New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Triumphs of Hale andkel-
Iogg. With Withdrawal
of Mccall in Massa.
chuseits. Relieve Fears
Iodce Now Certain
To Win, They Agree
Republican Regulars Re-
assured After Upsets in
Iowa and Pennsylvania
By Carter Field

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r,s,achgset's. Fred Hale IN Maine
=, Frank r Kellogg in Minnesota
.-ssss balm m Gilead to-day 20 the
- r,s Republican leadership here,
,,.s had been sore distressed By such
EDWARD Incidents a. The nomination
:, ssv,riase over Harry NeV in In
80. ard o. Smith Brookhsrt in Iowa.
Hlsseasy victory in Maine had been
.,,s,. by his friends here, the poor
,,5 o. Dawes not surprising them. as
q, nacsl appeal made By Davies was
-, hey say. calculated 20 ret very
IN Win the Down East voters.
Virrssotas verdict also was not
r,.t of sr-prise. and the nomins-
~ bo tho Democrats IN that state
vu. Peter Olesen. as the situ,
IN s viewed by politicians from the
y,rftves' who are here. makes Kel-
i-rs reelection certainty. The
~ 4, that Hrs. Oicsen. although pos
,urg She great political merit, IN
r-resots. % scandinavian name.
...-si posgbly command the united
,,s.rf of noI narty Many Minnesota
i,-ocrais have never forgiven her for
fr refusal 20 80 along with former
N,1rsl Committeeman Fred B. Lynch
4 iit San Francisco convention. II
r.l1 be no surprise n Mrs. Olesen,
fl'iort differed severely from cut
az .. The hands Of friends Of the
inrr nstional committeeman. who Is
niene.y popular, despite his with
tga from active politics.
6ar slate News Unexpected
news from Massachusetts. how
f.rs surprise. and one highly
fr'ng 20 most Republicans here.
- ,1no4rccmcrt Of Ex-Governor
'eh Mccall that he would not bc
isfc for tho Senate IL taken here
' ruoyirr every vestige Of doubt that
s'of Henry Cabot Lodge uould be
H'r;ed
sre here believed that Mccall
ri' p able 10 defeat S,nltsi Lodge
e Hs Rsrnbhean primary. II vas not
p, p1nsrv fight which Senator
f' friends feared. What they
rf tf8.l of was that, irritsted by
primary fght. Mccall would enter
general election campaign as An
rcndert candidate. Had that hap
I'D. and had tho Democrats nomi-
,l strong man. there is no doubt
fhat Massachusetts, would have
frnrcsented in the upper house
h ro Democrats. They think. the
81 ,ng would have happened 20
"'.s mat happened 10 John Wingste
ir 1915. IN that year NcCalPs
'l .aW. Thomas ". lawson, OF
'fan-l finance fame. ran as an inde.
.-rae0f candidate. getting just about
many votes az David !. Walsh led
orator Weeks.
Mccall, fiat announcement that h
.aid not run means that Senator
a4Cos light will not be subjected u
l.f disadvantage, and the best
IinlOn here tonight is that he vii
re elected without serious difficulty
rif Is me more true IN that private
'irlce' from Boston received by Bsy
ate leaders here are 70 the eject
nat sherman /. Whipple. % Boston
5 not accept the Democratic nonina.
or for Senator. Whipple IL regarded
.aro &c the strongest vote getter Of
70 various Democrats who have beer
nertored for the hght against Lodge.
Lodge Campaign Important
This Massachusetts situation hss
Seen ~ the greatest importance not
c'y because % the fact that Lodge is
&c lta-er o. the Republicans in the
'rper house and chairman % the tre-
r'ri0usv Important Foreign Rela-
itrs Committee but because OF the
Ct,i prich cons idersble loss IN the
eyer house would have on the general
ital situation.
r,s control of the Senate is not at
riU th s. year. So large is the pres
'' firub'csn nisjOrity-twenty-two
"t-i % fhe sweeping IN Of Senators
q s1yoar terms in the Harding land
i's. that there Is no conceivable pos
s'iiy o. the Democrats capturing
'''iio o. the upper house, but Demo
tint Victories in normal Republican
i1's' ths fall could easily force an
'Easrrsss rr situation two or four
't,r hence
Lodgs Hale and Kellogg are all or
rraaiIor Republicans. Defeat Of al!
,tiee o. them. especially II they had
,'sr succeeded BY men who would CO.
,'sfs'e with the La Toilette and LAID
iN;fs. would have meant pretty near
Ne erumbfng of what is left Of the
'fFs.ar wing OF the party, so far as
"' Senate If concerned.
Mccormick Predicts Reelection
senator Medill Mccormick. chair
-sl o. the Republican Senatorial Com
Niiies. said
To, expected and overwhelming re-
.onirsilon OF Senator Hale and Sen
10y Kellogg points very certainly 70
..'r reelection Whatever the dn-
,1tntes or natural ambitions which
..1y produce Republican primary con
.'N The American people, in the slec-
.'l o. next November. are not going
:, siTe The Wilson Democracy control
einsr House % Congress"
senator Mccormick pointed out that
VI Senator'S Hale and kellogg we're
plonsy for tho bonug, while Senator
..Yptf Who Was nom mated in Penn
s.Iftr