Evening star., 1926-05-27
IOWA REPUBLICANS STAKE ALL
ON AGAIN BEATING BROOkHART
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Senator Cummins orsanized suffi
icient number of Senators to make it
certain that this legislation would be
, considered in the Senate before ad-
/ lournment of Congress. when ii ap-
pcared there was a possibility Of ad-
journing about May 10
| Mr.. Haugen makes 1t clear he is not
seeking to interfere with the senatorial
race, but says, that he feels at liberty
10 answer questions as to facts. His
! letter was written to ia. Erickson
of C'lermont Iowa. in reply to a ques-
tion as to the part taken by Senator
! Cummins in regard To farm relief
! measures in the past. 4s
Rrookhart is doing his Best. how,
| ever. TO convince the farmers that
Senator Cummfns has not been as
faithful to the cause of the McNary-
Ilaucen bin as he has himself He
says in his speeches that the McNary-
Haugen bill came to vote only once
in The Senate.
1T was offered as rider to the
naval bill, he says. referring TO the
last Congress. land voted for il
The purpose in this vote was to force
the. immediate consideration of The
session of Congress for that purpose.
Senator Cummins voted against /.
taking the side of 1.-The steel trust.
which wanted big Navy and wanted
the Navy bill to pass regardless of
agriculture" This is of a piece with
the other unkind things which the
former Senator is saying about his
opponent
Iowa Sold on Bill.
There seems no doubt that the peo-
pie of Iowa are sold on the principle
of the McNary- Haugen bill for farm
relief. Practically all the supporters
of Senator Cumnins and all who are
against him are declaring in favor Of
it. Senator Cummins' speech in the
Senate Wednesday supporting the
IlauGen bill was given wide publicity
here in the newspapers
There are various explanations
made of the apparent apathy in the
Republican senatorial primary cam
paign. One is that IL is an anti
campaign. that it is a "Sorehead' cam
naien The Rrook hart and Clark fol-
lowers are out to beat Cummins. more
particularly than to eject either of
these candidates. The followers of
Senator Cummins. on the other hand.
l,
and to rid the party of him. They
hate his in'ards. They shout from the
housetops his 'treachery" to the Re.
publican party when. in 1924. after
he had been safely nominated by the
Republicans in the primary against
Representative Sweet and the Repub-
lcans had no chance to- nominate
any one else, he declared in his mem
cradle Emmettsburg speech his op-
position to the Republican national
ticket and his support Of Senator La
Toilette for President. That was the
turning point in Brookhart's 1924 cam
ization took off it's coat and worked
for the election of the Democrat. Sen
ator Steck who was seated 4 few
weeks ago in Brookharts s place.
The Brookhart people explain the
fact that the crowds are smaller than
i'm past primaries and that the people
do not seem so interested in the con-
test as they might he by saying that
the farmers and the workers have al
ready made up their minds how they
are going TO vote. and that they are
going to vote for Brookhart.
CIark's Crowds Small.
Clark is out in the State making
speeches. but his crowds are said to be
small in many places. There are :
or 10 speakers in the field for Cum
Minis, but the crowds they draw are
not convincing. The fact that Senator
Cummins himself is not in the State
does not add to the interest in inc
campaign.
One factor that may have something
TO do with the lack of crowded meet
ings is the demand on the farmers to
get their crops into the ground, the
corn crop particularly. The sea son
has been late. but planting will all be
done by June and farmers at liberty
to go to the polls.
When Brookhart was ousted from
the Senate and returned Immediately
from Washington. wave OF lndlgna-
ton ran over the State. Even men
and women who do not like Brookhart
we're aroused over what they consid-
cred a disregard of the Iowa election
laws, and had the election occurred
Immediately. Brookhart probably have
been swept TO victory, largely on ac-
count of this resentment. Much of
this resentment still fingers. and the
question which the Cummins people
are asking themselves is, VIII 1t last
until June Z? They are consoling
themselves with the thought that this
feeling is diving down. Col. Brookhart
and his friends. however, are doing
their utmost TO keep the flame alive.
From the Brookhart headquarters
there was issued a day or two ago a
statement sent here by Senator Borah
of Idaho in which the Idaho Senator
said he considered that the laws of
Iowa had been disregarded in order to
deprive Rrookhart Of his seat in the
Senate No one. he said, can remedy
that wrong except the voters of Iowa.
A statement from Senator Norris of
Eebra ska. andther of the Brookhart
supporters in the Senate, is to be is.
sued, if it has not already been put
out along the same line.
Friends Kept Away.
Incidentally. it is no longer expected
here that any of the Progressive
group. which fought shoulder to shoul
der with BrOokhart against the World
Court. will now come here to take part
in his campaign. They will be kept
in Washington by the work of the
Senate.
The World Cour; is playing small
part in the campaign here. Col.
Brookhart contents himself with say
ing that Senator Cummins voted for
he court while he himself voted
against it, The people, 1t is believed
are not much interested in the court
: an issue. though there is much
sentiment against American adher
ence. Not n few of the women in
Iowa are reckoned for the court, how
ever.
Generally speaking. the people of
Iowa are incensed against what they
regard as the unfriendly attitude of