The Meeker herald., 1922-07-29

P"Aie"u Fedctlonaf1eS are still
FEELING their heads and rubbing their
eyes following the awful jolt they got
In the North Dakota primaries. Semi
tor McCumber's defeat for renomina-
tion was the plainest and most EN-.
phatic reputation Of the Harding adj.
ministration yet given. This IL shown
Wy comparison of the results in Ito
case OF Governor NestOs who was Oh
posed by the Non-partIsan League ard
won and In the case of Senator Nc
Cumber, who was opposed by a Non.
Partisan League candidate and lost.
On State Issues the Republican candi.
dnte won victory; on national issue.
the Republican candidate went down
to defeat. 1t was population also In
a Republican primary Of the Repubii
can Profteers' Tariff bill.
The defeat of Senator McCumber 4.
made more complete and instructive
by the facts that he had served TWEEN
ty-four years In the Congress. had ri,
en- to be chairman Of Its greatest com
mittee where he was the spokesman
OF the reactionary Harding admins
tration. and successor Of the late Boise
Pcnrose. Moreover. 1t is reported his
primary campaign was backed by am
pie funds and special effort was
made by the reactionaries to put him
over The result was anticipated by
the Democrats anu the leading news
papers of the country. They realize
that the country Is losing confidence In
the Harding administration and IL dis
gusted with the Do-Nothing Congress.
The North Dakota result was another
repetition Of the handwriting on the
wall whenever the reactionary Re
publicans sit down to a political Bel
shazzar's feast Meme. meme, tekel up
harsln." which being freely translated
means: '"rhis is Democratic year"
Harding, Roosevelt. Wilson and the
Coal Strike
The most surprising feature Of the
coal situation, without entering upon
any discussion of the merits of the
controversy Ii this.
With the average householder not
knowing where or how he Is going to
obtain his winter supply, with various
industries not knowing how they will
obtain fuel to keep their plants In op-
Grafton during the winter, with the
situation deadlOcked between opera
! FOR nd L.
session to try to arrive at a solution
President Harding delivers a charac-
tcristic milk and water speech to the
conference and resumes his vocational
diversions.
l No one would deny President Hari-
ing the boyish delight he apparently
experiences in freeing himself from
the artluous cares of his high Office
when opportunity offers. But there Is
n time for and time for play.
When the general interests Of the
public are threatened It is time to
SUPPRESS the playbOy instinct and to
deal promptly with the matter at first
hand. The surprise comes. therefore,
when President Harding's method Of
dealing with the acute coal situation
In contrast with those Of former Pres
itlents Roosevelt and Wilson. The
question naturally arises would either
OF them In such critical situation
hive delayed 20 long and then dealt
with the matter In temporix.ng man
ner and have left Washington Mt such
a time? Would they virtually have
said. Let Herbert and Jim do it." or
would they have taken command OF
the situation themselves and pressed
it to solution? We know what they
did under similar circumstances.
President Harding owes a duty to
the public in effecttng Just settle-
ment of this coal controversy-ln any
event TO protect the public interest.
The coal situation ia another test Of
administration. As the Boston Herald
tRep) says:
'The coal operators are not on trial
the United Mine Workers are not OH
trial; Warren g Harding, President
, of the United States, Is on trial in
, this conference"
To Members Of the Sewing Circle
> Here is some more information n
: hout the pending Republican tarifl
. hill. The facts are taken from an al
dress by Senator Atlee Pomerenn Of
l Ohio: