The New York herald., 1922-05-18
49,

The leaders of the party who are
not candidates for reelection to Con-
gress believe the President viii exert
his influence to bringing the Con-
gressional leaders to realize that tho
lessons involved are TOO serious TO be
overlooked and require firmer leader
ship and greater cooperation between
the Administration and Congress.
\ Republican leaders united in the
declaration that the trend of public
sentiment revealed in the Indiana and
Pcnnsylvauia primaries was more in
the nature of "a liberal insurgent pro-
test" against political conditions gem
orally than as favoring the revival of
the Progressive movement of ten years
ago, which is now regarded as obso-
lete.
The two fundamental causes gener-
ally accepted as having most largely
contributed 10 the success of Senator
Pepper and Mr. Pinchot were radically
different in character. Both men are
regarded as examples of the very
highest type of American citizenship.
Mr.. Peppers course during his brief
career in the Senate is conceded to
have been marked by an independence
of reactionary. influences, broad
vision in appraising current and com
ing events and the highest degree of
personal and legislative courage.
Mr.. Pinchot is accorded praise by
even the reactionary leaders in the
party, against whom he has consist
emily waged war His fight was
against bosses, or rather the remnants
of the once powerful machine that the
late Boes Penrose successfully bossed-
Like Mr.. Beveridge, the new Re-
publican nominee for Governor of
Pennsylvania conducted a personal
campaign with little if any direct
bearing on the Harding administration
GENTLY liberal to attract the support
of voters discontented with the course
pursued by both to date.
II PenrOse Had Been Alive.
expressed the opinion to-day that IF
Boies Penrose had been alive Pinchot
could not have won" That is prob
ably true. because If Mr.. Penrose were
alive there probably would not have
been the squabbling among and
breaking up of the powerful units of
the machine which recognized him as
leader.
* There is little question, however,
that the results in the Pennsylvania
primaries were in a substantial meas
ure influenced by conditions in Wash
fngton, resentment against the eco
nomic bludgeoning" tariff and the
bonus raid on the public Treasury.
Both of these proposals are of Con-
gressional origin.
The first is in a fair way to result
IN an insurgent movement within the
Republican party that will synchro-
nize with some phases of the Indiana
and Pennsylvania primary contests.
Already Republican Senators Of inde-
pendent tendencies are beginning to
express condemnation of the Fordney-
McCumber tariff measure, which is
properly appraised as "a mosaic of
unrelated items dictated by parochial
influences and supported by rolling
politicians
Within the last three days several
Republican Senators whose votes were
tOhiittb iOi TIC ldill nave openly eX-
pressed condemnation of it. These
are Senators Capper o, Kansas, Norris
of Nebraska and Lenroot of wiscon-
sin. They will undoubtedly be joined
by other Senator's who will insist that
the "botch" of a tariff measure pre-
pared by Messrs. Fordney and Nc
Cumber be recommitted for intelligent
'rcarrangemenf and scientific adjust
ment of rates or be set aside until
after tho coming elections.
Not even the most ardent bonus
advocates in Washington dispute the
manifest Importance of the controv-
ersy over it in the Pennsylvania re-
suits. Senator Pepper declared his
opposition to the bonus both before
his appointment and after he had
taken his seat. He denounced it as
unpatriotic. politically -unwise ands
economically unsound.
Raiders' War on Pepper.
When he announced himself as a
candidate for denomination officials of
the American Legion and those of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars boldly de-
clared war on him. They predicted
his defeat by a tremendous majority.
They combined with the bonus claim
ants, for wfom the American Legion
and Foreign Veterans profess to speak
openly. and committed themselves to
the support of Representative Burke
OF Pittsburgh.
An alliance was formed by the
bonus claimants with some of the
labor groups The official rolls of the
Government show that there are 1885,
600 ex-service men among the voters
of Pennsylvania who would be en-
titled to share of the bonus loot on
the Treasury.
The contest between Senator Pep
per and Representative Burke was
everywhere recognized as a straight
out test over the bonus. Senator
Pepper in appealing to the voters of
his state couraSeously declared his
opposition to the scheme. Many of
his less intrepid associates expressed
the opinion that he was taking his
life in his hands,"
The results showed that Senator
Pepper was not doing anything of the
sort and that he properly gauged the
sentiment of the people of Pennsyl-
vania regarding ;te bonus. So con-
hdcnt were the promoters OF the bonus
raid that Mr.. Pepper would be de-
feated that the contest between him