Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
SENATE R|VALR|ES
STIRRING SOUTH
Echoes of Hoover Smith
Presidential Fight Expected
in Coming Contest.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Echoes of the Hoover-Smith presi-
dental contest will reverberate through
portions of the South in the forthconl-
ing senatorial contests, which are ex-
pected to furnish evidence on whether
the 1928 revolt within the Democratic
ranks in that section was merely tenn
porary.
Two of the Senators who were fore
most in the opposition to the election of
the Democratic presidential candidate,
Alfred E. Smith-Hehin of Alabama
and Simmons of North Carolina-are
up for reelection next year, and Hefiin
already has opposition in the primary
campaign, with John Bankhead offer
ing for his place.
Thus far no opponent to Senator
Simmons has entered the field. Some
of his friends are confident that the
leaders of the Democratic organization
will not make any concerted move TO
oppose his denomination. They are
seeking to weld the party together for
the contest with the Republicans, who
are expected to place a senatorial can
didate on the ticket.
Peculiar Virginia Situation.
A rather peculiar situation seems to
be developing in Virginia. which, with
North Carolina, Texas and Florida, fell
into the Republican column in the last
presidential election for the first time
since reconstruction days. Senator
Garter Glass, one of the outstanding
Democratic leaders of the Senate, and
who stumped his State for Smith, is
up for reelection there. Although his
speeches formed large part of the rec
ord of the bitter fight in the Hoover
Smith campaign in that State, it ap-
pears now that he may be unopposed in
the Democratic primary for renomina-
ton. Whether the anti-Smith Demo-
Gratis and the Republicans will unite on
candidate to oppose him. as they have
in the present gubernatorial race, re-
mains for the future.
Some leaders of the rival parties here
now are of the opinion that the Repub-
licanS will nominate one of their own
number for the Senate, with c. Bascon
Slemp, national committeeman, and
Henry w. Anderson of Richmond most
prominently mentioned. At the recent
anti-Smith Democratic convention at
Roanoke to nominate a gubernatorial
candidate there was much talk of NAM
ing an anti-Smith Democratic leader TO
oppose Glass.
May Oppose Sheppard.
Senator Sheppard, author of the pro-
nlDlIlOn amenQmenC, comes up Tor re-
election in Texas and is likely to have
primary opposition. The name of Gov.
Dan Moody now bulkS large in the dis
cussionS of probable candidates. The
Republicans undoubtedly will nominate
candidate there, hoping for support
from the anti-Smith Democrats, since
both Sheppard and Moody supported
the former New York Governor.
The Democrats feel sure of re-
gaining the Senate seat from Oklahoma
now held by Pine, a Republican, but the
G.. o. P. board of strategy is confident
OF holding this seat Pine may have OPP
position in the primary and in the gen.
eral election probably will be opposed
by William T. Holloway, lieutenant gov
ernor of the State.
Although Hoover carried Tennessee,
some Republican leaders entertain scant
hope of wrestling a Senate seat there
from the Democrats. There will be a
contest in the Democratic primary, with
Representative Cordell Hull opposing
William E. Brock, who recently was ap-
pointed Senator to succeed the late
Lawrence D. Tyson.
Three Southern Democratic Senators,
all of whom supported Alfred E. Smith,
probably will be renominated and re-
eelcted without real opposition. They
are Robinson of Arkansas, running mate
with Smith: Harrison of Mississippi and
Harris Of Georgia. Ransdell of Louisi-
ana also may be without an opponent
in the Democratic primary, but there is
some talk here that Gov. Long may
throw his hat into the senatorial con-
test.