The New York herald., 1922-03-05
KENYON IN WARNING
SAYS MOVE GROWS
FOR A Third PARTY
Retiring Senator Declares
There Is Too Much
Politics in Congress.
NEED FOR CHANGES
Upper House in Grip of So
ciety Lobby With Far
reaching Power.
LONGER TERMS FAVORED
mf1ucncc "A Women on Legis-
lation ! IRevealcd by New
UaiteWStates Judge.
LONGER TERMS FAVORED
Specid; Dsrpoich to THE New YoRK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
washington. ID. e., March 4.


New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. e., March 4.
Sentnment is growing in America for
the creation of a third political party.
The United States Senate is in the
grip of sinister society lobby" far
reaching and absolute.
There is too much politics in Con-
gress to allow the members to deal
honestly with public questions.
Radical changes must be made in
the legislative system il the Senate
and House are to be fully responsive
TO the needs OF the people. ~ y
These striking views, with others,
were expressed to-day in an exclusive
interview granted to THE New York
HERALD by William S. Kenyon (Rep.,
Iowa) following his retirement from
the United States. Senate to become
United States Circuit Judge for the
Eighth Judicial Circuit.
Dominant Western Leader.
The Importance OF Senator Kenyon's
opinions cannot be underestimated
For the last eleven years during his
service in Congress he has been one of
the unquestioned leaders in the upper
branch, clear thinking, fearless, a
dominant figure from the middle West
He has been spoken of as an out
standing Presidential possibility.
"Thc negro question in the South
has had much to de. and will have, to
prevent the esta blistrnent of any new
party. This questssn sol:difies the
South for the Democrats, and when
the Democrats OF the South solidfy
the Republicans of the North are nat
urally inclined to do the same thing,
and this force in a way holds the two
parties"
"BIoc No Party Movement"
"The farm bloc, it has been sug-
gcsted," Senator Kenyon was re-
minded. "has been considered as the
nucleus of a new political party"
1T was not so intended" he replied
''The farm bloc was made up OF men
interested in agriculture who believed
there could be no prosperity in the
nation without agricultural prosperity,
ana they were determined that what
ever could be done by legislation for
agriculture should be done. Certain
interests which had been blind to the
fact of other bloos' in Congress started
in TO destroy the Agricultural bloc.
THE more the Eastern press
pounded it the stronger 1t became,
until it was one OF the most powerful
things, apparently. in the country.
But it had nothing to do with a new
party. When these suggestions were
made that it might mean a new party
my mail was rather full OF letters
from around the country acclaiming
the idea and being rather strongly for
IT. ! was really surprised at the ex-
prcssions along that line.
Senator Kenyon hesitated at first
when asked by THE New YORK HER.
AID TO grant the interview but he
yielded when it was explained to him
that a national service would be per.
formed il his opinions could be pre-
sented through this channel for the
benefit of the country. lie said:
you ask me as to a third party In
the United States. Well, it Is unques-
tionable that there is considerable sen.
timent in the country for third party
Il have doubted IL the various ele-
ments desirous of forming a third
party could ever unite. At the time OF
the Roosevelt third party IL was largely
a matter OF personality. I Judge from
much OF tho mail I have received In
the last two months that Just nov
there is rather deep seated and
definite feeling that unless the two
great parties better serve the Ameri-
can people that they will try out some
new party.
"Tics Bind Both sides.'
mo one could be in the Senate for
eleven years and no. be impressed
with the idea that the aisle marking
the dividing place between the Repub-
lieris and the Democrats was purely
artificial That there were reaction.
aries on both sides who flock together
when any reactionary principle is in.
volved and. likewise. progressives on
both sides.
MY hope, OF course. has been that
the Republican party would become a
real progressive party, and ! still
have that hope. Some day, undoubt-
cdly. in the United States, though II
may not be in our lifetime the old
parties will change or disappear. and
we will find parties representing the
two ideas OF progressiveism and con.
sarvatism. one might probably be the
y.Yberai party and the other the Con-
servative party
"Of course: we sre passing through
q period OF protest. II was an impos-
riblc lob the Republicans undertook
and the people are now blaming them
uniustly for not accomplishing the inn
possible. After such a war as we went
through IL viii take n long time 70
straightcn things up, but the people