Evening star., 1926-06-07
Brookhart and CummlnS Hold
LimeIIght in Contest for
Senatorship.
INTEREST AT HEIGHT HERE
IN FIGHT OF MANY ANGLES
Wet May Throw Choice Into Con-
acknowledgements See Chance
for Another Senator.
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ny Inc ANSpf'iS'P'l liFrA
DIES MONIES. Iowa. Jun" .. A
battle of two political personalities
dominated IoWa'S electorate today as
il polled its choice for the two United
states senatorial nominations from
field of FIVE Republican and four Dem
ocratiC candidates.
Senator Albert r. Cummins rs
years old. seeks on the Republican
ballot to retain the post he has held
since iaOs Smith w Brookhart asks
he same nomination in vengeance
upon those who unseated him two
months ago in An election contest. He
was ousted in favor of Dan r SteCk.
his Democratic opponent in the 1924
election. Brookhart went to the Sen
ate in 1902 to serve the two-year
balance Of the term Of W. s. Kenyon,
resigned
The closing Of the campaign was
marked by the appeal Of Senators
Norris, Howell Frazier, Nye and La
Toilette, most Of them Of the lin
surgent group for the nomination
of the Cummins managers. resenting
the Senators action and declaring
that Iowa prefers to wash her own
linen"
100000 Votes Expected
Fair weather throughout the state
led party workers TO forecast a total
vote in the Republican primary Of
about 400, 900 some 200, 900 less than
in the last Presidential election
Although Cummins and Brookhart
shared the ma jor interests, third
candidate for the Republican designa.
ton was regarded as formidable
Howard Clarke, Des Moines attorney.
whose campaign has been based on
the contention that he is the only
Republican candidate with any chance
Of success in the November election
He has preserved party harmony and
a compromise between the Conserva.
tive and progressive wings Of the
party.
Dan +. Reardon, Council Bluffs at.
torney. has injected the wet and drv
issue with his wet candidacy, but he
made no campaign. L. +. EickelherE
Of Waterloo Is the fifth candidate.
Managers of Cummins, Brookhart
and Clark each claimed today assur.
ance Of a victorious plurality for their
man.
Vets Strength Unknown.
In the unknown strength of Rea
don. however lay the possibility tina
the fight would be thrown into the
Republican State convention, upon
which deNolves the duty Of choosing
the nominee If no candidate polls 35
per cent of the total party vote.
The likelihood OF convention de
cision on the nominee was regarded
as greater, however, in the Demo
cratic primary, where four candidates
make UP the largest field In the his
tory of the party in Iowa
Claude r. Porter, Centerville. five
times his party's choice for the
United States senate and four times
its candidate for governor, !. Raw
Files, Fort Dodge. former State leg
tslator and gubernatorial candidate:
James Murtagh Waterloo. a nd George
Finch. Sioux City, are the Democratic
adversaries.
Porter is credited with the support
Of the "McAdoo wing" of Iowa De
mocracy. led by CLYDE l.. Herring ma
tional Committeeman n. and F.. r. Mere
dith. publisher, and Secretary of Ag
riCulture in Wilson's cabinet MIR
taEh is reputed to have the backing
of Wilbur W. Marsh Of Waterloo
former national committeeman and A
supporter in 1924 of Al Smith.
Democrats See Chance.
The wet and dry issue has been
handled in the background.
The Democrats profess to see in
the nomination Of either Brookhart
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