Evening star., 1926-06-10
CYCLE OF DEFEATS
FEARED BY c. 0: P
Possibility That Reverses in
Four States May Spread
Causing Worry.
HY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

SN tRFlpERiC WILLIAM VII r..
iiov conta clous the na slime of re
iertjnc administration Senators up
for denomination may become is now
the biz question acitatinc roo!idee
leaders and the candidates them
selves. Ther are forced "a search
their hearts On that issue because
of What has happened since Arri,
18th In illinois. PENNSYLVANIA, Ore.
con and Iowa. in tho order named.
Herheri Hoover once coined the
idiom business cycies." He means
'har business sometimes is good and
sometimes bad that prosperity comes
in cycles. There are cycles in
politics. too. They are subject TO
psychological influences What the
administration high command and at
least a dozen G.. Q. +. Senator are
Wondering is whether the misfortune
that has overtaken in turn Senators
Mckinley. Pepper. Stanfield and cum
Minis has any epidemic ASPECT. All
concerned are facing such rontin
cency as q possibility. although they
are not Yet panlcstricken about it.
1t happens that the next senatorial
Coolidge issue in highl, personal
sense. On .Iure 3" in North Dakota,
Senator Gerald r. Nre. insursent Re,
publican. appointed 10 fill the late
Senator ladd's unexpired term. will
he opposed for renonilnauon Tor both
the short and long terms by Louis r.
Ha annd. stra ichi-out conservative Re
publican. Mr.. Hanna. former Gov
ernor Of North Dakota and a one
time member Of the House OF Eepre
Sentatives. WAS the Coolidge manager
in his State in 1924. He. Of course.
carries the administration colors 100
per cent in tho present primary cam.
paiCn. which is being fought almost
exclusively on the farm relief issue.
Senator NNe was one OF the Repuhli-
can insurgents who last week ap-
pealed to Iowa to nominate Srookhart.
Nye'S friends are confident that in his
case the cycle" which swept Brook
hart TO victory on June will operate
favorably and decisivelv in the North
Dakotans direction. NNe and Hanna
are wacinE an intensive county.by-
county campaign In the big wheat
belt STATE. The Senator has chal.
lenged Hanna to declare himself on
the World Court. which NNe voted
against.
Administration Senators who still
face primary tests are, in The order
of voting DAYS. Senators Curtis Of
Kansas. Hiaued Of Oklahoma. Willis
of Ohio. Shortridee of California.
Oddie of Nevada. t.enroot of Wiscon-
sin. Cameron Of Arizona, Butler OF
Massachusetts. Weller Of Maryland.
Means Of Colorado. Dale OF Vermont.
.Inres Of WASHINGTON and Wadsworth
nf New York Senator Moses taceS
the primary guns in New Hampshire
on September :. hut he's not usually
cl4 ssed an administratlonist. Sen
aotrs Goodinc Of Idaho. Bingham of
tonnecticut and Smoot Of Utah. three
more Coolidge men, come up FOR re-
nomination al the hands of state con
ventons in August. Williams NJ MIS-
sou,i voted against the World Court,
hui is otherwise ranked regular
Republican.
The Coolidge issue will he almost
as paramount in Wisconsin and Yer
mont as il is at this time In North
Dakota. for the President put his
arms All the way around Senator Len
roo, in the Ericsson day speech IN
Washington. while in Vermont former
Gov. Stickney Attorney General Sar-
cents law partner. is fighting Senator
Dale on an outright tand-by-Coo'1dge
p,oslam. In Massa chusetts, with
Senator Buffers fate at stake, the
issue Is Coolidgesque up To the nit.
Mr.. Butler is moi only the President
warm personal friend. but chairman
Of the Republican national commu-
tee. He is the most shining 6. O. =.
mark In the country this wear, from
the opposition's standpoint
aoin
publican leaders regarding the Butler
situation. The Senator is in no dan
ger Of losing the nomination primary
being without opposition. But ne Is
nopularly considered in the Sravest
peril In the election. when opposed pN
David l. Walsh. Democrat, former
governor and United States Senator.
Walsh was the candidate who save
former Speaker Gillett terrific race
for the Senate in 1924. being within
Is. 900 odd of victory on ticket whlch
President Coolidge showed under by
more than 400 1000. Walsh is a big
vote-getter in Massachusetts, put
washington's information now IL that
the Democrats there are hopelessly
split, have no sinews OF war in sight,
and that Buffers election seems AZ.
sured. The Bay State senatorial
scrap will be the contest OF the year.
Butler defeated will be widely inter
pre,ed as Coolidge ,ebuked. The g.
O. p. intends bending every effort and
resource at It's command 10 avert
that calamity.
Rv and large, senatorial primary
events Of the pa at two months have
caused Republican leaders to recast
their entire calculations. AS hereinbe-
fore and first mentioned. It's the
factor that gives them