The Washington times., 1922-10-18

49, '"s.as.s,ssN-1~ tne OtHeI WI
&IgsN&skA4S testants and
WILLIAM HARD. will go back to
the Senate. But
there il samething at stake in this
contest beyond senatorial seat.
Mrs, Olsen, the Democratic gan
didate. whether she wins or not.
must run az fast and as far as she
can. because she is the means by
which It 10 now being found out
whether or not the Democratic
party can be kept sufficiently alive
in Minnesota to be important IN
tho Middle northwest in the presi'
dental contest OF 1924.
Similarly. DIR. Shipstead, the
farmer.labor candidate, must make
the hest race that he can, whether
he crosses the line into the Senate or
not. because he is the means py
which the gathering menaces All
around Minnesota are going TO liho
out whether or not a menace VINO
was nominated for President In 1924
might sweep the whole Middle
Northwestern region. 4,
The Democratic party In ana
around Minnesota has been in a Dad
way In Wisconsin and In Iowa and
In North Dakota 1t has ceased TO
have any great Importance except
az q sort OF asylum for Republican
refugees fleeing from the terrors OF
La Toilette and Brookhart ana
Frazier. In those three States the
Democratic party-the partys OF
woodrow Wilson-the party OF TOT,
ward-looking men lis thresteneu
with becoming the party Of frisht-
ehed men rushing backward. -
Meanwhile, in South Dakota ani
Minnesota. the situation Is even
more distressing. In South Dakota,
with the Republican party ranking
as the first party. The second party
numerically is now the Non-Partisan
League party. In Minnesota, with
the Republican party ranking as the
first party, the second party
numerically now is the Farmer;
Labor party. In both OF these
States. the Democratic party is re.
duced to being b third party.
1t clearly is time that something
should be done. Mrs. Oleson is do
ing IL. Running for the Senate In
Minnesota, she really Is holding up
a banner for some sort OF general
revival Of the whole Democratic
party In the whole region OF which
Minnesota Is the center.
She Is a sort OF feminine Bryan.
She speaks very -emotionally and
very well. She Is for international
peace. She is against liquor. She IL
for the League OF Nations. She is In
favor of ideals. She is for helping the
home She is for helping the world.
She speaks not only effectively. but
very charmingly. She is doing all
that any woman could door any
man--to relieve the Minnesota De-
mocracy on the basis of the prin.
cipIes that flourished under Wilson
as President and under Bryan as
Secretary of State.
DR.. Shipstead, on the other hand
is against the League Of Nations.
He Is also against the four-power
pact. He illustrates precisely the
difference between the bulk Of the
farmer-lnbor movement in the West
and the bulk u Democratic party
opinion in the West. The Demo.
cratic party is for the most part
still looking with hope toward
ment for the most part is inclined
toward leaving all foreign countries
strictly alone.
For American internal affairs. DR..
Shipstead is very much like Brook
hart and, accordingly, very much
like La Toilette. He is endowed.
however. with a personality quite his
own. He was brought up on a farm
and he likes to tell his audiences
stories like the following:
The two old political parties make
me think of a man in our country
who had a team of oxen that ne
, couldn't drive. He couldn't make
them start and he couldn't make
them stop. But at last he thought
Of way to do II.
"He would take an ear Of corn and
hold IL up in front of them. They
would start after the corn and he
would back away from them. And
he would keep on backing until he
got the oxen to where he wanted
them to be. Then he would have
put the ear of corn in his pocket.
ITS the same way with the old
party politician. He changes the
name of the ear OF corn, but he al
ways gets you to follow II and you
never catch up with it. In 1912 he
called It, the new freedom. In 1916
he called II he kept us out of war.
In 1920 he called II 'normalcy and
prosperity The name changed, but
II was the same old ear Of corn, and
no matter how long you walked after
II you never got II.
Just as you were about 20 get II
he put II in his pocket"
Shipstead In tall. He II gaunt. He
has long nose, a long lip and long
chin. He has broad shoulders. He