Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-29
Politics at Large
Bv 6. Could Lincoln.

| tricts widely separated will take place
within the next few weeks. They are
expected to furnish the first test OF
strength between the two ajor political
J parties since the election last Fall. The
| first of these elections is to be held in
! the third Kentucky district on Satur-
! day. The contest there is to fill the
seat in the House left vacant by the
death of Charles w. Roark, Representa-
! tive -elect. Mr.. Roark was one OF the
Republican members elected in the
| landslide which gave Mr.. Hoover Ken
! lucky with a lead of 178. 900 votes. He
| died in saritarium April 5, however,
without ever having known that he
| had been elected He was stricken
! shortly before election day. The Sec
ond contest is to take place in the
twelfth congressional district Of Penn
sylvania on June 4. There, too, the
, election is to fill a vacancy caused by
death, the death of John Joseph Casey,
Democrat. of Wilkes-Barre.
The third contest will be staged in
| the fifth congressional district of Mime
sofa. Representative Walter Hughes
| Newton. q Republican, has handed in
! his resignation, effective June 30. Mr..
! Newton has become one of President
Hoover's secretaries. It is to fill a
vacancy which his retirement from the
House will cause that the election has
been set for June 10 in the district
which Mr. Newton has represented ably
| in the House for the last ten years.
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The Kentucky election promises to be
| of more than passing interest. When
| that State went Republican last No
vember six seats in the House hitherto
| held by Democrats were won by Re-
publicans. The argument has been adj
vanced, however, that it was not so
much love for Mr.. Hoover and the Re
publican party as the dislike of Ken
| tuckians for Alfred E. Smith, the Demo-
| cratic nominee for President, which
! brought about this landslide. 1t has
| been confidently predicted by Demo-
Gratis that the political pendulum will
swing back in many of the States of
| the South and in the border States.
since there is no present prospect of the
denomination of Gov. Smith by the
Democratic party for President.
! The third congressional district in
| Kentucky for years was represented by
the late Bob" Thomas and has been
regarded as Democratic district, al
though there has been a strong Re
publican voting population there. Mr..
Thomas carried this district by any
where from $500 to $500 votes. After
he died. another Democrat, John w.
| Moore. was elected to represent the dis
trict and did so for two terms He was
defeated by Roark last Fall. Mr.. Moore
Is the candidate of the Democrats in
the district now.
1t would not be astonishing, Repub-
licans admit. if the district should swing
back on Saturday into the Democratic
| 1old. However there is a brisk cam
paign on, with the Republicans strain
Ing. every effort to hold the district
and the Democrats throwing money and
speakers into the district as we'll as
the Republicans. The Republican NOM
! inee Is Homer Bellies of Morgantown,
county clerk of Butler County. Mr..
| Bellies lost leg in the World War and
is said to have the backing of the
American Legion. When the Demo-
Gratis in the House sought recently to
have Mr.. Moore's record printed as a
part of the Congressional Record so
that it might be sent through the mails
free of postage for the voters, the Re-
| publicans objected and blocked its
printing. Senator Barley Democrat,
was able to get the matter into the
Record in the Senate. however. Where
| upon Representative Robson, Repub-
lican leader in Kentucky, issued state
ment to the effect that: Homer Bellies
left leg on Flanders Field, but the
Government is not giving him free
! printing and postage to aid him in his
campaign for election to the House"
All Of which indicates there is a nice
| little row on in the third Kentucky dis
trict.
The Republicans in the twelfth Penn
| sylvania district are seeking to gain a
seat which has hitherto been held by
the Democrats. The late Representative
Casey. Democrat, was tremendously
popular and had the solid support,
practically, of labor in a district which
has thousands of laborers. So popular
was he that he received not only the
Democratic, but also the Republican
Labor and Socialist nominations at
the last primary. The district, however,
did go Republican in the 1924 election.
The Democrats have put forward as
| their candidate, to succeed Mr.. Casey,
his widow, and are making strenuous
campaign TO elect her. The Republican
nominee is DR.. c. Murray Turpin. DR..
Turpin has the solid backing, it is said,
of the Republicans of the district. The
Democrats, on the face of tie condi-
tions, appear to have the edge, how
ever Al Smith carried this district over
President Hoover last Fall, and the late
Representative Casey also was victorious
there. Mrs. Casey, in addition, has an
advantage over her Republican OPP
ponent in the sympathy which goes
out to her from the voters because of
the death of her husband. In many
cases widows of popular congressman
have already been elected to the House.
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Up In Minnesota there is a reai, con-
test to succeed Walter Newton as Rep
resentative from the fifth congressional
district. Not little politics is in
volved. Mr.. Newton halls from Mime
apolis, a strong Republican city. He
was elected last Fall with plurality OF
49,328 votes. 1t does not appear posi-
BILE that the Democrats or the Farmer
Labor party can take this district away
from the Republicans in any event.
The primary to determine the Republl-
can nominee is to be held just week
before the election. Among the can
didates for the Republican nomination
is Arch Coleman. Mr.. Coleman was
postmaster of Minneapolis, but resigned
that Office to make the race for Con-
gress. 1t is reported that Mr.. Newtons
personal organization in Hennepm
County, which is Minneapolis, is work.
ing for the nomination of Coleman.
Two other Republicans, however, w. l.
Nolan, who has been three times elected
Governor of the State, and "Pudge
Heffelfinger who more than quarter
of a century ago was Yale loot pall
star and is now one Of the Hennepin
County commissioners, are the other
candidates. The Democratic organlza-
ton in Hennepin County is negative
quantity. Such Democratic strength as
there is in the Twin Cities is located in
st. Paul. It Is expected, however, to
have a candidate in the field. and there
will be a Farmer-Labor party nominee.
too. Minnesota has a. Farmer-Labor
Senator, Senator Shipstead. That par
ty has been the real backbone OF the
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