The Elkins Inter Mountain

Hunt's Daily Letter
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer
Washington D.C.
The political
perplexities of the G. O. P. will not end
with the election of Calvin Coolidge.
I should
have known the
ports of Republican
For even victory
will
like carrying on
unless something
wherewith
La Follette has
whetted under the
notion of organizing P
votes of
B[?]ea'ry
in an difficult
tribulation and
Word to F[s?]
Washingtonians
that it is extreme
[ly] whether
Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican Leader
in the upper house
really desires
[? ] in the N[ew]
Lodge, now 71
has been in
poor health for
[several] years. He
recently underwent
surgical operation, which
seems to have left
him in assaults
He has not left [home]
A second opera[
tion] and [? ] these
[? ] the Senate
until his
strength follows
[? ]
doubtful whether
the ideal of [? ]
The retirement
of either by
death or disability
would force a re
shuffling of the S[enate]
leadership
at a time when a test of P[arty] loyalty there
would be most critical.
For the necessity of the hour to choose
a new party leader
at a time the pro
gressive bloc and
its fireworks that
the special
[? ]
The very jealous
senators who
aspire to
leadership
with the
[? ] selves all [? ]
The party
at least a number
While these w[ere]
able to con
trol the situation,
they would be able
to do
[? ] an [? ]
of wirepulling and
[? ]
Actually, Lodge's
ship has
in leadership
[? ] only thing
the past year
his
health has promoted his contribution to
the shame of ti
[? ] internal and ritual
party discipline in
the Senate.
Anti
on the [? ]
within the party
[? ]
Borah, Couzens, [? ] La Follette
have defied the party [whip] and some
[? ]
A sort of joint central committee
headed by Curtis of Kansas, Senate
whip; Jim Watson of Indiana, Wadsworth of New York, Smoot of Utah
and Moses of New Hampshire has at
tempted to steer the party's Senatorial
craft, but without distinguished success.
Just as too many
cooks spoil the broth,
so too many [honest? ] o[ ] th[e]
most [? ]worthy of its [? ] dangerous
waters.
Among his soonest shipmates who
will be in line for the
leadership when Lodge resigns,
Jim Watson of Indiana probably comes
first.
Personally, Watson is popular. Politically his ambition.
He would like
the helm. He knows the ropes in
Washington and
what port it
would make.
After four
years as Senate leader, Jim
is confident
with the astute
being safe and sane conservative, detachable, high protectionist candidate for
president in '28.
But Jim's aggressive receptivity is
rather frowned on by the members who
think he's perhaps as much a party ex
tremist in a stand-pat way, as Brookhart or Borah aggressively.
They feel that someone more lettered, diplomat and would go further with fewer
fights than would Watson. They're
not sure he built defeat away from Watson's an alliance
with [? ].
Wadsworth: they might do
worse. Another likable personality
but without much force.
And a real boatswain's mate with a leaning pin when needed.