Evening star., 1925-08-12
Politics at Large
By C.. Could Lincoln

back in 1919 and 1920. President
Coolidge has several times recon-
mended to the Senate favorable action
on the World Court protocol which
has been tucked away in the Senate
foreign relations committee ever since
it was sent to the Senate by the late
President Harding two or three years
ago. And the Senate is to take it up
for consideration" on December II,
under a unanimous consent agreement
entered into at the special session of
that body last March.
President Coolidge, 1t now appears,
is going to the bat for the entrance of
the United States into the World
Court, with certain reservations sug
gested by former Secretary Hughes
and Presidnt Harding to keep the
United States free of the League of
Nations. Furthermore, it appears
that the President is having some
success in lining up Republican Sena
tors for the World Court, notwith-
standing the opposition of the "irrec
oncilables," led by Senator Borah of
Idaho. chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee.
Democratic national leaders, as well
as members of the Senate. predict
that the Democrats in the upper house
will support the World Court proposal
advanced by the President. Indeed,
they could not afford to do otherwise.
even though some of the reservations
aimed at the League of Nations may
be distasteful to them. Doubtless,
the Democrats will enjoy any rumpus
that may arise between the President
and the ''irreconcilable" Republicans.
They will encourage such a row and
laugh up their sleeves while it Is
going on. But in the end, they will
vote for the protocol-unless, indeed,
the President should yield completely
to the "irreconcilables" in the matter
of reservations. Two Democrats made
a bad OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the last
Congress when they opposed the
administration on It's tax reduction
plan. some of the party leaders are
willing to admit today, and they are
not going to make any further mis-
takes either on taxation or the World
Court just prior to the congressional
campaign, If they can avoid them.
The strategy of the "irreconcilabl bles"
will be to load down with reservations
the resolution proposing ratification of
the protocol. This is the method by
which they caused the defeat of the
League of Nations proposal. Their
nope is TO add reservations which will
cause the Democrats-whose support
the President must have-to refuse TO
vote for the resolution in its final
form.
Senator George Moses of New
Hampshire, according TO the dis
patches from Swampscott, now saws
that the World Court protocol will be
adopted with reservations" Senator
Moses Is one of the '1rreconcilables +"
and has had no love for the World
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Republican Senators who come up for
reelection next year Reports from
his State indicate that former Gov.
Robert Perkins Bass may make a con-
test for the Republican nomination
against Senator Moses Gov. Bass is
a progressive-he was a Roosevelt fol-
lower in 1912-and has been a thorn
in the side of the Moses organization
for some time. Senator Moses is Pres
ident pro tempore of the Senate. and
is violently opposed to the President of
the Senate, Vice President Dawes. in
the matter OF the rules reform urged
by Gen. Dawes. Mr.. Bass is for the
World Court and for amendment of
the Senate rules. Mr. Moses declared
his independence in New Hampshire
when delegates to the Republican ma
uonal convention OF 1924 were being
chosen. He said that he would go to
tho nepuoltSaIls national convention
uninstructed if elected. Whereupon
the voters elected a man pledged to
support President Coolidge for the
nomination.
The Democratic national committee.
through its chairman, Glen Shaver of
West Virginia, and it's finance di-
rector, Jesse Jones of Texas, is plod-
ding away at the Job of paying the
Democratic debt incurred during the
last campaign. and so we'll have they
advanced along this line that Mr..
Shaver hopes to be able to resume or
ganiZation activities, in a modest way,
by the time Congress meets next De-
cember. While the chairman OF the
national committee is going ahead
with his campaign to clean up the
debt-a duty which he takes very Sc
riously. and as an obligation on the
management of the last campaign and
the party-Represent William A
Oldfield, chairman of the national
Democratic congressional committee,
is going to make a swing around the
circle" in an effort TO stir up the
West to vote for a Democratic Con-
gresS a year hence. Mr.. Oldfield leaves
here next Saturday on a trip that will
last month and take him as far
as Seattle, San Francisco and Los
Angeles. He is going to preach the
doctrine of Democracy up and down
the West, in an effort to make the
voters understand that the Republic
an party is the party of the rich. and
that what the ordinary, everyday run
of citizen needs is liberal. not rad
ical, party to tie to, and that the
Democratic party is such a party. Mr.
Oldtield has boundless energy. He has
a genial and pleasing personality. He
is bent on instilling some of his own
energy and enthusiasm into the party
workers and the rank and file of the
Democrats in the West, in preparation
for the congressional campaign next
year.
Some of the Republicans in New
Jersey have conceived the idea that it
would be a fine thing to have the Pres
ident sponsor the gubernatorial can
didate, Whitney, and make his elec-
ton an administration issue next No
vember. OF course, the President would
be delighted to see a Republican elect
ed governor in New Jersey. But why
in the name of all political sense
should he be called upon to make his
administration an issue in the Jersey
election? There are enough local is
sues to make the outcome decidedly
doubtful, so far as the Republican
ticket is concerned. A defeat. under
such circumstances, could only be re-
garded as a reputation of the Cool
idge administration by the voters of
New Jersey. 1t is not considered like
ly here that the President will be
drawn into any such position.
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Out in Iowa Senator Cummins has
already opened his campaign head
quarters for denomination and election
next year. While there are a number