The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25

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49, 4 little chance Of any such
'11ad politics this fall. II Al
!. SsSh Is nominated by the Demo-
/ ssls ne campaign may turn large
g personal popularity and AL
sI.lfh Is very popular.
~ couldn't help asking Mr..
u,siSer as typical political chief
~ how much he attributed the t
.-~Sent tendency TO override the !
- n labor troubles to the fragrant
sirespect of the law which the |
tcoflsrger has propagated. And !
q, Creiner answered that he
,,c,ldn't be surprised II popular ac-
s,ons Of law breaking weren't on |
! ~ increase because Of it. He i
s.nses more unrest than two years
~ and insists that the big battle
n The epoch between labor and
capital is yet to come.
Miller for PRESIDENT
Naturally Mr.. Greiner is for Gov
srnor Miller and naturally he would
l. one Of the first to support Pres
iieut Harding for denomination il
he latter indicated the slightest
Cesire to run for Office again, but
~ easy to see that the admiration
for the New York governors atti-
iude toward labor troubles is more
Or less the same as that which en-
lcared Calvin Coolidge to the con-
seryative Republicans of Massa-.
chusetts and elsewhere. Mr.. Miller
is looked upon distinctly as presi-
Genital caliber-and if reelected
,.ill be factor in the presidential
contest of 1924-always assuming
that MIR. Harding should voluntarily
withdraw. All Republican leaders
OF experience, however, feel that
Mr. Harding is entitled to the nomi
nation for a second term IL he
wants it and they admit it would be
POLITICAL suicide to choose anybody
else because such step would be
reputation Of a Republican admin
istration by the Republicans them
selves and would court disaster at
the polls.
Fear Empty Coal Bins.
Most of the dissatisfaction here
fbouts with the administration can
le attributed to industrial issues.
The conservatives think Mr.. Hard
g's course has been wishy- washy
ind not positive enough. They say
hc has attempted to handle the
L lem with kid gloves instead of
! i meat ax." They criticize
Ia f0c trying to please everybody
M g that such a course means
l. E nobody. The labor ele-
IS q the other hand, think the
{ er'l Injunction process has
lse q ed.
sent from the merits of the big
{ likes are the effects both on trans
! ,rta,ion and the fuel supply. One
slrcwd Republican leader fear.
mostly the sudden appearance of ;
cold snap between now and Novem
Der 7th. If cold weather comes b.
fore the coal bins are even partial
ly filled, the disposition of man.
voters will be to punish the part.
in power. Governor Miller will
feel it as will also the candidate
for congress-th public has an un
discriminating way Of expressing
Its protests.
Judge Congressman Harshly.
From all indications congress
will be judged harshly. Again an
| again one hears the cry of moth
| ing outstanding done" Republica
leaders and organization men pr
ateiy tonceIe hat they eXpet
greatly reduced major,ties for thei
t4ndi.ates. This is & Rcpublica
sronghcld but the drift OF ant
/ J putli LisIl which has set
~ t,epuh.io,l n&rpesin4;
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Il r9te ,~p.e5s~. Il til
A. i and Punishment rem.
r 4.y orEaAi4ations il bot
II SIS ere Gomi9 ted the pr
L. les he total vote in this Sc,
l VIII be smaller aad the pre-
IL CT -nti-RapUblican vote will /
II idcd between Republican stay-a
/ l1me3. Socialists, Democrats VIII
deserted their party two years ae
and some straight Democratic gain