The New York herald., 1922-05-04
BEYERIDGE VICTORY
LARGELY PERSONAL
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Administration" but they refused to
admit for a minute that the victory
for Mr.. Beveridge implied any re-
pudiation Of the President
They were less confident when II
came to a discussion of the probable
influence of the record OF the Repup-
lican majority in Congress on the IN
diana voting mind. Some of the Re-
publican leaders expressed the view
that Mr.. Beveridge's victory over Mr.
New Indicated recrudescence oi
Progressive spirit in the Republican
party.
This was chiefly because of the
prominent part played by Mr.. Bever-
idge in the organization of the Roose-
welt movement ten years ago. From
apparently reliable accounts, however
there did not appear to be any marked
division of popular sentiment along
these lines, although it probably
helped Mr.. Beveridge to some extent
The latter did not raise the issue IN
the intensive personal campaign that
he staged for the nomination among
the Hoosier voters. His friends and
admirers in Washington do not be-
lieve he will do so in the November
contest, when he will be called on to
defeat former Gov. Ralston. who won
the Democratic Senatorial nomination
Republican leaders who already are
reconciled to the judgment of Indiana
Republican voters do not believe Mr.
Beveridge will experience any difficulty
in winning the seat. The Democrats
OF course, profess to think otherwise
They are already preparing to sounc
call to arms to recruit support fol-
their candidate although they privately
admit that he will be confronted by q
most difficult task because of the man
ifest popularity of Mr.. Beveridge.
To enumerate the causes suggested
by partisan opinions as contributing tc
the defeat of Mr.. New would be tc
cover the whole gamut of politica
speculation. Personal reasons come
first, dissatisfaction with the record o.
the Republican Congress next, revivi.
fcation Of progressive spirit third
and then in the order Of sequence re.
sentiment against the Volstead law, op
position to the bonus raid, Mr.. New,
vote for Senator Newberry and tn,
alleged swing of women voters agains
the Republican party.
Matter of Conjecture. ,l,.
How deep and far reaching any o.
all of these issues proved to be in de
termining the contest between Mr.
Beveridge and Mr.. New is matter o
conjecture.
Leaders of both parties and mem
bers of Congress devoted most of thei
time to-day to discussing the Bever
idge victory and trying to account TO
it. Almost every leader and Congress
sional member advanced a differen
view, so II was largely a matter o
paying your money and taking you
choice
| Republican leaders and member
were reluctant to express publicly thei
opinions. but many of them appeare
to attach great deal OF importanc
to the wet and dry issue which figure
in some Of the Congressional contest
in Indiana although it did not fgur
in the race between Mr.. Beveridg
and Mr.. New.
Although not generally discusse,
| llt tdIupdlEl
leaders in TIE factions that respectivel,
supported Mr.. Beveridge and Mr.. Ney
admitted that there was deep persona
feeling between them. Some Of MI
News senatorial associates asserte
that Senator Watson, his colleague
manifested little sympathy for TIL
New candidacy. The fact that MI
Beveridge carried the Congressiona
district Of which Mr.. Watson long ka
been the leader seemed to give colo
to this charge and provoked Senate
Watson to make this statement.
"The charge that | did not supper
Mr.. New is absolutely untrue and un
warranted. Senator New is my friend
and / did everything in my power I,
assist him. So did my friends in In
diana except those could not con
troll. .
mo one regrets Senator News de
feat more than I do, and there is no
one scintilla OF truth in the report tha
I or any OF my friends in Indian,
knitted him or did anything to throw
votes to Mr.. Beveridge. The circum
stances attending the results in In
diana were simply beyond my control
or they would have been different"
TIE majority of Republican leader