The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-28
What Are To Be
Real Issues In
Fall Campaign?
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
copyright by The ln;e.l!sencerl

washhingtor. Aus "7.-EvcHtS ~ me
CaS; week. particularly The TemuSa. o.
he Ohio Republican convention 10 en-
4crse either ;he soldier bonus or tAe
F'ordney- -NcCumber tariff. Aavc prompt
II Republicans and Democrats alike 20
wonder Jus, what viii be the issues OF
the autumn campaign.
Snip subsidy legislation which !; had
5een hoped would hN one ot the con
scr2ct.ve achievements oc the adm n :
ration. has been postponed until a''er
J>e elections. ard the tar'fs e'li now N
conference nav meet the same tacs. The
only positive achievements remaining
ara the administrations .niative IN cal
.aE a conference 20 reduce naval anna
r1ent ard the subSequer; results. as we'll
as ;he reduction OF federal expenditure
under the budget system.
Soc Breakers Ahead.
Ru. politicians WHO have Haccowet
re issues 20 the foregoing are not alto
Ee;her sure this will be ali They see
r,sng up 20 plague them the d'scor-
zen. OF :he country ove~ the -a'l and
coal strikes X WILL De ne Democratic
purpose 20 snow that the GoverHmcH:
failed TO take any action for many
months after strikes began IN -" Al
:mportan, domain cr transportation
and fuel Il wi! be the Republican an
swer that the Sove-H"er; can; MAXI
men WORK when they don; want %. ard
that the government a'Ned the powe'
% force industrial peace Whatever
may be the defense o. 0tterse. the :aci
Is there's a rising tide OF opinion wh'cn
congress sees on the horizon and /,
may Furnish the outstanding issue OF
the whole campaign In nutshell the
issue may be whether the government:
could have done more than . did.
whether congress could have passed
snci-strike legislation and made ueup
on the transportation systems ot the
country impossible: whether the govern
uIent could have proceeded more en-
ergetically IN protect!CS those who
wanted 10 work but who feared v;o,-
snce, and whether the government
could have done any more than Il tried
10 do In regulating the price OF fuel 20
the consumer.
womsn's Vote Eeckoned-
All these ques,tons nave much more
political phase 60 .hcnl than the arma-
rnent conference vho-N results are not
so quickly Appreciated ~ the mass OF
voters. Also he woman vote which wtll
make Itself fcIt tn he rom'nE congress
sional elections .u way hat may prove
surprising is bound 20 consider whether
the empty coal bin : The fault OF The
miners and operators or he govern
nent which permits them % NSht or
both.
The reduction or the federal eNper-
attures has uusduestrouahlv gwen The
stump speakers some ammunition. Re
oublicars will point with pride 20 the
refund!nE OF the public debt and The
lowered cost Of government. while the
Democrats will "v!cw with alarm .he
fact that while 'hr budget IN this cam
raign year Was balanced. the coming
fiscal wear shows probable d"nctt. ac-
cordlng 10 Secretary OF the Trea sury
Mellon OF nearly a half billion dollars
Figures rarely make good camHa' Ign
s-zuueuts They are twisted IN all
sorts OF ways to prove practically any
thing the partisan wants proved Some
,hinK much more dramatic than statis-
tics and something much nearer homo
than ,ne armament conference whose
economies are IN the ''i'ure rather than
,bs present will he -eTu;rad 20 liven up
,hs campa!En The soldier bonus will
re an individual instead ~ party
Issue The Democrats have many cham
MONS OF tho bonus among their number
and neither parry viii 5N ahlc 20 claim
nrodi, FOR It's anactmeu. or defeat as the
case may he
One Cut To Strategy
The action az ~" Ohio s'a'~ "orven-
non T., calling upon N" country 20
grand hy n" prastd"H'" X M single
cut 70 Republican strategy which has
,hus FAR been given l. means hat an
a,,crrpt will be made 20 max" the
uard,ng administration he issue atons
with the achievements 7f ne Repuhl'-
.,,, .o,rress RI. me S'ra'sEists will
Ga ,ernro many dave have passed 'ha,
~. ,-ircipal .esuc will h~ 'h~ adm'nts-
.ra,to,'s attitude toward labor.
T,s working masses H3'L a usual
hc .sLed 20 believe -hs' -" .ea6sr@ -
labor nAy 10 An untr!eudly attitude on