The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
'oday No Anti-Harding Vote. Hiram Johnson, as
 Usual. In Ford's Way. And Look, Here's
 Berger.
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

Some that know great deal. the Times and Post of New York. in eluded. say the landslide indicated disapproval of President Harding and eliminates him from 1924"
 That's nonsense. There was nothing in the vote against Harding.
 Hiram Johnson performed as usual, carried California by gigantic vote proving his power and the intelli- gence of California voters. That's a fine thing. One of these days. 1924, perhaps, Hiram Johnson will be elected President
 The election may make 1t harder for Henry Ford to get his demo- cratic nomination two years hence. The democrats wouldn't take him unless convinced they couldn't win with anybody else. Many things may happen during the next two years. But that the democrats will learn much in the two years is improb- able. They will probably face the next national election knowing as little about the probability as in 1920.
 Victor Berger goes back to Con gress from Wisconsin. That doesn't suit majority of those that own s10,O00 or more. But there's comfort for them. First, Berger is law abid- ing, never advocated any action opp posed to the constitution or laws. He might change both if he could but meanwhile he obeys law; sec ond. he. is an educated man. knows history, understands political move- ments.
 In Congress he will watch, and talk plainly about grafters. Being in minority. several hundred to one, he can't do anything except oppose, expose and criticise. Let that com fort you.
 By the way. republicans now con- trolling the House by the slender margin of five or six votes, prob ably won't attempt to keep Berger out of his seat. They might get a democrat in his place. or, what would be worse, they might build up a Bradlaugh case here.
 Censorship of moving pictures, leading up to censorship of press, books and public speeches, was beaten to 1 in Massachusetts. An educated community can do it's own censoring and rely on it's police to punish crimes in publicity as in other directions. That's good thing.
 Edwards is elected senator in New Jersey over Frelinghuysen by a big majority, He says his fight against prohibition did it. It was a bad election day for prohibition, beaten in Illinois, in New York and wher- ever the issue was made. Pendu- ,ums swing back and forth, not back" only.
 Pinchots enormous vote in Penn syivania shows 1t is easy to elect a republican. if you nominate the right republican. and with the old-fash- toned majority, Like that Jack the Giant KiIler-Hram Johnson-Pin- chot shows in his vote. that it's the man. not the political label, that counts.
 Parties are becoming less impor- tant.
 
 Outside of American politics. and this election so important to us now, and all to be forgotten in a few weeks, there isn't much to tell you on this particular day. Cotton went up s5 bale yesterday. Re- gently it has been bulging," as the co tton gamblers call 1t, energetic ally. You will soon see 30-cent cot ton. probably an excellent thing. for the south and therefore excellent for the whole country. It can't and wouldn't deserve to le prosperous with the south in trouble. a
 German marks and French francs went down again. hand in. hand, so to speak. Europe doesn't know it. but there is neither health nor com fort in living beside a half dead body or half dead nation. Don't kill thing. if you must stay tied to the corpse.
 Stocks were cheerful Gentlemen that invest and those that bet were not agitated by the election one way or the other. it seems. They know that nothing really big happened. Just a pendulums swing.
 Steinmetz. the scientist, who was beaten on the socialist ticket in New York. as he knew he would be, tells the world that it's main job just now is Ito organize the supply and dis tribution of energy by electricity.''
 That is indeed today's big job. Or ganizing the supply and distribution of human decency and justice will come later.