Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-14
WESTERN FARMERS
WERE INSTRUMENTAL
IN DEFEAT Of c. D. P.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
LEASED Wire Service to The Journal.)
Copyright, 1927


though there may be difference Of
opinion as to what party strength
Is implied from a national viewpoint
IN the results of Tuesdays cleo
tlon, the complete returns would
seem to indicate that east and west
OF the Mississippi, party labels didn't
mean the same thing and that both
Republicans and Democrats fire.
quently profitted by the same issue
as, for instance, the reaction of farm
communities to low farm prices
and the protest Of workingmen
against the Daugherty injunction
and the last two years of Debated
wages.
Taking each state and examining
the result will not of course permit
positive conclusion as there is no
way Of telling just what the deci-
sive factor was or what group really
held the balance Of power. But near
ly every situation had its peculiar
characteristic and these artist in
forming a judgment as to the whole
election.
Starting with the state Of Wash
ington where Senator Miles Po1ndex-
ter was defeated for reelection, one
finds C. C. Dill, Democrat, who
voted against American entry into
the war when he was member OF
the house of representatives, made
strong campaign attacking his col
league as a "reactionary." He ap-
pealed to the farmers and laborng
men and although a third CANDIDATE
was in the field in the interest OF
labor, Mr.. Dill won the support OF
the radical elements as well as
enough disconnected farmers TO
achieve victory. Mr.. Dill mace
much of Senator PoindeXter's vote
for Newberry.
Situation in Utah
Oregon-The election of Demo
cratic governor was due largely to
the support of the F<u Klux Khan
which had failed by 500 votes to
beat the Republican governor Tor
denomination in the primaries. Ore
gon rarely elects a Democrat gov
ernor and the detection of thou-
sands of Republicans who were IN
clined toward Ku Klux Khan doc
trines helped to swing the state.
Montana-The election Of Burton
K. Wheeler, Democrat, to the United
States senate is a victory for liberal
conservatives as against extreme
radicals. Mr.. Wheeler two years
ago lost the governorship because
he was considered too friendly 10
the Non-Partisan league, but ne mas
more or less tempered his views since
then and agreed to the PLATFORM
written by the regular Democratic
dissemination. Enthusiastically con-
servative Republican votes helped
him win. The result is quite the
opposite from that in other north
western states, where candidates on
the Democratic ticket won by seek
ing radical votes.
TJtah-Senator William kings
spectacular campaign, his PERSONA
fight against what seemed to be
heavy odds at the outset, his deflant
attitude on the tariff, though Utah
is deeply interested in protectlon'
his INDEPENDENCE Of action, and H.
rallv the support of the Mormon
church, of which he is a member
gave him victory over Ernest BAN
berger, Republican, non-Mormon.
, Senator Smoot went up and down
: the state asking for vote OF conrl-
dence through Bamberger, and point
seG to the tariff as great achleVe-
ment for Utah. but Kings many
: sided appeals enabled him to WIN oy
close margin.
NOn-Partisan League
Observation-Disclosures of the
state constabulary championed by
the Republican nominee for COVER
nor, a conservative was the prlncl'
paI issue, but labor combined with
aerarian unrest gave William b.
Sweet, Democrat, the victory for
governorship. He was Endorsed by
the Non-Partisan league.
Nebraska - The Non Partisan
league helped elect a Republican in
this state, defeating Senator Hitch
cock and electing r. 3. Howell,
man who appealed to the radical ele-
ments much more than did Mr..
Hitchcock. The latter attempted to
gather the discontended farmer vote
to his side, but the mood Of the peo-
pie was to express their protests
against the individual in office. The
wet and dry issue entered into the
Grace. Charles w. Bryan, Democrat.
brother of William Jennings Bryan,
won the state by a good-sized ma
iority, but he couldn't pull Mr..
Hitchcock through because the lat
ter was so highly Endorsed by the
vets, notwithstanding his own pro-
testations about law enforcement.
Kansas-Rural discomfort similar to
that evident in Nebraska gave this
state a Democratic governor to sue
the Democratic nominee. No sena-
who was not a candidate to succeed
himself. Low farm prices, the
pinched condition of the farmers
finances, and unrest generally was
coupled here with certain group vot-
ing on the party of those laboring
men opposed to the Kansas indus.
trial courts operations. 1t will be
difficult to tell how much. of d fac
tor labor was in the result, but the
farmers usually decide elections IN
Kansas and they apparently helped