Evening star., 1925-01-25
GUST BR0OKHART,
IOWA c. 0. ?. ASKS
State Committee Will File
Charges in Senate AIleg-
ing Fraud in Election.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DIES MONIES. Iowa, January "a
/ The Republican party of Iowa,
| through the State central committee,
today officially repudiated United
States Senator Smith W. Brookhart,
and moved to have the seat to which
he was elected as a Republican can
! didate last November, be declared
vacant on grounds OF alleged fraud
and deceit.
resolution adopted by the central
committee, which met here today, di-
rected the chairman. B. B. Burnquist
of Fort Dodge. to prepare a bill of
complaint for filing with the Senate,
charging that Senator Brookhart,
prior to the November election, posed
as Republican until II was too late
for the committee TO bring out an
other candidate. than aligned himself
with the. La Toilette movement, de-
! nounced the Republican ticket and
divorced himself from the Republican
party, thereby deceiving the electors
of Iowa.
Called interruptions Person.
"The acts of Smith w. Brookhart," !"
says the resolution. in summing up
the charges of the committee, ARE
contrary to honesty and political
morality. and to permit such acts to
stand unchallenged would be to put
a premium on trick cry and deceit, and
to permit an unscrupulous person to
become elected to a public office by
the use thereof"
The contest of Senator Brookharts
election will not be on behalf of DAN
iel F. Steck, his Democratic oppo
nent, defeated by 755 votes, but the
committee will ask the Senate to re-
fuse to seat Senator Brookhart in the
new session and declare his Office va
cant. The governor then would ap
point a new Senator to serve until the
next general election.
A contest of the election already
has been filed by Steck, who also
alleges fraud and irregularities.
The lengthy resolution adopted by
the committee points out that in the
| regular manner the Republican party
| of Iowa participated in the nomina-
tion of President Coolidge and
/ Charles c. Dawes; that the national
candidates and the national platform
| of the party were entitled to the sup
port of all lesser candidates; that the
Senator announced himself as a Re-
| publican candidate for denomination,
and was nominated as Re-
publican in the primary, and con-
tinued to present himself as a Re
| publican candidate until the time for
| filing independent candidates. had ex-
pired, and until il was no longer pos
| sible for him to be removed from the
Republican ticket
VnnHrIhIe
Thereafter, the resolution declares,
| 'Brookhart so openly disavowed the
Republican party, it's principles and
| candidates, and espoused the princi-
pies and candidates of rival party,
that he ceased to be member of the
Republican party and did, in fact, be-
| come a member of a rival party, the
| Independent Progressive party, and
| did thereby become Ineligible as a
candidate of the Republican party"
In permitting his name to remain
on the Republican ballot" says the
| resolution, "Brookhart was actuated
| by the fraudulent purpose and design
of securing a large number of votes
| for Senator, under the false claim of
| being a Republican"
Members of the Republican party
were thereby deprived of having a
candidate for United States Senator,
| the resolution declares.
| The appearance of the Senator s
name on the Republioan" ticket, the
resolution continues, saved him from
an overwhelming defeat" and resulted
in "glaring fraud upon the Repub-
| licans of Iowa and the United States.
The resolution is understood to
have been adopted unanimously.
| RRAAKHART HITS RACK