The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-06

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eign entangiements generally was
so strong in Missouri, especially In
the rural districts. that Reed might
hope to get sway with this plat
form.
More recently. however. it has
become clear, whether IL has
reached Missouri or not, that there
IL in the country a. confederation
against extreme isolation OF the
sort that Reed stands for. 1t Is pos
sible that Reed may beNable to get
the Democratic nomination in Mis-
souri, through sheer personal force.
But IL he does. he is pretty certain
to make enemies within his party
who will refuse to support him At
the general election In November,
and thus. very likely, give the State
to the Republicans. = :
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. The national Democratic leaders
are beginning TO talk-a good deal In
terms of our foreign relations as an
issue in the elections this year. They
say the voters have begun TO creep
out of the cave of isolation into,
which they were frightened by, the
tales the Republican orators told
them about the league OF nations In
the 1920 campaign. They say the
farmer is beginning to realize that
the chief cause of his distress Is
lack OF foreign markets. and that
the quickest way to restore Euro
pean markets is to step in with our
strength and help to stabilize the
world
That there is something in this
change of mood on tho part of the
public Is undeniable. Still, Il you
ask the Democratic leaders whether
they would be willing to revive
the league of nations as an issue
this year, and go to the country on.
il. they admit that the words
League of nations" still have
dubious sound for the purposes of
practical politics. But they say
thing could be presented to the
public under another name, freed
from the partisan passions that
were stirred up in the 1920 cam
paign, the public would take kindly
to it. ....'
G. o. r. May Adopt idea.
In fact. the Democratic leaders
say the Republicans are getting
ready to do just that thing. They
say the Republicans would like to
adopt a variation or this Democra-
tic idea, and will do so If they
IAN invent some acceptable name.
for it. like the "Afro-European
Turnverein," or any other combina-
ton that will appeal anirmatiyely
to the prejudices OF forsign-bornl
voters with as much success as the
prejudices Of the foreign born were
enlisted against the league, of ma;
tons by the Republicans in 1920. !,
The net of so much of this talk
as is serious is that national pros
perity is going to be an issue in
the elections this year that Ra-
tional prosperity Is going TO be TIED
up with the restoration Of foreign
trade, and the restoration OF for
eign trade Is going to be tied up
with the idea of some sort of in
creased participation in the affairs
of the world This. as we'll as the
other issues Of the coming cleo
lions, is only just developing. II
looks now as IL tho bonus bill
might provide an issue. The Re-
publicsns have made up their mines
TO placate the soldfers-er at least
sor1e of the soldiers with one sort
Of bonus bill or another. But it has
developed that there is surpris-
ing amount of opposition to this.
measure. For the Republicans 1t
is easy enough to write a bonus
bill, and write it in. good big fig
ures: but when they face the dis
Agreeable necessity of providing
the money for it, that means more
taxation, and more taxation means
political trouble. 49, IT,
Tariff . Republics Handicap.
One of the other issues Of the
year is also just in the making.
That is the tariff. The only justl-
fcation the Republicans can have
for whatever tariff bin they decide
to write is national prosperity; and
few dream that national prosperity
on any large scale will come to
US, either as a result of the tariff
or anything else, soon enough to
help the Republicans very much at
elections which will be held next
November.
In current discussions of this DO
litical year it Is frequently said
that the farm bloc will be a source
bloc is an asset to the Republicans,
There is nothing in that The farm
bloc is an asset to the Republican,
however impatiently Harding may
snap his thumbs at It The farm
bloc members of the Republican
party will be almost universally
reelected in the districts in which.
they. run. They. will be reelected
just because they are members OF
the farm bloc. II the Middle West
and Western Republicans. had not
taken account of farming condi-
tlOns among their constituents
there would have been a POLITICAL
revolution in that territory this
year. The discomfort would have
expressed itself either In the shape
of local third party movements >or
in the election -of radical Demo
Gratis. The one sure thing II that
1t would have visited resentment
on the party m power. Even as IL
Is there is q third party movement
OF some proportions in Nebraska.
But the prospects are that the bet
ter part Of the farming territory
of the West and Middle West will
be kept In line for the Republic
cans, chiefly because that party in
Congress has passed the farm bloc
measures. = =. x
:, List and Dates Of sPrinarjes.,
The complete Hat of the dates; Of
primaries, conventions and eiee-i
tons TO be- held this year, is aas
follows: = ssI''
March 2S-south Dakota -, )
April 11--Illinois. ~ = :,
May Indiana
May I6-Pesnsylyania. - ss.sss x (;
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