The Washington times., 1922-11-09

mates him from IVA.
That's nonsense. There was
nothing in the vote against
Harding.
HIRAM JOHNSON performed
as usual, carried California by
. granite vote, proving his
power and the intelligence of
California voters. That's q
fine thing. One Of these days,
1924 perhaps, Hiram Johnson
will be elected President.
THE election may make it
harder for Henry Ford to get
his Democratic nomination two
years hence. The Democrats
wouldn't take him unless con-
vinced they couldn't win with
anybody else. Many things may
happen during the next two
years. But that the Democrats
will learn much in the two years
Is improbable. They will prob
ably face the next national cleo
tion knowing as little about the
probabilities as in 1920.
VICTOR BERGER goes back
to Congress from Wisconsin.
That doesn't suit a majority of
those that own $4,000 or more.
But there's comfort for them.
First, Berger is law-abiding,
never advocated any action
opposed to the Constitution or
laws. He might change both, il
he could, but meanwhile he
obeys law.
Second, he is an educated
man, knows history, understands
political movements.
In Congress he will watch,
and talk plainly about grafters.
Being in, a minority, several
hundred to one, he can't do
anything, except oppose, ex-
pose and criticize. Let that
comfort you.
BY the way, Republicans
now controlling the House by
the slender margin Of five or
six votes probably won't at
tempt to keep Berger out Of
his seat. They might get q
Democrat In his place, or, what
would be worse, they might
build up. aBradladgh case
here.
CENSORSHIP of moving
pictures, leading up to censor
ship of press, books, and pub
ii. speech, was beaten three to
one In Massachusetts,. An edu-
Gated community can do its
own censoring and rely on its
police to punish crimes in pub
icity as in other directions.
That's a good thing.
EDWARDS is elected SEN
ator in New Jersey over
Frelinghuysen by a big ma
jority. He says his fight
against prohibition did it. It
was a bad election day for pro-
hibition, beaten in Illinois, in
New York, and wherever the
issue was made. Pendulums
swing back and forth, not
shack" only.
PINCHOT'S enormous vote in
Pennsylvania shows it is easy
to elect a Republican, if you
nominate the right Republican,
and with the old-fashioned
majority. Like. that Jack the
Giant Killer-Hiram Johnson
-Pinchot shows in his vote
that it's the man, not the
political label, that counts.
Parties are becoming less
important.
OUTSIDE Of American politics,
and this election so important
to US now, and all to be for
gotten in a few weeks, there
isn't much to tell you on this
particular day.
Cotton went up S5 bale
yesterday. Recently it has been
"bulging," as the cotton gam.
blers call it, theoretically. You
will soon see thirty-cent cotton,
probably, an excellent thing for
the South and therefore excel
lent for the whole country. It.
can't and wouldn't deserve to be
prosperous with the South in
trouble.
GERMAN marks and French
francs went down again hand
finland, so to speak. Europe
doesn't know It, but there is
neither health nor comfort In
living beside a half-dead body
or a half dead nation. Don't kill
q thing, If you must stay tied
10 the corpse.
OCKS were cheerful.
Gentlemen that invest and those
that bet are not aRitated bv the