Evening star., 1922-06-04
W|DE-RANGE FIGHT
FOR SENATORSH|P
Six Aspirants in Iowa for
Seat Vacated by Judge
Kenyon.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspdtch 10 The star.
DES MONIES, Iowa, June 3-SeIec-
ton of a successor for Charles A..
Rawson. governors appointee for the
Senate seat vacated by the resigna-
ton of Senator Kenyon to accept ap-
pointment to the United States Cir
of interest in the primary June 5, at
which Iowa will choose among six
aspirants for the honor widely at
variance In their appeals for votes.
The political spectrum, ranging from
radicalism. with Smith w. Brookhart
of Washington. Iowa. at one end. to
Charles E. Pickett, former represen-
tative in Congress, of Waterloo. at
the other. includes between the ex-
tremes four others calculated to draw
sufficiently from the following OF
each to prevent either from securing
the IS per cent Of the total vote cast
in the primary necessary to nomi-
nate.
The four include Representative
Burton E. Sweet of Waverly, Leslie
E. Francis of Des Moines and Spirit
Lake, Clifford Thorne Of Washington,
Iowa, and Claude N. Stanley of Corn
ing.
Dark Horses Looming Up.
frdcClCdlJ certain tndt the PR
mary will fail to give any of the half
dozen the IS per cent has created
much discussion of possible dark
horses to be led before the conven-
tion on August 9. which will prob
ably be empowered to name the nomi-
nee.
Senator Rawson. appointed to the
vacancy by Gov. Kendall with the ex-
pressed understanding that he was
not to be a candidate before the pri-
mary. figures conspicuously in this
stable and is generally regarded as a
logical compromise to heal party
wounds that have been greatly
ent contest Brookhart is generally
credited with probable first honors
In the primary, but is expected to
fall short of nomination. He has
conducted a vigorous campaign. bas-
ing his candidacy on his promise to
the shippers of a repeal Of the Esch-
Cummins railroad act. bonus for the
soldiers. reorganization of the federal
reserve system, reopening of the
Newberry case and support of labor
measures. He has been Endorsed by
the State Federation of Labor and the
Iowa Farmers Union.
Others in the Running.
Pickett has the support of a major
part Of the party organization and
may enter the convention as a domi-
nant figure. but has little second
choice support. Francis. who has con-
Quoted a remarkable speaking tour
Of the state, will probably draw more
woman votes than any of the six and
Is rated as a strong second-choice
man before the convention.
Thorne, who has spent but little
time in Iowa in recent years, having
practised law in Chicago as attorney
for the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton. will receive his chief support
from the unorganized farmers and
shippers. Claude Stanley is persona
grata with the party leaders and q
not unlikely compromise. His resi-
dence In the southern half of the
state detracts from his availability.
He has made no campaign for the
nomination.
Fights the Field.
Brookharts friends charge that
the fight is Brookhart against the
field, and they are not far from the
truth. Iowa has little radicalism in
its record. however, and his nomina-
ton would be repetition of the In
diana and Pennsylvania surprises.