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What Primaries Reveal.

mary elections In Missouri hah-
sas, Oklahoma, Virginia. West Vir-
ginia and Tennessee tend to support
the view that it is difficult tc locate
any marked political trend - any
sweeping political current-this year.
Nominations in both the old parties
have thus far obviously been dictated
for the most part by local conditions
and personal consideration. National
prohibition has entered into some OF
the contests to a limited extent, put
neither the vets nor the drys can
Point to any overwhelming victory IN
their favor. The record of the Hard
ing administration has been more or
less discussed, but there has been no
outstanding verdict for or against the
administration. Some very ardent
supporters of the Harding regime have
gone down to defeat, while other sup
porters have won signal victories.
Woodrow Wilson, former President,
has been brought forward as an issue
in some of the contests, but it cannot
be said that the verdict thus far rem
dered Is for him or against him. Inc
former President and his acts III the
White House were much discussed IN
both the Missouri campaign and The
Virginia campaign. Mr.. Wilson asked
the Democrats of Missouri not to re-
nominate Senator James A. Reed.
The senator has been renominated by
a slender majority. In the Virginia
Democratic contest Mr.. Wilson asked
the Democrats to renominate Senator
Claude A. Swanson, and the senator
has been renominated by an over
whelming majority, notwithstanding
there was pitted against him one OF
the most popular Democrats In the
state, former Governor Westmoreland
Davis.
Reeds Victory Discussed.
The denomination Of Senator Reed
is very properly the subject of nation
wide comment. A political party
would hardly champion the record on
which he was neutrality-suspicious.
to food control during the war, opposi-
ton to woman suffrage, opposition TO
prohibition, opposition to the League
of Nations, and In fact opposition to
practically every policy supported by
the party with which he affiliated dur
ing the eight years 1t was in control OIL
the executive department. Many rea-
sons for the denomination of Reed may
be put forward and indeed are being
put forward. In the first place, he Is
remarkable campaigner. His opponent,
on the other hand, made no appeal to
the popular Imagination. Reed posed
as the underdog in the fight and this
always appeals to large class OF
voters. The so-called German-Amer-
lean vote is very large in Missouri,
particularly in st. Louis and Kansas
City, and from all accounts the senator
received practically all of this vote.
He also received the vote Of the rad
ical vets in the two large cities in
the state, and apparently profited by
the discomfort of the day.
It can hardly be said that the League
of Nations was an issue in the Mis-
souri, campaign though Senator Reeds
opposition to the league and Breckin-
ridge Longs friendliness for it we're
much discussed. 1t was obviously
not a factor in the campaign because
the voters we're not particularly inter-
ested.
r. r. Brewster of Kansas City, who
(, was nominated for the senate by the
Republicans in Missouri, belongs to
the regular Republican organization
in the state and If his nomination Is
significant in any respect it is because
he represents the old machine If the
Democrats who supported Long In the
campaign vote for Reed at the polls,
the senator will be reelected If they
hold out On him, Brew ter will have q
chance
Results In Kansas Analysed.
The outcome in Kansas presents two
outstanding features. The nominal
tion Of a Republican candidate for gov
ernor, w. Y. Morgan, who favors the
retention of Governor Aliens industrial
court, and the defeat of Representative
Philip Campbell, an old guard wheel
horse, chairman of the present rules
committee in the house Of representa-
tiyes and prospective candidate for
speaker. 1t is generally assumed that
there will be no doubt about Morgan's
election and it is believed that he will
probably have a legislature that will
refuse to repeal the law establishing
the industrial court. The probability
is that several factors entered into
the defeat Of Campbell. Some years
ago he purchased a farm over in Vii
GINA, about ten miles from Washing
ton, and his own district saw but
little of him after he settled down on
this farm. This was used against him
in a most effective way. Of recent
years Campbell had not been raspon-
siye to the progressive thought which
characterizes the state Of Kansas.
Some of his recent acts as charm an
OF tie rules committee may have in
fiuenced voters who refused to support
hin.
The "Perhaps" of HeIiGi0n,