Show I I I i J 1 ISSUES J tik S J v v By y L L. L A A. A t The political campaigns in tin the the several ral states are arc oh on with with a considerable considerable consid consid- erable crabl force Six states stales in In the tin and ii In in primaries' primaries havo have wet voted voted wet some somo states th the wet and dry dry will b be issue But there ther arc arother other matters mauers Borah and Johnson the latter latter of of California are malting a big bij tight fight on the the world w court court and and against s foreign poll policy But there Is a ver very important n matter a el con coming ing ingup up in the next congress about the power plant at Muscle Shoals in the theT Tennessee T river rive The government owns this plant now and has million dollars in it at this his time and it is proposed to sell this to the big corporations and get rid of r it it Senator George Georg W. W Norris the Republican Republican lican Hcan of Nebraska ka has been making the fight of or his life liCe for Cor the government govern government govern go ment to r retain and control this plant and also to retain the proposed Boulder Dam Dam- pr-oj pr project ct fv the government govern govern- govern government ment in the Colorado and the big Interests interests' are ire against t him him and of P course the big mon interests control control control con- con the lie big news pers and aud nearly all the propaganda the a and Norris is is not not getting etti Yh live su support that he should haveThe hav have haver The fihe o j t q by bYll the lie machine machine- Republicans is that they are alC in into h opposed to th the gover government going to business They say s y it is reversing the HIe traditions of or the country for years There is nothing much to to this I argument It is merely merely- the excuse so so that the easily easpy in influenced congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen can support the money power with what hat seems to them a plausible excuse If big business business destroys destroys' competition in country the effect will be to forward the purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses of ot communism but if the government government gov gov- goes into big business not for the purpose of going into business business busi husi- ness but for the purpose of enforcing j Ing ng competition then we will have a healthy and nd vigorous republic lic managed managed man man- aged b by the progressive and energetic energetic energetic ener ener- getic individuality of men which will i d develop t tic the c generations ns' ns that that eon conie cone I J liter after ter us and this country will brill continue con cori- conI I tin e to be a great force force in world problems It Is to be hoped that I theR the Republican state state convention will adopt a platform standing ing wit with Sell ator Norris and aud it is equally e hoped that hat the Democratic convention will do lo the sa s same n U thing It is so common for tor conventions to overlook great issues that it is reared it will be bo bolone lone dotie tit again again again- and Se Senator l tor Norris orris is des deserving deserving de de- de- de s serving of ot powerful pOV backing by tile the thereal real eal energetic thought of or this th s' s con coun- try ry S I |