Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-26
THE REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE MANY
NINETY FIVE PER CENT OF THE
G.. o. T.. CANDIDATES WE'RE
WINNERS.

"When 245 out of $50 Republican
candidates for denomination can Sc
cure a vote of confidence from their
constituents, it is perfectly clear that
there is no widespread dissatlsfac-
ton" declares the Republican Public
ity Association, through its President,
Hon Jonathan Bourne, Jr. But
even if there were large number
of defeats for Republicans for re-
nomination, this would be no source
of encouragement for the Democrats.
Because Republicans prefer one can
didate rather than another for their
own ticket, is no sign that they will
prefer a Democrat rather than Re
publican as their representative in
the National Legislative body.
"The oft-repeated assertion that
the country is dissatisfied with the
Republican administration is con-
clusively proven by the records COM
piled by John T. Adams of the Re
publican National Committee show
ing that out of 259 Republicans who
sought denomination for congress, all
bat Il were given . vote Of approval
by the members Of their party. The
number defeated is no greater than
usual. In every primary, some mem
bers of congress go down to defeat,
and this is true Of one party as well
as the other. Local conditions and is
sues always result in retirement OF a
few members Of Congress by their
own party primaries.
"The issue in the coming election
il not whether the people of the
country are satisfied with each and
every act of their spokesman at
Washington No one expects the rec
ord of any member Of Congress to be
perfect. SO long as opinions differ
and human nature is less than omni-
potent, just SO long will some of the
people disapprove Of some of the acts
of their chosen representatives.
he real issue in the November
elections is whether the country
wants to go back to Democratic adj
ministration of National affairs.
There is nothing in the Republican
primary vote to indicate that the Re-
publicans of the country have any in
tention of voting for a return to Will
sonism, for, in the proportion Of 245
to IA, they voted approval of the
record of their representatives and in
the II instances they have nominated
men who meet their ideas of what a
representative should be.
"Goirg back to a Democratic re-
gime Is a prospect that the people
of the country would regard with a
feeling of CONSERVATION. Men who
kept in touch with public affairs viii
remember that in the eight years of
its incumbency, the Democratic party
broke every pledge it made in its
platforms, while, in the two years the
present administration has been in
power, it has fulfilled every pledge it
has had time to fulfill. 1t has not
yet pulled the ountry and the ma
tional finances out of the deplorable
mess into which they were thrown by
LtiilONlAti tIliCIlg, Dul idi
greater progress has been made than
anyone believed possible.
"Going back to a Democratic re-
gime has a definite and specific mean
ing. 1t means restoration of the So
cialistic tendencies with which the
Democratic party is permeated. 1t
means renewed effort to compel the
United Statss to make the supreme
sacrifice to the Europe controlled
League of Nations. 1t means extra
vagance IN national expenditures,
wastefulness in conducting govern
ment business, increased domination
by bureaucrats, inefficient service
and constant meddling with private
business. 1t means use Of the dplo-
matte service for the rewarding of
deserving Democrats who have no
fitness for their positions 1t means
return to the dictatorship of Gompers,
continuous assaults upon the welfare
of the agricultural interests, and res
Grafton of the policy Of buying for
eign goods instead of domestic pro-
duction."