Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-02
THE CAMPAIGN TO DATE

0NE would have TO be- Il mighty optiinist
~ to feel that the political campaign
throughout III" country is drawing to any
thlng like Il djgnihCd or rcaSSuring end.
The large issucs' that properly ought 10
engage tn" attention OF the Nati"n--matt'rs
of trad" and economic relationships. foreign
policy and III" iunumcrnbp important Ssurs
allied with that all-impurtant question. do
nestle tinHN"cs. taxes and even the tariff
seem to be showed under by Il multitude Of
small. spiteful and diNtra"tng local i>sucS
i'll almost every part Of the | nitcd states.
The condition that confronts candidates in
Kansas, for example, where religious and
racial controversies OF an extremely bitter
sort ov"rshudow all others, is dupiiratrd in
Texas. Georgia and. t" some degree. in
Oregon. 1t is imcou,picuo'isly present in
other localities.
In PENNSYLVANIA the smaller party man.
ayers aren't paying much attention to the
really important questions of administrative
Theory and policy advanced by Mr.. rinchot
and Mr.. McSparran. It Is true that tlo
Stat" ns Il whole is actively concerned about
IN" prospect of a long delayed clean up 81
Harrisburg and seems quietly determined to
"'trrY il through. Particularly in rural areas
IN" revolt against the o.d-tm" gang method
"i government is SINGER" and energetic.
l'V' tn" average man in tn" street and
tn" averag" woman, tn" people who make ,Ir
frotbal! crowds and III" audiences in til"
theatres and at baseball games. seem either
70" hN"y "r TO" hab.tUHlIy negligent to give
serious Thought To matters OF fundamental
r"Ntl'aI importance. If they have fixed
opinions "t Il sort likely 10 inspire definite
artlon on Election Day they relate to the
>!h."'' of prohibition. Since both Pincnot
ana N">rHrrnn ar" cuM' Iirei "drys' and
adv"ra'"S of 'dry' law cnforcemcnt--thc
l"n!"Natc "andi,iat" has been deliberately
S"''-p .".!nG his comments on this general
Qu">ti"l--thc public is content to be nom
""M"I'tol. Its Cd !"thnrgy has deepcncd.
'F"ar> and confusion minglr in New Jersey
politics ut the moment, and no prophet of
r''hcr party would be willing TO stake much
of hla own money on the result Of the
N"vcu!b"r elections. In the Far West eco.
n"ni" issues of Il sort unknown in the East
and created out OF III" revolt Of organized
agricultural opinion against both old time
parties cloud election prospects, In New
Jersey, where the liquor question rests for q
good many people on an economic basis rep.
i">'n',d by great srnshorc- resort properties,
III" vets and ''drys' are in II life. and
death struggle and neither they nor the
states political leaders have time to thinl,
Of any Of the major requirements Of national
and State administrator
If any one is to help the Nation o,t of
~" economic and trade di.'lcultic. cren,ed
by the war il will not be New Jersey. The
folk III Jersey stand fascinated Ly the silent
fury of III" conflict between Governor Ed.
wards AMI Mr.. Frrlinghuysen for Frclinp-
huysen's United States Senate sent. The
friends o! Mr.. Edwards, who iusis, thar
their man will make Il startling show of
power on Election Day, are merely hoping
that mUltitudes Of Repub leans will turn TO
Democrats at III" polls because of the Gov.
| crnors Almost p"us devotion 70 light.
| vine and beer program.
| Thn Democrats Of New Jcrs,v kn,u, how
smoothly the bipartisan system Of dodge
| ana b"rrer can be played They have prac-
| tir"d it often enough. 1t ha~ never been
| easy I" forccnst any election result in
! Jersey because If the secret alliances mnda
! IN emergencies between leaders of the two
| parties. Party managers Of the past have
| thought nothing about swinging their voting
| lcgions secretly against men whose cam.
| paigns they were busily directing.
| The most notable example of this sort
| Of underground politics was provided during
| W"udrow Wilson's campaign for the COY.
| eruorShip of the State. Big Jim Nuport
thr'. Democratic State Chairman. with Sen
ntor Smith. the financial angel of the Dosty
| found that they had picked man dangerous
! to their plans and their own personal nmbi. .
! tiOns. Mr.. Nugcnt continued as the seem
| ingly enthusiastic director Of thc Wilson
| campaign. But II was known to all party y
| leaders that orders had gone out from some
| wi ere to the Democratic under hoss,. n
"knife the professor" 1t was only becou.a
Mr., Wilson could make himself understand
to IN" people and talk to them over tho heads
OF the bosses that he wasn't submerged
It Ia clear on the face Of current news
from Jersey that the old bipartisan mn u.
chinery is nguin being oiled up, The friend.
Of Governor Edwards confidently believe rim,
counties like Atlantic, normally Republicon
and, therefore, theoretically "dry, will
give their man heavy vote because he i,
, "wet"