Evening star., 1924-10-17
EDGE IN IOWA HELD
BY G. O. P. DESPITE
BROOKHART REVOLT

| Continued from First Pagc)
| campaign for this reason. At pres
| ent they are hoping, some OF them.
that Daniel r. Steck. the Democratic
nominee for Senator. may win IN
some way, and that is encouraging
them to hold on to their national
ticket. In Iowa the Democrats nave
| nothing TO trade with the La Fol-
lette people. as they have in Colorado,
for example. They cannot well trade
! votes for the La Toilette national
| ticket and expect to receive votes
| of the La Toilette supporters for
their senatorial candidate. Brook
hart, opponent of Steck, is the heart
and soul of the La Toilette party in
| this State.
Democrats Are Split.
The Democrats themselves are
rather badly broken up. an echo OF
! the two-fisted row in the New York
! convention. Wilbur Marsh. former
| Democratic national committeeman
| who heads one faction, is opposed
| to Clyde w. Herring, the present
| national committeeman, supporter of
| McAdoo for the nomination. March
| was working for Al Smith. The story
goes that Herring summoned the
sergeant-at-arms to take Marsh off
the convention floor when Marsh was
working for Smith among the State
! delegation.
! Republicans in Iowa assert that
| Coolidge and Dawes Will win by any
where from $4,000 to 100000 The
La Toilette managers content them
| selves by saying Wen win" The
whole truth of the matter is that
! no one can say positively just what
TO hah hyNn,
| so many. and so swift are the cross
! currents. My opinion is that, taking
| everything into consideration, Cool
| idge probably will carry the State.
| Brookhart insists that the State will
| go for La Toilette by 10000 but
MI Brookhart is prejudiced in the
! matter, as are the Republican leaders
The effect of Senator Brookhart.s
! repudiatlon of the Republican ma
tiohai ticket has been to anger many
| Republicans, to strengthen them in
| their determination to win. They are
! working overtime. But the La Fol-
/ lette management also is leaving no
| stone unturned. The La Toilette peo-
| pie have been working hard to get
Judge William S. Kenyon, former
senator, to throw aside his judicial
/ aiootness from politics and an
nounce for La Toilette and Wheeler,
upon him, and stories crept into the
press to the effect that Judge KENYON
! was about to resign from the bench
and stump the State for La Toilette
When Gen. Charles G.. Dawes was in
Iowa, however. Charles A. Rawson
Republican national committeeman
former Senator and close friend of
Judge Kenyon, said that Judge Ken
yon was in favor of the Republican
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statement from Judge Kenyon to
the effect that he was not in politics
and no one was authorized to say
anything for him. And there it stands,
and probably will continue to so stand.
North for La Toilette.
The La Toilette hotbed is in the
northern counties of the State In
the southern counties, the Coolidge
strength is greater. Every effort is
being made by the Republicans to
reach the farmers and to convey to
them the idea that by voting for La
Toilette they are merely throwing
away their vote. on the ground that
even if La Toilette carries Iowa he
cannot be elected President Why
waste a vote, the Republicans say
The La Toilette strength lies very
largely in the disgruntled state of
mind of many farmers. In the hale
yon days during the war and imme-
diately thereafter farm lands went
soaring in Iowa. In some cases.
farms were sold as high at s4OO an
acre. The land gamblers were at
work. Contracts for purchase were
sold two, three and four times, be-
fore delivery Of the land was made,
and each trade added to the price.
When the bottom dropped out the
farms could not begin to earn the in
terest on the prices paid for them
and pay for their operation Men
who believed they had become wealthy
for the remainder of their lives had
a rude awakening. Ever since they
have been striking at whatever head
they could reach. La Follette's ap-
peal to labor here is as it is in the
other States, strong. In 1920 the
Socialists and Farmer-labor parties
had com bined vote of 26,000 and La
Toilette undoubtedly will receive this
support too.
One significant point is the tena-
cious way in which Senator Brook
hart clings to the Republican label
He senses the strength of Republican,
ism in Iowa. He has repudiated the
Republican national ticket and cam
paign managements. The Republican
management has repudiated Brook
hart, calling him a bolter. Brook
hart continues to say that the Repub-
lican party must be reformed. Of
course, his friend Senator La Toilette,
who was Republican considerably
longer than Senator Brookhart has
crossed the bridge. He is no longer
Republican. He has said that he
has tried in vain to reform the Re-
publican party from the inside and
that it can't be done. He is out to
form a new party.
The Republicans are planning a |
smashing wind-up of their campaign
in the State. Prominent speakers. |
governors of other States, members
of Congress, are to be rushed through
the State. Secretary of Lavor Davis |
and Attorney General Stone are
among those scheduled to speak.
John Hammil, Republican caddidate |
for governor, is opposed by ]. c. Muir |
tagh. 1t is expected that Hammil
will win by a large vote. Murtagh is |
a Catholic, and the State is strongly
Protestant. In the congressional dis
tricts only one real fight Iooms-I
that in the second district, now rep
resented by Harry Hull. The Repub- |
lican nominee is Judge F. D. Let's |
He has aroused some antagonism by |
remaining on the bench while a candi- |
date for Congress. Ralph U. Thomp-
nanpnorof &c ri1,ir h;