Evening star., 1926-04-17
Effect of BrOOkhart Case
On Iowa Situation Debated

have changed the result. In brief, the
White House said Thumbs down" and
down went the thumbs" Diametri-
cally opposed to this view is the opin-
ion of the Flint Daily Journal Gnde.
pendent), which states: THE ~Presi-
dent and his close associates said moth
ing, contending that the vote should
go forward in the Senate strictly on
the merits OF the election"
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The Altoona Mirror independently
calls attention to the fact that al
though Brookhart ran as Republi-
can at tho Iowa election, he opposed
President Coolidge, and his general
conduct for some time after he took
his seat in the Senate was far from
pleasing to the majority OF his Repub-
lican colleagues" The Akron Beacon
Journal Republican) considers that
Brookhart was counted out 'as sac
rifice to the raging political furies of
the hour" while the Sioux City Daily
Tribune independently thinks it
mighty poor politics from q Repub-
lican standpoint to make political
martyr of him" NAnd the Tribune
continues: There was no question
of the election of Brookhart under
strictly legal interpretations. The
United States Senate established u
precedent in seating Steck which IS
menacing to the franchise rights Of
the States. Petty political prejudices
obScured all sense of right and
wrong"
The attention Of Chairman Burn.
quist of the Iowa Republican commit
tee is called by the Des Moines Trib-
ny ho
fable Of AeSop about the rooster that
few UP on the barn to crow over his
defeated rival and an eagle came
along and shipped Off his head" 1t
suggests that the chairman must re-
member that between the votes actu.
ally cast for Brookhart two years ago
and those that were intended for him,
he got substantially 5000 votes. and
that was after everything was said
about him Chairman Burnquist says
now. If so many people voted for
Brookhart,' continues the Tribune,
when his opponents had said 1t all.
what will big part of them do this
Fall if the campaign is to be one OF
swiping Brookhart?"
Against these Iowa comments is
that of the Burlington Gazette dnde-
pendent), which states: capt. Steck,
a veteran Of the World War and a
fine, outstanding young fellow, can be
counted upon to carry on sanely as a
member Of the Senate, using his influ-
ence for the best interests of all the
people. He is not a radical or rock
ribbed conservative. His career will
be watched with interest" The Nash
vile Banner independently adds that
there will be no general or poignant
regret in the country at large that the
Senate has made up its mind to oust
Smith w. Brookhart," and that he
has appeared to fancy himself in the
role of bull in a china shop" Dis
cussing the prospect Of a contest be-
tween Brookhart and Cummins, the
Youngstown Vindicator Democratic)
declares that neither is entirely sat
isfactory to the people of Iowa. "
The Bloomington Paragraph Gnde-
pendent) views this contest as one
which Twill turn the eyes Of the
whole country upon the next Iowa
election"
Evidently the administration has
not heard the last of this man." says
the Asheville Times independent
Democratic) of Brookhart. who bold
ly defied the head Of his party in the
last election and came very near max
ing good with his revolt"