Evening star., 1923-10-17
Politics ait Large
BY N. o. n4EssEMGER


The, politicians are stia1 buxzing over
the political gesture which Gov. Pin
chot is considered to hava made when
he put up to President Coolidge the
enforcement of the nat tAona1 prohi-
bition laws and! it's possible relation
to the Pennsylvania executye's poltti-
cal attitude. towanl the presidential
nomination. 1t is thought that the
possible disparaging effect OF the gov
ernor's action WIS nullifiod by the
comeback. of. former Gov. Henry AL
len of Kansas the next dan, when he
taunted Cow Pinchot with failure to
close up the 1000 open saloons in
Philadelphia.
President Coolidge Will have oppor-
tunity to have his say, H he wants to,
when he meets the conference of
governors next Saturday, buE the be-
lief in political circles is fth3t he viii
let the incident ride and make no di-
rect reference to II.
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New York is in the throes Of po-
Htical campaign Of unusu al intensity
for an off year" made SO by Tam
many's attempt to Wrest the lower
house, Of the state legisl ature from
control of the republicans. Political
| leaders of national chara cter are to
be sent into the. state byf both par
| ties. Gova Smith and Senator Cope
! land are making speechest every day
for the democrats, while Senator
/ Wadswortfl and Assistard Secretary
of the Navy Roosevelt are the top
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| 1t is probable that senator's will be
! drafted from other states In the clos
! ing week OF the campaign.
| In New York city the campaign is
enlivened BY William K. Hearst. fight
| ing Tamniany in his characteristic
cartoons In the highest style of the
art of lampoonins political adver-
| sary.
Senator Copeland of New York was
| doomed for the democratic nomina-
ton for the Presidency by Oscar S.
Straus at the Jefferson memorial din
i.ner in New York. Senator Copeland
SHE'D at the Suggestion, however, and
says that Gov Alfred Z. Smith is his
first and only choice for the nomina-
tioD.
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/ The republican national committee
lstung by recent taunta by the demo
,cratic national commi ttee. of the re-
publican party's asserted failure to
help the farmers. has come back with
some caustic questions to Chairman
Hull as to what the de mocrats would
do for the farmer and what acts oi
the republicans they would undo
l"Whom would the democratic party
LEADERS consult in regard to agricul-
tural conditions if they were in con
ttrol%' the republican committee in.
jquires, in q current statement, land
Just what acts of the republican ad-
ministration in connection. with agri-
icnltural problems would the demo
cratic party undo? These questions
are pertinent because of the twenty
six specific pieces Of farm legisla-
ltion enacted by the last republican
fCongreSs every one was indorsed by
reliable organizations representing
agricultural interests and supported
in both branches of Congress by the
farm bloc.
The bulk OF the farm legislation
ienacted by the republican Congress
was drafted by accredited representa-
ftfTes of agricultural interests, intro
duced by members of the farm bloc
Endorsed in public hearings by &C.
Ieredited representatives of those n
lterests and pushed through to enact
fnsent by members of Congress WHO
represented strictly agricultural dis
tricts. 1t Is a matter of record thai
IConSresS did net refuse to enact a
proposed and generally indorsed by
reputable farm organizations of the
tcountry. Congress did not pass Z
single measure affecting agriculture
conditions that was opposed by farm
organizations or by the farm bloc
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| The committee insists that never
In the history of the United States
has any administration co-operated
Ito such close degree with the repre-
ssntatives of agricultural organizations
and taken their advice SO implicitly as
the present administration
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7 The democratic national committee
has issued a statement charging tina,
President Coolidge and the republican
Congress plan to block tariff reduc.
ttion. The committee asserts that
president Coolidge's letter to the
Western Tariff Association and the
latest statement of the republican
Inational committee are taken BY
democrats as evidence of an attempt
on the part of the republican ad-
ministration to block. any move in
the next Congress for Il reduction OF
the present tariff"
| This propaganda against a down.
ward revision of the excessive rates
OF the Foroney-M law will
. be continued by the republicans in
the hope of effecting harmony OF
action in the ranks of their own
senators and representatives"
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The committee statement processes
to see that the republican leaders
fear to enter the next presidential
campaign after having frustrated ef-
forts to lower the tariff as a means
of cutting the cost of living. They
prefer to prevent the question from
rising in Congress and their present
activities, democrats feel sure, are
tdesigned to discourage revision by
the cry that 1t will disturb business.
Two separate and distinct efforts
Twill be made in the next Congress tc
compel the republican party and the
President to lessen the exorbitant tax
on sugar. There will be renewal OF
the pressure for an investigation OF
the sudden and onerous rise in the
price of sugar beginning last Febru-
larry. ConcurrentlyAW with this move fol