Evening star., 1934-10-11
The olitical Mill
BY G. Could Lincoln.

lilS III 4lullOlo LIllo year IlsuL lIOLl
Washington, D. c., in more ways than
one. They have not even bothered to
set up Western headquarters here in
Chicago for the congressional elec-
tions. Senator James Hamilton Lewis
is chairman Of the Senatorial Cam
paign Committee and he has an office
here Of his own. 1t may become, in q
sense, political headquarters when
he gets out here the last part of this
week or the first OF next. But there
are no plans for an elaborate speakers
bureau and that kind of thing Ap-
parently the Democrats have decided
that there Is no particular need Of
such headquarters and additional ex-
penditures. The Democratic National
Committee is keeping its hand on the
political pulse of the West from the
Capital City, and so is the Congress
sional Committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Joe ByrnS of Tennessee,
prospective Speaker of the next House.
One Of the reasons why the Demo-
Gratis have adopted these tactics Is
found in the strong organization
which they have developed, State by
State, from Maine to Texas and from
New York to California. They seem
to figure that each State can pretty
well take care of its own problems,
with the assistance that comes from
WaShington-and with the tremendous
fiow Of money from the Federal Gov
ernment at Washington to the farm
erS Of wheat, cotton, corn, hogs and
tobacco; of money for drought relief,
unemployment relief, and of more mil
lions for public works.
The Republicans, for their part,
have a much modified headquarters
In Chicago, as compared to other cam
paign years. This is not because they
are not desirous OF big and active
organization here. but because there
is a dearth of funds So far this year
it looks as though the @. o. p, which
in the past rolled in wealth compared
to the Democratic party. is a mere
political stepchild. Whether the fail
ure of the business men who oppose
the New Deal to contribute heavily
to the Republican campaign is due
TO q belief that this is not Repub-
lican year and the money would be
merely thrown away, or potential
contributors are frightened and fear
that some of the New Deal agencies
might crack down" on them If they
gave freely, is a question which Is
answered largely according to affec-
tion for the Democratic administra-
ton or lack Of affection for it.
The Speakers Bureau which has
been set up in the Mccormick Build
ing here by the Republicans is in
charge of Senator Dickinson of Iowa
and other leaders who pop in and out
of this Windy City. The bureau is q
kind Of clearing house for reports from
the States of the Middle West and the
West. Former Gov. Morrow Of Ken
lucky, who has been travelling and
speaking for the Republicans, was in
the headquarters today, after keeping
several engagements in Indiana In
diana, from the Republican point Of
view, is one of the bright spots
which from all accounts are rather
few and far between. Gov. Morrow
said that the Republicans confidently
expect to re-elect Senator Arthur
Robinson and that they are sure OF
taking four OF the House seats, and
perhaps one more There are Il men,
bers OF the House from Indiana and
all of them today are Democratic. II
seems, therefore, as though the claims
made by the Republicans are rather
modest. Senator Robinson has a big
following among the veterans. He Is
a veteran himself and he has fought
in season and out for veterans COM
pensation. the bonus. etc, in Wash
ington. The Democrats are none too
happy over their choice for the Sem
ate. Sherman Minton. He is a friend
OF Gov. Paul v. McNutt, whose ad-
ministration has not been popular
with lot Of Indiana voters.
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Mr.. Morrow predicted that the Re-
publicans will break into the solid
Democratic delegation in the House
from his own State, Kentucky. He
said that the Republicans will have
at least two Of the nine House seats
after the election, representing the
mountain districts, which have always
been strongly Republican since the
time Of the Civil War. And, he
added. the Republicans in Louisville
have ironed out their difficulties and
they might even carry the Louisville
district. The present delegation in
the House from Kentucky were all
elected "at large" The State had
not been redistricted finally in time
for the last election. Mr.. Morrow
said that conditions in his State
seemed to be improving, that the
tobacco and corn crops were both
good, and that the farmers were feel
ing rather cheerful. He criticized
sharply, however, the manner in
which relief funds had been expended
in the State, saying that there had
been both tremendous waste of Fed
eral and State funds and also polit-
ical favoritism.
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The reports trickling into Chicago
from the Pacific Coast are that the
Democrats are practically certain of
electing their senatorial candidate in
Washington, Lewis Baxter SchWellen-
bach He has plan for ending pow
erty in the State of Washington that
is no less radical than the EPIC
plan Of Upton Sinclair, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Cali
fornia. Washington, impregnated with
radicalism, seems to be strongly in
clined to favor the plan. There is q
rivalry between this youthful bachelor,
who is seeking the senatorial seat
now held by Senator Dill, a Demo-
crat, and Sinclair as to who originated
this "end-pOyertv" idea Schwellen-
bach won the nomination for the
Senate over John C. Stevenson, who
was much more radical than Schwel-
leabach, because, it is said, many Re-
publicans moved over to the Demo-
cratic primaries to keep Stevenson
down. Now Stevenson has aligned