The Cordova daily times., 1922-06-10
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ISSUE
 IN FORTHCOMING CAMPAIGNS
 SPLITS HARMONY OF PARTIES

WASHINGTON, June 10. The League of Nations, buried under po- litical avalanche of 1000 GOO votes two years ago, has revived sufficiently to split the harmony" ranks within both major parties.
 Republican and Democratic leaders have sought to resurrect the league as a political issue in the coming No vember Congressional elections, not against opposition from their oppon- ents, but to the dismay of men within their own ranks This peculiar twist of political views has caused much amusement to "neutrals."
 On the Republican side Senator Medill Mccormick, of Illinois, is the chief contender for a revivication of the league issue. He has sought in debate and public speeches to drive his Democratic colleagues into open support of the League as an issue in the campaign.
 From the Democratic ranks Cover nor James M. Cox, who went to de- feat November a year ago on almost universal opposition to the league, has tried to resurrect it as a party stand ard. His efforts have struck discord within the Democratic ranks.
 SHOOT LEADS OPPOSITION
 The Republican split developed Senator Shoot, of Utah, ranking ma iority member of the Senate finance committee, as the leading opponent to use of the league issue in the next campaign. Smoot has openly de- clared the tariff will be the issue on which the Republican party must seek a vote of confidence from the people.
 Governor Cox's support of the league as a Democratic issue has 1 drawn opposition from Senator Under wood. minority leader in the Senate. Underwood declared that the Novem- Der elections would be decided on the record of the Harding administration on domestic problems.
 Thus the two great parties have not not been able to reach an agreement on campaign issues. There is no de- nying the fact that a majority of the Democrats, however, will oppose any attempt to drag the league into the next campaign. The Democratic ls- sues, with an overwhelming support from State leaders, will involve SO called "Newberryism," the high pro- tective McCumber tariff, high living costs, unemployment, excessive taxa tion and the alleged failure of the Harding administration to carry out campaign pledges.
 UNDERWooD's OPINION
 The American people cannot be eX- pected to think of the covenant ot the League of Nations when the Re publicans are burdening them with i'm mense appropriations and failing to re duce oppressive taxes" said Under wood. "There is woe in the street and poverty in the home, and the league cannot be made the sole issue in the coming campaign.
 q do not say that the league will be an issue in the next campaign. do say, though that it will not be leading issue, because the mistakes within the Republican party so over shadow everything else in the political arena that you could not make any, thing else the issue before the Amer ican people even if you tried"
 Senator King, of Utah, seconded Underwoods stand toward Democratic issues.
 "The palpable blunders of the Re publican administration and its wretched management of the affairs of government will be the paramount issues inthe next election," King af firmed Democrats will prefer to fol low the distinguished Senator from Alabama, MT. Underwood. The League of Nations question is not now predominant"
 McCoRMICk'S PLAN
 Senator Mccormick, in his efforts to raise the league issue, has fire , quently called upon Democrats in the Senate to defend Governor Cox's DO sition. Mccormick declared he "hopeC with all his heart" that the league would be revived, so that the "Repub . licans can bury it again.