The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-04
MX MEN ASPIRE
TO KENYON T0GA
Flock of Candidates After
Senate Job Kenyon
Resigned
A QUEER SITUATION
Winner Must Get 35 per Cent
of Presidential Vote or
a. All Face Convention

pv the Associated Press.
DIES MONIES, June Six cam
didates are in the field for the re-
publication nomination for United
states senator to succeed Senator
Charles Rawson, the interim ap-
polntee of Gov. n. +. Kendall, at
The primary here Monday, June 5.
The winning candidate must poll
S5 per cent of the vote cast for
president at the last general cleo
lion; otherwise the primary will be
In vain and the candidates must go
before the republican state conven-
ton to be held in Des Moines in
August. Several of the candidates
are said to possess almost equal
strength and party leaders are
openly apprehensive that no candi-
date will be able to obtain votes
enough to win the nomination.
Rawson an "Old Horse"
The bars for this remarkable state
Of affairs were let down last Feb
aDry when Senator w. S. Kenyon
rf Fort Dodge resigned as senator to
accept the appointment from Presi-
dent Harding as Judge of the United
states court OF appeals. succeeding
the late Judge Walter I. Smith. APP
pointment of a successor fell to the
lot OF Governor Kendall lie ap-
pOlnltu SHdIltS ~. haWSOH Des
Moines. who was at that time chair
man OF the republican state COM
mittee and lifelong party worker.
Governor Kendall explained at the
time OF the appointment of Senator
Rawson that II was made TO give all
concerned free range In the coming
primary, since Mr.. Rawson had
pledged himself to serve only until
his successor was elected in Novem-
ber. When tho decision was made
by Iowas governor party leaders ap-
peared to be reconciled to the tafe
vancouver. The apparent deadlock
caused by the entrance OF six cam
dldates into the race was not then
looming up nor was II believed that
the party vote would be divided In
such a way as to render an election
choice improbable.
The six candidates are Charles T..
Pickett of Waterloo. a former con-
gresham; Col. Smith w. Brookhart
OF Washington, Ia, opponent OF Sem
ator A. B. Cummins In the primary
two years ago, an assailant OF the
Cummins-E -Esch railroad bill, and a
supporter OF the agricultural bloc;
Col. Claude NJ. Stanley. seeking the
support OF. World war veterans; for
mer state Senator Leslie T.. Francis
OF Storm Lake and Des Moines. q
man Of apparently no political aili-
ances. who appealed TO the indepen-
dent and women's vote: Congress
man Burton f. Sweet OF waverly
and Clifford w. Thorne of Washing
ton, Ia, until recently general coun-
sci for the American farm bureau
federation of Chicago. Mr.. Thorne
seeks TO invade the provinces of
Colonel Brookhart. his fellow towns
man. by carrying the vote of the
members Of the Iowa farm bureau.
said to be one of the strongest or
ganizations of its kind in the country.
North and South Candidates.
OF the field Sweet. Pickett and
Francis claim northern Iowa as their
residence. The others hail from the
other side OF tho barrage line. The
sole democratic aspirant for his
office In the June primary Is Clyde L..
Herring of Des Moines. who two
a.. years ago was the opponent of n. e.
Kendall for the office OF governor.
Nearly all of the candidates have
expressed the opinion that they
would have the inside track at the
convention II no nomination should
be made at the primary. Political
observers express the opinion. how
ever, that there Is nothing to pre-
vent friends OF Senator RaWSon from
taking the reins and booming him as
the party's choice to oppose MIR.
Herring in the general election.
Ten congressman are candidates
Tor reelection. They are: w. +.
kopp OF Mount Pleasant first dis
trict; Harry e. Hull of Williams
burg, second district; Gilbert n.
haugen of Northwood. fourth dis
trict; Cyrenus Cole of Cedar Rapids,
NTH district; c. w. Ramseyer of
bloomfield, sixth district: Cassius c.
lowell OF Des Moines. seventh dis
uict; II. NJ. Towner of Corning,
eighth district; William r. Green OF
kSouncil Bluffs. ninth district; l.. j.
AocXinson OF Algona, tenth district,
>Ahd William ID. Boies of Sheldon.
eleventh district.
congressman Haugen, Cole. Dick
Ihson and Boies are the only present
members of congress from Iowa who
are opposed for the republican nom-
nation.
In the third district. where Con.
sressmen Sweet is a senatorial can.
uldate, three republicans are seeking
ine nomination. They IRE Arch w
McFarlane OF Waterloo. T. ]. b
nnoolnson OF Hampton and Charlie:
v. Ryan.
Kendall Unopposcd.
governor N. Il. Kendall Is un.
,vpposed for the republican nomina
ppoh. His democratic opponent is ]
" FILES OF Fort Dodge.