New-York tribune., 1922-05-08

Would Feel Defeat as Re-
bUkc 10 Administration
and Will Use All Party
Strength 10 Avoid 1t
Victor Hectares
Party Is Invited
Received Help of Former
Siandpa,ters as Well as
OF Former Progressiycs
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, MAY 7-Every ounce
OF Administration strength will be put
behind Albert J Beveridgo III his fight
for the scat in Tho United States Sen
ate now held by Senator Harry S. New.
President Harding, it was learned to-
day from some of his closest advisers,
is not only anxious that Mr. Beveridge
should be elected, but feels that the
election of Democratic Senator from
Indiana would be very much Of re-
buff for his Administration.
The Republican Senatorial Commit
tee headed by Senator Medill McCor-
mick, is preparing to give Mr.. Bever-
ldco all tn" aid possible. 1t ia eager
and anxious to do anything which Mr..
BeverIdge may think helpful. The Re
publican National Committee. also. with
an eye cooked on the main chance two
years hence, IS getting ready to do
everything 1T can to help put Mr..
Beveridge over
New Expected to Take Stump
1t was said here to-day that Senator
d'Try :. New, so far from sulking in
his tent, would go on the stump fer
beverldge along in October when the
fight gets out. This will have the ef-
feet, it is thought here. of getting
every possible faction of the RepublI-
can party behind Bcvcrdge, so that
Eevoridge, making due allowance for
the tact that Indiana is always close
statate. should he elected unless there
is Democratic landslide And while
every Republican leader COMEDIES that
there will be substantial losses from
the Republican high water mark of two
years ago, no one is looking for Dem
ocratic landslide.
The Republican leaders here. from
President Harding down. do not dcnv
they would have been bctted pleased
had Senator New been renominated,
but now that Bevcridge is the regular
party nomineec they arc going to fight
for him Just as hard as they would
Rave fought 20 save New.
How false an Interpretation has been
put on the whole situation by some Of
the democrats and ang g-Admiuistratio tion
men anxious to cheer over al Admins
tratlon defeat is best shown in the fol
lowing telegram. sent by Mr.. Beveridge
to the New Y ork Tribune.
The primary campaign in In
diana was merely n family contest
between two Republicans. received
the most votes from all eletnents of
our party. Former stand -patters as
we'll as former Progressives sup
ported me. We Indiana Repubicans
are to-day freer from party feuds
and factlonalism than for many
long year. We shall enter the cam
paign next fall with perfect unity
and single spirit, fighting for a
common victory, which we Will sure
~ achieve
Report of Split Repudiatcd
Mr.. Beveridge's statement that for
mer Progressives' and "forraer stand
patters" alike supported him aroused
some interest here as showing how far
from his mind is any thought Of a split
in the Republican party. Incidentally
the chairman Of the Republican Sena
torial Committee, Senator Mccormick,
is also q former Progressive,' having
hcen one Of Theodore Roosevelt's ar
dent followers in 1912
So far as being all the way back "in
the fold' Of the party Is concerned, re-
ports of Mr.. Beveridge's speeches,
made in his primary fight just ended
show that he praised the Harding Ad-
mnistration consistently.
Anxious TO make trouble for the Re
publicans, the Democrats here have
Leen laying great stress on a press dis
patch from Indianapolis on Nav 4
stating that the ProgYessives in
Indiana were already shouting "Bever-
idce for President in 1924" AS mat
ter of fact not even the Democrats
here are taking that seriously in pri-
vate conversations.
Champ Clark sounded what has come
TO be an axiom in American politics
N his famous speech against the
Panama Canal tolls bill, in 1914. when
be said. referring to intimatl0ns that
he wanted the Democratic nomination
In 1916. and that this explained his
opposing President Wilson on the tolls
issue. that if Woodrow Wilson'S Ad-
ministration succeeded he would get ;,
denomination without question and
that if his Administration did not sue
coed the Democratic nomination was
not worth having.
Political conditions in this country
may he changing fast. but the leaders
Of both uarties still believe that if the
uArtv in power Is not willing to re-
vorninate its President for second
term it MIGHT as we'll make no fight
al al.
50 while there arc those in Washing
ton who think that Mir. Beverldge, with
siX-vear term in the Senate drawing
10 close. might be the logical can
lidata for the Republican nomination
in 1928. no one here takes seriously
the idea Of his opposing President
Harding ct the 1924 convention.
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