Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-09
4 New Deal In Congress

D EGARDLESS OF the outcome of the con-
gressional election in November. the
House and Senate, after March A. will pass
under the leadership OF new group Of leg
isators. Primary defeats and voluntary
reiirements will take from the organization
OF both bodies most Of the men now respon-
sible for the business Of Congress. and the
country at large will find satisfaction in that
fact.
Tho men who have assumed responsi hill
lily for the legislation OF the past fifteen
or sixteen months have succeeded "a have
no others in modern times of thoroughly dis
crediting themselves. il Is perhaps not too
much to say that there is less public con
iidence in the leaders OF this Congress than
in any other OF the past two generations
And. while the old game of passing the
buck from the Capitol TO the White House
and from the White House back TO the Capt
tol has been the favorite pastime OF the
present regime in Washington. this byplay
has Melted the country nothing.
Even II the Republicans retain control of
both the House and Senate and IL is by
no means certain that they will hold tho
House. n new order Will be established in the
organization of those two bodies For ex-
ample Chairman Fordney. OF the Ways and
Means Committee. is about 10 retire with
out fight 10 hold his seat. This means
that new chairman OF that highly import
ant committee will be named Whether
Green, OF Iowa the ranking Republican
and protectionst of the Fordncy school,
will be promoted or whether Longworth,
the next in line and y mod crate. will sue
coed TO this post is yet to he determined
Mondell. the House leader. will pass out
IN any event. He is seeking sea, in the
Senate. but If his people examine carefully
the miserable record he has made in the
past three years. they will probably retire
him TO the shades OF private life Mann.
OF Illinois. may return 10 the floor leader
ship. He is cordially disliked by many o,
his associates aud has irsurged again and
again against the present leadership. but
lie a; least knows how 10 get results He is
said 20 aspire 10 the Speakership
Cannon goes out with the present Con-
g.ess, and while he has not been active on
the hoor for years he is leaned upon heavily
By The younger men who have undertaken
20 run the works Winslow. OF Massachu-
sets chairman O. the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce. !nttmates tina,
u will not seek reelection Add 10 this
l!s: the casualties which are almost inevi-
table in November and mos, OF the out
standing Republican leaders OF the present
House will be counted among the missing
On The Senate side a somewhat similar
shakeup IS ordained McCumber. chair
man OF The Finance Committee has been
defeated for denomination. which probably
means that his mantle will fall upon the
shoulders OF Reed Smoot. Smoot Is Of by
end .or the Old Guard It is true. bu, he is
against the soldier bonus and for sales
'aA and II Other respects unlike McCumber.
New. OF Indiana is about 10 drop out.
through defeat in the primary Lodge is
In serious trouble at home because OF a
party split. and, while he may be renomi-
mated, his head may fall into the basket
when the general election comes. Penrose
Is dead and Page. OF Vermont, chairman o;
the Naval Affairs Committee, is not asking
tor another term.
The country will welcome the new deal in
Congress. II may be- no better than the old.
but IL cannot possibly be worse