Evening star., 1925-12-04
LA TOILETTE ISSUE
BOTHERS SENATORS
Some Not Yet Convinced Re.
pubIicans Should Welcome
Him to Fold.
b. the Assoc atad Press.

By the Associate Press.
With the Senate Republican confer
enCe called for tomorrow and the La
Toilette issue still troubling party lead
ers, the preconvening atmosphere Of
the new Congress today was keying
up for the gavel fall on Monday.
Republican leaders in the Senate still
faced an uncertain situation in their
efforts to have the party conference
tomorrow recognize. without issue. the
republicanism OF Senator-elect La Fol
lette of Wisconsin. Senator Butler of
Massachusetts. chairman OF the Re
publican national committee, is one
of number of Senators apparently
not yet convinced that the plan of
Senator Curtis Of Kansas, the major
ity floor leader, and other party lead
ers to treat the Wisconsin Senator as
party regular IS warranted by his
speeches in his recent campaign.
La Toilette Is Silent.
Senator La Toilette. whose campaign
utterances are regarded by some Sen
ators as constituting attacks on the
Republican party, has declined TO in
dicate whether he purposes 10 accept
the invitation TO attend the confer
ence tomorrow.
In the session ahead the question
Of amendment Of the Senate rules to
prevent tilibusters is one that prob
ably will occupy many hours OF de
bate. and Vice President Dawes al
ready is on the ground prepared TO
carry forward his fight for such
change. Since his arrival yesterday .
however, he has declined to make any
statement regarding his plans.
One Of the Vice Presidents first
callers was Senator Underwood. Demo
crat, Alabama. whose proposal for a
change of Senate rules was introduced
at the special Senate session last
March after Mr. Dawes had launched
his reform fight in his inaugural
address. Whether either the Under
wood resolution or another sponsored
hv Senator Jones, Republican, Wash
ington, 10 shorten Senate debate. can
receive a favorable vote in the rules
committee for report to the Senate Is
doubted by both Republican and
Democratic leaders.
Work on Tax Bill.
House Republican leaders were per
fecting plans today to have the House
get down to work on the tax reduc-
ton bill Immediately after the reading
of the Presidents message on the
second day. The program for the
opening day calls for organization and
the receipt of the report on the tax
bill
The first political gun Of the season
has been fired by Senator Harrison.
Democrat, Mississippi. who declares
in a formal statement that the Tong
vacation In which the President has
20 nrnlntr hiyplCalf IA
the misdeeds Of the administration is
now at an end"
"In the coming Congress" he said,
IAN accounting will be demanded and
the people shall know the hypocrittcal
manner In which the Government has
been administered during the year.
What a spectacle is presented in
the House and Senate. In the one,
the leadership is not yet determined
whether recalcitrant progressives are
to receive committee assignments, and
in the other the same political mus
keeters-Watson, Ernst and Cum
mins-who were most vociferous in
reading La Toilette, Ladd and Brook
hart out of the party. are now heading
pilgrimages to the White House I'M
ploring presidential sanction to vel
come them back into the fold
The Republican party enters the
coming Congress in fear and tremb-
ling. With Borah. as it's leader In
foreign affairs, challenging the admin
istration's position with reference to
the World Court. and Dawes. the
Mussolini Of American politics, threat
ening invasion and destruction to
those of his political faith who dare
oppose his senatorial reform views,
the poor old Republican party is in for
rough shedding and hard time"