The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-11
Voters Bludgeon
 Falls On Congress
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES, International News Service Staff
 COrrespOndent

wrestling with the bonus and tarlfr tangle through these sultry weeks of a Washington summer.
 That much already is assured by developments to date, regardless or what the whimsical voter decides to do in November.
 The leaders of the present Congress, who have been attacked as leaders of other Congress seldom have been, are going. Some of 'em are already gone Familiar figures around the legislative halls of Congress 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 Capitol Hill.-s
 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 prooa- bility feel the of popular displeas- ure in November, and still others have gone out via the retirement route.
 witnessed so many upsets and changes as this year. The best-la1d plans have gone awry, long political shots have come home, and favorltes nave been beaten. And this is only July, with the primaries not half com
 House RefIecting Changes.
 The House already is reflecting the ming, 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 Senatorial nomination in Wyoming on August 22 Should he be successful there he will have a stiff fight on his hands in November against John B. Kendrick, the sitting Democratic Senator from Wyoming.
 In some political quarters in Wash ington it is said that Monden has little chance of beating a man of KandrirkfS strength next fall. even should he get by the primaries, but MondeI1 thinks he has, kendrick is a cattleman, 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 Monden ma jority leader in the House is a queS- ton that already is causing consider able agitation-for it is assumed that the Republicans will retain control 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 contingent upon those named being reelected.
 Joseph w: Fordney ,ot M1chlgam; H4aI,s: and Means Committee, author of tariff and a bonus bill at this session iS retiring, and this highly prized posi- ton will go to William R. Green, of Iowa. unless Green should uneXpect- edly be defeated.
 Fordney is retiring because he is tired of Congress and of Washington. He has been in Congress for twenty four years consecutively; 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 is hung up in the Senate. with its fu- ture uncertain: his tariff bill was re- written in the Senate, and its prin- cipal feature, the American valua- tion scheme, was eliminated entirely.
 Many Defeats Loom.
 Many other members of the House, wh ose names figure less conspicuously in the days news, will be missing next session. Copley and Ireland, of Illi- nois. two prominent members of the present House with considerable ser vice behind them, already have been defeated in the primaries.
 Over on the Senate side the changes will be scarcely less conspi- | cuous.
 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massac achusetts, the present Republican leader. will almost certainly return, his friends say, now that Samuel w. 1 Mccall, his Republican political foe in Massachusetts, has decided not to contest the primaries with him.
 Other changes, however, will be notable. Boies Penrose, the over l shadowing figure at the start of this | session, is no more, and his success l sor in the powerful ChairmanShip of 1 the Finance Committee. Senator Por- | ter J. McCumber,. of North Dakota | ta a few days ago-a victim of the | Non Partisan League. after twenty | four years continuous service in the | Senate.
 The dininutive but commanding f. | gure of PhiIander c. Knox also is | gone. Senator Knox was an out | standing figure in the early part of | the present session
 Senator Harry S. New. of Indiana, | recognized from the start of the ses- | sion as an Administration spokesman l in the Senate, likewise fell a victim | ies. and in all probability Albert J. | Reveridge will come to Washington as 1 his successor.
 The brilliant Kenyon, of Iowa, will i be gone, He resigned to accept a | Federal judgeship: and his successor, Senator Charles B. Rawsou. did not | try to succeed himself In his place i doubtless will come Smith W. Brook hart. proclaimed in advance as a leg | islator of the La Toilette type
 The spectacular Jim" Reed may be among the missing next session.
  the Democratic primary in Missouri against Breckinridge Long, and. if successful in this fight, must win | again in November in order to come ack.
 The volatile John Sharp Williams. of Mississippi, last of the old style | Southern statesmen, will be missing. He is retiring of his own accord, af- ter twenty-eight years of Congression- al service, sixteen in the House and twelve in the Senate. There is a strong possibility that John Sharp | may be succeeded by a woman from Mississippi. Miss Belle KearnPy is seeking his seat, and. according to re ! ports in political circles in Washing-i ton, she stands a good chance of get ting it.
 Uncle Joe Retires.
 There is regret at the passing of many of these prominent figures from Washington official life, but there is genuine, non-partisan sorrow over the retirement of Uncle Joe" Can non. Uncle Joe" is rounding out for ty-siE years of service in the Lower House He has passed his eighty sixth year. He thinks he has had rrh