The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-09-13
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
FROM WASHINGTON
Is ecial News Correspondent

varieties IN the .lSy lew months. The
soft coal strike worried him for
weeks, while he worried the miners
and operators with his impractical
efforts to settle it; as soon as he took
himself out of the equation the prob
lem was promptly adjusted. Then the
anthracite, strike kept him as rest
less as a hen on a hot griddle until
he finally gave that up in despair,
wncreupon the parties in immediate
interest got together and patched ur
peace of their own making. Then
he turned his attention to the rail
road strike with the result chat he
made cverp union man in the country
angry with his blanket injunction. Up
to this time it has not had the slight
est effect toward breaking tho strike,
but as in the coal strikes, operators
and men are getting together without
go-bctwccns. The outstanding fact is
that in all three strikes, Harding has
absolutely failed to get results.
In the political field his influence
seems to be equally powerlcss. In
Indiana his ticket was showed, in
California, rampant progressive,
johnson, won heavily, in Wisconsin
La Toilette made fearless fight on
everything that was dear to the Pre-
sidents heart and won by huge ma
Jority. Garfield standing for the
Harding policies, was smothered. In
no -, l.
the administration papers Of the State
as Socialist, got away with the Sen.
atorlal nomination. Even in Misses
lppl the Harding influence went far
toward the defeat Of Vardaman in the
Democratic primary when it became
known that the President had express
cd the hope that he be returned to
the Senate. In Michigan it looks like
townsend, close to Harding and
Newberry, may slip through only by
reason of the fact that the opposition
Is divided among three men. But
there, as in Iowa, Massachusetts, and
Ohio, the Democrats expect to tclect
their candidate in November
A few days ago there came up in
the Senate a bill providing an addi-
tlonal federal judgcship for Michigan,
and the Michiganders thought it very
necessary--possibly to handle some
more Doodle cases. At all events, they
wanted the judgeship, but the bill
tailed because there were not cnourh
republican Senators on hand to
brlng it up. Among the missing
were the two gentlemen accredited
from Michigan herself and
Townsend. Townsend was at home
hghtlng to save his scalp, while New
berry was golfing at his summer
home in Rhode Island. But whv
should he stay on the job? Does he
owe the people Of Michigan anything?
he bought and paid for all he has got
ten in Michigan politics.
The Republican National Committee
IN giving out the statement that it
expected to control the next Housc
by majority Of 80 in lieu of the pre-
sent majority Of 1863, is merely trvinp
TO soften the blow. Certain inner
circle Republicans do not expect To
control the new House by any sort of
majority; in fact, the WASHINGTON
quar- an administration molly-coddlc.
mad an editorial the other dav discuss-
ing the question Of who would be tho
Democratic Speaker In this connoc-
tloh 1t IS interesting that the Western
Republicans are caucusinr ~, tL
question of oustng Speaker Gillett
IN the event that his party still retains
control. In that c!ent regrets and
flowers would be equally lacking. Ill
was by crafty politics that he gougcd
'''hcS X. Mann out Of the honor and
anus deprived the Republican major
ity OF its only chance for real leader
ship. Once, in Introducing Champ
Clark to the House upon one Of his
reflections to the SpcakcrShip, Mr..
Mann referred to him as "thc farcst
of Speakers and the nobclst Of men,"
The words could equally well have
been applied to Mr.. Mann had he been
chosen to succeed Clark, who cx-
pressed the opinion that he was prob
ably the most valuable legislator in
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