The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-06
FOREIGN TRADE
And PROSPERITY,
ELECTION ISSUES
Farmers Begin to See
Need of Markets, Says.
Sullivan.
By MARX suLLIyAN.

itieal year 1922. and which will
determine the entire membership
OF the House of Representatives as
wen as one-third of the member
snip OF the Senate. The first of the
. primaries occurs next month. This
VIII be In South Dakota. and will
not be or any particular national
interest. as no Senator's seat Is In
question.
Illinois. in April, and while no
Senatorial ,eat is in question here
SIN the country generally will be
interested in the fate of such vet
eran members of the Lower House
as Martin Madden and James r.
Mann, of Chicago: Ira c. Copley.
OF Aurora: Joseph G.. Cannon, Of
Danvtlie, and William A. Roden-
berg, of East St Louis.
As to several of the less we'll
known Republican members now
representing Illinois the Democrats
have hopes of dfsplacing them with
nominees of their own party who
viii be chosen on this same day,
April IL. The present Illinois dele
consists of twenty-five Re-
publicans and three Democrats. a
proportion which the Republicans
: cannot hope to maintain.
Contest Looms In Indiana.
The FIRST of the May primaries,
in Indiana will provide, possibly,
the most Interesting political de-
velopment of the year. Former
Senator Albert J. Beverage will
contest with Senator Harry s. New
for the Republican nomination and
the Democrats will choose a can
didate to contest the election in
November against whichever one
OF these Republicans is the win
ner. 1t is significant of a state of
affairs general throughout the
country that. although the decision
between New and Beveridge Is less
than three months distant with the
contest even now well under way
no easily recognizable issue be-
tween the two men has yet been
dCfine6-at least no issue of ma
ttonal Importance.
Beyeridge has criticised the pres
ent tax statute which New voted
fer. but aside from that nothing
Cther than local issues has Lsen
developed This whole question of
What are to be the issues in all of
these 1922 primaries Is just now
lightning to develop and more can
lie said about il little later on.
VIII Elect Two Senators.
The second of the May primaries,
in Pennsylvania, coming on May
&c. will determine who are to be
the permanent successors of those
two veterans who have died within
the last six months. Knox and
Tcnrose. IL can be predicted con-
GdentIy that George W. Pepper,
VITO was appointed as the ad in
term successor of Penrose, will be
chosen for a full term at the May
primaries. But as to the present
ad interim successor of Knox, WILL
lam l.. Crow, there may be a
change. Crows health is go pre-
carious that his seat in the Senate
cannot be a source of much salts
faction to him, and thus denies to
Pennsylvania a power and steadi-
ness of representation much needed
both by the State and the coun-
try.
General assent is accorded to the
proposition that If the present gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania. William c.
Sproul, were sent to the United
States Senate with MIR. Pepper,
PENNSYLVANIA would then have a
Senate representation equal to or
better than any in its history.
Persons outside of Pennsylvania
whose interest is chiefly in an i'm
proved personnel for the Senate
generally would be cheered If this
result should come about. There
seem to be two difficulties. One
is geographical.
Both Live in East section
There is an unwri1en law in
Pennsylvania politics to the effect
that each end of the State shall
lave one Of the Senators. Sproul
and Pepper, both come from the
last. 1t is a fact, though, that this
custom of geographical distribution
has been more honored in the letter
than in the spirit. During all OF
Senator Knox's term he was cred
tied to the Pittsburgh end of the
state: but. in fact. his real home. at
Valley Forge. was within twenty
Ave miles of Penrose's home.
The other objection to naming
Gov. Sproul consists in the very
fact that he Is governor and that he
should not, while holding that Of
fec, seek another one. This would
seem a negligible consideration.
compared with the desirability OF
having man of acknowledged
stature in the Senate. This Penn
sylvania situation will doubtless de-
velop more clearly within a few
weeks. In a political sense Penn
sylvanfa is now in the position OF
being without a more or less uni
yersaIly accepted leader. for the first
time since the memory of man run
meth not to the contrary. The death
Of Penrose removed from Pennsyl-
yania and from the country the last
Of the old-time Statewide political
cars.
Democrats Talk of Mccormick.
The Democrats of Pennsylvania
will. of course. also name two can.
djdates for the Senatorship. Here in
Washington among the national
leaders of the Democratic party,
there is talk of putting up excellent
men. One most frequently mentioned
Is Vance C. Mccormick. OF Harris
burg. Mr.. Mccormick Is a man of
the highest ability and character.
He was one of former President
wilson's advisers at the POris peace
conference. and in that capacity
ness and dependsbility. But the
national Democratic leaders here In
made a reputation for sure-footed-
Washington. whose confidence about
the present political year goes to
the length Of considering the Penn
sylyania Senatorship in the light of
hope, must necessarily be extraor-
binary optimists. Democratic Sem
ators come from Pennsylvania about