The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
OF NEW INDICATED IN
 PRIMARY TUESDAY
Beveridge Making Fight to Secure Republican IndorSe- ment-Present Senator a
 Close Friend of Harding
By JAY K. CARRIE Special Dispatch to The AEe-Herald Copyright, 1922, by The Ase-Herald)

nomination or Harry 5. New Tor Int United States Senate at the state wide primary to be held on Tuesday
 The supporters of former Senator | Albert J. Beveridge have realized from the beginning that their hope of success against Senator New and the powerful organization which has conducted his campaign would lie in stirring up a storm of sentiment. On the even of the balloting there is no evidence of any such upheaval.
 Reports from all over the state say that in counties where there Is nc local contest the vote will be inordt- nately light. The Beveridge forces realizing that in light attendance al the polls the organization vote foi New would predominate.
 The question of the national ad- ministration enters pretty largely into this Indiana contest although It would be unfair to say that it has been an administration and anti-ad- ministration campaign.
 CrItlclses Present Regime
 Mir Beveridge has had no word of praise for the national admintstra- ton. He has had nothing to say about the work of the Washington conference and by inference he ha' criticised the present regime. Ills attacks on the present system of fed eral taxation have been splrited' he has demanded lower railroad rates and has assailed repeatedly the pres ent plan of baving one body regu- late railroad rates and another regu- late railroad wages. He has alsc gone into the Newberry case with vigor and has called attention to his own vote several years ago against seating Senator Lorimer of Illinois under somewhat similar drcum- stances.
 In fact, the tone of Mir Bever- idges speeches has been that every thing Is pretty badly mixed up and that it will take some real leader ship to straighten out the situation. And speaking of leadership, he has told the people that party precedent should count for nothing; that the only thing they should consider IS the fitness of the candidate and that the public offices belong to the peo- pie and not to any particular man.
 Senator New has been detained Tn Washington most of the time since the campaign but in every speech he has made here he has vigorously de- tended the administration nor have his close friendly relations with President Harding been hidden under a bushel by his managers. The only announcement by MT. Beverldge in this connection has been his asser- ton that if he Is elected he will stand by President Harding.
 DIspleased With Administration
 It seems pretty safe to predict that outside the regular organization vote Mr. Beveridge will ger the votes or all those who are displeased with the administration--tho who feel that the burden of taxation is unjust those who still are aggrieved pY things that happened during the war, those who feel keenly that their in- come has not kept pace with the cost of living and that the administration Is to blame for their trouble. It is on this basis that the Beveridge people are claiming a large vote among the farmers. MT. Beveridge has hao much to say about the present condi- tion of the farmers.
 A great deal has been said in the campaign about the woman vote because this Is the first election Of the kind to have universal suffrage. C;ossfp has it that MT. Beveridge VIII get a great bulk of the women votes in fact the two clements you hear most about in Beveridge circles are the woman vote" and the farmer vote" While the women Tor beV- eridge" propaganda persists IL ny nears that women readers have been pretty equally divided or possipiy that Senator New has had nttie the better of it. Generally speaking if is believed that in the cities, the women who are active in society anu those who belong to clubs that nave admiration for intellectual achleNe- ments will be for MT. Beyeridge' II looks as though Senator News chlei woman vote in the cities VIII coHe from the working women and rum those clubs that are most active Tn various phases of civic life. Tn the country districts where the lire or the sex is less complex 1t Is prooaol that the women will be influenced py about the same things that influence their men folk. If MT. BeYerldge BetS a large vote among the men or ehe country districts he probably Will gee a similarly large vote among '"' women.
 Much BItterness
 The campaign has been marked py mueh bitterness. Arthur K. Room . son. one of the fiery speakers TOT Beveridge, even drew words or warn ing from Governor McCrary, wno mas mas publicly announced that he IaVors the renomination of New, and Ea" III Wasmuth. the republican state chali- man. has issued statements urging campaign speakers to cease Inaklhs remarks that may plague the re- publicans in their fight against ths democrats next fall.
 MT. Beveridge himself has assert that there is a deep-laid plot amohs inc old stand-pat republicans to de- feat him because he was progress sive. |. +h.
 There are five democrats in tne race for the senatorial nominal atlon .he two leading ones being sainuei M RaIston, former governor anu Dan w. Sims. a prominent lawyel' who was retained as special couhse. for the government in the case' against the coal miners and opera tors. Ralston has the support W ol Thomas Taggart and the democratis ,. orranization and that he will Ieau in the primary is not doubted. hai ston's friends fear only that ne VIII