Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
ELECTIONS ARE NOW
!: !: n: n: QUESTIONS OF PARTIES
Issues Supersedc Personalities
in Carnpaigns-Look to
November.
ADERs ARE rIyzI.nn
Naturalization IIcnrtcncd by Recent
SucrcSkes in Es>t. to Hnlapcr Sc
we're I.oasc> In tho Western states
soldier Bonus u lmpurtant.
Is. ). Frcdcrlcs I:..ar,.

,is time on Issue viii play more
ihportdnt part ia the 1929 -a!noaivn
than personalities,
Fho primary scHson has practical
passed the irnaI party nshts are
SPOUT over the candidates ou both
SIDES ~ IN" fence have Aecn named.
and II is now largely a question OF
-pemocsacy versus Eopublioa nism.
ON Tuesday New York VIII hold
Il primary and on "Wednesday. Sep
'anber p, New Jers.anS Will vot. in
NC last % ,hs primaries az the vssr.
-''tcr tina: party canditac!.s win be
" little concern. What tha voter
WI do In November and why he Will
- u are matters OF au-nbsovo!nc
interest 30 ?ontica! leaders.
administration Hcnrtcned
After series OF crushing dc.ents
'@tArouR hout the Middle and Far Wes.,
administration forces have Just been
~ ca-icncd by Il series ~ victories, or
f''"T victories, in the East. Primary
iesNts IN Indians. Iowa, North Da-
t,"t'- Wisconsin. California and
Maryland in which OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
iionis;s t-!umNhcd. have been fol-
lowed b. the Msine election in which
-ihe Republicans made "A clean sweep;
hN the Michigan and Massachusetts
primaries, which Old Guardsmer
'''''@on ont. and ~ the Connecticut
convention. which was controlled
from hrsi 10 last b. the conscrva-
% ;!Iss.
WhHther these more -eccn; devei-
"pr"n's Indicate swing back 20
tnH old mornings i, a matter 81 de-
rsi'- in 1870. it viii be recalled. II.
lhT"n Johnson ana Leonard Wood
ores seemed ahou5 t" stampedr the
republican party IN IN. direction or
r-oGrcSsiyesm. Yet when Tho con-
EaEiiou actually assembled in Chi
'aSo the Ui6-ilnsrs were in absolute
control. and when they decided the
nle hSd come 10 nominate they
dominated . man OF their own
choosing.
See H~daccd Mnjority
tho la:2 congressional election,
"ravs ncarrr. Republican Leaders
become more cheerful. G'hay believe
ma The wors; Is over ana tina; they
WI receive a vot" OF confidence in
4" Novs'nher. even though they must
reconcile Themselves 20 a grcHtlv
reduced majority in the House and
- reduced minority in tho -irrate.
The iaGor difficulties which hesnt
&c country throughout the whole
r'-thc summer are passing. u:9e by
"Hr. TIE bitUminous and &n:hrncit.
r"a' strikes arc at a. end, and the
-"n ~" hIcE in tho minos working
N ore days psr werl; per man than
3" am ".Ecr period since 1890. The
it'ir0ai strike mas boon brJiiea ny
Ie B3itimoTc cornprOmisC. and while
ny "a minority ~ the shopmcn arc
Hsc" ., wrrA, more viii Ky bac,S
it il assumed wrsi by week The
,s,.llc strike which almost pnra-
r. -e'' that industry ~ Nrw England
'Hr months IS breaking down, aud
NE St:iNii-. men and women are
g 7ing "acN 10 their old jobs.
n:uuhiI":n PROSPECTS H-ttcr.
- seemed six weCi,s ago that the
a "a. 80.
INC polls IN Hovcmbe az a re-
al 90 tho l1hor troubles. And i,
sill believed that EopubiicLn
--,1.ldid',cs vii. suffer - some cN-
ni from The conditions 'hat have
'Victrd for months. Hul tile losses
N.il' not ~ ~ important. q T. now
"ii' y"a. as would have lrcr the
".g" II 'ho laSor war had gone on
another uonh or two.
'cn so, labor lrador" VIII make
- issue ,l'. ia. - tie DEugborty
i...ne'.H,. "a moyc au l!a rur; al.
t'" administration p.AI,a w.i. prob
-s"'-' have ~" o|crt whAteyer upon
INC STRIKE and witch VIII only .u-
ngMc !aOor politically
Fhr 'arin rrU'1!sca 90 p!ay ~ i";-
por;"at "..rt in tie congressional
eaHpaiEi The nigh protcctionist-
arc !" Tic saddle and have been
f.pm tn" outset, 3ul thc hl! they
7orh houses ~. c;nvress has
aroused ~ hitler ouncs!,ion ON the
part q: leading Rcpualican news
papcrs as ON ia" part OF the Demo
cratic press GENERALLY. Even so. the
sew rates wiz not 30 IN effect when
tho voting takes place, ard the rouH-
rry ut large WI! not know nat here
- q n~w tarin except as tho hill L.
r-ar about II the ne" duties are
a. "ppfeas!vG rs ls charged. they