Evening star., 1926-10-25

less vital Is at stake. A decision no
less mOmentouS is about to be taken
l am here fighting at the side of the
decent men of Pennsylvania as my
brother was at the side of Pennsyl
vanians when he gave his last breath
for the Union at Gettysburg"
Calls 1t National Issue.
Men and women of Lancaster cheer
ed that sentiment, proclaimed with
transparent sincerity and conviction
to the echo. Norris utters it in all
his Pennsylvania speeches. Every
where it stirs the emotions of the
people. The Nebraskan is making
Pennsylvanlans realize that the defeat
of Wares ambitions to sit in the
United States Senate is a national
and not a State issue. If the people
do not, or cannot, rise in sufficient
might to defeat Ware on election day
Norris declares the Senate itself will
deal with him.
Have no doubts on that score," the
Republican progressive says. "The
Senate is already committed about
men who purchase their admission
from the auction block. Votes were
lacking to unseat Truman H. New
berry, but there was not lacking the
stamina to place on record the Sen
ate's determination that bought seat
may be held only so long as the Sen
ate requires to oust it's fraudulent occu-
pant from it's illegitimate possession" "
Norris devoteS a persuasive portion
Of his speeches to a direct appeal to
Republicans reluctant to vote against
party candidates. The Nebraskan
quotes Washington, Lincoln and
Roosevelt persuasively on the evils of
misguided partisanship. Norris asks
Pennsylvania Republicans not to de-
stroy their party, but to purify it. If
it cannot be purified, he asserts, it de.
serves to be destroyed, and if it is not
destroyed Norris urges Pennsylvania
Republicans to believe with him that
they are digging the grave Of free
institutions everywhere in America.
Has FervOr of Bryan.
There is the fervor of William Jen-
nings Bryan. the punch" of Theodore
Roosevelt, and the logic of Woodrow
Wilson in this remarkable crusade of
Norris of Nebraska. If men and
women cannot be moved by such ap-
peals then there is ground for fearing
that the spoken word in our public
life has lost it's ancient cunning. One
man in a fortnight on the hustings
of an immense State like Pennsyl-
vania can hardly be expected to un-
dermine the traditions of a political
lifetime.
Yet, judging by the manner in
which Norris moves the voters he
faces, there seems little doubt that if
a dozen Republican progressives like
him, of the Borah type. or Democratic
progressives Of the Reed type were
available between now and November
2, the amazing spectacle Of a Demo
cratic Senator from Pennsylvania
might be wrought.
Norris has looked Pennsylvanians
in the eye for eight days and nights.
He has felt, he thinks, their heart
throbs in the direction of Embossed
politics; he is confident they are ripe
for regeneration. His only regret is
that there may not be time or men
enough to accomplish it before 1.-The
supreme stigma of Vareism is placed
upon this fair Commonwealth"
The Nebrask never fails to take
fling at Senator Reed of Pennsyl-
vania king David, he calls HIM, for
trying to "scare" Norris out Of the
anti-Vare campaign by threatening
him with the loss of the chairmanship
of the Senate judiciary committee.
Through Senator Cummins' death,
this comes to Norris by seniority
tCopyright. 1926)