Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
MINNESOTA c. 0. P.
IS FACING BATTLE
SchaII Looks Like a Winner
in Senate Race, but Party
Is Divided.
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to declare himself for referendum and
to agree to stand by the outcome. Up
to date, however, the liquor question
has not entered particularly into the
senatorial campaign, except as 1t Is
brought In by the dry candidate. Lund.
Hoidale leaped into the imelight last
year. He was the Democratic candidate
for the House in the NTH district TO NIL
a vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Walter Newton to become one OF PreSi-
dent Hoover's secretaries. William /.
Nolan, who won the Republican nomi-
nation after q knock-down, drag-out
fight In the Republican primary, only
defeated Moidale by about 400 votes.
The district has always been strongly
Republican. Walter Newton, extremely
popular, had been rolling up majorities
ranging around $4,000. The Democrats
began to take hope after Hoidale had
given Nolan such q close Tight. Indeed.
had there not been a Farmer-Labor can
didate in the field the Democrats believe
that Hoidale would have defeated Nolan,
for Nolan's vote was less than the COM
bined Democratic and Farmer-Labor
vote.
Few Votes Cast in Election.
But an estimate of Democratic
strength in Minnesota based on the re-
suit In that bye-election in the fifth dis
trict would be deceiving. In the first
place, the Republicans went to the polls,
II they went at all, in an ugly frame OF
mind. They had just been through
three -cornered race In the primary.
Only about $4,000 votes were cast in the
election, as compared to more than
$50, 900 in that district in other cleo
tions. Indeed, in the Republican pri-
mary which nominated Nolan upward OF
10000 votes were polled.
Hoidale, however, became q Demo-
cratic possibility for the Senate over
night. The Democratic party has been
nat on its back in Minnesota for so
long that Hoidale's run in the fifth dis
trict seemed little short Of political
revolution. The State elected its last
two Democratic Senators back In 1858,
n years ago, and none since. For
short time q Democrat, Charles e.
Towne, served in the Senate a decade
or two ago, but by appointment Of .
Democratic governor to I'LL vacancy.
Not even in the fateful days Of 1912 did
Minnesota go Democratic. 1t cast its
vote for Roosevelt. And In 1915, not
withstanding the Wilson slogan, He
kept us out of war;" Minnesota still
refused to go Democratic and gave its
electoral vote, by q narrow margin, to
Hughes.
When Minnesota has been in q dis
turbed frame of mind over things po-
litical it has turned to q third party
rather than to the Democrats. That
was the case when it went for the Bull
Moose in 1912. More recently the third
party In this State has been the Farmer
Labor party. II the Minnesota voters
this year support Democrat for the
Senate in protest against the Repub-'
lican party, 1t win be something new
for them.
Personalities Involved.
minor degree the wet and the dry-are
apparently involved in this senatorial
election. Hoidale, the Democrat, Is at
lacking Schall on the ground that he
has violated the law regarding the use
Of the congressional frank. The news
papers have just been plastered with
facsimile copies of q letter urging his
reelection which 1t alleged were sent
out under the frank Of Senator Schall
free Of mail charge. Appeals have been
made to the Nye slush fund committee
to come into the State and investigate
the Schall campaign. But the commit
tee is not coming until after the No
vember election. Hoidale Is bringing up
Schall's vote to seat william s. Ware Of
Pennsylvania In the Senate-the only
member of the progressive Republican
group In the Senate to vote for the seat
Ing of the Philadelphia boss. He is
charging that Schall has never done
anything for the State since he has
been In Congress and that the people of
Minnesota have had to go to Senator
Shipstead to look after them and their
interests in washington. Another line
Of attack has just opened up against
Schan. Shortly after the World War,
when Gen. Pershing's nomination to be
general was before the Senate, Schall
delivered a bitter attack on Pershing.
This has been reprinted in the news
papers and some Of the American Legion
men have declared 1t Infamous"
Schall, for his part does not hesitate
to hit back. He insists that his oppo-
nents are controlled by the interests"
that he Is attacked by the big daily
newspapers who have no use for him
and the common people.
The Democrats cannot attack Schall