The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-12

full campaign against the reaction- ary Senator New, in which he with held all word of praise of the Hard ing administration and berated the policies of the "old guard" should have requested Senator Watson, bell weather of the reactionary crowd in the Senate, to sound the keynote of his campaign against the democratic candidate. And Clifford Pinchot, pro- gressive as he claims to be, after abusing Senator Newberry for buying a senatorial seat from the voters of Michigan, admitted that he and his wife spent in winning the guberna- torial nomination in Pennsylvania more than S130,000.
 And Pinchot is now comforting with the defeated candidate of the reac- tionary or Penrose wing, Attorney General Alter, in the hope that the solid republican vote of Pennsylva- mia may be cast against the demo- cratic candidate for governor.
 "oId Guard'' Hopeful
 These facts have given comfort to the reactionary leaders in Congress. They feel that as soon as new sen ators are initiated they can be pro- pltiated to such extent that in re- turn for their porridge they will readily dispose of their birthright. Democrats, on the other hand see in the effort of progressives to make certain their elections over demo- crats an outstanding selfishness and possibly 8 notable lack of political virtue, but to a reasonable extent feel assured that after progressives have come to Congress they will cut the string by which they attached to them the reactionaries when they were needed to assure victory in the general election.
 1t is very generally agreed that progressive victories in Indiana. Iowa and Pennsylvania indicate a revolutionary tendency on the part of the voters of the country, dis content and dissatisfaction against the '1ns." Likewise, such deport- ment Is regarded as disapproval of the lack of achievement by Congress and some of the policies of the ad- ministration. Democrats, however, do not feel by any means assured that progressive victories over re- actionary republicans will result in democrats succeeding reactionaries in Congress.
 To most conservative leaders
 in the democratic organization in
 Washington. present indications
 are as fOlIowss First, republicans
 will retain control of both tho
 Senate and House, the former by
 reduced and the latter by
 greatly reduced majority. Second,
 the progressive independents of
 the Senate will be so greatly en-
 cOuraged by material reinforce
 ments that they will run things
 either as result of fear on tho
 part of the told guard" Or by a
 coalition with democrats.
 Danger for 1924
 The above strikes the reactionary heart with terror. It would mean that the policies of the "old guard would have to be abandoned. It would mean that the groundwork on which the reactionaries would pitch the presidential campaign of 1924 for the recollection of Harding could not be properly laid. It might mean such encouragement to the progres- sives that they would again dream dreams of national power. and strike in the republican convention of 1924 either for candidate of their own kidney, or for an independent or- ganization of appeal both to repub- licans and democrats. There has al- ready been mention of ticket headed by W. G. McAdoo and Senator Borah. Judge William s. Kenyon, former senator, has had dreams of occupying the White House. Ambition still controls the heart of Hiram Johnson.
 1 On the part of the progressives in the Senate. there Is already open re- bellion against the Harding admin listration. Their number is small Their votes are entirely ineffective. But they are clear and persistent in their denunciation. They are openly satirical and cynical. Their purpose is iconoclastio. When Beveridge ar rives, when Col Smith w. Brookhart