The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-21
|. !. P. FRIGHTENED
 BY RESULTS FROM. . PRIMARIES
Harrison Says Same Causes Which Elected Pinchot Will Sweep Republicans From
 Power This Fall
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washing gton Bureau. The AEe-Herald,
 BOO DmYidhnn HnlIdInr.


 cans will be swept from power in
 the congressional elections the ap-
 preaching fall.
 The republicans have greatly taken
 to heart the victory of Clifford Pin
 chot. radical progressive. in the
 rcck-ribbed reactlonary republican state of Pennsylvania
 Governor Sproul, who essayed to
 wieid the baton Of leadership which
 Boies Penrose surrendered in death, attributes the success of Pinchot to l the participa tion of women, to the dissa atisfaction of the people with the administration of affairs in Wash 1 ington and Harrisburg. to the min CTS strike, and general discontent. | Review of Events
 | To Identical causes, it is pointed
 out by Senator Pat Harrison of Miss | issippi. and other democratic leaders 1 in Washington, may be attributed re-
 suits in every other state of the un-
 ion. According to Senator Harrison,
 who today makes a review of recent events and developments, the demo-
 cratic tide which will sweep repub- licans from power, has set in. In that connection, he says:
 .I am not revealing any secrets when I say that the old guard, the
 reactionary element of the republican party, composed of senators Of high standing and leadership In this body, as well as members of the other l chamber and men throughout the country, were opposed to the nomi- nation of MT. Pinchot, because they knew that his nomination would give black eye to the policies which the old guard had championed and stood | by for years Few dreamed in this country that in this rock-ribbed, boss controlled republican state of Penn sylvania, calloused to the spirit Of progresslvism Pinchot could defy the bosses and obtain majority or l the republican votes for the nomina- ton for governor of that state.
 White House Sorrow
 T am not revealing any secret: or | course I do not know 1t; but If those who are in the inner councils at -he | White House would tell it. we would know that sorrow hovers over that part of the city today. We would know that President Harding did not want Pinchot nominated for govsr- nor by tho republicans in Pennsyl- yania. But from that state the news | comes that Pinchot. the former Bull Mooser and ally of Roosevelt, the antagonist to reaction in the repuh- | lican party, has been nominated for governor in that state. Why, thcte ought to be weeping and gnawins and gnashing of teeth on the other | side of the aisle over the returns. | No wonder so many seats over there arc empty and you have deserted l our posts. No wonder you are heavy se k, Q as well as unwelcome, news; but, | MT. President, it indicates that even | In republican primaries the repub- | licans can not stomach the policies | of this administration and the things l that you are trying to do and the l Icactionary legislation you are at Tempting to put over In this Congress. l To the lovers of equality and justice | there is a bright light ahead; we wei | come 1t: and 1t is a warning to The | old guard that you had better look at the signs that the American peo- pie have placed at every road cross | ing throughout this country, Stop. look and listen" before you go fur ther in putting over this tariff bill. every line of which presses down upon the brow of the consumers and will extort from the people every where higher costs for all the neces- sites of life. So beware. senators. and take notice; retract your steps, and reform your lines.
 New York Trend
 Some weks5 ago there was held m election in one of the congressional districts in New York state. It was district which for years had elected republican representative; and in | the election preceding the recent one, although 1 am not quite sure as to the figures, the republican nominee had been. elected by majority of , between 10000 and 30,000 votes. Tn the special election held some weeks ago to fill the vacancy caused by the rt signations of the representative who had been appointed as ambassador to Germany the democratic nominee ran within approximately 5000 votes of trc republican nominee, reducing the normal republican vote in that rocN- ribbed republican district from 10000 | or s0.o00 down to 5000 That shows how the political wind is blowing in New York state. We have read re- turns also from cities in Connecticut, Rhode Island Massachusetts. New York, and other states, showing in practically every instance that repub 1 licans have been defeated and dem ocrats placed in office.
 Results Tn Illinois
 Tn the recent primaries in the state of Illinois two very splendid and dis t:nguished republican representatives. men whom 1 have had the honor of knowing for years and with whom l had the pleasure of being associ- ated in the other House, the very highest typo of republican represen- | tatives and American citizens. were | defeated for renomination. One of | them is 2 member of the ways and | means committee, which drafted the | tariff bill now being considered by | the Senate. and voted upon the sched- ules that were incorporated in what | was known as the Fordney folly" He went before his people for an in dorsement of the part which he had | played as a member of the ways and means committee in drafting this bill | and in writing the tax provisions; but l to the surprise of everyone and 10 l the sorrow of his friends he was de- | feated by one who found fault with | that record and who had criticized ! the administration by $500 majority | In another district in Illinois. repre- sented by Mir. Ireland, a splendid l gentleman, the electorate turned hi.n
 stood for the administration and its l policies in writing upon the statatc books legislation in the other House. ! New Goes Under
 "Following that a few days later { there was an election--I might say | a political storm---in Indiana. Our
 good friend, the senator from Inci- | ana (Mr New). was up for renomi- ] nation at the primary. No man had I stood by the administration more | faithfully than he. none had cham | pioned it's policies with moro ye- hcmence and eioquence than he; In ! every instance he had stood by the
 | President. the administration. and .ss 1 policies. In the prediction cam