Evening star., 1922-05-11
G0LDSTE|N ACTION
RELIEF TO G. 0. P.
Withdrawal of Nomination
Causes Hope Incident
Will Be Forgotten.
By n. o. MESSENGER.

Genuine relief is felt by republican
leaders and party managers over the
withdrawal of the nomination of
Goldstein to be internal revenue col
lector in Missouri. as its pendency
was creating a situation recognized
as rapidly growing serious and likely
to cause embarrassment to the admin
istration and the party. Their hope
now Is that the incident, being closed.
will soon be forgotten. in the tenden-
cy Of the American public to tura
from dead issues to live ones.
1t is not thought that President
Harding's prestige has been In any.
way impaired. as the politicians are
disposed to place responsibility upon
those who made the recommendation.
Caused President Trouble.
Missouri patronage, it is recalled.
has caused the President trouble ever
since he came into office. and the par
ty managers. 1t is said. will keep
watchful eye hereafter on recommen-
dations to the appointing power from
that state. With the democrats and
republicans both in rows out there,
the old question of Whats the mat
ter with Kansas" may have to be
carried over the state line and pro-
pounded as Whats the matter with
Missouri anyhow"
In republican managerial circles
there Is discerned a stifrening OF ag-
gressiveness as result OF recent po-
litical incidents. The national COM
mittee and the senatorial campaign
committee are both on their toes and
planning a campaign for this fall on
the basis Of the highest efficiency at
tatnable. Conditions may be said to
warrant 1t.
It is realized By republicans that
they have in their democratic oppo-
nents foemen worthy OF their steel:
The democratic management Is alert
and aggressive to degree, losing no
opportunity to turn to advantage
every opening which the republicans
afford.
Expense Pledge Expected.
1t is expected that the decision Of
Attorney General Daugherty in the
matter Of campaign expenditure pub
licity, to which attention will be
called anew, will be followed by a
demand that candidates for the Sem
ate shall pledge themselves to make
q public accounting Of their expenses.
even though not required by the law
to do so. The Supreme Courts deci-
sion as to the constitutional power
of Congress to enact legislation nee
essarily limits the range OF remedial
legislative action. but it Is pointed
out that there is no limitation upon
the voluntary response to sentiment
favoring not only publicity in expend1-
lures, but keeping them down to a
low aggregate as well. -.
Thoughtful observers or political
conditions throughout the country
bring reports to Washington that there
is no doubt that the voters are at this
time watching politics and Congress
with ever-incfeasing attention.
Tendency to Independence.
There is pronounced fluidity Of party
sentiment, 1t is declared. with a grow.
ing tendency. toward independency of
party ties and exaggeration of the per-
sonal equation. This is, In part, ac-
counted for by the lack of sharply de-
fined issues as between the two parties.
1t Is also, in greater degree, at
tributed to the presence OF women In
the electorate, to whom is ascribed q
tendency to 60 to the morals Of politi-
cal questions and issues with woman's
instinct and intuition. The hard-boiled
politicians expect to see the women
turn out in next falls Senate and
House elections, as well as in the state
campaigns, in numbers possibly exceed
ing their participation in any previous
election.
And the hard-boiled old boys admit
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cate them either. It's a sad world, all
fopey -turyy: in politics, they declare.