Evening journal., 1922-05-19

in PRIMARIES
ALREADY HELD
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| ton OF the country, regardless OF the
|, claims of the officials OF the Amer
lean Legion, are against the whole
scheme.
) Up 20 date two candidates for the
United States Senate and seven
members of Congress who declared
themselves I'm favor of the bonus, or
voted for IL, have gone down TO de-
feat. They are:
Senatorial candidate Harry S.
New, Indiana.
Senatorial candidate william j.
Burke I'm Pennsylvania.
Congressional candidate Ira @.
COpley of the Eleventh Illinois dis
trict.
Congressional candidate Clifford
ireland of the Sixteenth Illinois dis
trict.
Congressional candidate Anderson
II. Walters, at large. Pennsylvania
Congressional candidate George p.
Darrow of the Sixth Pennsylvania
district.
Representative Charles R. Connell
OF the Tenth Pennsylvania district.
Representative Benjamin VI. Focht
of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania
district.
Representative Evan j. Jones OF
the Twenty-nrst Pennsylvania dis
tricf.
Were Strong Advocates.
Mr.. New and Mr.. Burke were
strong advocates OF the bonus. The
Illinois and Pennsylvania Represen-
fafftaa ufho mot 1afoot ,p ,-...a -
the bonus. Representative McFad-
den OF the Fourteenth Pennsylvania
district, who voted against the bonus. |
was renominated by an increased |
majority.
Senators who counted on the Off
cials OF the American Legion to
manipulate the machinery under
their control TO defeat candidates
opposed to the bonus and reward
those in favor of II were staggered
at the results OF the PENNSYLVANIA
contests. The victory OF Senator
Pepper was conceded by one OF the
leading Senators working for the !
bonus to have been "stupendous.
His admission was fully justified by
results.
In the contest between Senator
Pepper and Representative Burke.
bonus Congressman recognized the
most decisive test Of popular opin-
ion regarding il held to date. SEN {
ator Pepper had declared himself
opposed to the bonus. !
The American Legion, operated un-
der the auspices of the recently or
ganized veterans Civic League of
Pennsylvania" exerted all the pres
sure 1t could command to defeat Mr.
Pepper and nominate Mr.. Burke.
Spellbinders Galore
Robert ]. Woodside, vice president
OF the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Of
hcially represented the officials OF
the American Legion and other
bonus claimants in directing the
light against Mr.. Pepper. PeDnsyl-
vania was flooded with spellbInders
and literature which urged voters to
cast their ballots against Mr.. Pep
per.
Circulars and postcards were sent
to hundreds OF thousands OF Penn
5ylvaDia citizens invoking their aid
n this undertaking. Some of the ar ?
used by the American Le- ,
zion officials were:
Pepper has lnsulted the veteran =
md his family and is strongly op- I
'osed TO the bonus bill" d
The way to help ourselves Is to Il
'ut man in the Senate who will 1
ook after our interests. Nominate d
Burke" n
The statement that Senator Pep
'er "insulted the veteran and his v
amiiy'' of course, was absolutely Il
Untrue. The Senator expressed his n
Vhole-hearted support of legislation il
making provision for the care and a
omfort of the MANNED, sick and n
Helpless veterans of the World War. c
lie expressed his opposition only to a
he project to pay Government cash h
o able-bodied veterans for their pa h
riotic services. q
He expressed the opinion that the
majority Of able bodied ex-service II
len were opposed to the bonus $
cheme on the ground it placed a L
ollar mark on their patriotism. The /,
ogic Of his position was fully con- p
rmed by the results of the pri- II
aries. n
hat Vote Showed. o.
The Pennsylvania voters who ex- s
'essed their preference as between W
'nator Pepper and Representative p
1rke, cast approximately 1000
ties. OF these. Senator Pepper re- in
lived around 100000 votes and Mr.. "a
urke about 27O.O0O votes. the indi- ~
tied majority for the former being as
the neighborhood of 100000 -
In addition TO receiving all the -,
otes the American Legion officials
ould control and deliver. Mr. Burke p,
'as generally supported by railway
mployes and miners, who probably III
asst in excess OF so per cent. of the DC
ote given. As there are 8S5.OOO ex- p'
ervice men in the State OF Pennsyl- W
ania, Mr.. Burke received less than W
! majority OF them, probably about D'
'nly one-third.
1t is this fact that has caused the
,reatest anxiety to bonus Senators.
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