The New York herald., 1922-07-28

| a. viz itao VI a P1fty ooNCt'0
Mount Siyeh. !
case of Mr.. Sacks. wet aspiranr
presents a number OF difficulties. In
the first place. all of Them are of
the orthodox Republican mediocre
type without significant distinguishing
marks. None of them has any quarrel
with the Harding Administration.
The outstanding feature of the Repub-
lican Senatorial primary campaign is,
in fact. apathy. mainly because all OF
the popular interest Is centered on the
Democratic contest. 1t Is significant
that little il any reference is made In
the speeches by the six Republican can
didates to fundamental principles or is
sues of a partisan sort.
Some of the Senatorial Republican
aspirants praise President Harding,
though they admit certain amount OF
irritation with him because of his good
natured tolerance of the incompetent
leaders Of the party in Congress. In
| common with the leaders of the party
and the great many citizens of both
sexes who believe that the President Is
actuated by the highest motives. they
! cannot understand why he permits the
McCumbers, the Fordneys, the Mondels,
the Goodings and the Cappers to mis-
manage the Administration program in
Congress to the disgust of the country
generally.
Voters Dislike Tariff.
Some of Mr.. Harding's most ardent
supporters, who generously praise his
individual motives and methods believe
| he should assert his party leadership
| 70 nraya,,f f,irfEar deu,ocra liza tiOn and
possible wrecking of the party.
| A survey of Republican conditions In
the State indicates complete disapproval
Of the makeshift tariff measure which
! the Democratic minority in the Senate is
tearing to pieces. Most of the Republi-
can Senatorial candidates plainly ignore
the tariff. None of them has attempted
to defend it or meet the intelligent
criticisms of it made by Mr.. Reed or
Mr.. Long.
! The same is true of the five billion
dollar bonus raid on the public Treasury
| for the benefit of able bodied former
service men. The bonus. by the way is
generally ignored by all of the candi-
dates for the Senate, the House of Rep
resentatives, and In fact every other
office to be voted on.
| One or two of the candidates. includ-
ing Mr.. Reed, espoused the bonus raid
at the outset of the campaign. but have
since dropped 1t from their repertoire
! 1t is conceded to be boomerang. The
mention of 1t invariably brings to the
| front the ogre Of additional taxation
and has the effect of arising the ire Of
farmers and artisans as well as busi-
ness men.
Sentiment Against Bonus.
The voters OF Missouri. while insstent
upon caring for the MANNED. the sick
and the disabled soldiers of the country.
seem to share popular opinion that no
! further burdens in the form of taxation
should be imposed on the people to care
| for the able bodied. A canvass of the
bonus situation has further revealed
that it has no political value because
of the certainty that the soldier element
and its synpathizers will follow nat
urally political. preferences regardless of
| the sordid feature of the bonus PROPOSE
! ton.
The ship subsidy issue has not figured
/, In the Missouri campaign in the slight
est degree. Little if any mention of it
has been made by candidate for nomi-
| nations for the Senate and House Of
Representatives Such inquiries as have
been ventured by members of the House
have created the impression among them
that their constituents are either ig-
norant OF the merits of the proposition
or have become prejudiced against IL be-
cause of their belief that 1t will result
in heavier taxations.
With six Senatorial candidates In the
field the Republican State and city or
ganizations are compelled to maintain a
neutral and inept attitude. The State
machine Is due for a house cleaning
Tor obvious reasons, mainly growing out
OF the financiering of the Lowden cam
paign. Jake Babcock. the national COM
mitteeman. is still an aggressive factor
in the Republican situation and will con-
tinue to be so until the next national
election is held. when an effort will be
made to dislodge him.
Mr.. Goldstein. who figured in the
Lowden transaction. is also active in the
pending primary contest in the party
Mr. Goldstein was appointed Collector
of Internal Revenue by President Har-
ding at the suggestion of Senator
Spencer. The uproar against the Gold
stein appointment prompted the bene-
ficiary to withdraw. Senator Spencer.
who has caused great deal of en-
barrassment to the Harding admins
tration BY insisting upon the recogni-
tion of party henchmen does not ap-
pear to have been dismayed by the
rebukes administered him.
lie essayed to take a hand in the
seHaloridi contest by urging Attorney
General Barrett to keep out of the race.
He intimated that the health of Attor-
ney General Daugherty was cracking
under the judicial strain and that Mr.
Barrett might succeed him When Mr.
Daugherty learned of this he not only
expressed surprise but declared that
his health was lc0 per cent perfect
barrett Has Chance.
Mr. Barrett Is still I'm the race with
fair chance of securing the honor OF
opposing either Mr.. Reed or Mr.. Long
in the November election. The Republican
decision appears TO have narrowed
down to Mr.. Barrett, John II. Proctor
and X. r. Brewster. The other aspi-
rants are j. NJ. Parker, a former regular
amy officer. who is the nearest ap-
proach to radical in the conte>t. and
who says he participated in fifty battles
abroad John c.. Mckinley and William
Sacks. Mr.. Sacks is the wet" candidate,
though the supporters of Mr.. Reed as
sert that his campaign is being financed
by the Anti-Saloon League to keep wet
Republican votes away from Reed.
Financial features of the Republican
as well as the Democratic contests do |
hot indicate any pronounced tendency
n fn IL Il .ts.fr ~.