The Washington times., 1926-01-29
ROWS
OVER COURT
By GEORGE n. HOLMES

peared today, is not yet ended.
It will be carried as an issue
this year into a score Of Senatorial
campaigns, and with sufficient
virility to cause uneasiness among
many Of the Republicans who
Joined with the Democrats in put.
ting 1t, through under a cloture
rule.
This is particularly true Of those
States wherein the Ku Klux Khan
yields a political big stick.
Plans are being perfected by ma
donal headquarters OF the khan
here to. oppose every Senator who
comes up FOR reelection in November
and who voted for the Court.
In some cases it amounts to a
considerable threat; in others 1t
amounts to little or nothing, but in
every case it is causing uneasiness
OF varying degrees.
The anti-Court forces are DISCUSS
ing the possibility of taking the
United States out of the Court be.
fore entrance is actually effected.
They figure. that it will be year
at least, probably longer, before the
signature of the United States can
be attached to the protocol, because
Of the necessity of getting. each OF
the 49 nations now members to
signify in writing their acceptance
of the reservations attached by the
Senate.
Granted this much time, and a
Congressional campaign intervening,
together with the fact that Amer.
lca's withdrawal can be accom-
plished any time a majority vote Of
both branches Of Congress, the anti.
Court forces do not believe their
case is hopeless.
In any event. 1t is the present In
tention Of the leaders of the move
ment to carry on"
Twenty-one of the forty Repub-
dcan Senators who voted for cIoture
and the Court are up for re-
election in November.
Some of them are facing stiff OBJ.
position, irrespective Of the Court
Issue.
Illinois probably win be one early
battle-ground. Senator William B.
Mckinley Is up for reelection.
Disregarding alike the anti-Cour
resolution adopted by the Cook
County (Chicago) Republican. or
ganization, and the opposition to
the Court from d0wn-State sections
where the khan is not without
strength, Senator Mckinley voted
for American adherence. Col.
Frank L. Smith Will oppose him in
the primaries in April. Smith is
anti-Court.
Another battle-ground probably will
ha "a caerS HHrnv -
William M. Butler, chairman Of
the Republican National Committee.
faces the voters.
The Capital expects ex-senator
David /. Walsh to be his Demo
cratic opponent in November.
Walsh was one of the irreconcilables
In the League fight.
The Massachusetts, contest Is not
without its humorous aspect.
The khan has recently gained a
Eoothoid in the Bay State.
To Buffers desk IN the capitol dur.
ing the court fight came continued
appeals from the KIaverns OF the
state to oppose the court.
Side by side were stacked appeals
from the Ancient Order Of Hibern-
ians and other Irish Catholic organ
izations, also appealing to him to
oppose the court.
Political observers here were
envisioning today the possibility OF
next November's witnessing the un.
usual spectacle OF the Klansmen
and the Hibernians marching to
the polls together in a common
cause. 81
OF the thirty.two Senators up for
reelection twenty-five OF Them are
Republicans.
The seven Democrats up for re.
election are all from the solid
South, and their return. barring
primary upsets. is considered more
or less matter Of routine.