The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-02-17
~ou,NG ELECTIONS CREATING
GREAT INTEREST THROUGH
OUT THE NATION

uorl sullivan writes interestingly
" the approaching Congressional cleo
tons.
He says:
we are now in head-on contact with
the primaries, conventions and cleo
.,ore scheduled for the political year
,a22 which will determine the en-
fire membership of the House OF Rep
.osentatiyes as well as one-third of
the membership of the senate. The
srst OF the primaries occurs next
,nonth. This will be in South Dakota,
and will not be of any particular ma
tional interest as no Senator'S seat
is in question.
The next primary will be in Illinois,
q Anril. and while no Senatorial seat
l. in question still the country
generally will be interested in the
fate of such veteran members of the
lower House as Martin Madden and
lanes r. Mann, of Chicago; Ira c.
ropley. of Aurora; Joseph G. Cannon,
nfsDanville, and William A. Roden-
berg. of East st. Louis.
AS to several of the less we'll
known Republican members now rep
resenting Illinois the Democrats have
hopes of displacing them with nomi-
nees of their own party who will be
chosen on this same day, April IL.
The present Illinois delegation con-
sists of twenty-five Republicans and
three Democrats, proportion which
the Republicans cannot hope to main
tain.
Contest Looms in Indiana
The first of the May primaries, in
Indiana will provide, possibly, the
most interesting political development
Of the year. Former Senator Albert
J. Beyeridge will contest with Senator
Harry S. New for the Republican nomi-
nation and the Democrats will choose
candidate to contest the election in
November against whichever one of
these republicans is the winner 1t is
significant of state of affairs gen.
eral throughout the country that, al
thoughsthe decision between New and
Beyeridge is less than three months
distant with the contest even now well
under way no easily recognizable is
sue between the two men has yet been
defned-at least no issue of national
Importance.
Beyeridge has criticised the present
tax statute which New voted for, but
aside from that nothing other than
local issues has been developed This
whole question of what are to be the
issues in all of these 1922 primaries
Is just now beginning to develop and
more can be said about it a little
later on.
Decidedly one of the most interest
ing of the Senatorial situations is that
In Missouri. Within two years. at
the San Francisco Democratic conven-
ton, Senator James A. Reed was prac-
tlcally read out of his party because
o. his lack of loyalty to Wilson and
to Wilson's policy of the league of ma.
tons.
Today Reed is credited with intend
ing to seek denomination and re-elec-
hon ON his same old issue of opposi-
uon 70 any league of nations, to the
lour'power treaty, to the Genoa con-
ference and to any and every other
form OF European alliance, agreement.
treaty or what not. Until very re-
Gently Il has been said that the re-
action against the league of nations
ana against foreign ENGAGEMENTS gem
Slaiiy was so strong in Missouri. es.
psclaiiy IN the rural districts. that
need might hope to get away with
sAio pidtIOrm.
more recently. however, it has be-
ome clear, whether it has reached
a'ssouri or not, that there is in the
stn'ry a counter-reaction against ex.
s'ale ISOLATION of the sort that Reed
s'aaQs for, 1t is possible thai Reed
uay Pc able to get the Democratic
summation In Missouri through sheer
Os's0nal force. But if he does. he is
s'e''y certain to make enemies within
I party who win refuse to support
Nun q the general election in Noyem-
co. -, ana thus, very likely, give the
S'a's to the Republicans.
Farmers Want Markets
Inc national Democratic leaders ara
sssnnins to talk good deal in terms
su foreign relations as an issue
! !. 'ne elections this year. They saw
I " " s0'ers have begun to creep out Of
I "a. e q ISOLATION into which thew
s ssls frightened by the tales the Re.
ls '''an orators told them about the
,s ssue Of nations in the 1920 cam.