Evening star., 1923-03-28
EDITORIAL DIGEST

cause 'in challenging such foes as
there may be or any one who for rea-
sons of expediency may be available
for draft in an opposition camp inside
and take it or leave IL. good deal
of shaking down OF floating dregs
may be accomplished. It is indeed
an admirable setting of field for ac-
ton. everything in the open and q
fight, fair but fierce. in prospect for
all foes This statement likewise
makes certain real fight in the next
Congress. in the opinion of the New
Orleans Time es-Picayune (dem.), be-
cause. while party expediency would
counsel the anti-Harding senator's to
deal gently with the man who is to
lead their party in the next general
election, personal ambitions and fac
ttonal considerations may control and
demand a vigorous waging of the
intra-party warfare from now on.
The goal in that case would be the
nomination in 1928" The Wichita
Eagle Gnd.) points out that 'it is a
long way 70 the national convention
of 1924. That there will be active
opposition to his candidacy by the
progressive wing of the republican
party Mr.. Harding undoubtedly real
ICES. Mr.. Harding can yield to pro-
gressive pressure If his reactionary
friends will let him alone, Mr.. Hard
much easier by winning over the
progressive wing to the presidential
standard before the national conven-
ton
There will be many issues to be
faced, the Milwaukee Journal Gnd)
is convinced. and "the President and
Mr. Daugherty must know 1t. The
President is to make speaking tour.
If he can confine himself to such ques-
tions as making taxes lower, enforc-
ing laws-which is only a matter Of
not being anarchists-and not adopt
ing bolshevism. it ought to be a
pleasant tour. It will be noticed that
such a program provides for taking
away the bad tastes left in peoples
mouths by the recent Congress. What
it did and failed to do is not an is
sue If people are feeling comfort
! the scheme is plausible enough But
sometimes the real issues have to be
faced. The lodging and hoping for
something to turn UP cannot go on
forever Everything depends. the
Omaha World-Herald (dem.) points
out. on the two years ahead. The
temper of the time is restless and re-
bellious. That temper will show itself
In the next Congress, In which the in
surgent or Observation-Disclosures repub-
licans will be much stronger than in
the last They will be under the
1
and Borah, who are out to get the
Presidents goat, and who are .notori-
ously reckless of how much damage
they do in striving for their ends.
And they will be backed up by the
dominant midwestern sentiment that
piled up such surprising majorities
against Mr.. Harding's policies only
last fall. These midwestern states
will furnish a formidable block Of
delegates to the national convention,
and these delegates will be instruct
ed in primaries in which the people
record their choice for President" 1t
is likely that I'VE shall be forced to
witness the washing Of the family's
dirty linen," argues that Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette Gnd.), "but the soon
err it is over the better for the party
and the President. fractional bitter
ness may result for time. but there
Is nothing in the heavens or on the
earth or under the sea like the CO.
hesive power Of public patronage and
public plunder-and time is a healer"