Evening star., 1926-10-23


the fight for the McNaryHaugen bill
when Brookhart was the idol of the
disgruntled farmers. However, re-
ports received here indicate that Mr..
Haugen will pull through. In the
eighth district, Representative Lloyd
Thurston is opposed by W. s. Bradley,
an active campaigner, but the Republ-
cans are likely to carry their ticket
| there, too.
| Claude r. Porter, the Democratic
nominee for the Senate against Col.
! BroOkhart, Is widely known, popular
| and highly regarded. In the past he
| has been several times the Demo-
| cratic nominee for governor and for
| Senator, and once ran only about
| $4,000 behind his Republican opponent
| for governor. He is making an
active campaign.
The hope of the Democrats is thar
enough Republicans who dislike
Brookhart will vote for the Demo
cratic nominee to give the latter the
victory when added to the Democratic
[,strength of the State. They recall
fthe great turnover of regular
Republicans against Brookhart in
1924, which resulted in the election of
Senator Daniel p. Steck. Democrat,
and the ultimate ousting of Col.
/! Brookhart from the Senate.
They argue that if Steck, who, al
though he had been State commander
! of the American Legion and a district
attorney, was comparatively unknown
+, to the voters, could win in 1924, then
Porter, who has admitted strength in
the State, can certainly be elected
| against BrOokhart this Fall.
! But the Democrats seem to forget
that in 1924 the Republican State or
ganization repudiated Brookhart in
the last weeks of that campaign and
urged Republicans to vote for Steck,
and that no such situation now exists
here. The Republican State organiza-
ton has accepted Brookhart, and its
the line for him as well as the rest of
the ticket. Furthermore, Brookhart
this year is making no attack on the
| Republican administration in his cam
paign speeches. The Republican or
ganization is out to win this year and
put itself in good shape for 1928.
fractional differences have not been
confined alone to the Republican
party in Iowa. A bitter fight a few
years ago eliminated Wilbur Marsh as
Democratic national committeeman
and gave his place to Clyde Herring
Porter has belonged to the Herring.
! Meredith faction. He was one of the
delegates at the Democratic national
convention of 1924 who stood out
against the proposal to name the Ku
klux Klan in a resolution attacking
secret organizations. Many of the
Democrats in Iowa have been Irish.
American and German-American Cath.
olics. Many of the Democrats have
been wet Mr.. Porter is bone dry. He
may lose Democratic votes in this
years election.
Khan Brought Into Talk.
There is a story here that links UP
the Klan with the ousting of Col
Brookhart from the Senate last
Spring According to the report, VIII
liam F. Zumbrunn, general counse.
for the Klan and OF counsel for the
opposition to Brookhart in the elec
ton contest. went directly to Sena
tors from States where the Klar is
strong and persuaded them to vote tC
unSeat Brookhart. The klan is not
strong politically in Iowa. but its op
ponentS are strong, and many of them
are Democrats. II there is one thing
that has been resented in Iowa, ii is
the unseating Of Brookhart. 1t had
as much to do with his victory In the
|
as the resentment OF the farmers over
the failure of farm relief legislation
Iowa is still intent upon farm relief
from Congress. The Grain Belt Fedora
ton of Farm Organizations has just
concluded a two-day session here, dur
ing which resolutions were adopted
demanding the enactment Of legisla
ton which would take care of the
farmers surplus crops and give the
farmer the full benefit Of the tariff
1t was determined to invite the farm
orga nizations Of the cotton States anG
of Far Western States TO join with
the present organization at a meeting
to be held in St. Louis November II
and II, in the hope that these States
would help present solid array wher
the farm representatives descend
upon Washington in December.
| 1t was noticeable and perhaps sig
nificant that at its meeting here the
grain belt federation did not attack
the administration or mention Secre
tary Jarriine, Secretary Hoover or Sec
retary Mellon In condemnation. as II
has in the past This soft t-pedaling or