Iron County register., 1922-09-21
Washington Correspondence.
BY WALLACE BAssFoRD.

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WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept. 1s-The
President surely realizes the truth of
the old adage, ''troubles never come
singly." He has had all OF the 81.
varieties in the last few months. The
soft coal strike worried him for weeks,
while he worried the miners and
operators with his impractical efforts
to settle it; as soon as he took him.
self out of the equation the problem
was promptly adjusted. Then the
anthracite strike kept him as restless
as hen on hot griddle until he final
ly gave that up in despair, whereupon
the parties in immediate interest got
together and patched up a peace of
their own making, Then he again
turned his attention to the railroad
strike with the result that he made
every union man in the country angry
Z with his blanket injunction. Up to
this time it has not had the slightest
effect toward breaking the strike, but
as in the coal strikes, operators and
men are getting together without go
tweens. The outstanding fact is that
in all three strikes, Harding has abb
solutely failed to get results.
In the political field his influence
seems to be equally powerless. In
Indiana his ticket was showed, in
California rampant progressive,
johnson, won heavily, in Wisconsin
La Toilette made fearless fight on
everything that was dear to the Presi-
dents heart and won by huge ma
iority Garfield standing for the
Harding policies, was smothered. In
Iowa, Brookhart, who is denounced
by the administration papers of the
State as Socialist, got away with the
Senatorial nomination. Even in
Mississippi the Harding influence went
far toward tie defeat of Vardaman in
the Democratic primary when it be-
came known that the President had
expressed the hope that he be return
ed to the Senate. In Michigan it
looks like Townsend, close to Hard
ing and Newberry, may slip through
only by reason of the fact that the
opposition is divided among three
men. But there, as in Iowa, Mas
\ sachusetts and Ohio, the napaaarats
expect to elect their candidate in
November.
A few days ago there came up in
the Senate bill providing an addi-
tional federal judgeship for Michigan,
and the Michiganders thought it very
necessary possibly to handle some
more bocdle cases. At all events,
they wanted the judgeship, but the
bill failed because there were not
enough Republican Senators on hand
to bring it mp. Among the missing
were the two gentlemen accredited
from Michigan berself-Newberry and
Townsend. Townsend was at home
fighting to save his scalp, while New
berry was golfing this summer home
in Rhode Island. But why should he
stay on the lob? Does he owe the
people of Michigan anything? He
bought and paid for all he has gotten
in Michigan politics.
The Republican National Commit
tee, in giving out the statement thai
it expected to control the next House
by majority Of 80 in lieu of the pres
ent majority Of 1863, is merely trying
to soften the blow Certain inner
circle Republicans do not expect tt
control the new House by any sort o.
majority; in fact, the Washington
Star, an administration molly co6dle
had an editorial the other day discuss
ing the question Of who would be thu
Democratic Speaker. In this con-
nection it is interesting that the West
ern Republicans are caucusing on the
question of ousting Speaker Gillett il
the event that his party still retain'
control. In that event regrets ant
flowers would be equally lacking. |
was by crafty politics that he gouget
James r. Mann out of the honor an
thus deprived the Republican ma
jority Of its only chance for real lead
ership. Once, in introducing Cham
Clark to the House upon one of hi
re-elections to the Speakership, MI
Mann referred to him as "The faires
ofSpeakers and the noblest of men.
The words could equally well hav
been applied to Mr.. Mann had he bee
chosen to succeed CLARK, who express
ed the opinion that he was probabl
the most valuable legislator in Con
gress. But his defeat was only ar
other Of the wretched blunders Of th
gang in control of the Republica
party indeed, their capacity fs
muddling is even greater than the
beastly majority
Speaking Of their majority remint
that there is an interesting tale bein
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