Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-09
GOVERNOR HUNT not TO RUN AGAIN
UPHEAVAL. IN IOWA
CAUSES POLITICAL CONNECTION
AMONG lRCLE4S IN WASHINGTON

time into the open.
At the height of seante debate
which started as a diagnosis of
Iowa's political state and ran into
a politico- economic analysis of farm
relief, staunch administration man
Ohio, Simeon ID. Fess, declared the
Dawes -McNary-H -Haugen plan" of
farm legislation would ruin the
country"
From none of the titular leaders
of the majority party was there any
word of comment on the Brookhart
victory to match the triumphant
shout that went up from democrats
and insurgent republicans at the
vanquishing of the veteran republican,
Cummins, in yesterdays primary.
Senator Butler of Massachusetts,
chairman of the republican national
committee and Senator Curtis of Kan
sas, the party floor leaders, declined
to express an opinion, and when a
question about the Iowa turn over
was handed in to the White House
spokesman he ignored it. Senator
Cummins himself merely issued q
statement thanking those who sup
ported him.
Even a derisive senate speech by
Harrison of Mississippi, the perennial
democratic prodder of republican
candidates and issues, brought no
reply from the republican side ex-
cept a series of Interruptions from
Senator Watson of Indiana, who in
turn was accused by Senator Harri-
son of having won his denomination
by deserting "Cal and Andy" and ac-
cepting Dawes as party leader.
The jubiIation among the republic
can insurgents took the form of re-
newed demands, for the equalization
renewed attacks on the republican
the Iowa result was a plain warn
ing to party managers from the
White House down. that the west
would not follow those who sought
to pacify it by halfrmeasures, and
Senators LaFollette of Wisconsin, Nc
Nary of Oregon, and others declared
the Iowa vote was ringing demand
for farm relief.
Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, and
Representative Oldfield of Arkansas.
chairman of the democratic senatorial
and congressional campaign commit
tee, both pronounced the defeat OF
Cummins a sign that the popularity of
president Coolidge is waning. -Four
administration senators, said Senator
Gerry, had faced their constituents
in republican primaries and all had
been defeated.
Representative Oldsfield added this
suggestion: "This administration has
not enacted real farm relief legis-
lation. The first step toward this
end is for the western farmers and
their representatives in congress to
join with the democrats in bringing
about a downward revision of the
tariff on the things the farmer has
to buy"
The senate'ss debate on farm re-
lief, after it had veered away from
the Brookhart victory, centered about
the McNary bill, embodying prin-
ciples similar to those recently voted
down in the house and based on an
economic theory which has the ap-
proval of Vice President Dawes.
Opening the discussion, Senator
Harrison said it was no wonder the
senate chamber clocks like fun
eraF' with the defeat of Cummins
following on the failure of Mckinley
of Illinois, Pepper of Pennsylvania,
and Stanfield of Oregon.
"All four of the men defeated were
able, experienced and fitted for their
work here he continued, '"they were
men who had made regulations, and
whose fame was far flung. The
only reason they went down to de-
feat was that they clung to Cal and
Andy too long. The only republican
senator who has been able to squeeze
through was the senior senator from
Indiana, Senator Watson, but it
wasn't by clinging to Cal and stand
ing by Andy. He saw that was a
little dangerous. So now he's clinging to
the vice president. [ don't know
which one is to be the other candidate
for the presidency 1t may that
they will swap around and the one
who can't be president will be vice
president