The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-10
LAWRENCE SEES
BAD MIX UP IN
PAR T Y LABELS
Didn't Mean Same
Thing East and
West, HeFuads.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright. 1922. by The Argus)
Washington, d. C., Nov 10.-Al-
though there may be a difference
Of opinion as to what party
strength is implied from a national
viewpoint in the results Of Tues
days election, the complete re-
turns would seem to indicate that
east and west of the Mississippi
party labels didn't mean the. same
thing, and that both Republican
and Democrats frequently profited
by the same issue as for instance
the reac.'o OF farm communities
to low farm prices and the protest
of working men against the Daugh-
erty Injunction and the last two
years Of deflated wages,
Taking each state and examin-
ing the result will not, of course,
permit a positive conclusion as
there is no way of telling Just what
the decisive factor was or what
group really held the balance of
power. But nearly every situation
had its peculiar characteristics and
these assisted in forming judg-
ment as to the whole election.
Washington.
Starting with the state OF Wash
ington where Senator Miles Poin-
dexter was defeated for reelection,
one finds c. c. Dill, Democrat, who
voted against American entry into
the war when he was a member
of the house of representatives,
made strong campaign attacking
his colleague as a. "reactionary".
He appealed to the farmers and
laboring men and although third
candidate was in the field in the
interest of labor, Mr.. Dill won the
support Of the radical elements as
well as enough discontented farm
ers to achieve victory. Mr.. Dill
made much Of Senator Poindex-
ter's vote for Newberry.
:. -. Oregon.
The election of a Democratic
governor was due largely to the
support Of the Ku Klux' Khan.
which had failed by 500 votes to
beat the Republican governor for
denomination in the primaries.
Oregon rarely elects. Democrat
governor and the detection Of thou
sands Of Republicans who were in
clined toward Ku Klux Khan doc
trines helped to swing the state.
Montana.
The election of Burton K Wheel
er, Democrat, to the United States
senate, is victory for liberal con-
servatives as against extreme radi-
Gals.
Mr.. Wheeler two years ago lost
the g0vernship because he was
considered too friendly to the non
partisan league, but he has more
or less tempered his views since
then and agreed to the platform
written by the regular Democratic
organization. Unquestionably con-
servative Republican votes helped
him win. The result is quite the
opposite from that in other north
western states where candidates on
the Democratic ticket won by seek
ing radical votes.
Utah, sr
Senator William Kings spectac-
ular campaign. his personal fight
against what seemed to be heavy
odds at the outset. his defiant atti-
tude on the tariff though Utah is
deeply interested in protection, his
independence of action and finally
the support OF the Mormon church,
Of which he is a member, gave him
victory over Ernest Bamberger.
Republican. a non-MoPmon. SEN
ator Smoot went up and down the
state asking for vote Of conf
dence through Bamberger and
pointed to the tarifY as q great
achievement for Utah. but Kings
many-sided appeals enabled him to
win by close margin.
Colorado.
Maintenance Of the state. constab-
ulary championed by the Republi-
can nominee for governor, a con-
servative, was the principal issue,
but labor combined with agrarian
unrest gave William e. Sweet,
Democrat. the victory for the gov
ernorship. He was endorsed by
the non-partisan league.
Nebraska
The non-partisan league helped
elect a Republican In this state,
defeating Senator Hitchcock and
electing R B. Howell. a man who
appealed to the radical elements
much more than did Mr.. Hitchcock.
The latter attempted to gather the
discontented farmer vote to his
aide. but tho mood Of tho people
was to express their protests
against the individual In oifice. The
wet and dry issue entered into the
race. Charles W. bryan, Demo-
crat, brother of William Jennings
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