Show Illinois Senatorial Fight Is Well VeIl Insulated for Mr Gave to Both Sides political Precedents and Traditions Seem to Have Little Effect Nowadays on Public Average Average Person Doesn't Give a Hoot Who Vho Holds Office People So Soon n For For- Forget Forget Forget get Scandals Independent Candidate Is Giving Re- Re Republicans Re Republicans publicans a Real Sc Scare re By ROBERT T SMALL Special l Correspondent of The Examiner St Standard Ex Examiner Copyright 1926 Consolidated Press Ass Association NEW YORK Oct Oct It 9 9 It is very evident to this th careful observer o of both sport and politics that the people ot of o the United States during the past week weck havo been moro more Interested In Babe Baba Ruth and his big black bat than they have ha been In all the men run run- running running running ning tor for public office ortice The Tho political political cal spellbinders are abroad In the theland theand theland land and but It has been difficult for them to keep the minds o of their Au audience oft off oC the serious problem o of who was to pitch the next day for the Cardinals and tho the Yan Yan- Yankees Yankees kees and whether the Card pitch pitch- pitchers pitchers pitchers ers would ever give tho the Babe another chance to whale one clear out o of the park Tho nation has been having Its Us last fling at the national game and In the words word of the Immortal Woodrow Wilson politics has been adjourned WHAT OF COOLIDGE Where you have found any any- anything anything anything thing approaching real polItical interest that Interest has cen cen- centered centered about the one question Is President Coolidge going to run I ain Trav Traveling lIng through the middle west more than five h-e h months ago this writer encountered that question at every ery turn of the tho road A trip to the Mississippi l fiver country this week found no In the situation The Tho change ques ques- question quos quos- question tion Hon was again on every lip This time Ume it was to be noted how how- however however ever that the question generally was put In la the form of ot an at- at affirmative af affirmative Interrogation It was nearly Dearly always Coolidge Is going to run again he All of wl goes to show that most peo people le are Interpreting the al- al allence si silence lenc lence In la the White House as giving giving ing consent So powerful has been this si- si silence silence si silence lence so subtle has been tho the sug sug- suggestion sug- sug suggestion suggestion o ot of Coolidge visitors that the president could not very well give up his work two years from now and leave the country Inthe In Inthe inthe the lurch that this country they speak o ot of could only be surprised now by an announcement that Mr Coolidge would not run Virtual virtual- virtually Virtually ly everywhere he Is regarded as asa asa asa a third term candidate and not not- notwithstanding notwithstanding withstanding this prospect no as- as astronomers astronomers as astronomers have noted a tendency on the part ot of o the sun to stand standstill standstill standstill still In the sky Political precedents and traditions traditions do not Dot seem to have much effect upon the people at largo large any more The people aro too busy with their own affairs to bother a II great deal about who holds the average public office and l ho who does not A noted Ohio Republican editor wise In his generation expressed It a little littlemore littlemore more forcefully a short time ago Ho He said the people didn't care a hoot In iu hell and It doesn't take much official or unofficial observing ob- ob observing ob observing serving to that he Is right PEOPLE FORGET Prosperity Pros erity Is a fine fino battle batUe cry for the party which Is In power ower for It knows that so long as the people are busy making money or think they are making it they thoy will pay pay little heed to the cr cry of turn turn the tho rascals out It takes too much time and effort to turn em out In times limes ct c eat pros pros- prosperity prosperity real real or simulated tho the peo peo- people peo- peo people pie do not pay attention for any l length of o time to great political scandals It If these scandals broke just before election day they might mean something But when they break a yea year or so SG ahead of the general polling date the peo peo- people people pie forget The agitators call It Ita ita ita a lack of o civic ic consciousness the politicians who benefit call It contentment In one or two spots of ot the west there Is real political activity II- II Il for for Instance Is having quite a time with its after aCter all the scandals that marked the senatorial primaries Colonel Prank Frank L Smith who defeated Senator McKinley fo for the Re Re- Republican Republican publican nomination Is making a vigorous county to speaking tour He Ho is beating the drums and clashing the cymbals c and saYing that nobody wants to go goback basic bacle to the Incompetence and o Democrats Colonel Smith Is out to save the peoples people's peoples people's money He lIe admits admits- It cost costa a whole hole lot 1st to put him In the position of ot running for tor office on onan onan onan an economy platform but he In- In In Insists slats it wa was worth to It-to It to the peo peo- peole people people le Colonel Smith insist Insists that the utility Interests contributed to his campaign not l because they loved him more but because they loved lo Senator McKinley less leRs Colonel Smith explains that the fact that lIe he was chairman of ot the tho state com com- commerce commerce commerce merce commission and had to do with utility rates and regulations Girl 1111 not enter Into the equation at atall atall atall all GAVE TO BOTH SIDES George Brennan Democratic candidate for the senate also ac- ac accepted accepted ac accepted donations from Samuel In- In Instill In Insull sull still the utility magnate and they are calling the senatorial fight a awell awell awell well Insulated campaign Mr 11 Insull only gave gale to George Drennan Brennan however and contributed at least to Chairman Smith Therefore Mr Drennan Brennan feels justified In saying I things about Colonel Smith But the Is real fly in the illinois ointment Is one Hugh S Magill l who is running as an Independent Independent dent candidate for tor the senate and andIs andis andla Is belaboring both Smith and Brennan Occasion Occasionally all Magill and Brennan team up In an at- at attack attack at attack tack on Smith but just as things seem to be going well Magill turns on Brennan and says Bays How flow about that To which Brennan Drennan politely but with witha witha witha a lot of ot real feeling replies Oh dont don't mention It It The Democrats Ignoring the aforesaid sum are attacking the utilities and their alleged alliance with willi Smith Magill is making an ag- ag aggressive aggressive ag aggressive fight and there Is no Question but that has the regu regu- regular regular lar Republicans worried UNUSUAL FIGHT So true Is this that Col Smith SmithIs Smithis Smithis Is charging a II great slush toad und has been raised to put pat Magill over He lIe says he lIe knows things that will rock the state before the campaign is ended Thus far he has given no DO Intimation what they are but the fact he ho is fight fighting ing Magill rather than Brennan shows a C filar ar 0 ot of real Republican defection ee tion because of ot the primary disclosures es Brennan will get the organization Democratic vote no matter what happens and every vote yote for Magill l will be a vote taken from Smith ThIs tight fight will bear watching to the bitter end |