Evening star., 1921-10-04
M0NDELL DOOMED
FOR j. s. SENATE
Wyoming Friends to Fight
Opposition to His Leaving
Lower House.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., October A.
Friends of Frank w. Mondell. repuh-
lican floor leader of the House, have
thrown down the gauntlet to those
"near-friends" of his who haveargued
and still are arguing that he has no
right to seek elevation from the lower
house of Congress to the upper. At
dinner attended by $50 Cheyenne
men and number of out-of-town
guests they pledged their support to
his candidacy and assured him that
the people of the state would turn a
deaf ear to the only argument being
used against him. Among those max
ing the pledge Were the republican
state chairman and the republican
national committeeman.
Opens Senate Drive.
The keynote" was sounded by
Judge A. c. Campbell of Casper and
Cheyenne, when he asked: why
should not Frank Mondell. who has
served his people faithfully for twea-
ty-six years, aspire to membership
in the greatest communion in the
world?" He continued:
Il consented to appear in the role
against tho open assertions of our
guests political and personal enemies.
and the insinuations Of some of his
near-friends. that he owes it to the
state and to the people to remain
where he is. and thus smother laud-
able and honorable ambition.
"The most important the most dfg-
nified legislative body in the world
is the United States Senate. The
history of this country Is largely re-
flected in it's own. 1t has been pre-
sided over by John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, John c. Calhoun and Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Its roll of honor con-
Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson,
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Stephen
A. Douglas, Charles Sumner, William
H. Seward, Oliver P. Morton, James
G. Blaine, William NJ. Evarts and
scores of others. living and dead,
surpassed in any age or nation.
MANY of those named served with
marked distinction in the lower house,
but none of them for anything like half
the time our guest has, and none, before
his promotion, had done more for his
state. If any man who ever served in
the House of Representatives has earned
and deserved promotion it is Frank w.
Mondell. If the argument-if it may be
so called-which is being used against
him was of any appealing force, 1t would
have prevented the promotion OF Henry
Clay, Of Daniel Webster, Of john A.
Logan, of Tom Corwin, Of John ?Sher-
man and of James G. Blaine. Such an
argument will have no more effect. and
is entitled to no more effect upon the
people than the receding tide has upon
the uncomplaining shore. Z -
This sentiment was echoed by State
Senator A. D. Kelley, POSTMASTER; Ma
tional Committeeman Patrick Sullivan
and State Chairman T. Blake Kennedy.
Mr. Mondell's Response.
Representative Mondell, responding to
the toasts in his honor, referred to- these
statements by declaring:
Some folks think ought not to give
up my present position. never did
have a good ranch hand when + was
ranching that did not want to keep at
the plow, even though he might do bet
ter at some other task"
Throughout the speech wy
oming's representative was lauded as a
man who has placed himself at the very
forefront of the leaders at the National
Capital, and who now deserves to be
promoted by his constituents. -