San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
HAP,G00D Sees
u TOILETTE
As POWER
Young Senator Soon to Be
Felt in Councils Of
Great, He Says.
By NORMAN HAPCOOD
Universal Service staff Correspondent.

Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. FL
prophesy that young Bob sLaFollette
will be Immediately one of the most
definite forces in Congress. At a
time when Republican insurgency is
likely, both at this session and in
the next, to hold the balance Of power
in the Senate on many important ques-
tons, the newcomers strength is i'm
portant.
LaFollette has about as much ex-
pcrience as il he had already been
Ten years in the Senate. During that
period, as his fathers secretary and
first lieutenant, he has been acguaint.
ed with men, legislative questions and
methods of organization.
The speeches with which he held
great crowds in the recent Wisconsin
fight against the regulars show he
will know how to behave on his feet.
YOUTH is ASSET.
Youth is a big asset, provided one
has experience. The difficulty with
getting young men into high office in
modern complicated life is that it takes
90 long to achieve responsible posi-
lions and then have records in such
positions known to the general pub
lie.
On the whole, for a man as young
as LaFollette to be put in so power
full an office requires an early good
fortune, which, Of course, he had in
the opportunities Of the last ten or
dozen years.
Parker Gilbert, Of the reparations
commission, is another example OF
young man doing important work, out
he was appointed, not elected. IL is
easier for a young man to get lot
ward also in a sparsely settled state,
like North Dakota, where Nye mas
been appointed senator at 30. or new
Uampshire, where Governor Winant IS
35. than it is in populous states and
cities where a person must become
known to vast numbers.
SHOWS HIS ABILITY.
Tn his active years with his father
JaFollette has shown ability in or
panization and it happens that organr
sat;on ia inst what the insurgents
need. If Senator Norris nad .aser
for that work he would be the ieaaer
accepted without question, but LIS
tellect. character and wit are no. a.
companied by tendency 10 go arou"u
and gather people together. a..
As the size Of the House ana Us
conseouent INDEBTEDNESS leaves all tn'
real influence to the Senate, the CRIT
ical question today is the RELATION oe
tween the insurgent Repubiicshs anu
the Democrats in that body ana ,ha'
relation will be ended or solidi1ied on
the question of tax policies. In ING
preliminary moves the presence Vi
young Bob is likely to be almost as
effective as that of his father woui'
have been.
The world court is not party ques-
tion. but it can be used also to mus
trste the role played by organiza-
tion. The burden of opposing the
Coolidge policy on that question W wi;
fall mostly on a few men, Borah. Ill
ram johnson, Moses and Jim Reed.
ORGANIZER LACKING.
Others will vote with them. but no
,,e else will put much passion into
tho fight Now those are men OF par
ticnlar ability, including debating
nower. but no one Of them is an or
rsnizer Each is an individualist III
S;s metbods. And the lack Of organi-
zation will be felt when the clinch
LaFolIette is not particularly inter
ested in that question, nor are otngl
nrominent insurgents. LaFoliette VII
vote against the court, and some otn.
ers Of. the group will vote for it. but
their minds are on economic matters
Their fundamental reason for exist.
ence as a group is to stand for the
noint Of view of the farmer, worker, or
small capitalist where it conflicts with
the point Of view of the rich. A !. nn'
traordinarly well prepared and along
that line he will soon be felt as a ma