The Washington herald., 1922-08-21

torian, essayist. member of the Am
erican Academy Of Immortals. hon
'ored with the degrees of a dozen
colleges, but H. is the Republican
leader in the Senate. the Republican
party's favorite national convention
chairman for thirty years and more
than any other one man. the person.
ification of the G. o. p.
II IL may not be said that the
little. slender Nestor of Nahant, with
the grizzled hair and beard and the
bored expression of a loftier being
In not greatly beloved. I must be
admitted that he is widely and deep
" respected for his attachments and
valued for his service to his state.
Concentrate on Defeat.
I'VE would rather beat Lodge than
all the rest of the Republican can
d,dates in the whole country, re-
Gently remarked one of the big men
of tie Wilson administration.
Iyndeterred by the disastrous ex-
perience of Wilson In endeaVorihs
To beat Jim Reed in his own party
the Democratic national organiza-
tion is reputed to be planning 10
concentrate on the EFFORT TO oefes'
Lodge, IL the Republicans renomi-
nate him. Former Governor Cox,
of Ohio. Democratic nominee ior
President in 1920, who is now IN
Europe getting more intimately ac-
ouaInted with the league of nations
is exnected home in time to lead the
revenge movement.
II YOU had listened as ] did TO
proup of Republican leaders In this
state. Sizing Up public dissatisfac-
tion with the Republican admins
tration. the Republican Congress
and the Republican party. you
would think the defeat Of Lodge IN
the primary a foregone conclusion.
The working men and farmers, IL
wa. said, are discontented here as
almost everywhere else. there nave
been numerous strikes In the IN
dustrial cities. the manufacturers
and business men are still waiting
for a protective tariff to restore
the promised prosperity and. on top
of all that, the conservative New
Englanders are denouncing the ad-
min,stration for failure to pursue
a more vigorous policy In the coal
and rail strikes.
Some Blame President.
Some blame the President. While
others say they have been disii-
lustoned concerning that strong
Cabinet" Mr.. Harding promised In
his acceptance speech. Members
of the Cabinet have been. kept busy
explaining whv the President was
not swinging the big stick. i was
told of letters Secretary OF war
Weeks Is said to have written stat
faarad that
vigorous action in the coal and rafs
strikes would prccipitate civil war.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover Is
quoted by New England railway ex-
ecutives as warning them to settle
to avoid civil war.
Weeks, Lodge and other New
Englanders in Washington have
been deluged with irate remon-
strances from this section against
feeble strike policy. They have
been told that IL we are so close to
civil war as Is asserted. II can only
be postponed at best and 1t would
be better to have 1t now. 1t is in
teresting to note that Lodge was
active in urging the President to
address Congress and announce q
firm policy.
On account of the close identifi-
cation of Lodge with the admins
tration and the Republican policies
generally. the Senator's chances os
denomination are not being i'm
proved by this dissatisfaction in his
own party, extending all the way
from plutocrat to proletariat. But
the Republicans say Lodge is going
to be renominated and reelected,
in spite of the unpopularity of the
Republican administration and the
Republican Congress.
You see, Lodge, Is an institu-
tion." said one. like the sacred
goldfish or Old South Meeting
House. MASSACHUSETTS, venerates
her institutions"
Lodge Is so confident OF winning
the primary that he Is making no
canvass. His friends say he will
win four to one.
Joseph Walker has been encour-
aged to believe he will be carried
to victory by the same powerful
fort0 of protest that have enabled
numerous progressives to defeat
old guardsmen in the Republican
primaries this year
He Is directing his appeal con-
spicudosly to the prohfbitionists,
the women, league of nations Re-