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Show WILSONISM TO BE GIVEN TEST Long and Reed Attract Eyes of Politicians to "Or Missouri" w By .TACK CARBKRRY Special Blspatch to Tlic Stnndard-Ex-urfilner (Copyright 1922 by The Standard- Examiner) KANSAS CITY, July 29. rosing as a political weather-cock, the Demo-. Demo-. cratlc rooster pointed in the direction of "Ol Mizzouri ' today. Tor on the eve of the Missouri prl-1 prl-1 mary net for fueaday, half tho great ,'IIssih k of present politics are still in the balance of opinion. On one hand 9 stands Senator James A Rerd, flre-- flre-- brand of th- aonatti hall, crying from r stuniji and platform. th.- cause of "a United states free and Independent." I On the other Is Breckenrldge Long , a sjmbol for the leadership of Wood-I Wood-I row NMlson. More politicians, the I country oer. have, their eyes on Mls-: Mls-: Bouil this week and. next, than anv : oiii. r spot in the na'Ion Missouri Is the ;.ren.i whore the last i round of the nation .s most spcctarulnr political contest oi th summer primary pri-mary season is to be fought NAMING CANDIDATES Both Republicans and omocrats are naming party tundidates for the I nited States senatorship race Tho Rcpubllcnn contest is Mttle more than a ham and egg" preliminary to the main bout the 'grudge fight" between be-tween Jim" Heed and that which "Breck" Long typifies. For the iesult of this Democrat:. ,'prlmary nation. d politicians will swine: one waj or tn.; other In their calculations calcula-tions as to the Immediate and future party leadership will der ide whether the "Ideals of WilBon' m&y lead In the next presidential campaign. or whether there must be a 'new deal. ' Thc fact that Brockcnridge Long is the man running against Senator Reed means but little even in Missouri OTHER things, AT STAKE Any other man might fere us well For it is not Long against Reed It is .the leadership Long represents against .the strong admiration and the harsh r.r,l Kit-.- n . . nnl. 1 . n Vl. . ... u."c uiuivuuh v. u i vil J.ceu, in his countless senate fights, and the; outspoken attacks against thing.; I Democratic under the Wilson regime" J which are at stake I Outside of the senate, the results of next Tuesdays primary mean far more than the political fortunes of Jim Reed. In Washington. Reed, too, ts but a figurehead . man carrying u banner for nt least a wing of his party. Whether the conclusions which will be drawn from thc result should be drown Is not the question The nation Is likely to read the passing or thc retention re-tention of the hand of Woodrow Wilson Wil-son on Democracy as it counts the votes cast by Missouri Democrats. Wilson Incapacitated, has left a heritage of control behjnd him And that control he put at stake In the result of tho "Jim Roed race In Missouri." Mis-souri." I If Ixmg win, the prophets will sav that Wilson s hand v ill still be the guiding spirit of his party. But if Reed win.-., they will say tho power of W llsonlsm" will base pasaeu NO NEUTRAL CORNERS There are no neutral corners either in Missouri or the nation. Here in Missouri, the excitement Is at fever pitch The entire state is aroused as not even Missouri, where politics Is a fast and furious game, has J been aroused before. Wearied and worn from the fray both candidates I are supremely confident of victory to- But dismissing the natural conclusions conclu-sions of candidates. It is doubtful If a political test ever came so close to the end with the followers those shrewd managers as impliclty sure as In thi present cause. Long headquarters said today Long will carry the country districts dis-tricts with 80,000 votes Reed cannot can-not get more than lO.Ono In Kansas City and 15.000 In St. Louis" Reed answers: Kansas City is mine by 25.000 and I I 11 poll 30,000 in St. Louis Long will I not get more than 45.000 In the coun- THINK REED RIGHT Political dopesters who view the ra. from the angle of their pocket-books pocket-books say Reed'3 figures on Kansas City and St. Louis are nearer ng. than Ixing's. In Kansas City, the name of Reed brings a cheer even from a "Wilson Democrat " Tor Jim Reed is great If not good," they say An unbiased survey of the state made by a Kansas City newspaper Known three out of ever) five edltord believe Reed will win. Long has been casting bait for the woman's vote Much of his cnmpalgn-lng cnmpalgn-lng has been done at afternoon teas In hotel parlors and homes Heed s tight has been typically Reod "rearln' tearln. sometimes BWearln,' volleys of vitrol shafts uiit-cled at Lons And the Ideals of Wilson." |