Evening star., 1939-06-21

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tions."
Senator Burke briefly recounted
the circumstances. President COOL
idge the previous year had issued
his famous Il do not choose to rum
statement, but it had not quieted the
agitation to make him the Repub-
llcan nominee for a third term. In
an effort to head off the movement,
Representative Beck, Republican, Of
Wisconsin and Young Bob" La
Toilette went back to the record Of
1875 and copied out the words of a
resolution by which the House had
taken shot at the third-term am
bitions of U. S. Grant. This reso-
luton they introduced in the House
and the Senate, and Senator La
Toilette gleefully forced it to vote
in the Upper Chamber 1t was
adopted by Sc to 26. Voting for it
for this resounding expression Of
the sense of the Senate" against
any departure" from the third
term tradition-were 81 Democrats,
18 Republicans and one member of
the Farmer-Labor party. In OPP
position were % Republicans and
four Democrats.
"a Foes Still in Senate.
Of those who voted for the resolu-
ton, "a, including Is Democrats,
are still members Of the Senate.
Only two of those who voted against
it-McNary of Oregon, now the Re-
publican leader, and Walsh. Demo-
crat. of Massachusetts, still
members.
The cruelty of Senator Burke in
recalling the action of the Senate
on the La Toilette resolution did
not go beyond the statistics. He
refrained from naming the Sena-
tors who voted for it and who may
again be called on to go on record.
This is an omission which ought
to be, and herewith is, remedied.
The list is as follows:
Democrats-Ashurst of Arizona,
Barkley Of Kentucky, Gerry of
Rhode Island, Glass of Virginia.
Harrison of Mississippi, Hayden Of
Arizona. King of Utah, McKellar
of Tennessee, Nicely OF West Vir-
glnla, Pittman of Nevada, Shep-
pard of Texas, Smith of South Car
olina, Thomas of Oklahoma, Tvd-
ings of Maryland, Wagner of New
York, Wheeler Of Montana.
Republlcans-Borah of Idaho,
Capper of Kansas, Frazier of North
Dakota. johnson of California, Nye
of North Dakota.
Progressive-La Toilette of Wis
consin.
Observation-Disclosures of Nebraska.
Farmer Laborite-Shipstead of
Minnesota.
Statement by Borah.
There are some of these Senators.
obviously, who would be delighted
to repeat their vote of 1928, but
the squirmings of some of them If
they have to face the issue will be
painful thing to watch. The mere
pendency of the Rush Holt reso-
lutlon-a duplicate of those of 1875
and 1928-is bad enough: to be re-
quired to vote on it would be. in
many cases, infinitely worse. Lis
ten to what Senator Borah said to
the Democrats when the La Toilette
resolution was under debate:
so lar as the Democrats are con-
cerned, they would be strikingly in
consistent if they did not vote for
this resolution. 1t is Democratic
doctrine; 1t originated with Thomas
jefferson; it has been one of the
cardinal principles of the Demo-
cratic party from its organization
TO this time; and I can not conceive
OF a Democrat voting against the
resolution if he believes in the prin-
clple which is one of the cardinal
principles of the Democratic party"
How Will They Vote?
Suppose Senator Holt succeeds in
bringing his anti-third-term resolu-
ton to vote.
Will Senator Barkley, that Roose-
welt follower sans peur ct sans re-
proche, vote to say that a third term
for Roosevelt would be "unwise, un-
patriotic and fraught with peril to
our free institutions"
what Will Senator La Toilette say?
And such New Dealers as Ashurst,
Mcclellan, Nicely, Sheppard, Wagner
not to mention those who are not
so New Dealish but who still don't
want to offend the President-What
will be their votes when the resolu-
ton runs not against Coolidge but
against the No. l New Dealer? They
won't be allowed to forget that they
voted in 1928 against ANY depar-
ture" from the third-term tradition.
What would be the vote, one Won
ders, of Mr.. Black, now of the Su-
preme Court, who supported the
La Toilette resolution?
The situation is fraught-as the
resolution writer's would say-with
possibilities of pain for the Senators
and of comic relief for the rest of us.
Either of two titles will be appro-
pirate for the Holt performance, if
staged; Chickens Come Home to
Roost" and at All Depends on
Whose OK Is Being Gored."