The Washington times., 1922-06-21

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It 10 denied In AnmiAistrA Ation
circles that the succeas Of Hale In
the Republican primary In Maine
and the success Of Kellogg tn the
Rspublican primary In Minnssota
are TO be regarded AZ yindioations OF
the Lsagae Of Nations by the Amer
lean people. II then becomes more
difficult TO maintain that theSS cue,
ceases are 70 ~ rsgarded - vindica.
tiois OF anything. The sheer not ID
that proereesivism lost nothing that
II every had when II lost Maine.
Maine belongs TO conservatism; and
when Maine renominated Hale IN
the Maine Republican primary II
feft the chess game bstween pro
gressiyes and conservatives In this
country just exactly where Maine
was sxpected TO leave II. Minnesota
10 different. The return Of ksljogt
from Minnesota would indeed be Z
great victory for conservation and
q kreat defeat for proeressivism nA-
tionally.
But the return OF Keilogg from
Minnesota 10 not yet settled-or, 70
speak within the bounds OF complete
certainty. the news from Minnsso.
"a indtcates that the progressive
forces In Minnesota and also In the
nsighboring States OF Iowa, Wiscon.
sin. ana North Dakota are prspar:
ing to make Q determined effort 70
add Minnesota now TO the Nora.
western progressive bloc In the up
Per house Of the national legislaturt.
IN order to, Accomplish this end they
are supporting shipstead with votes
drawn from both old parties and are
givins the United States the posei.
bility Of an outright "fafmer- labor
sepatcr elected In the name Of an
outright .'farmsr-labor" party-a
Prospect which here In Washington
among conservative political persona
y compstentiy and succinctly de.
scftbed - worse than Brookhart." /"
II h getting realised here that two
years ago in Minhesota Il yaS uuiy
the great Republican PfSsid dsntisi
landslids which prevented ShipStead
nom just about, laying his finkers
on the edge OF MinrSsota's eubSfna.
tofiai chair. II u Also getting real.
lied here that the Dsmocsatic party
In Minnesota n In large part turn
Ing It's affections to Shipstead rath.
or than 70 its own nominee.
II Mrs. Oleson 10 the Democratic
nominee against Kellogg, q great
number OF Democrats will DESSERT her
and mark their ballots for Shipstead
and the farmer.labor party II Nr.
Meigham II ehe Democratic noiri.
nee, he and Shipstead will not be
found to be political spemies. They
are In fact notoriodsly political
friends. One OF them might weil
withdraw In favor Of the other. The
natural thing would be for Msiehsn
to withdraw In favor Of Shipstead.
In the election Of 1920 ShipsteAd Kot
28i 900 votes and the Democrat run
ming against him got only $4,000.
This year from Democratic sources
and from Republican source1 and
from farmsr-lab6r sources there viii
he combined dead Get at Kellog1.
The betting chances might. SEEM to
b. in favor Of kellogg, but obasrvers
here are increasingiy Impressed BY
the fact that Minnesota BY geo.
era aphical position and envirohment
IL progressive territory, and that
BhipsteAd on his record of two years
aGo Ia party-buildine vQte-setttng
candidate. Today. therefore. the
sobertng second thought Of the con-
servative forces In washington -
that they have kept Maine, which
they always had, and that perhAps
they stiil have to fight for Mime
sofa, which II theirs only sometirnes.