Evening star., 1922-11-05
representatives in Congress are seek
ing reelection.
G. O. P. REGIME IN BALANCE.
Ry the Associated I Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. November 4-lndorse-
ment or rejection of President
Harding's administration by the
voters of Ohio. senatorial fights in
the Buckeye state. Indiana. Iowa,
Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,. North Dakota. Nebraska and
Texas and the activities of a large
number of women candidates for
important offices are the outstanding
features in Tuesdays elections in the
mississippi valley and middle west.
Prohibition is an issue in several
states. There are number Of inn
portant referendumS, including state
soldiers bonus laws. South Dakota
has several initiative and referendum
actions, and in Texas, Oklahoma and
made an issue. Vice President
Coolidge and most of President
Harding's cabinet have gone into
ONO to urge the voters to indorse
the national administration by re-
turning republican senator and
tative Simeon Fess is the republican
candidate for senator. against the
present incumbent. Atlee Pomerene
Ohio. the home of the Anti-Saloon
League and of Prohibition Director
Haynes, will vote on a beer and wine
woman judge of Cleveland is
candidate for associate justice of the
ONO supreme court.
Beveridge Fight Prominent.
Interest in Indiana is centered in
the senatorial race between former
Senator Albert ]. Beveridge. republi-
can. and former Gov. Samuel Ralston.
DEMOCRAT Mr. Beveridge. a follower
OF Col. Roosevelt in 1912, defeated
Senator Harry New. close friend of
the President. in the primaries last
spring. Miss Esther Kathleen O'keefe,
running for Congress on the demo-
cratic ticket, Is the first woman NOM
mated for the honor in the Hoosier
state
Illinois has a woman candidate for
congressman-at-larg in Mrs. Winni-
fred Mason Huck, who is a republi-
can nominee to fill the uneXpired term
of her father the late William Mason.
Several hot fights are on in the con-
Sressional races one in the Danville
district, where a successor to "tncle
joe Cannon is to be chosen. and an
other In the Peoria district. where the
wet and dry Issue has been raised.
The state will vote on a soldiers
wine amendment
Smith w. Brookhart, republican, and
clyde l.. Herring. democrat. close the
Iowa senatorial campaign today
Their hard fought battle and the
S22 5000 soldiers bonus referendum
are the outstanding points in the state
election.
Woman Senate Aspirant.
Minnesota boasts woman candi-
date for United States senator, Mrs.
Anna Dickey Oleson. democrat, who
IS opposing Senator Frank B. Kellogg.
the republican nominee. Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin has been in
Minnesota speaking for Henrik Ship
stead. the farmer-labor nominee. In
the seventh congressional district
Representative Andrew ]. Volstead
author of the prohibition enforce
ment code. is opposed by Rev. o. ].
kuale. indorsed by the democratic
and farmer-labor parties Mrs. Lii
liam c. Gault of st. Peter is a demo-
third district.
Missouri is in the throes of bitter
fight between Senator James A. Reed,
foe of the Wilson administration, and
r. X. Brewster republican. Reed
has declared he favors modifying the
Noistead law. Both candidates have
denounced the ku Klux Khan. Two
women are seeking seats in Congress
from Missouri. Mrs. ST. Clair Moss,
democrat, of Columbus, and Sophia
Fritts, independent, of Kansas CITY.
Hiss Alice Lorraine Daily is running
Non-Partisan League ticket.
Berger Running Again.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette of
Wisconsin is opposed by Mrs. Jessie
Hooper. democrat. as an independent
candidate. Victor Berger. twice de-
MED his seat in Congress because of
his alleged radical views is running
again on the socialist ticket in the
fifth district. Miss Martha Riley of
Madison is democratic candidate for
Congress in the fifth district
In North Dakota, Lynn j. Frazier
recently recalled as governor, is run
ming on the non-partisan ticket for
United States senator. while N. A.
Nestos, who succeeded Frazier as
governor, is candidate for the reg
ular gubernatorial election
Charles Bryan, brother of William
Jennings Bryan. is the democratic
while Senator Gilbert Hitchcock Is
being opposed for reelection by r.
B. Howell. republican national com
mitteeman.
Mrs E. Luella Barton, prohibition
ist. is the only woman candidate for
Congress. Soldiers bonus and anti
picketing laws are among the issues
to be voted on.
klan Issue In kansns.
Kansas. Oklahoma and Kentucky
all have had quiet campaigns. The
hu klux Khan issue was raised in
Kansas late in the season by Gov.
Henry j. Allen and Charles &. Grif-
fifth, republican candidate for attor-
ney general. both of whom denounced
the organization. Kansas will vote
on a bonus law.
The Michigan campaign virtually
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