Evening star., 1926-02-07

n really saying about America enter
wv ing the World Court?
Just what will be the effect Of the
resolution upon the Republican chances In the
elections to be held next Fall?
VIII this issue be carried to the polls? How
are those Republican Senators who voted for
and against the protocol who come up Tor re
election next Fall going to fare when they face
the voters of their States?
President Coolidge has been pondering over
these very pertinent questions since the Sen
ate SO overwhelmingly adopted the court reso-
luton: He tried at first to figure this out all by
himself, or with the assistance of his most mt
mate advisers. but he evidently did not find the
answer, and the President is now inviting en-
lightenment from the outside
1t has never been the Coolidge method TO de-
lude himself and he has set about in an en-
deavor to learn the truth about the feelings OF
the voters. He Is putting the question frankly
10 those who are prominent In his party's coun-
ellis, and who have come to the White House
IN a position to have formed conclusions as TO
the reaction in their respective sections since
the Senate passed the Swanson resolution.
x X x
Naturally enough the President is receiving
u wide variety of opinions. Just how he is cata-
loguing these reflections he is not divulging. 1t
is known that Of the opinions convey
the impression that the party's prospects in
the coming elections are not any too bright as
a result of the court. Some are known to have
given the President a decidedly gloomy picture.
Still others have expressed the thought that the
party has not in the least hurt it's chances, and
that, If anything the court matter Will strength
en- it next Fall.
The writer has talked with some of those
with whom the President has discussed this
problem. Their opinions, along with those OF
party leaders and political observers in Wash
ington, would indicate that while there is little
likelihood of the World Court becoming a ma jor
issue in the coming campaign there is no ques
tion about its figuring prominently in the i'm
pending senatorial primaries which are TO be
held from time to time before the November
elections.
It is conceded by OF these political au-
thorities who have talked with the President
that more than one Of the Republican Senator's
who voted for the court must face reckoning
at the polls. At the same time OF
them who voted against the court Will have
to do a lot of explaining between now and bal.
Hampshire is of the latter.
It is the effect the court fight is going to have
the party Senators who supported the ad-
rninistration by voting for the court In which
President Coolidge is more deeply concerned.
His concern is more than merely casual, too.
He Is anxious to maintain Republican ma
jority in the upper branch OF Congress. He Is
not unrnindful of the fact, either, that 1t was
through his personal influence that number
of those Republican Senators supported the
Swanson resolution, and naturally enough he
is anxious to arrive at an early and accurate
estimation OF the political situation generally
throughout the country. 1t may be possible, &C
cordng to his way Of thinking, that his per
sonal popularity throughout the country is