Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

good Democrat as Senator Hitchcock,
who served with distinction in the
House for six years and for IL in the
Senate.
There is good reason, however, to
believe that very considerable num-
Der of Democrats will vote for Norris.
They will vote for him because Of the
very reasons that the regular Re
publicans will oppose him. First. be-
cause he supported Al Smith for Presi-
dent against Herbert Hoover in 1928,
and second, because he has voted with
the Democrats on nearly every i'm
portant issue which has come up in
the Senate in recent years.
Popular With Catholics.
In Nebraska there is a large num-
Der of Irish-American Catholics and
most of them are in the Democratic
party. Many of them are grateful to
Senator Norris for his open support of
AL Smith in 1928. Many of them be-
lieve that Smith lost the State i'll 1928
because of religious prejudice: that
religion was the real issue against
Smith in that election. 1t is said, now,
that a large number of these Catholic
Democrats will vote for Norris on Mo-
vember 4.
The German-American group IN
Nebraska casts a large vote, probably
$4,000 votes in all. These German
Americans have been Democratic and
they have been Republican. They
helped elect Hitchcock to the Senate
in 1910 because the Democratic or
ganization, generally speaking, was wet
in Nebraska in those days. They helped
he was an opponent of the proposal
for national prohibition, but also be-
cause of the Wilson slogan, He kept
us out of war" But in 1922, when
Senator Hitchcock came up for re-
election again, the German-American
vote was strongly opposed to him.
Hitchcock had had charge of the reso-
luton in the Senate declaring war on
Germany. He had tried to engineer
through the Senate after the war the
Versailles treaty and League of Nations
covenant, which German-American
sentiment opposed. And Hitchcock
went down to defeat with bang, Sena-
tor Howell, Republican, defeating him
by $4,000 votes
This German American vote very
largely is still opposed to Hitchcock, it
is said. Furthermore, the German
Americans are favoring Norris because
he voted against the armed merchant
ship resolution before this country went
into the war and because he voted
against the resolution declaring war on
Germany.
Two From Omaha.
Another argument advanced by sup
porters of Senator Norris and against
Senator Hitchcock is found In the fact
that If Hitchcock were elected there
would be two United States Senators
hailing from Omaha, Hitchcock and
Howell both being residents of this city.
1t has been the custom to have Ne
braSka represented in the Senate BY
one man from the northern part of
the State and another from the
southern.
The senatorial campaign in this State
Is being conducted along rather strange
lines for a political battle, because Of
the unusual circumstances existing
here. Neither candidate is making a
personal attack on the other. And nei-
their candidate is violently aSsailing the
opposition party. If Senator Hitchcock
were to turn loose a double barrel at
tack on the Republican party he might
ALLEVIATE many OF the Republican voters
whose support is so necessary to him
Senator Norris, on the other hand
needs Democratic support. The cam
paign, up to date, therefore, has con-
tanned very little fireworks The Bit
terness Is there, but 1t is running under
the surface
Senator Norris, one Of the most
caustic critics of the Republican ad-
ministration, also has to watch his
step when it comes to attacking his
own party in Washington, because
such attacks may make still bigger
Republican vote here for his Demo-
cratic opponent.
Entered Reluctantly.
When Senator Hitchcock FIRST entered
the race for the Senate this year, it
was with considerable reluctance. 1t