Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-12
SENATOR LODGE TO WIN
BITTER PRIMARY FIGHT

has compelled the JOY and pride OF
Bahant to leave the front porch, as
it were, and go out and promise the
voters in the fourteen counties eV-
erything they think they want.
Mr.. Walker has not openly crit
icized the Harding administration.
Mr.. Lodge has not only defended it,
but acclaimed it in the most gener-
Gus terms. If he disapproves of the
record of congress he has most care.
fully concealed his private views. He
has not apologized for it's admitted
shortcomings; but has adroitly ex-
planned its perplexities, condoned it's
omissions. Seemingly his course
has been satisfactory.
His big job has been to get the
votes. An impartial opinion Is that
he has succeeded in this respect. If
he has sacrificed dignity and princi-
pie in so doing, it is a small mat
ter at the moment. Most of the i'm
portant individual factors and or
ganized agencies which usually
prove effective in politics are I'm.
questionably supporting him.
Leading citizens who differ with
him for reasons sufficient to them
selves are perhaps governed by SEN
timent and admiration for his rec.
ord in the past. Subtle distinctions
are waved aside by many on the the
Dry, that 'tit would be a reflection
on grand old Massachusetts, to
keep Cabot Lodge out of tho SEN
ate" Another cogent reason is
that "all great statesmen at times
have to play ward politics"
The honor Of competing with Mr..
Lodge in the November finals will
probably be Colonel William A. Cas-
tons bank president, old-time pa
tron Of the sports, and more or less
stormy petrol in Democratic politics
for many years. AS financier Col
onel CASTOR has been q great sue
cess. as a politician, a manipulation
rather than a leader.
Money Talks"
With the colonel, money talks"
and according to his three opponents
for the Democratic senatorial nomi-
nation, money is making a lot of
noise in the primary Sht. He
leaves the speech making to his
three more loquacious Sivals-Sher.
man L. Whipple, lawyer and publ
cist, catalogued as conservative"
Professor Dallas Lore Sharp, Glib
eral," and one John Jackson Walsh,
radical" The Democratic sena-
torial campaign is a merry and ele-
mental affair. The three contenders
for the nomination that Colonel Cas-
ton will win, barring accidents, al
ways to be feared, charge him and
each other with anything and every
thing that happens 10 come to mind.
Colonel CASTOR Is branded as "the
Newberry of Massachusetts, merely
because he substitutes movies, brass
bands, vaudeville and parties for tur-
gid oratory.
The primary campaign which his
agents has staged is reminiscent of
Hearst ventures in New York and
with pretty much the same results.
In the few speeches he has made,
the colonel has stressed national is
sues, particularly the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber tariff bill.
In attacking Mr.. Lodge for voting
for that discredited legislative meas
ure, Colonel CASTOR said in a recent
speech: my opinion of the Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill IS that it is
the most vicious measure ever en-
acted by congress.
1.-THE tariff trainers and Mr..
Lodge, whose rhetoric far exceeds
his logic, appear to have forgotten
that women are not the determining
factor in political contests. Practi-
cally every imposition in the tariff
bill-and it is filled with them-is OF
vital interest to women.
The Tariff
"They are beginning to awaken
to the disastrous results to their
| pocket books of a. highly protective
tariff to which Mr.. Lodge is commit
ted. The wool and other schedules
will convince the wome4l Of Massa-
chusetts that the only protection OF
the family pocket book from goug-
/ ing lies in the election Of Demo
cratic senator"
Colonel CASTOR is not an advocate
of the League Of Nations. His three
opponents are just the other way.
Mr.. Whipple, who is admitted to be
the ablest campaigner among the
Democrats, displayed less enthusiasm
for the Wilson doctrine than Pro-
lessor Sharp and Mr.. Walsh. The
reason is that his chief backing
comes from the faction led by Mayer
| Curley, which, in ordinary circum-
stances, should give him the advan-
tage.
A typical Boston party feud marks
the difference. Rejecting a. mix
ture of racial, religious, personal
dislikes and parochial prejudices,
the divisions in the Democratic par
ty are abnormally plentiful. Mr..
Whipple has attacked Colonel Gas
ton, as well as Mr.. Lodge, mainly
for their reactionary tendencies. If
Curley could deliver the Democratic
vote Of Boston, Mr.. Whipple would
win, but the mayor cannot control
one third Of it. The best guessers
among the Democrats believe Colonel
CASTOR will win the senate nomina.
ton, John jackson Walsh be Sec
ond. and Mr.. Whipple third, for
reasons generally having relation to
Colonel Gaston's bank roll and man
ufactured enthusiasm resulting
therefrom. The Democratic boys
in Boston are said to be hungry"
John jackson Walsh
John Jackson Walsh is worthy of
more than passing notice. He was
the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor two years ago. He has been
conducting a. transforming cam