The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-06
BY H. M. wlcks.

test in Iowa over the nomination
for United States senator is basically
no different than dozen similar con-
tests in other states it deserves spe-
cial consideration because many of the
contradictions within the capitalist.
class are more sharply brot out than
elsewhere.
The forces supporting Albert B.
Cummins, for eighteen years senator
from that state, are directly connected
with Wall Street. He is always on
the Mellon Coolidge side when the roll
is called.
Smith w. Brookhart, the "insurgent"
republican who was ousted from the
senate by the administration-demo-
cratic coalition in order to seat Daniel
w. Steck, Morgan democrat, speaks
for the petty bourgeoisie and, whether
he deserves 1t or not, will have the
support of the impoverished farmers
among the republican voters, to whom
Coolidge prosperity" has become
cynical jest. He has always been on
the opposite side from Cummins.
Next Monday, June 7, is the primary
election that will decide the fate of
Cummins as republican standard
bearer in the state.
1t means much to the administration
at Washington, for If Coolidgeism is
rebuked in Iowa, following the defeat
of Mckinley Of Illinois, Pepper Of Penn
sylvania and Stanfield of Oregon, the
entire middle west agricultural belt
will unquestionably fall in line and
stage a political revolt against the
Wall Street coalition.
Wage Terrific Struggle.
A Ii legislation desired by the Mel
"A lon Coolidge gang has been put
thru without serious opposition. The
insurgents were even prevented from
talking on the senate floor because
Wall Street had enough votes to i'm
pose cloture (gag rule) whenever they
desired to get quick action. The Wall
Street gang didn't need to debate
they had the votes. 1t was and is an
ideal situation for the plunderers, and
they want to maintain it, so they are
concentrating their forces in Iowa, the
pivotal state in the present agricultu-
raj crises.
There are few big capitalists in Iowa,
but many great railroads cross the
state and it has always been a center
of agitation against high rates and
other issues affecting interstate COM
MERGE. The most powerful hackers of
Cummins in this campaign are the
railroads, with the harvester trust
throwing its influence on the side of
the senior senator. Then the food
trust-the packing houses and milling
ombines-contribute their quota to
the cause of the old guard senator.
These trusts are out to slaughter
BrOokhart and have modified the
most formidable array Of political
scouts that ever traversed the Hawk
eye state in a political campaign. The
same slush fund that was bestowed
so lavishly upon the Pepper candidacy
in Pennsylvania furnishes ammunition
for Cummins in Iowa.
Rounding Up the Small Fry.
IOWA farmers are up in arms against
4 the Coolidge administration. For
years, among the most prosperous ag-
ricultural states, they were hard hit by
the corn crisis; thousands of them
were driven from farms on which they
had lived all their lives; others still
cling to their land while the standard
of living sinks lower; no amount of
sophistry on the part of the admins
tration supporters can overcome their
resentment against Cummins and his
colleagues in the senate.
The debates on farm legislation now
proceeding at Washington were mi
tiated for the purpose of aiding Coo
lidge senators in the coming elections
and not because of any inclination to
solve the farm crisis, even if that
were possible. Cummins is trying to
convince the farmers that their prob
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that even the "best minds" at Wash
ington stand appalled, before its mag
nitude. But hess getting no response
and has about given up hope of OBJ
tanning their support.
In despair the Mellon Coolidge polit-
ical sharpshooters in Iowa turn from
the farmers to the small towns and viii
lagos and concentrate their heavy fire
there, where they hope to swing that
always unstable and cowardly element
behind Cummins. This rounding up
of the small and middle business class
brings into play various forces that
deserve special mention.
Small Town Newspapers.
CPECIAL agents are employed to
~ round up the small town newspa-
pers for the Cummins camp. This is
usually accomplished thru the adver-
tising agents of the railroads, who
bride the publishers with advertise
ments for which they pay exhorbitant
rates. Many heavy mortgages on