Evening star., 1926-06-14
Brookhart Seen as Symbol
OF Rising Farm Sentiment

The triumph of Brookhart over
Cummins in the Iowa Republican
sena torial primaries is accepted by
the country as an echo Of the congress
sional fight over farm relief in whlch
the demand for Government aid re-
ceived a setback. The ability OF Sena-
tor Cummins and his service to state
and Nation are undisputed. but his
successful opponent Is viewed as a
symbol of growing resentment among
the farmers against existing CON
ditions.
The second nomination OF Senator
Brookhart" declares the Des Moines
Register dndependent Republican,, lis
a revolutionary event in Iowa politics
Made decisively, il serves notice on
the conservative East that something
can hs ppen. even in dependable Iowa.
There Is this TO add to the effect OF
the nomination also-that Sens tor
Brookhart now goes TO the East
thoroughly hard headed and expert
snced.' The Chicago Tribune inde-
pendent Republican, n, adds that the
best opinion West and East will regret
the form of Iowas e protest. nut IL VIII
not misunderstan it,"
Iowa Republicans may seem TO
New York a peculiar lot" continues
the Tribune. but there is going to
be a lot more like them unless Con-
gress wakes up to the situation that
is steadily crystalliZing in the West.
In revolt. 1t is not the moderate who
leads. but the radical. and II level
headed citizenship and responsible
lea dership in the East do not join
with level-headed citizenship and re-
sponsible leadership in the West. they
have only themselves to blame il rad
icalism wins control.
in normal times and under ordi-
nary conditions according 10 the
Oma ha World Herald independently.
there can be no question as to how
Iowa Republicans would choose as
between BrOokhart and Cummins.
Except when the shoe of special
privilege government pinches them un-
endurably. Iowa Republicans are stall
warts of the stand-pat breed. Cum
minis. not Brookhart. Is their type.
Even this year Cummins would prob
ably have been their choice. had II
been possible to renominate Cummins
without seeming also. speaking by and
large, TO indorse Coolidge.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger tin
dependsnt) says the verdict is un-
mistakable: it is triumph for the
farm subsidy seekers of the Corn Belt.
Iowa announces" continues the Pub
lie Ledger. the farmer must have his
subsidy or there will be blood on the
face of the political moon. The East
is warned that the Haugen bill must
pa So or drive for downward revision
OF the tariff will begin" But the
Charlotte Observer Democratic) sug-
gests the danger that the opposition
to Brookhart might be welded tighter
to the prejudice of farm relief
The ST. Paul Pioneer Press Gnde-
pendent Republican, n, asserts: THE epi-
sode ought to provide Washington
with food for thought. assuming tina
there is in Washington the capacity
and the disposition TO think about the
Western farm problem. Unfortunate
as the result is. it should. nevertheless.
impress both Congress and the sd-
ministration with the fact that the
Northwest is in earnest.
"Rrookharts victory means that
Iowa and the West mean TO keep up
the fight" the Youngstown Vindicator
Democratic) warns. while the Port
land Oregon Journal Gndependent in
terprets the Iowa primary as the
most significant political omen in
recent times" with the statement that
lit means that Iowa Republicans have
made up their minds hereafter TO
feht for the West, regardless of
party" The Chicago Daily News lin
0ependenU holds that "BroOkhart's
sweeping denunciations of Wall Street
and all vested interests were relatively
meaningless. hut they reflected the
farmers strong feeling that the East
ern delegations In Congress did not
appreciate or sympa athetically regard
the plight OF the Corn Belt" The Can
ton Daily News tDemocratic) simila rly
finds primary significan nee In the fact
that Iowa Republicans let the domi.
mating Eastern leaders know what
the West thinks of them in terms that
cannot be misunderstood
Only one Interpretation ia accepted
by the Kansas City Journal Post
independent Republican,. "and that is
that it is protest against the policy
Of COolidge's which has thwarted all
the Duluth Herald dndepe ndenu OBJ
promised agricultural relief while
the Duluth Herald independently OBJ
serving that ''aSrarian feeling, grow
ing in The minds Of the Iowa electo-
rate, has pa assed Cummins by aud left
him standing lonely and alone" yet
concludes that ''Brookhsrt will he
obliged to play good politics 10 win in
November
"A mighty effort 10 coerce Congress
against it's better judgment" IL pre-
diCted by the New York Times Gnde-
pendent Dem0cratic), but the Times
maintains the country will still hope
that MIR. Coolidge will retain his usual
calm firmness and will continue to IN
sist that the general good must not
be sacrificed to local or class inter-
ests." The Providence Journal Gnde-
pendenU agrees that Congress can
not yield to their threats without
sacrificing a basic principle of sound
economics. and If it does the whole
country win pay the cost of this sacri-
flee in the end
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The Baltimore Evening Sun Gnde-
pendenu calls attention to the fact
that the census figures show that
there are more people In the towns
than there are on the farms" and
declares Mr.. Coolidge can afford TO
defy the farmers IL he takes the bur
den oH the John Smiths in the towns.
The Worcester Telegram Republican,
AYERS that the Prasidant ''sxercisas
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