South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-24
NATIONAL ISSUES
NOT INVOL We D
Coming Elections Are Remote
From War Policy of
Government.
International News Service

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! WASHINGTON. oct. 24.-National
issues will not be reelected in the
coming election next month. Local
questions only are involved. The big
+ war problems. in their relation 10
political parties still are in a form
ulative stage. Efforts TO make them
/ appear vital in the various contests
| have failed utterly.
/ The time since the entry Of the
\ nation into the war, and the compile
\ ton Of the work Of the special ses-
\ sion of the war congress. has been
Y too short 20 ALLOW candidates 10 take
/ any positive position on war mat
/ tiers. The nation still rings with the
/ slogan of stand by the president.
| and that slogan admittedly express
es the honest sentiment OF the people
everywhere.
on Year Politically.
This is a real off year anyhow, so
far as elections are concerned. Gov
ernors are 10 be chosen in three
states-Nirginia, Massachusetts and
| Texas. In the first two the
/ campaign is apathetic In Texas
, il Is even worse as the result
1 is accepted as certain In Virginia
/ the republicans have a candidate for
governor who is making an ener-
getic campaign for the first time in
the party's history in the old domin-
| ion, and is trying 10 rally to his BAN
ner the ultra prOhibitionists on the
ground that Westmoreland Davis,
| the democratic candidate. at heart is
/ wet" But the election of Davis by
/ the usual plurality is certain.
There viii be three congressional
candidates elected in the sixth Mas
| sachusetts district; the fourth Con-
necticut and the 2Sth Pennsylvania
/ In the Massachusetts, district the sue
| cessful candidate will replace Col
/ A. p. Gardner. republican, son-in-
I law of L. :. Sen. Lodge. Col. Gardner
/ retired from the house TO take his
/ place in the army during the war
/ period In the fourth Connecticut
: a successor will be chosen 10 the
/ late Ebenezer Hill who passed on
! In the closing days of the special
I session. The vacancy in the 2Sth
/ Pennsylvania has existed since the
resignation OF Rep. elect Blakely
I last winter following the discovery
/ that he had spent more money in his
campaign than the law admitted
City Elections Interest.
Z There Is. Of course. interest in
many city elections which will be
+ held, but in only one-New York has
any effort been made to inject ma
. tional issues. There a four-corner-
ed struggle is in progress. Admit
| tedly the great surprise In the devel-
| opments TO date has been the
| strength displayed by the socialist
candidate. Morris Hillquit. The New
York city hght admittedly is equal in
bitterness engendered 10 any hereto
/ fore held. and personalities have ut
terly displaced issues so far as the
campaign orators are concerned.
Political experts here are watching
With deep interest developments in
I Wisconsin. where the accidental
death of Sen. HustinE has created a
vacancy which the authorities say
must be allied by special primary
and election Tx is accepted here that
the primaries viii not be called for
month az least and that the election
I VIII not take place until winter.
/ However. because Of the part which
/ Sen. Robert VI. La Toilette is taking
I IN connection wiki the criticism OF
I The manner in which the war is be.
Ing conducted. IL is accented here
I that national issues viii play a real
part iu this nCht la Toilette. his
+ friends here say. viii have candf-
, date Boz the primaries ana he will be
. opposed 1y The Husting element in
/ the republican party. which has
/ steadtastly supported the president
I iu every way. The democrats. or
/ course. will support candidate
pledged To uphold the Wilson pol
icies