The Washington times., 1924-06-07

Each convention nevertheless will
be inwardly consumed with its
special worry.
The Republican worry is as fol.
lows:
TO elect Calvin Coolidge President
is one thing. To re.elect a lot Of
Republican Senator's and Republican
members of the House Of Repre-
sentatives who have opposed Calvin
Coolidge's principal policies Is an.
other thing. How can the two
things be combined? How can the
Republicans pull themselves to.
gether and succeed in securing
both Republican White House and
a Republican Congress for the
period beginning March 5, 1925?
Especial Worry for Burton.
This is the central problem now
fascinating the Republican best
minds in Washington. In particu-
lar it fascinates the mind and
occupies the most thoughtful mid
night hours of the Honorable Theo.
dore E. Burton, Of Ohio, statesman
as well as politician, formerly
United States Senator, formerly
chairman Of the National Water
ways Commission, formerly mem.
Der Of the National Monetary Com
mission, formerly member for many
years of the Executive Committee
of the International Interparlia-
mentary Union of the world, Repre-
sentative now in Congress from the
Twenty.second District Of tOhio,
seventy-three years old, full Of ex-
perience and of wisdom, and rising
now to the supreme effort Of his
life.
This effort is the speech which he
will deliver to the Republican Ma.
tional Convention in Cleveland next
Tuesday as its temporary chairman.
1t will be called a keynote"
speech.
Mr.. Burton's endeavor will be
to find the key on which MIR.
Coolidge and the Republican candi'
dates for the Senate and House OF
Representatives can sing their
tunes together during the approach
ing campaign.
Master.Kea Needed.
This key Will be a master-key.
It will opener, at any rate. try to
open-the door to a new era of re.
Cancellation between Mr.. Coolidge
and his Republican colleagues in
Congress.
This reconciliation, from the Re.
publican standpoint, is thought
necessary. Dominant Republican
opinion here in Washington en-
phatically deplores the fight now
being waged by the Presidents
volunteer friends throughout the
+, country against the Republican
Senators and the Republican Con.
gressmen who have opposed the
| President on the subject of taxa
ton, the subject of the bonus. the
subject of immigration. the subject
of the Bursum pension bill, the
subject of the World Court, and
other subjects.
1t is perceived that this fight,
unless checked. may produce a
Democratic Congress.
In the upper house of Congress,
the Republicans, in order to con-
tinue to have majority. must
| have at least forty-nine seats. They
now have fifty-one. Their present
majority is extremely narrow. The
approaching election threatens 1t
peculiarly.
Almost all the Democratic Sena-
tors who are up for reelection this
fall happen to come from the solid
South. They are sure to be re-
elected.
Situation Is Difficult.
The Republican Senatorial stu
alton is extremely different. MOST
of the Republican Senators who are
up for reelection this fall come
from States which are closely Ill
vided and distinctly doubtful.
Two of these Senators come from
States which now have Democratic
governors. Nine Of them come from
States which already are repre-
scented in the Senate by one Demo
cratic Senator apiece.
The Republicans, therefore, have
eleven chances to lose seats In The
Senate this fall.
If four of these eleven chances
turn out against them, their ma
jority in the Senate is gone.
Meanwhile, in the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Republicans even to-
day have no majority at all except
when and IL the ten La FNollettites
from Wisconsin are good enough
to vote with them.
In both Houses Of Congress the
Republicans are on the edge of a
knife. The Presidents friends
throughout the country, by fighting
these Republican Senators and Con.
gressmen, most of whom. are going
to be renominated, can quite con-
ceivably hand the White House to
Coolidge while at the same time
handing Congress to the Democrats.
Irritated At Congress.
Mr.. Coolidge has a low opinion Of
Congress at this time. He frequent.
lily displays open irritation and open
resentment against It. This resent.
ment, however, is not thought to
go so far as to include q preference
for Congress controlled by Demo
Gratis.
Mr.. Burton accordingly, in Cleve-
land next Tuesday, will endeavor to
lock the door on the skeletons of
the past and to open the door to
a happy resurrection of republican
comradeship between Coolidge and
the legislative wing of his party.
While the Republicans are ad.
dressing themselves to this prob
lem, the Democrats are attacking
a problem Just as difficult.
The Democrats are better united
than the Republicans on such sub
jected as taxation, tariff, world
court, and so on. They are better
united than the Republicans on
purely political issues. They are
less united, however, on human
emotional issues.
Theology and Thirst.
The Democrats are being pursued