The Washington herald., 1922-06-19
TOCASOF HALE
NDKELLOCGIN
BALANCE TODAY
Both Senators Are Close
Personal Friends of
President.
McCUMBER JUNE %
Finance Committee Head
Faces stiffest Fight
Of His Life.
McCUMBER JUNE %
By ROBERT ]. BENDER.

"A strong personal equation en-
ters into the Maine and Minnesota
primaries today, in that Senators
Kellogg, of Minnesota, and Hale. Of
Maine. running for denomination,
are intimate associates OF President
Harding.
And, in the third Of the primaries
this month-that in North Dakota,
June 2s-there Is a legislative equa-
tion of almost equal interest in
the bitter fight Of Senator McCum-
ber. chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee. for denomination.
Thus during the next ten days
results in these three primaries will
be looked upon as highly signifi-
cant and in McCumber's case at
least may prove to have an i'm
rortant bearing on the admins
tration legislative program.
No Outstanding Issue.
In none OF these three primaries
is there any outstanding issue OF
rarticular note, unless IL be the
-.act that all three voted for the
eating Of Senator Newberry, and
his issue has played its part in the
;hree primary campaigns.
In Maine Senator Hale is opposed
~ Howard Davies, State senator,
and former Representative Frank
f. Guernsey. Davies and his wife
have raised the issue OF Hale's
bachelor state while also playing
for the more radical vote. Guern-
sey has based his campaign mainly
on the contention that Maine should
be represented both by an east and
a west State senator, OF course
the Republican nomination in Maine
is equivalent to election.
similar to other Primaries.
Kellogg is confident of winning the
nomination in Minnesota against his
two opponents, former Representative
Ernest Lundeen and Richard e.
Titus Nevertheless, the Minnesota
fight is somewhat similar to the Iowa
and Pennsylvania primary contests In
that both Lundeen and TITUS are Pro-
gressives. Lundeen has made his
campaign case on alleged dissatis-
faction with the administration. Tho
leading opponent Of Kellogg. Lun'
deems vote will be of particular In
terest because. while in Congress In
1917. he voted against the declaration
OF war and opposed the draft and
espionage acts. His support, II is
said. rests largely among the Germans
and Swedes Of Minnesota.
The first woman Senatorial nominee
will probably come out of the Demo
cratic primary of Minnesota in tht
person Of Mrs. Peter r. Olesonc who Is
running against Thomas J. Meighen
former Populist. farmer and banker
and Homer Morris. of Minnea polls
Mrs. O,eson. indorsed by the Demo
cratic State convention. Is a member
OF the Democratic National Commit
mittee and regarded as the foremost
woman orator in the West
M'Cumber Faces stin Fight.
In North Dakota. Senator McCum.
ber faces the stiffest fight Of hi,
career. Held here by the tariff anC
bonus jam he has been unable tc
make a personal campaign of th'
State. while former Governor Lynr
Frazier. indorsed by the Nom Partisan
League, has made a sweeping canvass
Of the State aided by Senator LadC
and other elements unfriendiy to Nc
Cumber. A third candidate in the
Senatorial field is Ormsby McHarg
former Bull Moose leader in New
York who moved to North Dakota q
year or so ago. McCumber's fight 1:
interesting primarily because of th'
effect of his possible defeat on Sen
ate organization. AS chairman o
the Senate Finance Committee his de
feat would leave Senator La Follett,
second in line for the Craftsmanship
too close to please administration
leaders.
McCumber has a double -barrelet
worry in that even IL he wins the pri
mary, Frazier may run as an inde'
pendent materially increasing the al
ready strong possibility of Demo
cratic Senatorial victory in the fall
The Democratic Senatorial nomine'
will be ]. F. T. O'Connor. who los
the gubernatorial election in 1920 b,
only 1000 votes whereas Harding car
ried the State by 125.ooo.