Evening star., 1926-05-05
Politics at Large
By G.. Gould Lincoln

are working quietly but vigorously
to bring about an early adjournment
of the Senate and House. With a
congressional campaign coming on
and good record of accomplishment
back OF the present Congress, some
of the Republica n leaders feel that 1t
will be far better to have Congress
out of Washington than in the
Capital
Much hinges upon the action taken
by the House on the pending agri.
cultural legislation. IL the House
sets intself into Jam over the three
bills which have been reported by the
House committee on agriculture and
which are today before the House
itself, and 1t becomes impossible TO
pass any bill, the prospects for an
early adjournment will be consider
ably improved. Should Ii be shown
cOnclusively that the House ca nnot
legisiate on agriculture, beyond the
bill 1t already has passed providing
for division of cooperative market
ing In the Department of Agriculture.
II might have the effect of haItine
the present drive for the pa ssage Of
bill to aid the farmers in dealing
with their surplus crops.
Such situa ton might bring con.
siderable relief to the administration
in view Of the reported danger of the
passage Of the HauRen bill. with It's
1915 ,000. 900 revolving fund out of the
feoeral Treasury to he used 10 help
handle the surplus crops and TO main
tain good prices for the farmers prod.
uce. The administra ton has been
strongly hostile TO this proposal. On
the other hand, to adjourn Congress
without any farm legislation, which
has been clamored for by farm or.
ganizations so vigorously in recent
months might cause trouble for MANY
OF the Republicans who are to come
up for reelection in the agricultural
States OF the Middle West and the
West.
Some Of the Democrats view the
present situation with no little salts.
faction, believing they can scarcely
fall TO obtain advantage whichever
way the cat jumps. This does not
mean that the Democrats are not
anxious to do something to bring re.
lief to the farmers who have been
hard pressed. But they view the si,
uation with considera BILE more equa-
nimlty than their Republican oppo-
nents. The responsibility always rests
done or In not done. Many Of the
Democrats in the House have deter.
mined to vote for the Haueen bill
price-hxins measure though il he.
Representative Quinn Of Mississippi pi
told the whole story succinctly in
the House debate yesterday when he
declared that he favored leaving the
HauRen bill on the White House
doorstep. Such present from Con
gress would he about as welcome as
general strike Is in England today.
Representative Oldfield Of Arkansas.
Democratic whip OF the House, chair.
man Of the Democratic national con
gressional campaign committee. has
Just returned to Washington from
Minnesota. where he addressed q
statewide meeting Of Democrats in
Minneapolis In his speech Mr.. Old
field urged that Minnesota turn Dem
Ocrat: that all the farmers Of the
country should be Democrats. and
that the Republican party was the
friend Of the big interests and not
the farmer and the worker. Mr.. Old.
field is to vote for the Haugen bill,
believing that at least 1t should be
tried out in an effort to do some; hing
for the farmers Of the country.
Not all the Democrats in the House
Or in the Senate--will support the
Haueen hill But as matters stand
today and unless there Is a chan in
sentiment. A. very considerable num-
her Of them will do so. enough to
make the psssas &c Of the bill strong
possibility.
Up in New York there Is an effort
on foot TO bring forward Owen D.
Young. chairman Of the board Of the
General Electric Co. a. nd former Da ives
plan agent in Europe. as the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor this Fall
1t ia reported that some of Gov.
Smiths friends. convinced at last that
the governor means what he says and
will not he candidate TO succeed
himself, are sounding out sentiment
throughout the State regarding Mr..
Young. There are Tammany leaders.
however. who much prefer to place
their faith in Gov. Smith for a fourth
term. 1t is not strange that this
should be so. Democratic CO ndidates
for many and varied ofices in the
State have ridden comforta bly, along
on the efficient coat-tails Of the
governor on election day Until it has
become habit. kind of inaliena BILE
right to which these Democratic ONCE
holders desire to cling. A drive to
bring about the ca ndidacy of Gov.
Smith Is expected when the Demo-
cratic State committee meets late in
June or early in July to make plans
for the Democratic State convention.
The name Of Fra nklin d. Roose-
welt Is sometimes mentioned as a
ao v,lt
cratic ticket against Sena tor wads-
worth. But Tammany is reported to
be considering the advisabiiity of
putting forward one of its own as
candidate for the Democratic sena-
tcrial nomination. and Justice Robert
F. Wagner Of the State Supreme
Court and Surrogate James E. Foley
are spoken of in this connection. II
Gov. Smith could he prevailed upon
to make the race for governor. It is
believed by Tammany men that their
candidate for Senator would he In a
much stronger position.
Reports from Iowa are to the effect
that the Brookhart compaign for the
Republican nomination for the Senate
against Senator Cummins is proceed.
ing briskly. Some Of the progres-
sive Republican Senator'S. particularly
those who fought the World Court.
are expected to 60 into the State be-
tween now and the date Of the pri-
mary. June {, to speak for the former
Senator. Senator Rorsh of Idaho, IL
is reported, will GO to Iowa i'm the In.
terest of Senator Brookhart, provided
things so shape up in the Senate as
to permit his being away from Wash.
ington for that purpose. Senator Tia
Toilette of Wisconsin has said that he
will go to Iowa. and Senators Norris
and Howell Of Nebraska and Frazier.
and Nye Of North Dakota are also
mentioned as probable speak kers for
the Iowa insurgent Republican. Sen.