The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-26

ATiller's course and caters to the many
elements who have been antagOniZed by
the incumbent, there is little chance of
any such clarified politics this fall. If
Al Smith is nominated by the Democrats
the campaign may turn largely on per-
soDal popuIarity and Al Smith is very
popular. .
Bigger Battle Two Years from Now.
One couldn't help asking Mr.. Greiner,
as a typical political chieftain, how much
he attributed the present tendency to
override the law in labor troubles to
the fragrant disrespect of the law which
the bootlegger has propagated. And Mr.
Greiner answered that he wouldn't be
surprised if popular notions of law
breaking weren't on the increase because
of il. He senses more unrest than two
years ago and insists that the big battle
of the epoch between labor and capital
is yet to come.
Naturally Mr.. Greiner is for Governor
Miller and naturally he would be one of
the first to support President Harding
for denomination if the latter Indicated
the slightest desire to run for Office
again but it's easy to see that the adj
miratiOn for the New York governor
attitude toward labor troubles Is more
or less the same as that which endeared
Calvin Coolidge to the conservative Re
publicans of Massachusetts and else
where Mr.. Miller is looked upon dis
tinctly as presidential calibre-and If
reelected this fall will be a factor in
the presidential contest of 1924, always
assuming that Mr.. Harding should vol
UNFAIRLY withdraw.
All Republican leaders of experience,
however, feel that Mr.. Harding is en-
titled to the nomination for a second
term if he wants it and they admit 1t
would be political suicide to choose any
body else because such step would be
reputation of a Republican administra-
ton by the Republicans themselves and
would court disaster at the polls.
Most of the dissatisfaction hereabouts
with the administration can be attrlb-
uted to Industrial issues. The conserva-
tives think Mr.. Harding's course has
/ been wishy-waShy and not positive
/ enough. They say he has attempted to
/ handle the problem with kid gloves in
/ stead of with a meat axe They crltf
| cize him for trying to please everybody
/ and argue that such a course means
| pleasing nobody The labor elements, on
/ the other hand, think the federal injunc'
| ton process has been abused.
| Fears Results of Cold Snap.
| Apart from the merits of the biE
strikes are the effects both on transpor
tation and the fuel supply. One shrew(
Republican leader fears mostly the sud
den appearance of a cold snap between
now and Nov. Z. If cold weather comes
before the coal DlHss are even HsiA
| filled the disposition of many voters VII
be to punish the party in power. Gov
ernor Miller will feel it as will also tn
candidates for congress-the public ha
an Understanding way of expressing
its protests.
From all indications congress will b
Judged harshly. Again and again on
hears the cry of nothing outstandin
done" Republican leaders and organ
ization men privately concede that the
expect greatly reduced majorities TO
their candidates. This is a Republica1
stronghold, but the drift of the anti-Re
publicanism which has set in will max
Republican congressional candidate
hump to win. The situation here differ
from that in other parts of the countr
where grievances were expressed at IN
primaries and punishment rendered. Th
organizations in both parties here dom
mated the primaries. The total vote l
this section will be smaller and the pre-
test. or Republican vote, will
divided between Republican stay-a
homes. Socialists, Democrats who d.
( serted their party two years ago, an
some straight Democratic gains