordney is retiring because he is
tired of Congress and of Washing
ton. He has been in Congress for
twenty-four years cansecutively; he
is wealthy. he is sixty-nine. and he
says he wants to spend some time
with his family in his old age.
His friends say he is a disgusted
and disappointed man after twenty
four years service. His bonus bill
S hung up in the Senate, with it's
.uture uncertain; mis- tariff bill was
rewritten in the Senate, and it's
principal feature, the American valua-
ton scheme, was eliminated entirely.
Many other members Of the House,
whose names figure less conspicuous.