Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
The Political Mill
BY C. Could Lincoln.

Democratic nomination for Senator in
his State day or two ago, makes a
case in point. For nearly "a years, with
a single hiatus of two years, Mr.. Hun
has been member OF the House: ne
has been a respected member OF the
body, studious member and an lnnu-
entail member. 1t appears now that ne
is rewarded by being translated into the
Senate, where he will certainly not
lower the average for industry and IN
telligence. Tennessee now ana tnen
has gone Republican, it is true But
Mr.. Hull'S nomination for the senate
this year is likely to be tantamount 10
election in November.
The Tennessee member of the House
now apparently going to the Senate, mas
been a strong party man. He was the
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee for several years and con-
Quoted the affairs of the party, already
torn with diSsentions, with fairness ana
efficiency He was the candidate OF the
Tennessee Democrats for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination in 1923
and for a time was rallying post Tor
Southern Democrats who were opposed
to the nomination of Alfred E. Smith
at the Houston convention. In the end,
however the Tennessee delegation. like
others from the South, bowed to the
demand for Smith. Mr. Hull remained
regular in the campaign.
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couple of years ago another dis
tinguished member of the House from
Tennessee, Finis j. Garrett, sought 10
leave the House and enter the Senate.
ike Mr.. Hull. Garrett had been mem
her of the House for score OF years.
But he tackled a tougher proposition
when he sought senatorial nomination.
He was opposed to Senator Kenneth
Mcclellan, and Senator Mcclellan mas
always had a big following in the State.
Garrett lost and has since been appoint
ed a Judge of the United states Court
of Customs Appeals. He hao oeen
Democratic leader of the House ana was
recognized as one of the aolest members
of the body. ,so
he entered the House--waS for many
years a member of the House ways ana
means committee, which deals WIN All
| tariff and revenue legislation. He was
indeed, regarded as an authority on tne
subject of the tariff and revenue legls.
lation of all kinds He taxes tIdC
knowledge with him to the Senate.
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The Hoover administration had little
to complain about in the results OF tne
urinary elections held in several states
one of these States. Representative %.
Carroll Rice, Republican, of the flrst
congressional district had real hght
on his hands. He had supported the
administration in its opposition 10 the
passage of the Norris bill. making the
operation of the Muscle Shoals power
and nitrate projects governmental al
| fairs. His opponent, Sam r. Price,
| raised the waterpower issue against
Rice and sought to make him out a
friend of the power trust" President
Hoover when the situation was MADE
| cellar to him, came to the aid OF Mr..
Rice with letter, in which ne eA-
planned clearly and without any cnance
of misunderstanding that the admlnls-
tration is opposed to GoVernmeht opea af
| alton of Muscle Shoals. This letter Oh
the President gave the clear intimatlon
that if the Norris bill is passed by botn
! Houses of Congress and sent to MN ne
| will veto it. This rather SOUNDS Ine
death knell. of the Norris proposal IN
this Congress at all events.
AS soon as the letter of the President
TO Mr.. Rice was made pubic there was
! a howl in a number OF quarters ABOUT
the Presidents interfering in a party
urinary. But other Presidents have
! done the same thing when they believed
themselves warranted. And now MI.
! Hoover apparently has been ]ustlned,
| since Rice has won the nomination over
his opponent, Price.
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| Another strong supporter of the ad-
ministration, Henry j. Allen, won tne
| nomination for Senator in the Repup-
| lican primary in Kansas. Furthermore,
! Gov Reed of Kansas, who made the
principal issue of his campaign for re-
| nomination an attack upon the Federal
Farm Board and it's policies, was Tandily
| defeated by the candidate OF the more
| regular group of Republicans in the
| Sunf1ower State, Frank Hancke. Dave
| Mulvane. as the veteran Republican
! national committeeman for Kansas Is
! known to Republicans all over the
| country. took off his coat and worked
| hard to defeat Reed and nominate his
| opponent. If Kansas is any criterion,
| the detection from the Hoover admin
| jstration in the agricultural west, re-
| ported frequently, may not be SO strong
as has been declared to be the case. II
ever things looked bad for the G. Q. P.
| in the great States of the West, 1t seems
| that they should look very black at tbs
| present writing First, low prices OF
wheat and other commodities and then
| a drought have hit the farmers hard
! this year 1t is human nature TO charge
all ills to the powers that be. The ad-
ministration in Washington, be 1t Re-
| publican or Democratic, always comes
| in for criticism when the economic
| situation is bad for any great group OF
| the population.
| Out in Nebraska tomorrow Senator
| George W. Norris, arch enemy OF the
Hoover administration, will be candi-
! date before the voters for the Repuo-
| lican nomination to the Senate. II all
| the reports from the State are
rric will n
nomination because OF his personal
| strength with the voters. He is OPP
| posed by State Treasurer Stebbins,
/ representing the regular wing of the
| Republican party. The Democrats
would be terribly disappointed if Nor
| ris were to lose the nomination, for two
reasons: First. they regard Norris as
a thorn in the side of the Republican
| administration more useful TO them IN
! the Senate than an announced Demo-
| crat might be if he had Norris place.
| Secondly, Senator Norris left his party'S
! national ticket--Hoover and CurtiS-in
! 1928 and supported with his voice and
! his vote the Democratic nominees In
! elections in his State, although he has
| always chung to the CT. Q. P. when 1t
: came time to be nominated and elected
| to Office. There Is talk today that
| number of Democrats will go into the
Republican primary tomorrow and help
| nominate Norris.
! Former Senator Hitchcock of Me-
| braska, it appears, is to have the.
| Democratic senatorial nomination. Just
| what that will mean remains to be seen.
| At present the limelight is centered en-
| tirely upon the struggle OF Senator Nor
! ris for denomination on the Repub-
| lican ticket. If Norris and Hitchcock
are left to fight it out for the Senate
| in the Fall election, there may be
enough regular Republicans who will
undertake to punish Norris for his de-
rkxy in 70 orixra I0n