The Missouri herald., 1922-07-07
REPUTATION OF TARIFF
SEEN IN DAKOTA FIGHT
Overthrow of McCumber is Called
Worst Harding Defeat.

WaSnlnBtOn.-l ne worst uefeat
the Harding administration has 50
far sustained" is the way in which
the Democratic National Committee
sums up the overthrow of Senator
McCumber in North Dakota.
In addition it is held to be a fiat
reputation of the pending tariff bill
This statement was given out at
Democratic national headquarters:
"The defeat of Senator Porter j.
McCumber, chairman of the Senate
finance committee, for renomina-
tion in the Republican primaries III
North Dakota, is rebuke and a re-
pudiation, not only of the Harding
administration, but also repudia-
tion of the profiteers' tariff bill he
is sponsoring in the Senate. 1t is in
line with the anti-administration
victories in Indiana. Pennsylvania
and Iowa.
"The doom of Senator McCumber
was sealed when by the rule of the
seniority he became chairman OF the
Senate finance committee, succeed
ing the late Boise Penrose, and
adopted and continued the policy Of
the reactionary group in control Of
the Senate. AS the chairman Of the
finance committee he has been as
Jealous and uncompromising in his
reactionism as was PenrOse. By ally
ing himself with the reactionaries
he put himself in opposition to the
prevailing sentiment in his own
State and throughout the West and
in the nation itself. BY his man
agement of the tariff bill he antago-
nized the Republican press of the
country, and by accusing 1t of being
Influenced and controlled by its
business patrons, has alienated the
press generally and many business
interests as well.
"His voice to seat Senator New
berry was also potent factor In his
defeat. Senator McCumber is only
another evidence Of the national
wide revolt against Harding reac-
tionism and a Republican do-nothing
Congress- 1t Is sign and warn
ing of what will happen in other
States when the people have the op-
portunity to express themselves at
the polls.
"It is the worst defeat the Hard
ing administration has so far sus-
tained by reason of Senator McCum-
ber's long term of service and his ex-
allied position at the head of the
great finance committee of the SEN
ate, through which he was attempt
ing to fasten upon the country the
extortionate tariff policy of the adj
ministration."
While LaFollette and some other
Republican progressives were inor-
dinately delighted at the unhorsing
of McCumber, members of the old
guard rallied around the rejected
Senator expressing sympathy and
otherwise extending consolation.
Outwardly, McCumber displayed no
sign of being upset or disturbed. To
one of his comforters he remarked
that after "a years Of life here man
was ready for rest. To another he
remarked that he will support
Frazier and do all possible to make
certain his election.
McCumber said he would make
no statement for two or three days,
desiring to let the results of the
election soak in" first.
Senator Ladd, Republican, North
Dakota, himself Non-Partisan
Lacquer, gave out a statement In
which he related exactly what the
successor of Mr.. McCumber may be
expected to advocate. In his COM
ment Ladd said:
when one studies the kind
progressive legislation Gov. Frazier
has not only stood for, but which un-
der his guidance was written into
laws of his State, his sympathies
and humane interest in his fellow
men are clearly indicated. Among
them may be mentioned-the reduc-
tion of the spread between prices
paid to the producers and the prices
charged to the consumers"