The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-23

develops no feeling of comradeship
in the hearts of Republicans OF
yesteryears. There's a new type
of Republican whose kinship is
closer to the radical or progress
sive Democrat of 1912, the group
that helped Wilson into power
against a divided Republican party
or closer if you like to the Bull
Moose crusaders who swelled
Roosevelts vote.
No common denomination can be
found for all the political uprisings
which the primary elections of the
last few months have developed.
The views of Brookhart of Iowa,
Frazier of North Dakota, Beveridge
of Indiana, Johnson of California
and LaFollette OF Wisconsin and
incidentally Pinchot of rock-ribbed
Pennsylvania are much more like
those of a William Jennings Bryan
than Warren Harding, titular leader
Of the Republican party.
That's the reason the chief worry
in Washington in the conservative
administration circles is not wheth-
er the Republicans will beat the
Democrats, but what kind of Re-
publicans will come here to sit in
congress. The administrations &C
ceptance Of the farm bloc especial
ly in tariff making and in the en-
barrassmeAts of the bonus-which
4, commanded almost the unanimous
| support of western members-had
disappointing one. The pressure
| or conflicting interests, the almost
irreconcilable attitude of the agri-
cultural west and the banking and
manufacturing east make it neces-
sary THAT either one or the other
of these Republican types shall
dominate in government, if any
! legislation is to be passed or check
ed according to its merits.
East and West.
! The congress just adjourning en-
braced a series of deadlocks in
which the block of outstanding
leadership was not so much the
absence of dominating or persua-
sive personalities but the conflict OF
two sections Of the United States
the east and the west-aided and
abetted by Democrats from the
south, some of whom leaned with
one group and some with the other
,The 'optimist has much to CON-
fort him about the experiences OF
the government with after-the-war
restlessness, for he opines that mat.
ters might have been worse and
that the spirit Of changefulness has
been arrested for the time being al
least. One hears it said frequently
that If the elections had been held
eight to 10 months ago there might
have been a change in parties
These differences have been drawn
because Of the many complaints
that have been pouring in to re.
alize that days like those before
the war were still far away.
Congress is going home to CHECK
up-to get a line on public opinion
and to sweep aside prejudices form
ed at long range. Whatever else
may be said of the result, it is cleal
that the verdict will be more posi-
tive than 1920 irrespective of the
size Of the majorities. This is be-
cause the woman vote has been tab
ulated and because there are M
third party movements Of any con
sequence. 1t will be easy to tel
whether the nation has turned from
the conservative to the so-calle(
progressive or even radical fringe
The personal views of the candi
dates are not lost in a maze o
presidential equations. There ar,
no foreign issues to speak 9th,
issues are almost entirely domes
ltic. 1t ought to bring a result o
lunmistakable meaning, no matter
which label wins the election.