The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-09
Newberry May Have to Go-Harding Not Repudiated - H i S Administration Is Drop of Milk in Glass of Irlk-Na- tional Divorce Laws Votes Better than Tears.

The Senae is closer than it was. Republican leaders may have to reduce their number by one. Newberry's candidate in Michigan is beaten. First Republican sen atorial candiate in Michigan who has been beaten in seventy years. Henry Ford may give his personal attention to the bounc- ing.
 Election wasn't a repudiation of Warren G. Harding. Almost everybody loves the President; no President next to Mckinley has enjoyed more personal popu- Iarity. The thing repudiated was H ard in g's administration. Throughout the United States dis tfnguished persons were elected because of their radicalism and their opposition to administration policies. Political liberalism had the best of 1t.
 MT. Hughes, who is gentleman of the very highest reputation and personal integrity, sets his face against the movement of the times. He supported Freling- huysen in New Jersey, Calder in New York, Newberry's man in Michigan and Lodge in Massa- chusetts. Three were badly beat en and Lodge was almost beaten. A good man urging a bad cause is like a drop of milk in a glass of ink.
 
 General Federation of women's Clubs proposes national divorce law. It may be that the constttu- tion does not permit national reg u1ation of this question. It would not be necessary. in such a law, to interfere with the laws of the several states. It would be suf- ficient if a federal statute set up certain causes sufficient in every added to or taken from as the growth of public opinion should thereafter warrant. Divorce laws are very much confused and the uneven quality of them Is a a source of uncertainty and dis comfort.
 Victor Berger. well known in Bridgeport. returns to Congress; a lone Socialist in the House. Berger wants a cooperative to get 1t by constitutional methods. He is honest, fearless and edu- cated. One or two of him in Congress is a good thing.
 John 1T. Ellis, wounded war veteran, dying in a sanitarfum, filled out his ballot which was cast in the election at Orange, N. J., twelve hours after he died. Pat Conrpy, election judge. deposited the ballot. Voters stood with hats off and tears in their eyes. The same voters. no doubt, thought1ess1y cast their ballots
  who were qualified for the jobs they sought. Ellis had five cfta- tion ribbons; he was wounded three times One vote for a de- serving soldier candidate is worth several tears.
 The Association of Brothers under the Skin" has asked the Supreme Court of New York for a charter. The object of the as sociation Is to make husbands boss in their own homes. This never could be done by law: prob ably 1t ought not to be done at all. The best boss is the one who arrives in a fair competition, by moral and mental superiority.
 
 Howard Nattriass. coming from New Zealand with exceedingly beautiful Miss Edith Strangemann, is under arrest, in New York. Both are held for deportation. This is a small world. New Zea- land Is on the other side of the globe, but the wife of Nattriass reaches all the way to drag him back to his family and his duty. Nattrtass is a person of social prominence but not, evidently, of moral stability.
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 Today more women hold pub office In the United States than in any past hour Few have been returned to Congress, how ever. Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma goes out. but Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck is elected, from Illinois Mrs. Huck has four children. She declares that her election will not interfere with her family affairs.