The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-24
LAWRENCE SEES
-REPUb REVOLT
SIGN IN IOWA
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United States is president of all the
people and not a political party
and that when once elected he
must eschew partisan politics. This
same element voices disapproval
in the same connection of Mr..
Harding's appointment of five Re-
publicans to the commission
which is to handle the funding of
the entire war debt owed this coun-
try by the allies. That, it is con-
tended, was a war matter and was
not a partisan affair. that Demo-
Gratis helped to support Liberty
loans as did Republicans and that
to deny the minority party voice
in SO important a negotiation,
which might even mean reduction
of the war debt, is to do exactly
what SO many criticised Mr.. Will
son for doing, though to be sure,
there was at least a gesture of ap-
pointing one Republican on the
peace mission to Paris. There are
no Democrats or Independents on
the funding commissioners all
Republican.
Phases of Mr.. Harding's admin
istration like these are not neces-
sarily the basic reasons for dis
satisfaction but they add to the
sum total of impressions.
Mccormick Backs Br00khart
Colonel Brookhart, Republican
nominee for United States senator,
openly says he is against Mr.. Hard
ing, yet there are to be found such
men as Senator Medill Mccormick
of Illinois and others campaigning
for him. Mr.. McCormick's relation
ship is one that takes one back
Immediately to 1912, for he was one
of the Roosevelt leaders. So was
Brookhart. That makes the ILL
nois senator friendly to the Brook
hart cause. The turn of affairs In
| Illinois this year has practically
cinched Mr.. McCormick's opportun-
ity for reelection two years hence,
so he need not worry about his
own state, but he is out in this sec
ton of the west helping a Roose-
welt man in Nebraska-R. B. How
| ell-and another in Iowa.
These former Roosevelt men are
somehow sticking together, even In
a campaign which has no particu-
| lar national fundamentals involved.
It's all a personality affair. The
radicals or insurgents in the Re-
publican party are coming togeth-
er, however, and it may or may
not mean something for 1924.
Tales of lack of leadership in
Washington are mingled here with
criticism of a drifting congress. II
can hardly be said that the dissatis-
faction has crystallized any alter
native policies. The viewpoint is
decidedly negative. None of the
candidates, not even the esteemed
Brookhart, outlines any positive
program for the administration to
adopt.
Revolt Signs Clear.
| The signs of revolt are unmis-
taxable, though to be sure they are
for the moment confined to Iowa
The rural communities are sullen
Freight rates haven't gone down
the prices of farm products are
low and the tariff hasn't helped
boost these prices though it has
made higher the commodities and
implements which the farmer must
buy. Talk Of Mr.. Harding's renom-
ination usually brings out predic-
lions of contest from this part OF
the country. Typical Of this COM
ment is a recent editorial in the
Des Moines Register, an independ-
ent newspaper, which says:
"The record disclosed that com.
paratively few men have been re.
elected although generally first
term presidents have been renom.
mated. The prospect that a re-
nomination now might operate as
the denomination of Taft operated
is not pleasing. and yet nothing is
surer than a revolt in the west il
something is not done to change
the present program"
This comes from a paper which
is said to have had more influence
in the victory of Colonel Brook
hart in the Republican primarie.
for United States senator than an,
other newspaper in the state.
Voice Of the Farmer.
Whatever viewpoint one may
wish to take Of the importance Of
Iowa's insurgency, this much il
, clear-the state is not excessively
fond of the Harding administra.
ton and is ready to join revolt
against it in 1924 unless the mex
two years sees more decisive pol
icy which wifi help the farmer sci
his products either here or abroad
at higher price. Prosperity ha.
won many elections-and the lacl
of it has brought many defeats.
That's the coming issue il
Iowa where the election of Brook
i'hatr is a beginning OF the process.
of expressing through Republican
candidates the protest Of an EN-
Uttered agricultural electorate.
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