Evening star., 1926-06-09

Corn. not Coolidge, was the Issue ~
the late unpieasantness in iowa, 'ne
White House insists. Inc rIes'uon..
In accordance with ms cus:o,
these occa asions, maintains an impehe
trahls silence. But those VINO ocfH-
siona,Iv have the KEY to his thoush's
eav. n, sign that Mr.. Coolidge LOOKS
unon senator Cummins deteat an an
administration mishap. FarIh ie''e''
u,,re and simple. was the bfo"N"'' !
hattle.cry. and II won. IL Was VIC
tory for the theory that asfictit"Ie III
distress should not be expected 10 neIp
itself. but to be helped by the "'.eo
States Treasury. tiCo"tasins
Iowa farm vote to DeileVe III '"", s.
of economics is what swept Brookhart
g., and cummins out. administra ton
smoke esmen say. and nothing else.
r'bey cOncede that Cummins oeIeat'
following on the heels OF the disa sters
that overlook Mckinley. Pepper ana
StanfieId. stanch COolidgeites all, mas
its disa greeable aspect. yet In ever!
case it is cOntended there were CIR
cums,ances from which the President
was a far removed as the moon.
\
That In the case for the White
uunse Hut the other side or the
medal is different. No one seriously
denies that II the four Repubi1caii sen
ators who have been defeated had
been remominated instead. the mouse
tops by now would he resonant WIN
the reply that the President was mag
nificently vindicated. II would be pro.
claimed that four great states had
sustained Senators who stood DH
rOotfdee." There would have been
those ready to elucidate that, though
1928 Is still afar. the demand io' t.,e
Presidents renominat tion was aireaoy
uDmistakeble and irresistible. We'll
things didn't work out that way. inc
men who stood by Cooi1dge We're
toppled over. one by one. In the o"lH
two other Republican primaries .,
the wear. Senators who did not sta no
NV Coolidge" were ! triumphantlH
ma med to succeed themselvesEWatson
and Robinson of Indiana. Ihese are
iron facts. They speak for them'
selves. They do not need iaDorins'
Four men, Coolidse-tried ana Coonuse
true. have been shipWrecked. WIN
them there has undoubtedly gone TO
The bottom a not inconsidersble cargo
of Coolidge prestige. 1t Will neeo
political miracle.worker to MAKE the
country look at 1t in any other ieh'.
Sympathy for Senator Cummihs ~
universal on Capitol Hill. me
career fiickers out ingloriousiy. tie
was twice Gov ernor of Iowa ana sen.
to the United States Senate TOT t"foe
fun terms. He might have rehouhceu
q fourth term and left the pon.'ca'
arena laurel crowned with a de1eat
less record. for he was rs years old
last February and long past the tinhe
when men ordinarily lay down tue
hectic burdens Of public service. nu'
there's a good deal Of tho prima donna
in the average politician. ne aoores
the limelight. He can seloom resls.
the lure Of Washington. Nolun'ar!
retirement In repugnant TO MS Soui;
He comes to look upon place anu
power as q crowned-head views his
royal estate. He seldom quits wnen
the quitting is good. Alper. DaIa
Cummins is of that ilk. Now, ne ]olns
that distinguished company OF sens.
torial colleagues who went up sSa.sl
the electoral buzz.saw once too oIteh
-Rursum. Calder. France. kelIogs,
Mccormick. F'relinghuysen. McCum-
ber. Mckinley, New. Poindexter. Ster-
ling, Townsend, Pepper and Stanneio.
to catalogue them in the order Fat
Harrison ironically reeled them OH IN
his jeremiad over G. o. +. mortaHty
In the Senate.
4 4 4. +
Jefferson Myers, Oregon democrat
whom the President has just appoint
cd a member Of the United states
Shipping Board. failed OF election 10
the treasurership OF his state last
year. That circumstance causes
Ca apito, Hill, war to inquire whether
Mr. Coolidge is not now invading the
lame duck rights Of the sovereign
stataa.
Chief Justice Taft has been aware