The Washington times., 1922-09-13
WILLIAM HApO !,

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The fact In that Lodges opponent
In the Republican primary-Mr. 10.
seph Walker--attacked. him princi-
paIiy on the very same grounds
which were used by Mr.. Long in
Missouri for attacking Reed and
which were used by Mr.. Garfield
in Wisconsin for attacking La Fol.
lette. lie attacked him for refusing
to be in favor Of the League Of Ma.
tions and he attacked him for refus.
ing to bind himself to q permanent
and utter dryness for the United
States under the Volstead law.
The resolution proves simply that
II anybody who IL running against
Mr.. Lodge in Massachusetts will be
good enough to attack him on his
strong and popular points he will not
get very far with It.
The real defeat for progressivisfn
in Massachusetts Is not the defeat
OF Walker by Lodge In the Repub-
lloan primay. II is the defeat of
Sherman Whipple by CASTOR in the
Democratic primary. CASTOR Is q
rich conservative who has been poltt.
lcally generous with his money for
n long time, and he is rewarded now
with the opportunity to stand in tho
ring against Lodge from now to
November. II he doesn't drop and
take the count then just as soon as
Lodge hits him once 1t will be the
surprise OF the year.
The result in Michigan in the Re.
publican Senatorial primary is ie-
garded by the political anRlyzer5 as
tending to establish the proposition
that It Is very difficult to get o repu-
tation as q progressive simply by
crying over the crimes OF Newherry.
For months In Michigan the only
issue really raised against Senator
Townsend by his first chief oppo.
nent, Congressman Kelley, was that
Senator Townsend voted TO seat New.
berry in the United States Senate.
Kelley himself was and is con.
serva;ive-more 30 than Townsend.
and his only argument for himself
yns that he was shocked by the
amount Of money that Newberry
spent in Michigan to defeat Henry
Ford in 1918.
1t became clear perhaps that to be
shocked by something that happened
In 1918 Is not the quickest route 10.
ward being chosen by the voters TO
represent them at Washington in
1928. In Michigan 1t developed that
Senator Townsend, in fact, took
a more progressive position toward
the issues Of the future than Mr..
Kelley was taking. Senator Town.
send came out for a complete recog.
niZed co.partnership arrangement be.
tween labor and capital In the ma n.
agement Of industry. He blossofned
into ideas which in La Toilette or
in Johnson would be thought "cN.
treme."
In fact have never heard either
Johnson or La Toilette express ideas
more advanced than those which
Townsend expressed in Michigan to-
ward the end Of his campaign. His
position in certain ways became
essentially the one which was adopt
ed by the FarmerLabor party in
Chicago in 1920. But this position
was also the one which was taken
by Townsend's belated and tardy
opponent, Herbert Baker. Baker
ran against Townsend really for
only a short time. Yet he finished
second in a field Of four.
The upshot Of II. therefore, was
that Townsend speaking the Ian.
guage Of alleged radicalism and
Baker carrying old scars OF that
same alleged radicaliSm all over him
ran clear away from the two other
candidates--Kelley and Emery
who by comparison were still car.
rying the conservative colors. This
result is certainly no thrilling VIC
tory for conservatism. Michigan
and Wisconsin were the states which
originated the Republican party
when the Republican party was call!
ed radical and revolutionary. The
Republican primary In Michigan In
dicates that Michigan Is moving to-
ward Wisconsin now In the strings
Of today's new progressivism.