The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-21
LODGE CANNOT
Be DEFEATED
IN HIS STATE
Massachusetts Senator Will be
Victor in Race for Renomi-
nation State Proud Of His
Record in Nation.
is ALMOST INVINCIBLE
BY MARK SULLIVAN

BOSTON, Mass, June 21.-Every
once In so often you read in news
papers far distant from Massachusetts,
that the fight against Senator Lodge
is going to be the big feature of the
political show this year Only last
week Senator Moses, of New Hamp-
shire, said the Lodge campaign in
Massachusetts would be the leading
political event of the year and that he
(Moses) expects to spend all his time
helping Lodge in his fight.
In all this kind of talk there Is
more hope on the part of the national
Democratic leaders distant from Mas
sachusetts and apprehension on the
part of the national Republican lead
ers than anything else. Here on the
ground in Massachusetts, as things
stand today, you can't figure out any
way that Lodge can be beaten. Only
something unforeseen happening be-
tween now and November can give
the Democrats the faintest chance of
retiring Lodge.
There are plenty of persons in Mas
sachusetts, and many of the good peo-
pie and important people. who disap-
prove of Lodge for his course on the
League of Nations; but most of them
will vote for Lodge in November, just
the same. What good would 1t do
them to replace Lodge with a Demo
crat when everybody knows that the
Democratic organization in this state
is more anti-League of Nations than
Lodge himself?
Mccall Not to Run
For that matter, the League of Ma
tions is not cutting any figure in the
present political thought of this state.
In Washington and New York, and
elsewhere, it has been widely printed
that Lodges opponents were going to
beat him by making use of another
Republican, Ex-Governor Samuel w
Mccall There was never anything in
that Mccall himself never gave any
countenance to it and never had any
real thought of becoming active in the
campaign If Mccall had determined
to run in the Republican primaries
against Lodge he would not have re
ceived one vote in five. The Republi-
can organization is completely salts
fled with Lodge and will be for him
with strength that no outsider can
overcome.
The only strategy that could pos
sibly endanger Lodge, would be to
persuade Mccall to run on an indie
pendent third ticket in November. In
such an event Mccall might get
enough Republican votes to give vic
7ory to the Democrats. But nobody
can expect Mccall to do that. He Is
a man who has spent almost a whole
life time as a Republican governor
He is not going to end his career with
spite candidacy that could have nc
possible outcome except to help the
Democrats.
Lodge Invincible.
Lodge is pretty near invincible fr
Massachusetts. The state thinks Of
him, with his 80 years in the senate
as its most distinguished public figure
and that sort of pride counts for much
in Massachusetts. The Democrats
haven't anybody they can nominate
who even family approaches Lodge:
standing in the state. If eX-President
Wilson should take a personal hanC
in the effort to beat Lodge, as he ha!
N the case of Reed, that would make
votes for Lodge. That is the temper
of Massachusetts.
If the other Democratic leader, Mr.
Cox. of Ohio, should come into Mass
achusetts to speak against Lodge, tha
again would help Lodge. If the tariff
should turn out to be unacceptable II
Massachusetts,, and 1t seems likely i
will, the Massachusetts Republican,
will say Lodge is not to blame.
They will say that Lodge woulC
have made good tariff if those wick
cd western farm bloc Republicans hat
only let him. In short, the length ant
the distinction of Lodges public ca
reer have given him an invincibl'
hold on Massachusetts. You could N
more dislodge Lodge, than dislodg'
the Sacred God from the statehous'
wall. There will be a candidate ant
a fight for the Democratic nomination
but that will be more a case of getting
in line for future honors than an,
real expectation of beating Lodge thi
year.