New Britain herald., 1925-01-02
COOLIDGE FLASHES
 $ O 5 ID BINGHAM
Administration Needs His Vote on Postal Pay Veto
WANT HIM SWORN IN NOW
Decision to Be Made on January c Makes His Presence Desirable in Washlngton--But He Wants to Be Connecticut Governor.
BY GEORGE Fl. MANNING.

&Wasnlngton Bureau or N. h. Heraldb
 Washington. D C., Jan. 2.-An at tempt Is being made by administra- ton forces to have Senator elect Hiram Bingham take his seat in time to help sustain the presidents veto of the postal salaries bill when the vote comes In the senate January 6, it was learned here on reliable au- thority today.
 A recent canvass of senators dis closed the fact that unless some sen- ators change their minds the vote will be so close that one vote will decide the question of upholding or overriding the veto. Although Bing- ham has not declared his stand on the question, it was assumed by ad- ministration leaders that he would be regular" and would stand be- hind President Coolidge, and for this reason they want him sworn in as a senator before the vote on the postal bill.
 Bingham, however, has good and sufficient reasons of his own for not coming to Washington until January 8 because he is to be sworn in as governor of Connecticut January '. Once he assumes office as senator if will be impossible for him to take 1 the state office, even though he in- l tended to resign immediately, and il | is very important for Connecticut l that he goes through the form of be-
 ing sworn in as governor and re- signing at once.
 Should he fail to do this, Cover nor Templeton has declared he will continue in office after the cxpira- | ton of his term. His right to do | this would doubtless be tested in the 1 courts, but this would take time and meanwhile he would act as governor, and Bingham and his party leaders want to avoid all possibilities of such an occurrence.
 1 On the other hand, If Bingham becomes senator and then takes the cath of office of governor, he is in grave danger Of losing his seat.
 A kindly disposed majority in the senate might overlook such q tech nfcal violation of the provision against Il member of congress hold ing a state office. but the democrats and radicals in the senate could be expected to jump at the chance of taking tho seat from regular re- l publican and they have ample pre- cedent for such action. Several aCses are on record where both houses have voted to strike from the rolls the name of q member who | took oath as state officer even though it was his known intention | to resign at once.
 This puts Bingham in a predca- ment Of considerable consequence, For his own personal and for state political purposes he wants 10 take office as governor before becoming senator. But he has been elected to the senate and senators are supposed to be in Washington when congress is In session. Binghams campaign was aided by the republican organi- zatlon, and should the new senator fail to comply with the first request to aid the administration. it is mat ter for conjecture how he would be looked upon by the powers that be. If Bingham wants to support 1 Coolidge he should be in the senate January 6 and vote against oyerrid- 1 ing the veto on the postal salaries bill. But just how far Bingham will go in supporting the president is be- ginning to worry the administration (Continucd on Page Twenty-one)