Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05
HO0sIER STATE
PRIMARY GIVES
SOLONs 4 TOPIC
FOR DISCUSSION
Senate Has An Old Fashion
ed Political Debate Over
the Outcome Of the Indi-
ana Senatorial Race.
WHAT WILL Be THE
ISSUE IN NOVEMBER?
League of Nations, McCor-
mick Declares; Existing
E,conomic Conditions
Democratic Senators Say
tBy The Associated Press.)


Washington. May 4.-The senate
had an old time political debate
today growing out of the result of
the republican senatorial primary
IN Indiana, and revolving around
the question of what will be the
paramount issue in the by-election
in November.
Senator Mccormick of Illinois,
chairman of the republican sena-
torlal congressional committee,
quoting from Former Governor Cox
or Ohio. contended that the demo-
Gratis were seeking to make the
league of nations the chief issue,
put Senator Underwood of Ala
bama, the minority leader, and
otner democrats insisted that the
existing economic conditions would
be the question before the voters.
Taxation Burdens.
The mistakes OF the republican
party said Senator Underwood.
It's failure to relieve the business
OF the country from the undue
burdens of taxation, its passage of
the bill increasing the burden of
taxation, its failure to bring the
expenditures of the government to
anything approximating those that
existed before the war. probably
Will receive attention from the
people. How can you expect the
American people to think of the
league of nations If you are bur-
dening them with these taxes and
appropriations?
1.-THE treaty Of Versailles is in
the White House today, but no ac-
tton on our part can make ii an is
sue. Even If it were sent back and
it was ratified now, it would he too
late to meet the issue and save the
situation which could have been
saved had it been ratified when II
first came before the senate. This
administration will so to the coun-
try on the test Of whether IL has
made good In its financial and
business promises and the verdict
is bound to be that it has failed"
Senator Mccormick insisted that
the democratic senator's loffssin2
for reelection say whether they
we're for the league of nations, SEN
ator King, democrat, Utah, assert
ed that the Illinois senator, IAN
adroit political leader. is trying to
turn the attention OF the people
from the palpab1e blunders of his
own party on domestic issues to a
question not now Of paramount in
terest.'
Blow at Administration.
The Utah senator and Senator
Heflin democrat Alabama. said
the result in the Indiana republic
can primary was a blow at the
present administration and Senator
King predicted that in November
former Governor Ralston, the DEM
ocratlc senatorial candidate In In
diana, would be elected and that
there would be reactions in other
states"
Both Senators King and Heflin
declared the result in Indiana had
disturbed republican senatorial
leaders. They also asserted that
the Newberry case had been an is
sue in Indiana, Senator King re-
marking that the Indiana result
had taken the New out of New
berry"
Heated ColIoQuy.
There was a heated colloquy be-
tween Senator's Heflin and McCor-
mick as to whether Senator New
had voted for the league of nations
in the senate. Senator Smoot, re-
publican, Utah, broke into the dis
cusslon to say that the league could
not have been an issue in the In
diana campaign because while Sem
ator New had voted for the league
with reservations, former Senator
Beveridge, victor in the primary,
had declared against the league,
with or without reservations.
Senator Smoot went on to say
that in his judgment the league OF
nations would not he an issue in
November, that the issue would be
the economic question.
81 think if the democrats will
let this tariff bill pass in time be-
fore the elections there will be no
question about the verdict" he
said. "The rates are only such as
will barely protect industry and ii
they do not protect it. we will see
the same result that there was un-
der the present law before the war;
when the balance of trade was run
ming strongly against us.
Willing to Meet the Issue.
$50 far as the republican party
is concerned we are perfectly will
ing to meet the issue. and have
no fear of the result"
Chairman McCumber OF the fl
nance committee also declared that
the economic situation would be
The issue and asserted that no
amount of "braggadacio or blow
ing by the democrats was going to
change the minds of the American
people very much