The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-22
SENATE BATTLE
IN COLORADO is
TORRID AFFAIR
CoStigan Appears to Have
Fair Chance to Register
Democratic Victory.
BY RAY TUCKER
Scripps-Iiovard Foreign Editor


DENVER, oct. 21.-The senate
progressiyes' poet laureate, George
w. Norris Of Nebraska, drove Sen
stor Phipps Of Colorado from the
''undignified upper house Of con-
gress" in disgust, and thereby fur
nished the stage for a bitter, bread
snd-butter senatorial contest.
In no other senatorial race are
the two issues of power and tariff
50 clearly drawn in the personali-
ties and the records of the two
candidates as in Colorado. George
II. Shaw, the Republican nominee,
is general counsel for the Public
Service Corporation, a Cities Service
subsidiary, and is an object of at
tack by those who contend the pub
lie utilities already enjoy more than
their share Of political and gov
ernmental domination.
Edward P. Costigan, Democratic
nominee, was q member Of the tariff
commission which submitted the
recommendation for a reduced SUI
gar rate that ex-President Coolidge
pigeonholed. His part in that cpl
sode, together with his general Will
sonian philosophy and his reputed
low tariff views, are returning to
plague him. Colorado is the center
of the beet sugar industry.
Costigan Has Good Arguments
Costigan does not have to look far
to find arguments against his OPP
ponent on the power question. The
Republican candidate was nominal
ed only after a senatorial primary
fight against William " Hodges,
former national committee treas
urer, and at one time a public utility
official himself
In their struggle Hodges, backed
by Phipps, assailed Shaw as the
candidate Of the power trust" and
declared the corporations were try
ing to pack congress with willing
servants. Democrats say Hodges
ought to know.
Costigan is hopeful of a large vote
in the normal Republican wheat
belt. in the usually Democratic min
ing belt, and in the sheep country,
where prices are low and an indie
pendent strain runs deep. But the
beet sugar interests are expected to
turn out strong against the Demo-
crat because of his sugnar report and
and fear of his tariff ideas.
Denver May Decide
Denver, supposedly Republican
and liberal in its sympathies, may
provide the pivotal vote, and here
Shaw is believed to have the mar
gin. Though prohibition is not fig
uring, since Costigan is an extreme
dry and Shaw stands for enforce
ment, the latter's general makeup
is expected to poll him a larger ur-
ban vote.
The two men are striking con-
trasts, and Colorado will have dis
tinctive representative az the capital,
no matter the outcome. Costigan
is one Of the most studious and SOL
lemn men in the nations eye today,
and takes politics seriously. Though
his hair is gray now, he has an
olive skin complexion-the one sign
of Castilian blood on his mothers
side.
Shaw, if elected, will be the hand
soonest member of the senate. He
is only 40, forceful, the man-about-
town type. Whereas Costigan never
has told a funny story, Shaw proba-
bly, has told too many for. his own
good.
He came from the country, showed
great aptitude at obtaining legisla-
tive grants for his corporation, and
developed political ambitions.
He denies, however, that he win
be a power trust senator"