Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17

A great variety of opinion is evident
in the comment on the outcome OF the
Republican primary In Illinois, in which
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick was vic
torious over Senator Charles S. Deneen.
It is generally agreed that Mrs. McCor
mick has demonstrated her ability as a
campaigner and achieved a new mark
for women In public life. 1t is also
held that in the coming election con-
test with the Democratic nominee, for
mer Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
there will be a vigorous contest OF ma
tional interest. Some deny that the
World Court issue was really fought
out, and there are suggestions that the
real contest was between two political
machines.
THE news Of her nomination will
bring her forward more than ever as
one of the representative women OF the
Nation, whose career in public life Is
bound to be a center of interest" de-
clares the Rock Island Argus, while
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette states that
"it is generally conceded that. If elected,
she will prove not only valuable add1-
ton to the Senate but forceful infiu-
ence there" The Fort Wayne News
Sentinel holds that at is plain that
the people Of Illinois want her in
the SENATE, anu tIIC nnOI ed1lVOWAl
Dominion-News gives the explanation
of her success: illinois in general and
Chicago in particular at the moment
are in the throes of raising themselves
by their own bootStrapS from the slime
of crime and gang politics that have
prevailing for a decade. Deneen was the
victim and Mrs. Mccormick the bene-
ficiary Of this trend"
X X
There is clearly to be no Sidestepping
or pussyfooting on prohibition in the
struggle about to begin" according to
the Providence journal, while the Little
Rock Arkansas Democrat calls 1t "a
merry battle" which is awaited with
high glee," and the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader suggests that 1t may provide an
test of national sentiment"
The Newark Evening News expects the
contest to enable Mr.. Lewis Ito shine
with new effulgence" The Birmingham
News concludes: when the voters go
to the polls In November they will I'M
derStand that the race is between two
vivid personalities. In case either OF
them is elected, the Senate's color
scheme will be tremendously improved"
mo national or international issues
were decided in the Illinois Republican
Chronicle. The result of the election
merely means that the Republicans of
that State are to have a Shrewd, ener-
getic and attractive woman for their
senatorial candidate and that the rival
machines can begin all over again to
scramble for the scraps. There is no
reason to believe that Mrs. Mccormick
would not have been named by as wide
a margin If the World Court had never
been mentioned"
X X
MRS. Mccormick profted by the
passions aroused, tacitly allied herself
with the most undesirable element in
Chicago, held out friendly hand to
the Thompson machine, helped the
political gangSterS of the great Illinois
city to entrench themselves still more
firmly in the seats of the mighty" in
the Judgment of the Houston Chronicle.
The Indianapolis Star advises that
much was uttered in appeal to preju-
dice and lack of understanding, and
might better be forgotten" while the
Milwaukee Journal sees mot much
promise of sweetness and light in
Illinois politics." although it welcomes
the bout staged between the vets and
drys"
1.-THE campaign Mrs Mccormick has
waged," asserts the Roanoke World
News, "has not been of the kind calcu-
lated to advance the position of women
In public life. She makes no pretenSe
to being a reformer or as to the purify
ing influence of women in politics. In
stead she boasts of being a practical
politician and of her alliances with
VIGOROUSLY corrupt clements in Chicago
and in Illinois,
Denial that the World Court was a
real factor Is made by the Cincinnati
Times-Star and the Louisville Times.
On the other hand, the New York Sun
argues: whoever enticed Senator De-
neen to run for denomination as the
champion of American adherence to the
World Court was the ablest strategiSt
in the Mccormick camp or the feeblest
in his own. Mrs. Mccormick adroitly
brought the Wcrld Court into a cams