The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-15
BROOKHART TO
CARRY FIGHT
TO PRIMARIES
Wall Street Coalition
Seats Democrat
BY II. NJ. WIcKs
Special TO The Daily Workerl

WASHINGTON, April 1S-The Wall
Street coalition Of Mellon-cooIIdge re-
puhlleans and old line democrats
ousted Smith w. Brookhart lnsuraent
republican Of Iowa, from his seat in
the United States senate yesterday
and seated In his place Daniel w.
Steok, democrat.
The vote was As to Al and at its
conclusion Steck, who has been loaf
ing around the cloak rooms with the
Morgan senators for many weeks, was
Immediately sworn in by Vice Presi-
dent Dawes and took the seat vacated
by Brookhart,
This is further evidence that the
alignment is no longer republican and
Democratic; the two-party system is
abolished and a government of blocs
takes its place.
Into Iowa Primaries.
The fight that Brookhart has waged
to hold his seat as the representative
Of the petty bourgeois elements is now
transferred from the senate floor to
the Iowa primaries. Albert B. Cum
Minis, senior senator from Iowa and
one of the Mellon-Coolidge gang, is up
for reelection and Brookhart will run
against him in the primaries to be held
in that state in June, and all indica-
tions point to the defeat Of Cummins.
It Is probable that In the fall cleo
tions the old guard OF the republican
party in Iowa will again support de-
mocrat for the senate In place of
Brookhart.
1t is also likely that the democrats
will have majority in the senate at
the next session OF congress. The Coo
lidge majority Is now but ID, which
means that the election Of 8 more de-
mocrats will place them in control
However, it is no longer a question OF
parties, but of blocs, as is evidenced
by the old guard republicans voting
for Steck, which simply reaflrms the
coalition that has existed since the
world court fight. The coalition is
definitely dominated by the House Of
Morgan, so no matter whether repub
licans or democrats control the senate
Wall Street will be in the saddle.
How 5rookhart Was Beaten
Individual sentiment of the senators
Of the republican stripe was unques
tionably in favor of retaining Brook
hart as a matter Of party loyalty and
traditions. But the directors of the
Morgan coalition decreed otherwise
Mr.. William M. Butler of Massachu
sets, who took the place Of Henry
Cabot Lodge on November Z, 1923, and
who is chairman of the republican ma
tional committee and owner Of the
cotton slave pens known as the Butler
Mil, the Quissett Mill, the HoosaC
Cotton Mill and the New Bedford Cot
ton Mil, all highly protected by the
Observation-Disclosures tariff, at the be
hest of the White House, did the ne
cessary wire-pulling to produce the
vote against Brookhart.
In the most brazen manner this
agent of Wall Street and himself g
strike-breaking scab-herding exploit
er Of women and child labor, browbeai
senator's on the floor and deliberately
herded them into voting with the ma
chine. What threats and cajolery were
resorted to must be left to the imagi
nation
The voting shows that certain
staunch defenders of the old guard
such as Pepper Of Pennsylvania, Len
root of Wisconsin, Curtis of Kansas
who are facing bitter fights, were con
siderately permitted to vote for Brook
hart after a majority was assured
without their votes.
Mckinley of Illinois was for the
seating of the democrat but did moi
vote as he was paired with a Brook
hart supporter.
The voting also showed the further
capitalization Of an opposition petty
bourgeois group composed of the in
surgent republicans and the insurgent
democrats.
Brookhart Goes to Iowa.
Brookhart is preparing Immediately
TO return to Iowa where he will enter
the campaign against Cummins. M. L
Bowman, of Waterloo, who has thus
far been contesting the Cummins for
ces in the primary fight will withdraw
in favor of Brookhart and the battle
will be on.
Advices reaching here from lows
indicate that the railroad brother
hoods, organized labor in general anC
the farm organizations are aligned
with Brookhart. Instead Of uniting and
entering the coming elections on {
3 class platform they are trailing In thu
wake Of the futile middle class ele
ments whose lack Of political vitality
is exemplihed in the shredbare nos
trums Of insurgency, which are doom
ed to remain merely a protest against
the avarice Of Wall Street without
ever seriously challenging the octopus