The Washington herald., 1922-08-11
BEREFT
OF PARTY ISSUES
IN MANY STATES
Prohibition and Personal.
tiles Will Be Headliners
OF Fall Campaigns.

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Prohibition and personalities
promise TO be the headiiners on
this falls election stage. Bereft
Of outstanding Issues. as off-year
elections usually are. the political
atmosphere SO far this year has
been free of that sort. of ammuni-
tion employed by stumping SPELL
binders to lift the listening voter
out of his seat. Hence the dramatic
possibilities in the two issues mem
toned.
Republicans are going to talk
about the tariff. farm credits. and
the arms conference. Democrats
are going to talk about hard times.
the detection of influential Repub-
lican leaders and newspapers from
the party itself.
The outstanding contests this
year, however, will be those for the
Senatorship in California. Missouri,
Wisconsin. North Dakota, Mime
sofa. Ohio. New Jersey. New York
and Massachusetts,. In all of these.
1t IL safe to say. the Republican
tariff. farm credits. and Repub-
lican defections in the East will
play about as little a part as the
question Of Philippine independ-
ence.
Issues In Various States.
The contest in California has its
center and vortex in Hiram John
son. the man. The fight in wiscon-
| sin. similarly, is against La Fol-
lette. the man. The North Dakota
contest will be decided very largely
on the issue of the Nonpartisan
League. Lynn Frazier. Republican
nominee. being perhaps the best
known 'leaguer" in the country.
Minnesota's contest is of interest
because it is between Senator Kel-
| logg. close friend of President
| Harding, and a woman-Mrs. Peter
Olesen, the Democratic nominee.
Ohio's election will hinge largely
on whether the home State of the
President wishes to indorse him By
defeating Senator Pomerene, DEM
ocrat. The principal issue in Mas
sachusetts will be Senator Lodge.
All these contests will be primarily
! personality contests.
The contests in Missouri. New
Jersey and, to a lesser degree. New
York will center almost exclusively
on the wet and dry question. In
Missouri Senator Reed. Dem ,crat
and known as a strong liberal" on
the prohibition question. will be on
posed by r. r. Brewster. a bone
dry Republican. II the primary re-
volt against Reed Is carried into
the elections, with thousands OF
anti-Reed Democrats refusing to
vote for him or voting for the Re-
publican candidate. there would be
only one thing that could save
Reed. That thing would be tire
mendous vote for Reed by the wet
German element in st. Louis-most'
ly Of Republican persuasion In
protest against the G. o. p. dry
nominee.
New jersey Contest.
In New Jersey. Senator Frelins'
huysen, who happens to be the only
Republican candidate thus far per-
| sonally indorsed by the President
is a dry" He will be renominateo
and will run against Gov. Edwards
who will be the Democratic Sena-
torial nominee, a "wringtng wet"
In New York. Senator Calder. who
generally is found in the wet list
of Senatorial votes, will be the Re
publican nominee. When the Demo
Gratis find ways and means OF elirni-
Mating Hearst from the New York
situation they will get together or
their nominee and whoever he is he
will be a wet" II the Democrats
can effect harmony about their
| Senatorial nominee Calder Will De
defeated.
There will be a general outbreak
of the prohibition issue in both
Congressional and Senatorial con-
tests in Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Call
fornia, New York, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Maryland. accors-
ing to reports to party headquar-
ters here and from the field agents
of both the Anti-Saloon League and
the Association. Against Prohibition
1S2 Drys Renominated.
Excluding Arkansas. a complete
official tabulation reveals that 256
Congressional nominations have
now been made--over half the to.
tai. OF these 22O were renom;na
! tions, of which 1S2 are known as
| "drys," IS are known as vets. and
of the remaining Sc a majority are
more dry than wet.
Because OF the drive of anti-pro
hibitionists. however, there is con-
Germ in both the major party organ
iZations that the issue may become
embarrassing before election day
rolls around. Both parties, SO far
as their national headquarters are
concerned. will keep hands of the
issue. The Anti-Saloon League,
meantime, is preparing for a bitter
fight against all wet candidates.