Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-19
ANY PROGRAM by
ADM|N|oT RAT|ON IS
NOW IMPOSSIBLE
Too Many Independent Sen
ators-Even World Court
Doomed by Harding Rejec-
ton of League FaVorS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
LEASED Wire Service to The Journal)
(Convrioht 10o2

NIOpyrlSnt, 1900
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The
election of Magnus Johnson in Min.
nesota as a Farmer-Laborite makes
more .choatic than ever the situation
in the United States senate.
On the even of an unusual presi-
Dental election year it virtually
throws the control of the upper
branch of congress into the hands
of the Democrats and the indee
pendents.
Anything like an administration
program" at the coming session of
congress will be impossible of exc
cution.
President Harding's world court
proposals have been shelved for the
remainder of his term as president.
Not unless he should be reelected
in 1924 will he have an opportunity
to push his court plan through the
senate. The only chance for favora-
lie acton upon the plan rested with
the Democratic senators and their
help has been tossed away by the
presidents insistence that the world
court be divorced in every particular
from the League of Nations which
created it.
G. O. p. Loses Strength
Since their unexpectedly hard
knocks in the campaign of 1922 the
Republicans have lost three mem.
bers of the senate by death-Nichol-
son. of Colorado: Nelson. Of Mime.
sofa, and Dillingham;. of Vermont.
A Democrat-Alva Adams. has cen
appointed to succeed Nicholson: a
Farmer-Labor man-Johnson-has
been elected to succeed Nelson. mak-
ing a complete loss of two votes to
the Republicans. There is no cues.
ton as to the successor of the late
Senator DILLINGHAM;.
He will be a Republican of the
cd school, for Vermont ever remains
regular" even when it and the
state of Utah stood alone agaiNa2
the Democratic and Progressive
sweep of 1912.
1t was regarded here today as GER
tain that Senator lodge will give up,
his leadership when the new senate
meets. He has not "the stomach"
1t Is said, to deal with such a situa.
ton as will confront the Grand Old
Farty In the new senate. Younger
ana rougher hands will be called to
the helm, and, despite the fact of a
growing GOODNESS between him and
the White House, it is more than.
probable that Jim" Watson of In
diana, will be chosen to lead the Re-
publican stalWarts in the senate and
act as llaison officer between them
ana the Observation-Disclosures group.
WatsOn's Task Difficult
Watson's task will not be an easy
one, for in addition to dealing with
Brookhart, LaFollette and Frazier,
he also will have to be constantly
bringing into line such senators as
Lenroot, OF Wisconsin; Borah, az
Idaho. and Johnson, Of California,
whose independence Of party control
is well known.
Washington, it may be said, is
looking forward eagerly to the adj
vent Of Senator Magnus Johnson, or
Senator johnson, as he calls him.
self. The new senator from Mime.
sofa says he cannot pronounce the
English "J' and is proud of it, He
says there should be no danger of
confusing him with Senator Hiram
Johnson because the other johnson
talks too muchl" Washington also
has been looking for a senator who
physically us well as politically
wears no mans collar" This is
said to lie true Of Senator Magnus.
In his own language, he buttons
his shirt to his Adams apple"
Not since the days of "Sockless
Jerry" Simpson, of Kansas, has
Washington been so thrilled as by
the prospect of collarless senator.