Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-16

Sald before the ful committee meet
ing this afternoon they believed the
matter would be disposed of quickly.
| The Senate itself will then be called
upon to decide finally which of the
contestants is entitled to the Iowa
seat.
Stephens for Brool4liart.
The vote in the full committee or
privileges and elections will not he
unanimous. Senator STEPHENS OF
Mississippi said today that he had
gone carefully into the matter and
that he expected to vote for Senator
BroOkhart. Friends of Senator
Rrookhart said that they expected
there would be four or five votes iii
the committee for him.
If the committee votes adversely
to Senator Brookhart, as it is en-
pected to do, d minority report prob
ably will be flied by Senator Stephens
and other members.
The prospect for real fight on the
floor of the Senate for the final seat
ing of Senator Brookhart loomed up
today with the announcement of this
report in the committee and when IT.
became further known that some of
| the influential Republicans outside of
the committee also were planning TO
vote for him.
Senator Stephens led the fight for
the seating of Senator Nye of North
Dakota after the committee on priv
leges and elctions had voted ad-
versely. Senator Nye was seated
To Run Against Cummins.
While 10 formal announcement has
been made by Senator Brookhart. il
is no secret that he will enter the Re
publican senatorial primaries against
Senator Cummins, who is up for re
election this year. The primaries are
set for June Z. Formal declarations
of candidacy must he filed not later
than April 81. In such a primary
contest bitter fight is expected.
Senator Brookhart incurred tho
enmity of the regular Republican
organization in his state in 1924 by
his attacks upon the Republican ma
tional ticket and the support he gave
to the cause of the late Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin in his effort to
capture the presidency. In the final
days of the 1924 campaign there was
an enormous turnover of regular Re
publicans to Steck's cause.
In a State which Is as overwhelm-
ingly Republican as Iowa, the only
chance for Setck was to receive the
votes of hundreds of thousands of Re
publicans. After the election Senator
Brookhart. along with Senator Frazier
of North Dakota and the late Senator
La Toilette and the late Senator Ladd
of North Dakota, was ousted from the
regular Republican organization OF
the Senate and denied committee as
SignmentS as Republican.
Still Strong in Iowa.
Reports from Iowa indicate that
Senator Brookhart is still strong with
the progressive voters of the state.
particularly the farmers. If he is un-
seated now and should win the Re
publican nomination, then the regular
Republicans of the State would be
faced again with the alternative of
electing him to the Senate or sending
to Washingto second Democratic
Senator.
The Democrats are not at all dis
pleased with such a prospect. The
regular Republicans will do their ut
most, it is said, to prevent Brookhart
from winning the nomination in the
event he enters the race against Sena
tor Cummins. Already there are sew
eral candidates in the field against
Senator Cummins for the nomination
one an attorney of Des Moines, How.
ard Clark. a recognized Progressive
and formerly an adherent of Senator
Cummins, ard State Senator Bowman,
dubbed a radical" The latter, 1t is
said, would withdraw in favor of SEN
ator Brookhart should the Senator en-
ter the primaries.
The subcommittee late yesterday
afternoon unanimously approved a re
port drafted by Senator Caraway of
Arkansas, holding that Capt. Steck
was entitled to the seat now occupied
by Senator Brookhart. The subcom-
mittee was unanimous that Steck had
received a plurality of the votes cast
but Senator George of Georgia diff
fered from other members of the conf
mittee on some of the details of the
report.
Clear Plurality for Ssecn.
Taking into account the "intent OF
the voters" which has customarily
governed the settling of such contests
in the Senate, Steck had plurality of
,420 votes, the subcommittee reported.
Following the Iowa law, which holds
that ballots bearing any marks other
than those prescribed by law must be
discarded, Steck still had u plurality
of &c votes, the subcommittee held.
The subcommittee consisted OF two
Republicans, Senators Ernst OF Ken
lucky, chairman, and Senator Watson
Oh lnuidIiii, iillu tNo AICihOSAhNot N1Ch7
ators Carawsy and George. The fifth
member of the subcommittee was the
late Senator Spencer of Missouri, &
Republican,, whose place on the com
nittee was not filled.
Following the announcement OF the
action of the subcommittee Senate"
Caraway said:
after the subcommittee iIear.ns
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