The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-18
MRS. OLESON MAY BE F|RSTLADY ID
 GO ID SENATE
Minneapolis Woman Has Strong Opposition, But Feels at Home on Stump as Over
 Kitchen Stove
By GEoRGE N. BRIaGs
Special Dispatch to The Age Herald.)
 Copyright. 1929. by The AEe-Heraldl


 Copyright. 1929. by The Age-Heraidt
 St. Paul, Minn., June 17.-Unless some of our very best political prog nosticators are sadly off in their cal culatiens, Mrs. Peter Oleson of Clo- quett, MiRn., will find herself on Monday night next the first woman ever nominated for the United States Senate by one of the major parties.
 The orders all favor Mrs. Oleson in the democratic primaries and al- ready she has made plans for the immediate start of her campaign against Senator Frank B. Kellogg, republican incumbent. Senator Kel- logg is certain of renomination and Mrs. Oleson feels equally sure of sue cess at the primary polls. She has rather stubborn opposition. however, from Thomas J. Meighan, who has the backing of the democracy of Ramsey county, where most of the democratic voters of the state re- side. Mrs. Oleson has made a woman issue of it, however, and it Is ex- pected that the women of the state will see that she is victorious.
 Mrs. 0Ieson Determined
 The very fact that everyone tells her that she hasn't the ghost of a show to defeat Senator Kellogg next November has made Mrs. Oleson more determined than ever to wage a thorough campaign.
 With the little Ford sedan, in which she has been campaigning for the last 10 weeks, she proposes to tour the entire state, starting from Crookston within two weeks after her nomination. Her plans are all laid and she figures to spend her summer drumming up votes. That Is how worried she Is over the out come of Mondays primaries.
 This is a democratic year." said Mrs Oleson today. The most i'm portant thing is to draft the strong est available democrat into the race, and if I cannot beat Mir. Meighan in the primaries 1t is certain I could not defeat Senator Kellogg in the fall. We are going to defeat Senator Kel- logg. however. and hope to be the one to do it.''
 Of course. such a prediction is classified as "raving" up here where republicanism is meat and drink and democrats are almost as scarce as liquor licenses. Nevertheless, there Is lot of sympathy for the peppery lady of Cloquett. who has made sucn a whirlwind campaign and has met with such rousing receptions every where that the uniniated would con sider her chances of election better than the average.
 The surface shows plenty of sup port. more than is common with democrats running for office, but the republican leaders say 1t is prspos- tcrous to expect Mrs. Oleson or any other democrat to beat Senator Kel- logE, who has the strong republican of Minnesota behind him.
 Personalities Barred
 Just what sort of campaign Sen ator Kellogg, who Is an extremely dignified man, will choose to wage against Mrs. Oieson In the event of her nomination remains to be seen It will be a novel experience for a senator to have full-fledged feminine opposition and 1t will be up to Sem ator Kellogg to set precedents as to the rules of etiquette and courtesy in such q contest. Personalities will be barred-on the senator's side, at least, but he will find that in Mrs. Oleson he will have an opponent of no mean political ability and taeti- cal skill.
 Already Mrs. Oleson has challenged Senator Kellogg to joint debate. She wants to discuss with him the issues of the coming campaign. and above all she wants to cross-question him on the record of the republicans who have been in power in Congress ever since the elections of four years ago. As democratic national committee woman for Minnesota, Mrs Oleson has spoken over most of the United States. She is as much at home upon the stump as she Is at the kitchen more so by this time and the campaign she has just waged for the democratic nomina- ton has been full of ginger and con 
 Campaign in Ford
 The campaign has been made largely in the Ford sedan which was presented to Mrs Oleson by the women of Minneapolis In return for tlis unusual gift, she has inspired the women of Minnesota with new hope as to their future as political