The Mankato free press., 1922-06-09
BITTER FIGHT FOR
SENATOR IN IOWA
| SIX REPUBLICANS ARE IN
THIS FAST RACE !. +.
THEY'RE VOTING TODAY
Kenyon's Resignation To Accept
Federal Judgship Let Down
Bars For Struggle.


Des Moines., Ia, June Sim
terest In the Iowa primaries to-
day centered largely in the six
cornered race for the republican
nomination for United States
senator to complete the unex-
a federal judge.
Each OF the six candidates
were confident today but IL none
of them received at least thirty
five per cent of the total vote
the nomination will 90 over until
the August state convention.
Fair weather threatened to
hold down the size of the vote
in the country districts where
farmers are taking advantage OF
every opportunity the weather
affords to catch up with work in
the fields.
nial Smith w. Brookhart;
Charles e. Pickett; Burton E.
Sweet; Clifford l. Thorne; Les.
lie e Francis, and Colonel
Claude M. Stanley. -.
Colonel Brookhart and Mr..
Thorne, the two candidates.
"CUL tItAO GiIC
strong support from the farm
erS. "
Pickett claimed support gen. i
orally over the state from the
republican old guard orsaniza-
ton. Sweet made his campaign
on his record in congress.
Francis made an appeal for the
women's vote and Colonel STAN
ley counted on support from
service men.
Des Moines, Ia, June Six can
didates are in the field for the Re-
publican NOMINATION for United
States senator to succeed Senator
Charles Rawson, the interim ap-
pointee of Gov. N. E. Kendall, at the
primary here Monday, June 5. ~
The winning candidate must poll
thirty five percent of the vote caSt
for president at the last general
otherwise the primary will
be in vain and the candidates must
go before the Republican state con
Vention to be held in Des Moines II
Several of the candidates
are said to possess almost equal
strength and party leaders are
openly apprehensive that no candl
date will be able to obtain votes
enough to win the nomination.
The bars for this remarkable state
of affairs were let down last Febru-
Fort Dodge resigned as senator tc
accept the appointment from Presi-
dent Harding as Judge of the Unit
ed States Court of Appeals, sue
ceeding the late Judge Walter /
Smith. Appointment of "a successor
fell to the lot of Gov. Kendall He
Charles A. Rawson OF Des
Moines, who was at that time
chairman of the republican state
committee and life long party
worker. '
Reason For Naming Rawson
Gov. Kendall explained at the
time of the appointment Of Senator
Rawson that 1t was made to give
all concerned free range in the
coming primary, since Mr.. Rawsor
had pledged himself to serve only
until his successor was elected In
When the decision was
made by Iowa's governor party
leaders appeared to be reconciied
to the same manoeuver. The appar-
trance of six candidates into the
race was not then looming; up nor
was il believed that the party vote
would be divided in such way as
to render an election choice i'm
probable.
The six candidates are Charles E.
Pickett of Waterloo, a former con-
gresham; Col. Smith v. Brook
hart of Washington, Ia, opponent
of Senator A B. Cummins in the
primary two years ago, an assail !:
ant of the Cummins- ESch raiload
bill and a supporter of the agicul
tural bloc; Col. Claude M. Stanley
seeking the support of World Wal
veterans; former State Senator Les
lie E. Francis of Storm Lake and
Des Moines, man Of apparently
no political alliances who appealed
to the independent and women's
vote: Congressman Burton e. Sweet
of Waverly and Clifford w. Thorne
of Washington. Ia, until recently
general counsel for the American
Farm Bureau Federation of Chicago
Mr.. Thorne seeks, to invade the
provinces of Col. Brookhart, his fell
of the members OF the Iowa Farm
Bureau, said to be one of the
strongest organizations of its kind
in the country.
Three From Northern Iowa
OF the field, Sweet, Pickett and
Fancis claim northern Iowa as their
The others hail from the
other side of the barrage line. The
sole democratic aspirant for his of
fee in the June primary is Clyde L
Herring of Des Moines, who two
years ago was the opponent of N
e. Kendall for the Office of Gov
ernor.
Nearly all of the candidates have
expressed the opinion that they
would have the inside track at the
convention if no nomination should
be made at the primary. Political
ever, that there is nothing to pre-
vent friends of Senator Rawsor
from taking the reins and booming
him as the party's choice to oppose
Mr.. Herring in the general election
Ten congressman are candidates
for reelection. They are: w. F
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
fifth district; G. w. Ramseyer oi
Bloomfield, sixth district; Cassius G.
Dowen of Des Moines, seventh dis
trict; H. M. Towner of Corning
eighth district; William r. Green Of
Council Bluffs, ninth district; L. ]
Dickinson of Algona, tenth district;
and William D. Boies of Sheldon
eleventh district.
congressman With Opposition
Congressmen HaI1gen, Cole, Dick
inson and Boies are the only pres
ent members of congress from Iowa
who are opposed for the republica.
nomination.
In the third district, where Con
gressmen Sweet is a senatorial can
didAte, three republicans are seek
Ing the nomination They are Arcl