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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1922
Page
6
Washington dispatch July 7 1922 reports progressive Republicans push to expand direct primaries. They seek to curb large campaign spending and advocate direct presidential nominations by the people, opposing old guard moves toward restoration of the convention system.
The Indianapolis News notes July 7 1918 coverage of Republicans citing past pro and anti cloture arguments. Senator Watson quotes Dawes McCumber Lodge and others on debate limits while Harrison cites the Congressional Record. Watson argues cloture would have blocked historic speeches shaping the republic.
Senator Caraway charges President Harding with responsibility for liquor sales on government ships, criticizing the administration’s enforcement. Senator Sterling proposes extending Volstead law reach to eighteen miles, abolishing the three mile limit, to empower interdiction at sea. Prohibition Chief Traynes cites NY police cooperation as a limiting factor. Washington Herald report notes debate following Harding’s Mari on address.
The piece notes growing GOP discontent with President Harding and the current Congress. It cites Beveridge in Indiana, Pinchot in Pennsylvania, Brookhart in Iowa, and Frazier in North Dakota as progressives winning over standpatters, signaling a shift and prompting several incumbents to decline re election. It highlights Fordney, Ogden, and Dunbar as examples of Republican lawmakers stepping away amid tariff concerns and party realignment.
Washington Daily News commentary from July 4 1922 argues the North Dakota primary results expose lingering Old Guard influence. Lynn Frazier partysenatorials while Gov Nestos frames local issues. the piece links ND outcomes to national GOP sentiment and calls for a broader reckoning with party leadership.
Lobbyists helped push tariff boosts in Congress raising duties on goods. Lucius N Littauer, a German-born former New York congressman, is named among prominent backers who have already bought foreign stock to be imported after the tariff takes effect.
The clipping reports Standpat Republicans in Washington plan to end the primary system after recent defeats in Indiana and North Dakota. Old Guard leaders will launch a campaign using speeches and press to argue conventions are better, claiming primaries breed radicalism and bossism.
A New York glove maker, Littauer, lobbies Congress to raise tariffs on cotton gloves to curb German imports. He then travels to Germany to buy gloves to flood the market before the tariff hike, aiming to raise prices and boost his own profits at the expense of consumers.
Corydon resident Benj F Richard testifies to lasting relief from backache and urinary troubles after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. He recalls first relief in days after buying at Riely’s Drug Store and notes kidney trouble never returned after an 1910 cure, with renewed faith in 1919.
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