The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-07
Pleads For
Republican.
Solidarity.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
tCopyr:Sh: by Tho lnteitlSencer)

Washington. Jan. h.-l'r"S!0ent far-
ding has begun drive tor Republican
solidarity in congress particularly the
senate. IN the hope Of presenting 10 III"
American pc6pl" next fail Il record OF
achievement that Will continue the
party in legislative control OF the. gov
erumcnt.
Two conferences with tho leaders
OF the agricultural bloc" OF radicals"
and another with tho conservative Re-
publicanS-haN" developed the ta"t that
Mr. Harding has set Il work in earnest
To effect compromises. and that lac VIII
reluctantly but surely assume the Lead
ership OF his party during the next few
months
The president has been urged on every
side--by members OF his own cabinet as
we'll as by Republican leaders III con-
grcss--to crack the whip "r the party
over the heads oC r~calCltrant members
but nothing iS more lo"thSome to War
reh Harding than driving the members
or n bod nf which Il" WAS but recently
n part. Mr. Harding SIN believes he
can accomplish tar same result by
patient pleading aRa persuasive arGu-
mcnt The rcudjuStmrnt Ut committee
rhairmauShipS IN th" senate has brought
the situation To- Il herd. senator Jim
Watson uC IndiauH. one OF the real lead
nrs OF the scnat" nowadays man with
a shrend eve for political disturbances,
asked Mr.. Harding L. DISCUSS the situa-
tIon with Senator's Mctumb"r of North
Dakota. Curtis. Lodge and himself.
Executive Impetus.
TIE upsho, OF Il nil is unanimous
feeling that executive impetus Is ahso-
luiely essential unless the Republican
pArty IL to 40 on the rocks in tho
Jresent session Of congress- II is not
that ideas for legislation are lacking or
that the contest ia Tor priority Of treat"
ment but a fundamental dIrcrencc ex'
lists between the viewpoint or the farm
ing west and tho manufacturing and
banking east.
Contrary 10 the popular impression.
Mr Hardings difricultlns are not alto
Kother with the farm bloc. lle ~ mo- ut
swords point with that group Tho
truth Is he nnds y good deal In their
limo OF thought which Is acceptable Ia
him ns progressive Republican doctrine
How much nc would hav" originally ia
vored and how much he lndS Il practical
90 accent In IN" interest ur n COM
promise are entirely aside from the real
Ritun;lon which II that Mr.. Harding il
Attempting tn unit" both factions on a
aEGlc Iarty platform.
+ Thu pIcSIdra''S driN" for solidarity
has bchind Il. however. something more
than tendency I" 80 along WIN thH
agricultural bloc IN the hope az ootAih-
ing tn" c"nhd"n"" OF thHt Er"up. IL IN
N"lvcs much more thah SiNlnS 10 H"he
the C"iiSrrHatiN" eastern senators S"S'-
low some OF IN" PROPOSALS "t the larth-
ing Vista job which IS perhaps the
root Of the Who'll" huNiiI"SH. ~ uoeS EN-
brace 4 pr"Erdm II political harmony
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they will lose control next autumn just
a. surely AZ they lost the presidential
nlrrtinu in 1911" thrOuSh n party split.
Mr.. harding is nchtirg now to keep the
Rcpuhii,un party together Unless he
effects , ,nmprnln:Sr 1t this session, he
viii und himself confronted with the
,a,.,..:sit,. nT choosing h,,Mren two fac
lions in his party il tn" presidential
.outrst a. l92i. nrG the same eleme nts
vhi,h brought 4 break ten years ago
WI mrracc Republican victory.
MT. IIard.ng'S dNISOrS. VINO believe
congress naGht not 10 bc let TO drift
long and ;hat Il hrr: hand should De
applird. are asking the president 10 pro-
rose 4 c,,mproTt>r and then virtually
...r, out Of the ,,artv those who will not
san, hv ruulrr>Slnnal Elections are
only n few months away. As rule
uaJorS and representatives. begin then
To- clt0E I" u" r"i't-tnilS or the eNccu-
tive. pclitiUning him for letters ot APP
prc,al ut their r"Spcctly" courses so
that constituencies confirming a big Re
ruhliCun I"t" M. u" impressed with
the rC,tSSit. - r.turuIuls the Republ!-
an ,1"iidntr (" r"ugie>S.
Rut Mr.. Harding has h"S.tatcd To use
the suprrm.. weapon i, his command He
= not making tNr"rtS. even though he
knows fun we'll that any contests this
time over party Regularity b" would
probably w:u In = Walk Th" difficulty
- just as much with cnSt"rh C"nScrNR-
bN"S as western rtd.catS. my com
promise ~ " E.N"-ind-tl"c proposition
and not ahS"i'!t" SURF h"or. N">l OF lhs
fasteners who h;tN" been mhkinE races
81 the agricultural bloc ana h"arlNG all
sorts 81 criticism upon Il r"iuS" even TO
examine carefully IA" causes "r the
movement The administration knows
full we'll that Lruup or american
vrnatorS particularly some uf those like
MrSSrS. KENYON and cappcr. would not
risk the harmony 81 the part? unless
something fundamentally strong i'm
pclled thrTt 20 do 80. They must know
that their constituencies approvc-and II
large sections Of the electorate stand
behind these senators. what then can the
nIui nj Str3tiun do [. H'~-' Tho aHT.cuI-