The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-25
SENATE BIG
GUNS SEEK
REELECTION
Twenty-Eight Present Men,
berS Are Candidates in
Fall Elections.
Times Washington Bureau.
1929 Net0 York ADe.


It'd AsHINGTON, July 25.-Aside
IW from the election Of a
President. ABS congressman,
numerous governors and minor Of
ficials, the November elections will
be of tremendous interest because
of the number Of well-known United
States Senators whose political fate
will be decided.
Three national parties, the Demo
Gratis, the Republicans and the new
ly organized Progressives. will make
a strong fight to elect Senators Of
their faith. The Senate now stands
fifty-one Republicans, forty-three
Democrats and two Farmer-Labor-
ties, but when the La Toilette Re
publicans and the Farmer-Laborites
combine with the Democrats, as
they have done on frequent
occasions, the Republican majority
is no more.
Making Strong Drives
Each party, therefore. is making
strong drive to get control Of the
Senate, while the "reactionaries" in
both major groups will find them
selves opposed by the La Toilette
Progressives.
Thirty-two Senators will be chosen
and twenty eight Of them want their
jobs back. The other four are in the
Senate now, but two of them. Medill
Mccormick of Illinois and Sterling
Of South Dakota were eliminated in
the primaries, while Robert L.
Owen. Democrat Of Oklahoma, and
Davis Ellzins. Republican of West
Virginia, are retiring voluntarily.
Included in the twenty-eight who
want to come back are Senators
whose names are familiar from
coast to coast.
Two Washes Run
Among the Democrats are the two
Walshes-Thomas J. of Montana,
who engineered the Teapot Dome oil
investigation. and who later refused
to accept the unanimous indorse-
ment of the Democratic national con
yention for vice president, and David
1. Of Massachusetts, who contributed
nightly TO the investigation Of fraud
and mismanagement in the Veterans
Bureau.
The nthere is the vtriolic Pat Har-
vic ~ aGfv
recent Democratic hostilltIes; JOS
eph T Robinson Of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader in the Senate;
Carter Glass OF Virginia, one time
Secretary Of the Treasury; Furnifold
NJ. Simmons of North Carolina, fore.
most tax expert in the Senate. who
took the melon" out Of the Mellon
plan, and Morris Sheppard OF Texas,
author OF the prohibition amend
ment.
PrOgressives in Race
Among the Republicans are VIII
liam f. Borah OF Idaho, who spurned
second place on the Coolidge ticket;
Smith w. Brookhart of Iowa. chair
man VI tue CoAllA4AAtNSD WAACli AAlNtSNA~
gated former Attorney General
Daugherty; George w. Norris Of Ne
braska. progressive. who kept Henry
Ford from getting Muscle Shoals.
and James Couzens Of Michigan. who
has served notice that he won't fol
low the G. o. p dictates unless he
agrees with the principles involved.
MaRnus Johnson of Minnesota is
up for reelection as a Farmer-La-
borite.
Others who are seeking reelection
include Senators Ball of Delaware,
Bursum of New Mexico, Capper OF
Kansas. Colt Of Rhode Island, Edge
Of New Jersey. Keyes of New Hamp-
shire, McNary OF Oregon, Phipps of
Colorado, and Warren Of Wyoming,
Republicans; and Senators Dali OF
South Carolina, Harris of Georgia,
Heflin of Alabama, Ransdell of
Louisiana. Shields Of Tennessee, and
Stanley of Kentucky, Democrats.