New-York tribune., 1922-08-21

whom they were shown by The Trib-
une correspondent to-day. After the
first surprise that the number of de-
feats was so small for Republican
members of Congress seeking renom-
ination, despite all the newspaper and
magazine emphasis placed on progress
sive victories, an examination was
made of the discrepancy between the
1913 districts which hsve nominated
and the 15S Republican members who
sought denomination. Here are forty
districts, they pointed out, where there
is no test.
OF these, twenty one districts are
now represented by Democrats, so that
there was no opportunity to determine
whether the Republicans were dissat-
isfied with their representatives or not.
These districts are divided: Illinois,
three; Missouri, two; Oklahoma, three;
Kentucky, 8, and Tennessee, five.
Changes in Pennsylvania
Two more are accounted for by the
fact that Pennsylvania Legislature
redistrieted the state this year, elm
mating the two Congressmen-a -at- Large
and forcing the selection of candidates
who live in the two new districts.
The remaining seventeen are ac-
counted for largely by the desire to
retire after long service, as in the
case of Cannon and Rodenburg, of II
linois, and Fordhey, of Michigan, or by
the desire to get into the Senate or be-
come Governor.
For example, Sweet, of Iowa, at
tempted to win the Senatorial nomina-
ton. He did not prove as strong in
the state at large rs he had repeatedly
proved himself in his district. In Me-
braska, Jefferis tried unsuccessfully
fnr M ~ 4 II
Wis was appointed special prosecutor
in the Department of Justice.
In Ohio DR.. Simeon Fess ran for the
Republican nomination for Senator and
won handily, while Representative
knight ran unsuccessfully for the GU
fernatorial nomination. Incidentally,
Mr.. Knight ran on a platform at odds
with the Administration against Carmi
Thompson, who was known to have the
approval Of President Harding. and
was badly beaten. He has announced
without waiting for his term to expire
because he is out Of sympathy with
the Administration.
Among the others in this group who
decided that their personal affairs did
not permit their continuance in the
House were Representatives Brown, of
Tennessee; Ogden, of Kentucky, and
Dunbar Of Indiana, each one the only
Republican from his state not to be re-
nominated.
Shelton, of Missouri, decided not to
run again, and Mcpherson was defeat
ed The twelve other Republican mem
bers in Missouri were renominated.
Incidentally the facts and figures
just set forth are the more interesting
because in every state mentioned ex-
eept Utah the nominations we're made
by direct primaries. Utah, alone of
the eighteen states discussed, nominat-
ed by convention.
There are figures which are disturb
ing to. the Democrats who are looking
over the prospects for next November,
for example. DR.. Fess, who won the
Republican Senatorial nomination, re-
ceived 204,568 votes. Senator Pome-
rene, perhaps the most talked about
possibility for the Democratic fonii-
nation for President in 1924, received
186,711 votes. AS Pomerene,s opponent.
Lentz, received 81,387 votes, the total
Democratic strength displayed was
21S,908, less than $4,000 more than DR.,
Fess alone received. There were three
other Republican candidates against
Fess, however, receiving votes as fol-
lows: Ex-senator Dick, 96,411; Ar
mold, $4,000; Wood, 40,544, making a
total Republican vote in this primary
Of 387,523, a clean lead of 169,425.
This In Ohio, not only the Presidents
home state, the home of the Democratic
standard bearer of 1920, Governor Cox.
and the possible Democratic candidate
of 1924, Senator Pomerene, but the
state which went for Woodrow Wilson
in 1916, when practically the entire 4
East went for Hughes. There were hAt
fights in both Democratic and Repub-
lican primaries as evidenced by the
large votes received by the minority
candidates on both sides, but it Is in
tefestfng to note, in view of the pres
ent industrial situation and It's pos
sibillties with regard to the approach
ing election. that organized labor lead
ers were against both Pomerene and
Fess, and proved impotent at beating
men to whom they were opposed. The
significance Of this becomes even great.
er upon consideration of two facts.
one that In each instance in the pri-
mary fight the labor chiefs picked men
81 proved popularity with the voters,
and the other that Ohio is one of the
most highly organized states from
union labor standpoint.
Effect of Adamson Act
No better illustration of the supposed
oIiS iSHEti VI uHlDH LABOR at the DOLLS In
Ohio could be cited than the fact that
IN 1916 every member of the House
from that state 22 except DR.. Fess.
voted for the Adamson act, and the
passage of this law was generallv
credited at the time with having swung
Ohio into the Wilson column,
Republican orators in that campairn
were stopped at the state line and told
that they must not refer to the Adam
son act in their speeches or interviews
while in Ohio. - :
Another interesting set of figures Ia
provided by the Indiana primaries,
Inc total vote received by all candi-
dates for Congress is not available
here, and Ex-Governor Ralston has no 40
opposition In the Democratic Sena-
tortal contest, SO that a comparison of
the Beveridge-New vote with his would
De unfair. The total vote received bv
ihe successful Republican candidates
IN IL of the 13 districts amounted &,
l,976, as against 127,047 for the sue~
cessfui Democratic candidates in the
same districts. Figures from cna dis-
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