Evening star., 1927-11-09
Politics at Large
By C. Could Lincoln.

The Ware victory in Philadelphia
yesterday, when Harry Mackey was
elected mayor and James M. Beck.
| former Solicitor General of the United
States, to the seat in the House for
merly held by Mr.. Ware, was on tne
| card. An organization such as tnat
built up by Senator-elect William ;.
Ware and his brother is not to be over
| thrown in a day, or a month or even
a year. The supporters Of Mr.. Ware.
who demand his seating in the Senate,
Notwithstanding the charges OF poiltl'
cal corruption and excessive expendl-
! lures brought against him by the Reed
slush fund committee and his old op-
ponent, William B. Wilson. will assert
that he has been "vindicated' in the
Philadelphia election. His opponents.
however. will point to the fact that
Philadelphia. his stronghold, alone
voted in the Mackey and Beck cleo
tions yesterday; that the rest of the
State, which turned Mr.. Ware down in
the general election last year, was not
participating. Philadelphia saved the
Ware bacon last year. 1t remains to
be seen whether it can do it when the
Senate meets next month and Mr..
Ware presents himself to take the oath
Of Office.
II X Il \
The election of Mr.. Beck. who de-
Tended the right of Col. Frank l..
Smith of Illinois TO a seat in the Sen
ate last Spring, when his right to be
seated had been challenged by the
Reed committee just as Mr.. Wares
right, has been challenged, is not
surprising, to say the least. Mr.. Beck
not only appeared before the Senate
committee, but also published book
| setting forth the rights of the States
to be represented in the Senate and
in the House by the members they
elect
The Smith and Ware contests seem
bound to come before the Senate for
consideration Immediately after the
opening of the session at noon De-
cember 5. Neither Mr.. Smith nor
Mr. Ware has had an opportunity
to take the oath of office. When the
Senate assemblies, after the prayer
| and the call OF the roll to determine
| a quorum, the SenatOrs-elect must
| present themselves to be sworn in,
| according to the rules of the Senate.
The right of Ware and Smith to take
| the oath will be challenged and a
| showdown may come much sooner
| than has been expected. The Demo
| Gratis who have backed Senator Jim"
| Reed of Missouri in his work as chair
| man of the slush fund committee are
ready to prevent Smith and Ware
| from being seated. They will be join
ed by group of Republican Sena-
| tors. Some of the Democrats would
| prefer to have the right Of these Sen
atorselect challenged by the Republi-
cans, and Senator Norris of Nebraska
| stands ready to make the issue, if it
| is not made by Senator Reed of
| Missouri himself or another Demo.
crat. From time to time there have
| been reports to the effect that the
| opposition to Ware and Smith had re-
| Tented so far as to permit them to
| be seated with the understa nding that
| later vote would be had on turn
| ing them out of the Senate. But
| these reports appear to have been
considerably exaggerated II Senators
| now returning to Washington are to
be believed.
Pennsylvania Is going, 1t Is reliably
reported, to cast it's vote in the Re.
publican national convention for Sec
retary Mellon for President. It is re-
| ported, too, in some quarters that Mr..
Mellon would not be avtrse to enter
ing the White House. But, speaking
| from purely political standpoint. no
man as wealthy IS Mr.. Mellon is
likely to be chosen President of the
United States. Rockefeller, Morgan
and other men of enormous wealth
have been great builders. But that
they could be chosen Chief Executive
through the suffrage of millions of
their fellow citizens is open to doubt
Even Henry Ford, another Of the
worlds richest men. with all his ap-
peal to labor and the man Of mod
I crate means, could not make the
grade. The late Senator Boies Pen
rose Of Pennsylvania, a man of means
himself and boss Of the Republican
party for years in the Keystone State,
once said, in connection with the
candidacy of former Gov. Frank o.
Lowden of Illinois for the Republican
nomination for President, "Who ever
heard Of a man riding into the White
| House in Pullman carr" Mr.. Low
| den was the son-in-law of George M.
| Pullman, head of the Pullman Car
| Co. Senator PenroSe was looking at
| the matter from a praS tical political
| point Of view, as he viewed most
things. This same criticism, by the
| way, is hurting Mr.. Lowdens chances
of the nomination next year. 1t has
aroused the Progressive Republican
group in the Senate to oppose him in
the farm States of the Northwest
and Middle West.
Where Pennsylvania will go, in the
| event Mr.. Mellon cannot be nomi-
mated, is a matter of much interest
in political circles. Mr.. Mellon has
| himself announced he believed Pres
| ident Coolidge was really out of the
presidential race, through his Black
| Hills statement. And Mr.. Mellon is
| believed to have a preference for
| Judge Charles Evans Hughes of New
| York. II Mellon swings the Penn
| sylvania delegation in behind Hughes
| the New Workers. chances for the
| nomination mount perceptibly. There
is, of course, the chance that Penn
| sylvania, playing the game with
favorite son, will yet fall in line
behind any movement to draft Pres
ident Coolidge, IL the President does
not make it so clear he will not
accept the nomination under any cir
cumstances that the movement will
die a-borning. The favorte-son
candidates., which are being ad-
canced more and more. combined with
plans for uninstructed delegations.
give impetus again 10 the luea iHdl
the President is to be drafted. The
Republican national committeeman
from Texas, Creager. has declared
the Lone Star state will send a dele
cation to vote for Coolidge for Pres
ident mo matter what" And other
Southern Republican leaders are by
no means averSa to this idea. Ger
tain Progressive Republicans look
askance at all this talk of favorite-
son candidates and uninstructed
delegations. What they fear Is a
national convention controlled by
few leaders as was the Chicago con-
vention which nominated the late
President Harding in 1920. II the
jam comes in the convention and the
President Is definitely out Of the pic