Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-13
VOTE SHOWS FIRM
STAND OF PARTIES.
"StatiC Normally" Is View of
Primary Results by
Politicians Here.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

Early returns from primary elections
in five States Tuesday confirm the fact
that the primaries SC far have, on the
whole. within each party revealed con-
dition of what the politicians here call
static normally"
The apparent denomination Of
George w Norris for United States
Senator in the Republican primary in
Nebraska is regarded by Republican
regulars here as one more case of the
continuance of the static" in harmony
with the previous denominations of
the Progressives, william H. McMaster
of South Dakota and Thomas d. Schall
of Minnesota and w. B. Pine of Okla
homa for the United States Senate IN
the Republican primaries of their States,
while simultaneously the denomination
Yesterday of Roscoe c. McCulloch Of
Ohio for United States Senator in the
Ohio Republican primary was regarded
as a continuance of the normally" al
ready Illustrated by the denominations
of John NJ Robson of Kentucky and of
Arthur Capper and Henry J. Allen Of
Kansas for Senators in the Republican
primaries of their States tfter strong
attacks upon them for alleged excessive
SUPPORT OF JAe ADMINISTRATOR.
Extent of Renomina tiOns.
Observers here note that all Repub-
lican sitting Senator'S who so far have
sought denomination to their seats have
been in fact renominated, whether
regulars or irregulars with the excep-
lions of Charles s. Deneen of Illinois
and Joseph r. Grundy of Pennsylvania,
conservatives who, however, were de-
feated If the primaries by Ruth Hanna
Mccormick and James j. Davis, who
brought forward no issues except on
the generally conservative line. These
exceptions accordingly. are estimated
here as being no infraction of the ap-
parent rule that in the next Congress
in the Senate the Republican party viii
be just as conservative and just as
radical as it is now.
The same rule begins to be apparent
in the House of Representatives. Sitting
Republican members in the House OF
Representatives, up to the time OF
Tuesdays primaries, had sought renom-
nation in the States of Maine, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia Kentucky, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, OK
lahoma Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, South
Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and
Oregon. Thus they had sought renomi-
nation in 10 States in all parts of the
Union. The number of Republican Rep
resentatives thus seeking to succeed
themselves was, till Tuesday, 1877. Every
one of them, with the possible exception
of M. A. Nicholson of the seventh dis
trict of Illinois, who faces recount,
was renominated. in spite of the fact
that they varied among themselves from
the Bluest conservatism to the pinkest
progressiveism.
No Drift in G. o. p.
It is thereupon held here that there
has been no drift either way within
the Republican party, and that the
chances of any change Of policies on
economic issues in the next Congress
depend upon the strength shown next
November by the Democrats. The
Democratic primaries so far, including
the denomination yesterday of Senator
Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas and
the temperance as q Democratic SEN
atorial candidate of Thomas P. Gore
in Oklahoma have revealed no impor-
tant departures from old-time nor
malcy." Even the disappearances from
the Democratic lists of Senator Furni-
fold M. Simmons of North Carolina
and of Senator J. Thomas Helm of Ala