Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-01
Indiana May FAVOR
Man on the Inside

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issue of excessive campaign expendi-
lures, but was no more successful there
than was Governor Cox in the national
campaign Of 1920.
For the most part the issue Is rather
personal. Mr.. New is an undistin-
guished man. He cannot talk much
OH his feet. He is a county chairman
tyne Of politician. MIR. Beveridge is
brilliant. IL not solid. and his repu.
tation for subsurface ability has been
strengthened by his writing OF the life
Of John Marshall, work in four VOL
umcs, the result Of much industry.
The natural desire of Il State to be
we'll represented at Washington Oper-
ates in favor of Mr.. Beveridge. lie IN
a showy figure. giving some recent
evidence Of substance. Indiana might
be proud Of Albert j. in the Senate.
But politics is not SO simple as that.
New is In his first term and the habit
Of lndianians is to send their Senators
back. 1t would be too bad to deny
Harry a return TO Washington. The
voter is sentimental animal. New
has many friends.
New On the Inside
Nor does even the argument for ef-
fective representation stop with the fact
that Beveridge looks more like states.
man and New more like politician.
Look at it more closely. Harry is on
the inside, very far on the inside. He
is one Of the Harding Senators. lie
is probably closer to the President than
any other man in the upper house.
Albert J. would not be on the inside.
He is not one Of the inside sort. Hav-
ing a voice and a present. he does not
bore within. He stands upon his own
legs and lifts up that voice of his. Now
isn't it reasonable to the 1ndianians, or
some of them. better 10 have a man on
the inside than one who can lift up
his voice to represent the great State
at Washington?
What l am trying to make out is
that there Is not M issue worth whOOps
in this opening round Of 1922. There
Is nothing in sight but tags and tradt.
ti0ns. and sentimentality and corner
grocery calculations of the relative values
os inside ertf and resounding, utter
ance. ITl-'f
In the absence of issues. inertia plays
n great part. The man who IL in. being
personally acceptable. cmb0dying in his
person some hazy public standard Of
usefulness. has inertia operating on his
side.
Law Of Inertia Still Working
And whatever Einstein may have
done to Newton's well-known laws in
the physical world, he has not upset the
law of inertia in politics. A body at
rest tends to remain at rest and Harry
New tends to remain at rest in the In
diana senatorship. At least so 1t looks
TO everybody here in Washington.
OF course, the law of inertia assumes
IN equilibrium. Enter new force and
bodies at rest may BE- preciptated into
space. So no summary of political
situation would be complete which does
not contain the words-Of course much
depends upon the women. How often
shall wc write them from now till
November.
Harry New is a mans man. Inside
stuff is man. wisdom. Albert J stands
for that new force in pOlitics-charm.
Who knows what charm may do? He
is the glittering male. He woOes
State with Il persuasive tongue. He
is the lover extraordinary, while Harry
New is as unromantic as q dull, hard
working husband. Who knows what
the women will do? In good sooth. who
knows;
Hitherto they have always answered
this question by doing nothing in par.
ticular They obey the laws of inertiu
as faithfully as do their husbands,
fathers and brothers. So everybody
here bets on Harry New,