The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
REPUBL|CANSARE
MUCH ELATED BY
PRIMARY RESULTS
Democrats Disappointed With
Returns in Maine, MasSa-
chuSetts, Michigan and
Washington
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS
Washington Bureau, The AEe-Herald,
KOn nuvfdson Rufldir

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Washington, September 1S.-(Spe-
CALL 1.-THE result of primary elections
in Maine, Massachusetts, Mich gan
and Washington have greatly elated
the republican national committee,
and filled the heart of the democratic
with an element of doubt as to the
real attitude of the people. Maine
is regarded by republicans as ba-
rometer. 1t is, however. a rock
ribbed republican as Georgia is DEM
ocratic. The republicans find citation
in the Maine result because the re-
publican majority was greater than
in many recent election years, with
the exception of 1920. The chairman
of the democratic committee oas
found satisfaction in the reduced
majority this year and in 1890.
His satisfaction is somewhat mod
filed. however, by the fact that the
democratic vote was not materially
increased by detection from repub-
lican ranks
Wanted whippls
Everyone expected Senator Lodge
to be renominated in Massachusetts.
At the same time there was the ever
present hope that the people would
repudiate him because of his leader
ship against the League of Nations
foi mer President OF the United States,
Woodrow Wilson.
There was democratic distress in
Washington because the democrats
did not nominate. S. L. whipple. Al
though it is possible that Whipple
would have failed to defeat Lodge,
there is no question but that he
would have proceeded against him
with great vigor and determination
and with all the power of SPLEEN
did intelligence and almost incompar-
able oratory.
The democrats in Washington were
expecting the nomination of Whipple
and were anticipating with grea.
relish the flaying of Lodge at his
hands.
Townsend Nominated
Both parties, when speaking for
publication, find satisfaction with the
Michigan result. Again, however,
democrats were hopeful that Senator
Townsend would be retired by his
own party, because Senator Townsend
was the chief or leading supporter
of his colleague, Senator Newberry,
when that senator was assaulted for an
alleged attempt to buy the voters of
his state.
That Townsend weathered the
storm gave republicans great salts
faction. That he did not receive a
majority of the votes polled-there
were three republican candidates
against him-has given democrats
reason to declare that Michigan, by
a majority vote, repudiated "Newber-
ryismi"
In the state of Washington, Sena-
tor Po!ndexter was renominated.
Poindexter, when Colonel Roosevelt
lived, was a progressive. He is now
regarded as reactionary. He sup
ported Newberry.
While all the states In question are
republican, strongly republican, and
while the odds are that republican
senators will be elected in November
democrats were hopeful that there
would be some outstanding Develop
ment rejecting discredit on the adj
ministration as perhaps there was in
Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota, Wis
ccnsin and California.
At the same time, some democratic
leaders think 1t providential that
Townsend was renominated in Mich
igan. For had either of his opponents
been nominated, "Newberryism" could
not be used effectively in the general
election. At the same time, 1t is diff
ficult to believe that on any issue
democrat could be elected in Mich
igan.