Evening star., 1925-12-01
WELCOME AWAITS
YOUNG LA TOILETTE
Senate Leaders Urged by
Coolidge Also to Offer FIaq
of Truce to Nye.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.

The Republicans Of the Senate VIII
pursue conciliatorv attitude during
the coming session toward those mem
hers Of their party who have shown
spirit Of insurgency.
This has been decided Tnon h.. tLa
party's leadership in tho Senate T.
was learned today, following confer
ence at the White House hnrUoen
President Coolidge and Senators Wat
son of Indiana, one Of the retn1gnlzed
leaders OF that body and chairman Of
the committee on committees and
Ernst OF Kentucky. who VIII he chair
man Of the committee on privileges
and elections. Official announcement
or The party's intentions VIII b- made
following the party conference or Ih-
Senate 10 be held next SATURDAY..
II was learned definitely thar The
Republican leadership has no intention
OF reading Young Bob" Ia Toilette
VINO has been elected to succeed his
late father out of the party or ~
denying him any committee assign.
nentS. The same holds good f0i. Ger
AID i. NEe, appointed 10 the Senate
to succeed the late Senator L#dd 80
North Dakota. when the lcGal point in
determined by the Senate
Coolidge Hand Seen.
II is the opinion Of those who are
N position 10 speak author7tativeIv
that President Coolidge has had cor
siderable to do with the adoption Of
this pacific policy. From The ver,-
beginning of the movement on The
part Of many Of the Republicans Of
The Senate 10 deal harshly with hose
members who had been elected as
Republicans, but who had consistently
voted against the party's program.
and who had otherwise been reue.-
HUus, President Coolidge doubted The
wisdom Of hard boIled" tactics No
that he favored condoulng acrS cr lie
naECe and beIigeTeuCE, hut LecIuer
his better Judgment convinced him
that no good could he accomplished.
He did not want 10 see the members
OF his party in the Senate, or The
House either. make any political ms
takes. With the congressional cleo
tons less than . Year off he does moi
Want those members II ms party wNn
are 10 seek reelection Handicapped bg
blunderS
Before the Republicans Of the Sen
ate announce their attitude they
wanted 10 acqua4nt Mr.. Coolidge with
their intentions and to obtain his
views. 1t was FOR this purpose tha.
Senators Watson and Ernst came Ia
see the President today. senator
NJ atson said afrerward that the Re
publican leadership of the Senate has
not the slightest intention of reading
young Bob La Toilette o. Senator
Nye out Of the party if they an
nounce themselves as Republicans
Expects Nye to Get Seat
OF course, Mr.. Nye must first he
seated by the Senate and. according
TO Senator Watson, IL is almost 8 Ger
;ainty that he Will be- In his opin-
ion. the question of seating him Is
merely a matter of determining
whether or not the Governor OF
North Dakota had legal authority in
making the appointment This viii
be determined this week, Senator
Watson said.
As for Senator La Toilette, Senator
Watson said that, as chairman OF the
committee on committees, he Will
write TO Senator La Toilette and ask
him If he cares TO he assigned to
committees as a Republican. The lat
ters answer VIII officially settle that
question.
The Senate leadership looks upon
the case of Young Bob" as vastly
different from that of his late father.
The latter WAS read out Of the party
In the Senate because he had run In
opposition To u Republican candidate
Tor President ana openly said lie was
nut 4 Republican, Senator Watson
pointed out today.
1t Is generally believed that the
attitude OF The Senate toward i,s
be.ligerents VIII be closely followed
by the Republican leadership in the
House in dealing with its Insurgents.
Representatives Longworth oi Ohio
and Tilson of Connecticut. who viii!
direct their party's course in the
lower chamber already have been
warned by President Coolidge that
the party in the House would he
making a grave error if ii denied its
insurgents committee assignments IS
a means Of furnishing them for their
alleged irreCularity