Evening star., 1926-10-06
SENATORIAL RACE
HOT IN MISSOURI
HaWes Has Support of a
United Democracy in Con- g
test Against Williams.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

IN FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
Special Dispatch To The Sta.
ST. LOTT Mo. October 6.-Ba So
! ball mad s.. Louis and equally costa
tic Missouri points east. west, north
and south, have little concern in poll
tics at this hour. yet this typical hnr-
der State is IN the thick NJ one of taa
fercest election contests in its his
tory.
The senatorial rare I've; wcth the Re
publican incumbent. George n. Viii
Iiams. and his Democratic rival. Rep
resentative Harry e. Hawes. il close.
and growing hotter from hour 10 hour.
Its outcome Is frauGht With complete
uncertainty. Present hour conditions
put Missouri unquvstiunah in the
doubtful column.
German Vote 10 Figure.
In ST. Louis. which will he the de-
cisive battle-ground, there is consider
able evidence that the tide is running
in fav"" ot Representative Hawes.
The metropolis is normally Republi-
ran by 10000 or more. The Demo
"rats contend, with a convincing d.
ray of facts and figures, that they will
come from down Sta Q With a Hawes
swamp Williams. no matter how big
vote he rolls up in the city. Repuh-
liCan managers concede that s.. Louis,
the home town OF both candidates.
will give HaweS a heavy vote because
of his ringing wet attitude and per-
SOnal popularity. The German Amer-
cans of South St. Louis-the same ele-
ment that elected Jim Reed in 1922
will swing strongly in fIawes' direc-
tlon. His standing with ST. Louisians
generally VIII make other nroads on
the regular Republican vote. The
Democrats do not need to carry st.
Louis to win. Their objective is to
keep Williams vote here down to the
narrowest possible proportions. On
that they are bending all energies
The resGl: OF the Williams. Hawes
contest may depend upon the outcome
Of modern Lincoln and Douglas
debate-a duel between the oratorical
giants of the United States Senate,
Rorah of Idaho and Reed OF Missouri.
Borah has placed his speaking services
at the disposal Of the Republican
senatorial campai ign committee. This
is one Of the Midwest States assigned
him. If he comes into Missouri to
aid Senator Williams, Borah will con-
siderably offset the great mainstay
Of the HaweS campaign. Senator
jim Reed. who is stumping the
State with all the effectiveness born
Of his heightened prestige at Wash.
ington.
Issues Not Clearly Cut.
on what issue Borah will go to the
mat with Reed is not clear 'shey
see eye to eye in their enmity to the
World Court, which is really not at
stake in the Missouri fight because
both Williams and Hawes oppose it,
But the forensic contest between the
Senate's outsta andng debaterS will he
thrilling. whatever they argue about
Borah is said in Missouri to he irked
over the long strides Reed has made
in the Senate. II the Idahoan's silver
tongue can help Williams smash
Hawes, whose paramount hope is
Reed, Rorah's status in the Senate
will he correspondence enhanced AS
both men are charged with presiden-
tial ambitions. their impending clash
alarms in Missouri has more than
local aspect.
The weak point in the Hawes
armor is acknowledged to be the ku
KluX klan danger. The hooded
knights oppose the st. Louis Repre-
sentative because of his general wet
ness and his specific modifica tionist
had power over political life and
death in Missouri. Its menace is
not what it used To he, hut it is
still formidable enough To cause
Hawes' managers some Sleepless
nights. They claim also /" fear an
thrush of 'Repuhlican gold" at the
eleventh hour of the campaign. and
in the same toreath plead their own
impovesishment.
But the Hawes people set against
these perils. real and imaginary. =
factor on which their fondest hopes
are pinned. That factor Is a united
Democracy" hghting shoulder to
shoulder for tho first time since Reed
Democrats and Wilson Democrats
welded their aXes against one an
other during the World War. Today.
with isolated exceptions. these once
impla cable Missouri foemen are
marching in solid phalanX.
Democrats All for HawpS.
Charles NJ Hay. acknowledged viii
son chieftain. is campaigning as val
iantlv for Hawes as senator Reed
is. Hay is not only an ardent Will
Sonian. but an outsta nding Missouri
dry. who was once an attorney of the
Anti-Salo League. With Wilson
Democrats. Feed Democrats. wet
Democrats and dry Democrats pre-
sentinC an allied front. Howes con-
siders that his fortunes are in un-
commonly promising shape.
Prohibition is not Of any appreciate
imrortance in the Missouri campaign,
though Hawes, as a wet Of the w?ts.
will poll tremendous "thirs, We"
among Republicans and Democrats
alike. Rlodgett Priest Williams Re
puhlican dry opponent in the pri.
maries. obtained SIS 600 votes. Hawes
thinks he will capture n heavy per-
centage Of these. especially in 81.
Louis. Williams is rather non-com-
initial on the liquor issue.
Senator Williams. who is an intel
lecIual lawyer with a judicial tempera-
neut inherited from six wears on the
circui, bench. is not rolling IN his
sleeves against HaWes as some G.. q.
r managers think he must do To win
Williams insists he is fighting for "A
cause and Ia date has refused To
deviate from high grade tactics. Until
4 few days ago the chief Williams
sneaker. former Gov. Arthur NJ. HYDE,
was making speeches not lacking in
nupch. Halves SET in To retort in
lind He announced he was ready 10
match personality with personality, If
the Republicans wanted that kind Of
. scrar. The result was prompt or
ders. apparently insticated by viii
ljams. that the contest must he con
sned to issues" HYDE has quit
Speaking. for the time being at least.
md Williams is continuing to eNtol
the economic achievements Of the
,-..lidee , administration. tn paint the
t~1 .SViI nd st3