Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-11-24
Washington Correspondence.

II is true that not a great deal wac
gained in the election in the way of
officers or new power, but much is
accomplished for the future by the
heartening influence of decided VIC
tories in half dozen states, giving
proof that it is easily possible to turn
the Republicans out of the House OF
Represe natives next fall. While the
election in New York has attracted
the greater attention, those in Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Maryland were
very important as showing that the
Republican high tide of year ago
has been rolled back, and that all
danger of breaking the solid Demo-
cratic South has again passed. Part
of this result can doubtless be traced
to the Presidents blunder inIgoing in
to the heart of the South as the guest
of the Southern white people and say
ing at Birmingham whether you
like it or not, you have to give the
negro political and economic equal
ity." This came when Colonel An
derson, the Republican candidate for
Governor of Virginia, was running on
platform that called for the removal
of all restrictions on negro suffrage in
the State. He was defeated by the
largest majority ever rolled up in the
Old Dominion, even the Slemp dis
trict, Republicans for years, going
Democratic. In year from now
Slemp has to go before the people and
overcome 1900 Democratic majority
in his District.
If the result in New York means
that the Democrats can look forward
to the election of a Governor and a
full State ticket next fall. A strcng,
young Democratic candidate from up
state-such q man as Franklin Roose
velt or Peter G.. Ten Eyck-would ap-
peal strongly to the political logic of
the sitnationa II is evident that Tam
many, strongly entrenched, IL in poei-
tion to give the best sort of account
of the greater city, while a strong
campaigner of personal popularity
upstate would be able to crystalize
to his own support the growing dis
satisfaction with State and National
administration. Roosevelt's cam
paign as the Democratic candidate
for vice president made him many
friends, while Ten Eyck, serving in
Congress from district usually Re-
publican, showed fine vote getting
strength against the Harding land
slide last year. His home city, AL
bany, has just elected its first Demo-
cratic mayor in % years. He is young,
popular, real Democrat, comes of
one of the old and leading families OF
the State with generations of clean
records behind him and occupies a
position of peculiar and increasing
possibilities. His career will be worth
watching.
The none one observes the ma
neuvers of the group of Republican
Senators known as the Agricultural
Bloc, the more one is forced to the
conclusion that it ia, more than any
thing else, shrewd scheme to hold
in line and keep satisfied the large
voting population in the west that
cannot remain. quiescent while their
party seems under the domination of
the big eastern interests. The fight
the Western Senators are making in
the Senate slants greatly in the direc-f
ton of hippodrome performance.
II the Agricultural Bloc succeeds in
holding the great bulk of the western
Republican voters in line until next
fall, some of the Senators will save
their own skins and remain in posi-
tion to lead their focks up to the polls
three years hence to vote for the re-
election of an administration con-
stantly under the control of the big
moneyed interests, the same interests
that selected Mellon for the Treasury
portfolio and which are now succeed
ing in securing great reductions in
the income surtaxes, such as cutting
almost half in two the taxes on in
comes above one million dollars. 1t
is apparent that the tax bill, when the
weary public finally sees it enacted
into law, will reduce taxes most for
those who need the reduction the
least. More and more are the old
political observers in Washington re
minded of the the administrations of
Harrison and Taft. Both were domi-
mated by the money power, both were
repudiated at the Congressional cleo
tions in the middle of their only term
in office, and both were defeated for
reelection.
\ The Springfield, Mass, Republican
says that Mr.. Harding might have
truthfully said that the South offers
the negro more Of economic oppor-