Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
STEWART PORTRAYS IOWA SENATOR
AS ROUCH.AND- TUMBLE CHARACTER
WHO LOVES FREE-FOR-ALL DEBATE
BY CHARLES r. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. Sept. Is. - sup
er-slugger is not necessarily a brainy
fighter. in the prize ring.
Still. he Is exciting to watch.
Senator Smith w. Brookhart OF
Iowa furnishes the finest exhibitions
Of pure smuggling among all the So
called progressive in congress.
ne most experienced spectator
can tell IN a minute that he lacks
the headpiece Of Senator George w.
Norris Of Nebraska. for instance. the
champion OF the whole progressive
outfit.
Plenty Of senator's, progressive and
otherwise. can run circles around
the Iowan-for points.
However. Brookhart certainly does
wade in and fight.
When the gong sounds. the Hawk
eye senator bounces from his corner
as II he were on springs. already
letting loose q perfect hurricane Of
hooks. jabs. swings. uppercuts and
miscellaneous wallops even as he
flies through the ar.
Naturally any experienced artag-
cnist. seeing him coming. gets out Of
the way. frequently sideswiping the
1owan as he hurtles by.
Much Brookhart cares for thatl
He can take It" too.
To watch Senator Norris in action
is an education.
He also has a knockout IN each
fist, but he wastes none OF them.
Every time he strikes. he lands. IN
stead of failing the atmosphere
eight ronine times out OF 10, like
the fighting Iowan. Meanwhile he
sees TO 1t that his opponent never
hits him.
Brookhart has no notion Of SELF
defense. He requires none his skull
is too hard TO fracture. and the rest
of him seems. TO be made OF vulcan
lied India rubber.
Smitten, he never knows II. hence.
always Is ready 10 stop a dozen hay
makers, for e chance to plant one
where II will do the most good.
The Iowan is no safe person for
an even mVch clever man TO swap
punches with.
He may get in his deadly work
only once in the course OF a pro-
longed entertainment-but once Is
enough. Possibly the victim Of his
handiwork already has piled up a
score running into six figures. what
good Goes that do him?-aS the at
tendants carry him out feet first.
IN plain terms. as al orator. de-
batter and all-round influence on the
senate floor. Brookhart emphatically
is a rough-and-tumble character
yet anything but a joke.
He not only is no joke TO the in
dividual ne especially is after. Oc-
casionalIy he IS no joke to some I'M
lucky non-combatant who happens
10 get in tire way OF n OF III:
rushes.
For example. who would have
thought that Governor Franklin d
Roosevelt Of New York would catch
Il kAind the ear when the Hawk
eve Senator took a sock at wet scntl-
ment the other day?
Brockhart halls from a dry state
For him to be dry is okay. But how
must Governor Roosevelt have felt
considering Manhattan's weIl-knowr
views-to find the senator quoting
him CFranklin d. as a dry. too
Brookhart is rockies that way.
The Iowan's next big fight-soor
20 be staged-wil be 10 put a farm
debenture clause into the tariff bill
AS II Ii will not be a mean enough
issue againl The instant Brookhar
rumpus without dragging in TIA
starts II. the referee and all hands
who will like nice. clean fighting
will Jump on him and try to smoth'
er him If they can
Which probably will make Il wors'
than ever. He loves a free-for-all