AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1922, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

IUSTIIAI.IAX ANI) N.Z. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION IJ.S. ELECTION CAMPAIGN. WASHINGTON, Nov. -Ith.

Careful observation of the alignment of parties in the present United States Congress political campaign di covers a surprising lack of many great issues dividing the two main parties."' The other parties are considered so small that they are completely unimportant. Senator Borah, in a recent speech stressed the fact of the lack of differences. He said the' time had come when either the Democrats or the Republicans must i.j.lv;uice anew, important economic programme, or else a third large Party will he born, taking the power from lioLli the old ones.

I’roliihiiinn, though it is up for a test in live States, is not a real issue, because a majority of the candidates of both Parties endorse it.

The League' of Nations cannot by any stretch of imagination he regarded as a real issue, bemuse the Democrats themselves claim that President Harding is attempting to enter the League of Nations by the back door, instancing the Administration’s desire to appoint its own Judge of the International Court (as cabled on Oct. 30sh).

The tariff, though it is showing the Republicans’ vulnerability, is also not a vital matter, because the United States is traditionally protective. Most of the Congressmen and Senators are fighting the election on sectional issues, interesting only to their constituencies. The women are not providing any spectacular feature, Two of the- fifteen women running for the House are Socialists, lhe pthera arc Republicans or Democrat!*,