The New York herald., 1922-04-12
Borah Says Most Powerful
Administration Influ-
ences Are For 1t.
NAMES HUGHES, HOOVER
Mccormick Declares He Hopes
1t Will Be Fought Over
is in 1924.
nv LOUIS sEInoLp.
Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Hcrald lsureau.

The ghost OF the League of Nations
noon and provoked considerable po-
Iitical turmoil and spirited oral con-
aict.
The resurrection of the product OF
the Versailles conference was inspired
by the declaration Of former Gov. Cox
Democratic nominee for President two
years ago, that it would be the issue
OF the campaign Of 1924.
This statement made by Mr.. Cox
at the Jefferson Day dinner in New
York the other night was projected
into the regular business Of the Senate
by Senator Medill Mccormick (Rep.
Ill.). one of the bitter erders" in the
Senate controversy two years ago.
In the hour that followed other bit
ter crders," mild reseyvationists" and
Democratic champions of the Wilson
international formula mixed in vigor-
Gus fashion.
Senator Mccormick stirred up Sen
ator Borah (Idaho) by question he
addressed to his colleagues on the
Democratic side of the chamber. Sub
stantially it was if they indorsed the
statement of their Presidential can
didate tho League of Nations would
be the issue in the elections Of 1924
Before any Of the Democratic Sen
ators could reply Senator Bcrah asked
Senator Mccormick whether If num-
Der os Republican Senator'S would not
vote for the League of Nttions, should
| il again come up for discussion.
The Idaho Senator bluntly said the
| most powerful influences In the Ad-
,ninistration outside of the President
himself are for entering the league
and IL they are correctly reported by
the pro- league friends they are doing
All thev can to get the country into
the league"
says Hughes Is for League.
Senator Borah explicitly named Sec
retary OF State Hughes and Secretary
OF Commerce Hoover as advocates OF
the participation of the United States
/ in the League of Nations.
Beyond the oral exchanges the in
| section of the league issue did not fg-
ure in the proceedings OF the Senate.
| In calling the attention Of the Sen
| ate 10 the speech OF Mr.. Cox, Senator
Mccormick said:
You might think part OF his ad-
dress was blistering hombast. but
whether you so believe or not you
could not mistake his intention TO take
the people OF America into the League
Of Nations If an opportunity is offered
to his party"
THE Illinois Senator has submitted
TO tho Democrats" said Senator Borah,
"a query as to whether they sub
scribe to the views held by Gov. Cox
on the League of Nations. ! would
like 10 ask him how many Senators
on this side would vote for the pro-
| posal IL made at this time because
am not i'm as complete touch with the
leaders of my party as the Illinois
Senator. But | do know that If the
league proposition came before this
hodv now some of the members on
this side of the chamber would vote
for it,
League Complete Failure.
Instead OF replying to the question
Senator Mccormick declared the
League OF Nations had been a COM
ukete failure since it's inception, had
not solved any OF the economic ques-
tians OF Europe or tended TO pcrpetu-
ata peace. He called attention 10 the
n n 12x
Genoa conference expressing the hope
II would be able to settle the very
quesa ions which the League OF Ma
tionss was set up to settle"
Senator Harrison Miss. Dem.) in
reply. parried the question Of Sena-
| tor Mccormick by asking. will the
spoke y nan OF the Administration tell
us wlvn the proposed bill TO pro-
vide fdr the representation or this
country, an the Preparations Commits
sion Is come before the Senate?
Mr.. " cCormick denied he was
spokesman for the Administration and
did not uu dertake to answer the ques-
tion. RE enumerated alleged failures
OF the lcsa rue TO bring order out OF
chaos and ventured the prediction that
"the GenoaA conference will also fail
to solve tiAe economic problems OF
Europe"
"f welcomes the question which viii
be presented if any Senator on the
other side wfll join Gov. Cox" said
senator Mccormick. "in demanding
that America Aoin the League Of Ma
tions. Let hiu7 who is without fear
among. you DeIz,ocrats be the frst 10
take a stand With Gov. Cox in his
position"
Borsh Esivors Issue.
Senator Rorah concurrcd In the
hope OF Senator Mccormick that tho
League of Nations would be made the
issue in another political campaign,
"because then we can separate tho
sheep from the goahr." M
"But 7 want the So nator from 1lll-
nois 10 make that isaie inside OF the
Republican party said Senator
Borah. "and II is his duty TO do 30,
This is not party question any
longer. There are Just "a many Demo-
Gratis opposed to the league now az
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