The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-15
NEXT CONGRESS
WILL BE WORSE
THAN PAST ONE
Dopsters Figure Party
r egul arity Gone;
Gears will be Curnmed
Badly, is Belief.

| Observation-Disclosures prophets are
in season. By the route OF predicting
what may happen in Colorado. where
two senator's are to be chosen. and the
probable results in other states, the
Republican politicians claim the next
senate. In doing so they count III
nom.al Republics like Brookhari.
Norris, l.add. and all the rest OF the
independents. among whom they even
include la Toilette. On the other
hand the Democrats say they have
cinch on the senate. and in order 10
suhstantiatc their claims they show
how certain OF the independent"
nearly always vote with them.
Ii ough, to be a patent fact TO all
unprecedented persons that party con
troll OF the senate is more a hope than
an actually. The few independents
holG the balance OF power. and by
doing so they have frequently effected
compromises TO their liking. II will
not be forgotten that they elected
Senator Smith as chairman OF the COM
mittec on commerce thereby replacing
the Republican wheclhorse Cummins
with a Democrat. This group sup
ports the Republican Couzcns in his
ight against Secretary Mellon and the
internal revenue bureau. The same
"halance of power" stood solid be-
hind Senator Walsh the Democratic
investigator OF the oil steals. They not
only made Senator Whcelcr's investi-
CATION OF Dauehcr,y their own. but
they annexed Wheeler. to boot.
The oui-and-out independents. or the
La Toilette group. get lot OF sup
port from senator's like Dill. and Reed
II Missouri. democrats and from Bor-
an. and Jackson OF California. Re
publicans. In the face OF facts that
IRE as stubborn as they are unyield-
ng it is impossible to Square the
rclc" of discomfort and protest and
gurc out from the performances any
'ogieal reason why Democrats. or Re
publicans lay claim to the next SEN
ate any more than the present one is
-apable of being bent into control.
Republicans and Democrats arc
making cxtravagant claims regarding
the control OF the next house OF rep
reseniaiives. Those familiar with the
,riumphs OF Representative Nelson's
bloc OF seventeen. which succeeded
It the very outset OF the last session
in securing changes in the rules, arc
aware OF the fact that party oontro,
in the past session had too much sand
n its gear boxes to run smoothly.
1t doesn't need a political
sage. a tipster. or a prophet. TO
figure out that the next Congress
will be even more hopeless than
the present one. from the stand
point OF party regularity. The
reader fay imagine what any one
OF the three Presidential candi
dates will be able to do. or not
to do. with such a Congress as
is reasonably certain to be chosen
to work with one OF them. Did
President Harding or President
Coolidge carry on, their policies"
by he help OF the present Con-
gress? They did not. Their re
cords OF failure. are likewise ,e-
cords OF the rciusals nj Congress
TO folio. the lead Il the Exc
cutives
Thus We find that party political
control vanished somewhere between
the beginning and the ending OF Pres
idet Wilson's second term. 1t was
running and creased splendidly during
Mr.. Wilson's first term. But within
the past two years, especially. every
senator and every representative. has
been running his own political mach
inry his own way. Party disloyalty
is apparently no longer political
crime, now even misdcmeanor, and
rarity regularly has become more 4
matter OF the glory OF history than
moral responsibility among those who
hold legislative Offices.