Evening star., 1930-06-22
TARIFF ACT LOOMS
AS SELECT|ON ISSUE
Republican and Democratic
Leaders Ready to Carry
Battle to Polls.
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| on wednesday OF this week. SO far
| the Republicans have had no bad
| breaks in the primaries. AS political
fact, they were lucky when in Penn
| sylvania Secretary James j. Davis of
the Department of Labor defeated
Senator Grundy for the senatorial
| nomination. The Grundy nomination,
| had it taken place. would have made
the campaigning a little more difficult
! for the Republicans, with the DEM
ocrats aiming their attacks at the tariff,
and Grundy as the high priest of high
tariff duties. When Dwight w. Nor
row was nominated for the Senate in
| New Jersey last Tuesday by an over
whelming vote, the chances of Demo-
cratic success in that State faded per-
| ceptibly. There are few persons now
who do not believe that Mr.. Morrow
will be elected next November Mr..
! Morrow'S nomination not only took the
prohibition issue away from the DEM
! ocrats in a State which is admittedly
| "wet" in sentiment, but it also put
! before the voters next November a
| man who has aroused wide enthusiasm
| in that State because of his ability
and his previous public service.
No Contest in North Dakota.
There is no senatorial contest in
North Dakota this year. But there has
been considerable interest in the State
over the candidacy of A. c. Townley
/ for the Republican nomination for the
House against Representative James H.
| Sinclair. Townley more than dozen
years ago was a dominant factor in
North Dakota politics because of his
organization of the Non-Partisan
League. Today he is running as wet
! candidate for nomination to the House
Sinclair has the support of both Sen
ators Nye and Frazier, who have been
| in the State campaigning for Sinclair.
July has primary elections scheduled
| in Montana, Texas and Oklahoma. All
three States elect Senators as well as
representatives this year. Down in
| Texas the row over the Democratic
nomination for governor has overshad-
owed the other contests in the primary
campaign. Thomas B. Love, leader of
| the anti-Smith Democrats in 1928, is
seeking the gubernatorial nomination
along with 13 other candidates in his
party. The regulars are seeking to do
| to Mr.. Love what they did to Senator
, Simmons In the North Carolina pri-
mary, and what they hope to do to
Senator Heflin in Alabama when the
November election rolls around.
The nomination of Josiah w. Bailey
| by the Democrats of North Carolina
over Senator Simmons was purely and
simply a punishment for the desertion
of the Democratic National ticket in
| 1923 by the veteran Senator from the
| Tar Heel State. While the Repub-
| licans may make hard fight, as some
of them promise to do, to elect
Senator in North Carolina this year, 1t
looks decidedly like Bailey victory in
| November.
Contest for Walsh's Seat.
Up in the Northwest, however, the
Republicans are likely to make more
of a contest for the Senate seat now
held by Senator Thomas j. Walsh, de-
spite the fact that Senator Walsh Is
recognized as one of the ablest members
of the Senate.
Senator Walsh has no opposition in
the Democratic primary and will be re-
nominated July Is. The Republicans,
however, will be asked to vote for two
candidates for the senatorial nomina-
ton. One Is Judge Albert Galen of
the State Supreme Court and the other
is o. H. p. Shelley, former Republican
| national committeeman. Judge Galen
is a wet. Mr.. Shelley is running as a
dry. The wet and dry angle of the
Republican primary campaign is Great
ing no little interest. Senator Walsh
is a dry and If Judge Galen should be
JD6 Issue Will De
carried into the general election.
Democratic leaders are counting on
picking up Senate seats now held by
Republicans in West Virginia, where
Senator Neely is seeking to stage q
comeback; in Massachusetts,, in Rhode
Island, in Kentucky and in Oklahoma,
where Senator Pine, Republican, Is up
for reelection. Oklahoma generally is
considered a Democratic State, al
though it has gone Republican in presi-
dental years now and then. The
Democrats believe, too, they have a
fighting chance in Colorado to elect a
Democratic Senator and they are
hoping that Senator j. Ham" Lewis
will win over Mrs. Mccormick. Despite
the wet issue. however, Mrs. McCor-
mick decidedly has the better of the
race, in the opinion of most political
observers, unless there should be an
uprising against her by the City Hall
crowd in Chicago, which supported her
in the primary. Such an uprising,
however, does not appear logical.
Insurgents Up for denomination.
Republican insurgents in the Senate
who Joined with the Democrats in their
attacks on the Hoover administration
at the present session of Congress aAe
up for denomination and reelection in
some of the States Senator McMas-
ter of South Dakota, the first to stand
the test of the primary, won over a
regular" Republican, but is likely to
face real fight against Gov. Bulow,
the Democratic nominee. Senator
Schall of Minnesota, another of the
coalitionists. has weathered the pri-
! mary handily. No one doubts that
Senator Borah of Idaho and Senator
Norris of Nebraska will be renominated.
Borah is certain of reelection.
Unexpectedly Senator Norris is TO
have opposition from a former Demo-
| tractic Senator Gilbert H. Hitchcock.
in the November elections, 1t now ap-
pears. Some of the Democratic lead
ers here were privately suggesting that
it would be an excellent thing If the
Democrats Of Nebraska should indorse
| the Norris nomination and let 1t 60
at that. Mr.. Hitchcock's announcement
| puts a different light on the situation.
however. Hitchcock has been popular
in his State. He is publisher of an i'm
portant daily newspaper. He served
with distinction in the Senate until
he was defeated by Senator Howell. Re-
publican. Some of the Democrats, how
ever, are inclined to believe that Sem
ator Norris is more of an asset to
them, as a constant critic of the Re-
publican administration than another
, Democrat from Nebraska might be- He
supported the last Democratic nominee
for President and he has fought the
present administration from the drop
of the hat in this Congress. So popular
has Senator Norris been in his State
II EDISON