The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
IOWA REPUBLICAN SAYS
HE'LL VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS
by n. ID. Cochran
t is the West thinking about?


In long conversation with a citizen Of Iowa
interesting light was thrown on what is going
on in the western mind My friend is a successful
physician welixed financially interested in other
things than his profession He is a Protestant and
a lifelong Republican. but not politician.
I'm am going to vote for Democrat for presi-
dent in 1928, and 1t will be my first vote for Demo
crat,' he said.
become convinced that he and many other Republicans
of his State had become convinced the West was
getting all the worst Of 1t from the Republican pro-
tectiVe tariff that the farmers of the West had
their eyes to the fact that they had to sell in
free trade market and buy in a high-tariff market
To him Coolidge the representative of the
highly protected manufactures Of the East. While
he didn't thing much of Brookhart he Republic
ans in Iowa sent him back to the Senate they
thought Brookharts election would bump Coolidge
harder than the election of Democrat
The point that after the Republican Senate
under the leadership Of Coodge's man, Butler, had
thrown Brookhart out-n spite OF Senator Curtis
advice that he be seated-Iowa~ Republicans thought
they could rebuke Coolidge best by electng Brookhart
When I asked him If he would vote for Governor
Smith, If Smith should be the Democratic nominee
he said he would if Coolidge should be Republican
nominee. But suppose Coolidge drops out and Low
den should be nominated" suggested and the quick
reply was: "Lowden is all right. He understands
the farmers plight. The West would for Low
den. But If the Republicans nominate Coolidge they
will get the surprise of their life when the returns
in from the West.'
When asked what the matter with Coolidge
manufacturer is prosperous that ais well with the
United States But the western and southern farmers
are not prosperous and all Coolidge offers them is
advice to pull themselves out of by their own
bootstraps. We arethnking the tariff and what
it is doing tor the men who the food entire
population.
But Smith is a Catholic" suggested "and the
South and West Protestant"
Il know that" he replied, but Smith couldn't
turn this country to Rome If he wanted to-
There are something like 100000 people in this
country not affiliated with any church. That means
that they are Protestahts, and in any showdown be
tween the Protestans and Catholics, these unaffIted
millions would be the anti-Catholic side"
When suggested that the Methodist church was
nearer to Union of Church and State than the
Catholic church because of the great political power
of the Methodist AntiSaloon League and the lobby
known as the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohi-
bition and Public Morals he said
1T isn't prohibition that is setting the Protestant
churches back. It is the vast number of so-caed
side the churches and with their endorsements They
are forever bounding the people for money with their
numberless drives and the people getting tired of
it. Methodist preacher in New York City recently
called attention to the fact that there were 200 more
charity and welfare organizations in New York CITY
than there Protestant and Catholic churches 1t
is the same all over. Women in the churches are
playing at charity We have vast army Of pro-
fessonal charity and welfare workers making a good
living out of begging from the public.
But we are more interested in beating Coolidge
and the Republican high tariff than anything else
We will do it if the Democrats give us half chance.
and don't want McAdoo He an opportunfst We
anxious help the Democratic party as we
teach the hightarff Republican party of Cool
idge and New England much-needed lesson"
So there you 1t is the opinion an Iowa
ise. 4Dlican.