Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
ORGANIZATION WAR
THREATENS c. 0. P.
Moses to Back Democrats as
Chairman if Insurgents
Vote to Gust Him.

BY the Associated Press.
Internecine war is threatening Re-
publican control of the next Senate and
the House.
Republicans have a slender plurality
of one in the Senate and the Demo-
Gratis are not eager to assume the re-
sponsibilty or organization this In
dependent branch entails.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire, the
President pro tempore, in frank man
ner disclosed the Republican conflict
that is impending in an article this
week in the Saturday Evening Post.
It so happens that Senator Moses is
the target of some of the dSgrontleo
Republican independents. who ,.old the
balance of power in the next Senate
and House. They have intimated that
the scalp of Senator Moses as Presl-
dent pro temrore Is to be removed next
session.
Moses Answers Threat.
Senator Moses is aware of the threat
and through the medium of maya
zine article he informed his prospective
scalpers this week in this form:
I'm the Seventy-second Congress
(the next Congress-, where the margin
in both chambers is inappreciable as
between the two parties, 1t Is Wholly
conceivable that a single vote, cast
through pique, resentment or even
pure cusSedneSs, may oVerturn tne
whole of the existing state OF adalrs.
And it so happens that the order
In which the successive votes are taken
for the organization of the Senate lenoS
n 10T0dIlCp Sllch a re-
suit"
In other words, the Senate votes hrst
upon its President pro tempore. and
should Senator Moses be eliminated by
his Republican colleagues in favor OF
the Democratic candidate he simply
proposes, through the narrow division
between the parties, to throw his vote
and eject from the chairmanshlp OF
certain committees those Republicans
who voted to overthrow him.
Nye May Vote for Democrat.
The Democrats on organization will
vote as a unit for their nominees, but
they expect the Republicans to do ike
wise. The Republicans, while OF vary
ing hues and beliefs, usually vote
together on organization for SELF
preservation.
But there have been rumors that
Senator Nye of North Dakota and
others would do away with Senator
Moses and vote instead for the Demo
cratic nominee for President pro tenn
pore, Senator Pittman of Nevada.
So Mr.. Moses has sent word that
there are two sides to such PROPOSE
tion and that he and some OF his
friends will retaliate by voting to make
democrats chairmen of committees
headed by the insurgents who vote
against him
It was Senator Moses who put into
the Senate record the expense account
of the Campaign Funds investigating
Committee. headed by Senator Nye
He also referred to the Republican m
dependents as the sons OF the wild jack
assess" Neither Senator Moses nor
any other Senator made any complaint
about the account, but the incident
ranked Senator Nye. who complained
Of the propriety of the action.
Look to Watson and McNary.
With Republican control of the next
Congress ieopardized in both branches
the Republican leaders are intent on
the situation. Senator Watson OF In
diana. the Republican leader, and Sen
ator McNary of oregon, assistant leader
and chairman of the Committee on
Committees, are being looked to by the
regulars to bring about settlement
of the matter.
In the closely divided House. Repre-
sentative Tilson of Connecticut, tho
Republican floor leader, and Repre-
sentative Smell of New York, chairman
of the Rules Committee, are in a des-
perate contest for the Republican nom
ination for the speakership, left vacant
by the death of Representative Long
worth of Ohio. The independents
threaten to place nominee in the
race, which may result in the Demo-
Gratis organizing the House with Fep-
1esentative Garner of Texas as speaker