The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

Indicated likelihood that the Oil
scandal and other scandals at Wash
dngton may after all have little in
tIuence upon the national election
results this fall.
Governor Small of Illinois was
charged with scandals just as dam.
aging as any that have been charged
tagainst people in office at Wash.
ington. He was charged with using
public office for private profit and
also charged with protecting crimi-
nails in order to advance his per-
sonal political fortunes. Small, &C.
cording to his enemies, was at
least as wicked as Daugherty, ac-
cording to Daugherty's enemies, vet
Small was triumphantly re.nomi-
mated.
1t is now remembered here that
Nat Goldstein, of st. Louis, after
being famously accused of taking
money to be for Lowden for Presi-
dent in the Republican national
campaign of 1920, was gloriously
reelected by his neighbors to be
member of the st. Louis Republican
Central Committee.
1t is also remembered that Boise
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, after
having been shown to have accepted
a check for $4,000 from John D.
Archbold, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, for political purposes in Penn
sylvania, and after having volun-
tarily and ostentatiously told the
voters of Pennsylvania that he had
received not only that check but
Ialso other numerous and unsus-
I pected checks from Mr.. Archbold.
was enthusiastically reelected United
States Senator from Pennsylvania
in a direct primary.
People here are beginning to sus.
pect that the electorate, in fact, is
by no means so deeply shocked by
scandals as hasty observers in both
parties in Washington have claimed
or feared.
A confirming view of this con-
clusion is furnished by the talk in
Illinois Democratic organization
headquarters.
The McAdeO Defeat.
The Illinois Democratic organiZa-
ton opposed William Gibbs McAdoo
for the getting of delegates to the
Democratic national convention. 1t
opposed him because it wanted to
send. the Illinois delegates to that
convention 'uninstructed." Talk
now in Democratic headquarters is
heavily to the effect that while
McAdoo lost the Illinois delegates
at large he lost them simply be-
cause he was fighting the Illinois
organization and not in the slight
est degree because of his having
been employed as a lawyer by the
oil magnate. Edward l.. Doheny,
Close observers here are skep-
teal, indeed, today of any dominat-
ing national results this fall from
scandals or scandal accusations.
The returns from Illinois abun'
dainty indicate in fact that the
voters of this great typical cen.
trail State are perfectly willing to
push scandals aside in order Il
accomplish certain legislative poll
cies or express certain religious
convictions or crafty certain
local personal resentments.
Senator Mccormick Of Illinois
the most brilliant rising young
member of the upper House of
the National Legislature, was de-
feated on the face of the Illinois
returns by Ex-Governor Charles S.
Deneen, in spite of the fact that
Deneen was manifestly playing in
with Small throughout the State,
and in spite of the fact that
Deneen carefully avoided almost
all attack upon Mccormick s
actual votes in the Senate.
Why Mccormick Lost.
The country may we'll notice
with interest that Mccormick, a
member of the Senate's Finance
Committee, O member of the Sen
ate's Foreign Relations Commit
tee, a member of the Senate's
Rules Committee, a member OF
the Senate's Republican Steering
Committee, a Senator more dis
tinguished by far than any other
Senator of his years, and the big
gest rising influence nationally in
the Republican general Washing
ton national organization, was de
feated locally on the face of the
returns by the following circum
stances:
First, although he himself is 3
dry, a newspaper with which he is
enormously supposed to have some
family influence is temperamentally
wet and has attacked the VolsteaC
law. Thereupon a multitude Of
voters called Mccormick wet anG
voted against him.
This country. insofar as Illinois
expresses it, is relatively negligent
of scandals but relatively deter
mined to vote dry at all hazards.
Second, in numerous localities the
ku KluX Klan asailed Mccormick
who is a Protestant and a Mason
and emphatically supported Deneen
who is pillar of Professionalism
and a cornerstone of Masonry.
How Khan FactOred.
Actually, the khan came out
against Mccormick in numerous 10
calities on the basis simply of q
sort of margin between Mccormick
ordinary Professionalism and Masonry
and Deneen'S high temperature Pro
testantism and Masonry.
Three, Newton Jenkins came
along into the Senatorial race be
tween Mccormick and Deneen ant
ran as a La Toilette radical. ant
took scores of thousands of radica
farmer and radical railroad trade
unionist votes away from McCor
mick. who otherwise, as a Roose
veltian progressive, would have ha6
them against Deneen, che Taft con
sentative.
La Follettism broke into Illinois