Show 1 BORAH'S GROUP HAS OLD GUARD ON ITS TOES Bending Toward West West- Western V cst cst- ern Viewpoint Is Already Noted WASHINGTON Oct 13 By By The Associated Press While disclaiming any feeling of real concern Republican car can old guard leaders concede they are closely observing developments In Inthe Inthe inthe the conference of senate insurgents now in progress nere nero They are especially interested In what this group croup composed entirely of senators from front the far west may do with respect to w the presidential situa allure situation situation tion lion whether they will get behind Norris of Nebraska In the presidential primaries or support Lowden of 1111 Illi Illinois nois noli or fail fall to come corne to any agreement as ns to a candidate DISCOUNT INFLUENCE I The regular party leaders are now undertaking to discount the Influence the insurgent insurgent- would wield In the next i. i convention should they be beable beable beable able to go there with a candidate having laving a sizeable block of delegates They are doubtful that an Insurgent movement will meet with the success even in the large agricultural states that some of the directors of the movement now hoped for This doubt is predicted upon the endorsement of Lowden by party lead lead- leaders leadus irs ers in several of those states by the belief that several others will trill send sendo to o the cony delegations pledged to favorite sons or and upon other oth other factors GAINS 1 C Irrespective of whether the insurgents Insurgents gents genie can agree upon a candidate for forthe forthe forthe the nomination their movement al already al- al already already ready has brought conciliatory ex expressions ex- ex expressions from the Ute delegated leaders of the party in the senate They de declare do- do declare clare dare there are a a. number of questions on which they are arc in agreement with the insurgents Referring to the matter of increased tariff protection for farm products of the west which has been stressed by Senator Bomb Borah of Idaho both Senator Curtis of Kansas Republican floor Continued on Page The ire BORAH'S GROUP GAINS NOTICE Continued from rage One I leader and his Isis assistant Senator Wat wat- Watson watson son of Indiana declared there would be little difficulty on that score Senator Curtis recalled that the farming interests had obtained In the McCumber Fordney-Mccumber act those exact rates c c cf duties they asked for on all products save e possibly two In operation these rates are too low In the tile view of the western legis legis- legislators WEST IN SADDLE Should the Insurgents be able to organize on the scale they have c out out- outlined lined they will have a larger welded group than ever er before in the senate and they would l constitute a force with which the old guard leaders would have to reckon particularly In view of the strength of the Democrats In total senate senath membership Of or the 20 major committees of the Senate enate Senators from the far west are chairmen of fourteen fourt en those from the central west arc are heads of two with only four from the cast east holding chairmanships Warren of Wyoming heads the pow pow- powerful powerful erful appropriations committee Nor- Nor Norris Norna ris na of Nebraska the Judiciary com coin committee committee Smoot of Utah the finance committee Curtis of Kansas the rules committee Borah of Idaho the foreign relations committee Short- Short ridge of California the elections com corn committee committee McNary of Oregon the agri agri- agricultural agricultural agricultural cultural committee Johnson of Cali Cali- California California fornia the immigration committee Oddle Oddie of ot Nevada Ne the public lands committee Norbeck of South Dakota the pensions committee Jones of Washington the commerce committee Phipps of Colorado the Irrigation committee and ond Frazier Frailer of North Da D- Dakota kota kots the Indian committee e. e EIGHT INSURGENTS Of these fourteen eight are MenU MenU- Identified fled fied with the Insurgent group or else vote with them frequently on Import Import- Important Important ant questions From the central west wet Watson of Indiana Is chairman of the interstate commerce committee and V Willis of Ohio heads the territories committee The four committees eastern senators lead are are- Military Reed of Pennsyl Pennsyl- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania vania naval Hale of Maine post- post postoffice postoffice office Moses Moes of New Hampshire and banking McLean of Connecticut Thirteen of the two twenty-two most Important house holtSe committees arc pre pre- presided presIded presIded sided over by westerners these com com- committees committees committees Including ways and means ap appropriations ap- ap appropriations appropriations agriculture elections Ir Irrigation Ir- Ir Irrigation Irrigation public lands pensions flood control Immigration and Indian af af- af fairs |