by the way, has been recently somewhat exercised over the fact that James M. Barrie devotes himself to plays at the expense of novels. Perhaps this antipathy toward the play is a literary heritage from Charles Lamb, whose one play-a farce-was so bad that Lamb himself helped boo it off the stage. RICHARD BARRY tells what kind of newspaper men our two leading 1 Presidential candidates are. He covered the Russo-Japanese War for "Collier's," "Century," and "Westminster Gazette." He is a novelist and playwright, but, above all, a newspaper man. ac GEORGE KENNAN is America's leading authority on Russia. His book "Siberia and the Exile System quainted the world with conditions in Russia and stimulated the democratic movement in Russia itself. He was expelled from Russia by the Czar for his exposures. He covered the SpanishAmerican hostilities as well as the Russo-Japanese War for The Outlook. He unearthed the Delaware frauds for The Outlook and did as much as any one else to drive the late J. Edward Addicks out of public life. WARWICK JAMES PRICE cultivated his love of letters at Yale, and later became editor of the Philadelphia "Press." He has written extensively on history, literature, and international politics. The White Elephant of Siam ONE of the biggest fakes ever concocted- as laughable a story as ever has been told! P. T. Barnum perpetrated it, and an unsuspecting public, loving to be fooled, fell for it. You know the white elephant of the East- sacred The real sacred white elephant ; from a sketch made on the spot keeper of the spirits of royalty-himself a dweller in regal palaces with retinues of priests and servants! There was Barnum's offer-$250,000 for the loan of the elephant for a year priests, attendants, etc.! 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Parkhurst, Republican, former chairman of the Republican State Committee, and Bertrand McIntyre, Democrat, defeated by Governor Milliken two years ago. The chief issue of the election, for the first time in sixty years, was not liquor; the Eighteenth Amendment has now settled that. Nor was it wholly the League of Nations, although that was a strong factor. The issue was Wilsonism in general-whether voters do or do not want to continue the kind of Administration we have had during nearly eight years. The result shows that Maine folks are more "het up" about it than about any issue ever before them; for the Republicans defeated the Democrats by over 65,000-nearly 20,000 more than the previous Republican record. It was a stunningly "solemn referendum." While Republicans were confident of victory, they could not anticipate such an avalanche because of uncertainty as to two elements-the women's vote and the French vote. During recent years French Canada has been the source of SEPTEMBER 22, 1920 nearly a fifth of the population of Maine. But woman suffrage was responsible for most of the increase in Republican strength. The old adage, "As Maine goes so goes the country," is hardly true unless, in the September State election a plurality of some 15,000 is obtained. This rality of some 15,000 is obtained. This year's record of over four times that figure encourages Republican managers to assert that the National election has already been practically decided. THE PRIMARY RESULTS IN WISCONSIN IN N the popular primaries on the 7th and 8th of September three candidates were conspicuous, all nominated for the United States Senatorship Irvine L. Lenroot in Wisconsin, George H. Moses in New Hampshire, and Thomas E. Watson in Georgia. Wisconsin has been for a number of years a center of political experiment, and has furnished more than its share of distinguished and interesting men and measures. Among those who rose to influence during the early period of La Follette's influence was Irvine L. Lenroot. He was elected to Congress as a Representative. He has, however, never been a mere echo of Mr. La Follette. Six years ago he became Mr. La Follette's associate in the Senate. His independence has earned Senator La Follette's animosity. His nomination, therefore, is an indication of a defeat for the radical elements in the . progressive wing of the Republican party in the State; but there are indications in the opposite direction. The man chosen as the Republican nominee for Governor, John J. Blaine, was once a Stalwart, once a Progressive, once a Wilsonite, and has now been the candidate of Senator La Follette and of the Non-Partisan League. It seems to be, as a correspondent of The Outlook in Wisconsin states it, "a case of fifty-fifty-and the two fifties do not mix well." Apparently, as this correspondent states, "Non-partisanship has "grafted itself into the Republican party in Wisconsin, and Republican politicians, after making a mighty fuss, will probably end by accepting the new branch as an integral part of the party system-at least for this campaign." The defeat in Wisconsin of Mr. Esch, Representative from a Milwaukee district, joint sponsor with Senator Cummins for the Railway Reorganization Act, would seem to indicate a protest against that Act. The fact, however, that Mr. Lenroot voted for the Act and has made political capital out of the fact indicates that the protest does not come from the State at large. The Republican nomination will this year at least probably prove equivalent to election. |