Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

THURSDAY, September IA. will
witness five more primary
elections of national interest
and wide political significance.
United States Senators and
Representatives. as we'll as state
tickets. are to be nominated in Yer
mont, Colorado. Maryland. Louisiana
and Washington.
Most outstanding issues are involved
--"loyalty TO Coolidge" the World
Court. prohibition and the Ku kluX
Khan. fractional squabbles, affecting
Republican and Democratic Senators
aspiring to denomination. becloud the
outcome in Colorado, Maryland ana
Louisiana. Senator Means Colorado
and Weller (Maryland), Coolidge sup
porters. face vigorous opposition.
Senator Broussard Q-ouisiana) Is being
fought fiercely by j. y. Sanders.
veteran Democrat, who opposed MN
six wears ago. Senator wesley u.
Jones, Republican stalwart, of Wash
ington has rival for denomination
in Austin Griffith. Seattle lawyer, but
the opposition Is not dangerous
Eyes Fastened OH Vermont.
The primary in President Coolidge's
home State of Vermont presents far
and away the most interesting Sftua-
ton. though the fight went out OF
II weeks ago. Senator Porter ii. Dale,
Republican, will be renominated there
without opposition. Thereby hangs
one of the most tragi-comic tales IN
recent political history. Dale's victory
will represent an unqualified triumph
over John G.. Sargent, President Cool
idges Attorney General and intimate
friend, with whom the Senator has
been at loggerheads for years.
Dale, elected to the Senate in 1923
for the unexpired term of the late
Senator Dillingham;, was marked for
slaughter by Coolidge leaders because
of his "disloyalty" TO the. first New
Highlander to occupy the White House
in a century. Dale's misdemeanors
consisted of voting for the soldiers
bonus. the postal pay increase and
higher Civil War pensions over the
Presidents veto. The Senator was
also charged with heresy for opposing
cloture on the World Court debate,
though he voted for the. court itself.
Attorney General Sargent, who like
wise halls from the Vermont maple
sugar belt, has been after Dale's scalp
since they clashed over certain mat
ters pending before the Vermont Leg
iSlature 16 years ago. Mr.. Sargent in
England railroad interests which
sought important concessions at Mont
| pelier. Dale. then a State Senator,
! led 81 successful opposition to them.
| file has been in Sargent's bad books
ever since.
Long before the railroad controversy
| Dale fell afoul of William w. Stick
| ney, Sargents law partner at Ludlow
| In 1896 Stickney was a candidate for
| Governor of Vermont In a State con
! vention which nominated his opponent
| Josiah Circuit. Dale, then d rising
| young politician. had seconded Grouts
| nomination. His friends say Dale
| has suffered Stickney's dispIeasure
throughout the subsequent 80 years.
Remote Kin of Mr.. Coolidge.
Stickney was elected Governor of
Vermont in 1900, but has not been ac-
tive in State politics since then. This
year, however. 1t was decided to bring
him back to that arena for the special
purpose of endorsing Senator Dale.
Stickney is a. remote cousin of Presi-
dent Coolidge. That circumstance,
plus Dale's "disloyalty," was consid-
cred by the Senator's foes to be more
than enough to prevent his renomina-
ton.