Evening star., 1934-10-18
NEBRASKA REVOLT
.HURTSDEMOCRATS
.corn-Hog Plan in Disfavor
and Reaction May Re.
bound to G. o. P.
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ago by Senator James Hamilton
Lewis Of Illinois, chairman Of the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee, for all senatorial candi-
dates this year. But in this instance
it looks as though the Republicans
had goaded their Democratic op-
ponents into this forensic contest.
Already three of these debates have
been staged and another is set for
today in Omaha. The whole thing is
reminiscent of the days of Lincoln
and Douglas, and the candidates are
drawing big crowds and their de-
bates are being broadcast. One Of
the questions which Simmons pro-
pounds to his Democratic opponent
is: DO you believe that campaign
pledges are to be kept by candidates
after they shall have been elected?"
and then he recites the failure Of the
present national Democratic admin
istration to keep four Of its 1882
pledges; to cut the cost of Govern
ment 25 per cent; to curb trusts and
price fixing; to stop bureaucracy, and
to reduce Federal activities.
With the election two and a half
weeks off, the edge in the senatorial
race is given to Burke. the Democrat.
Republicans and Democrats, some
directly engaged in the campaign and
others not, say this. On the other
hand, they do not hesitate to admit
that Simmons is gaining ground and
has been gaining as the weeks have
passed.
Two Factors Aid Summons.
There are couple of factors work.
ing in the interest of Simmons in ad-
dition to the trend of the farmers
away from the New Deal. One is the
fact that for the first time it is i'm
possible to vote straight Democratic
or Republican ticket. The Democratic
LEGISLATURE amended the election laws
so that a voter cannot mark cross in
the circle and vote the party ticket.
The voter must go down the whole list
of candidates and mark each name
separately. The claim is that lot OF
have trouble doing this.
The second factor may or may not
be potential. Eugene D. O'Sullivan, a
Democratic leader of some prominence
in Omaha, has come out as an inde-
pendent candidate for Senator. AL
though the court has ruled his name
cannot be printed on the ballot, since
he was a candidate for the gunberna-
torial nomination in the primary and
failed, he is planning a "sticker"
campaign or to have his name writ
ten in. O'Sullivan received 10000
votes in the Democratic primary. If
he could get half that number on elec-
ton day or even less, it might have a
material effect.
AS in other States, the Republicans
complain bitterly of lack of funds to
conduct their campaign and charge
that the Democrats have an unlimited
supply, not to mention the advantage
of the huge expenditures of Govern
ment money in the State for farm
benefits, drought relief, and the like,
The drought of last Summer hit Ne
braska terrifcally hard. The farm
ers not only were unable to raise their
corn and other crops, but they have
had to sacrifice their live stock because
of lack of feed and because the prices
of corn and hay are high. The Gov
ernment is buying their cattle, slaugh-
tering them, and plans to use the
products to feed the needy.
Revolt Traced TO Drought.
One of the reasons advanced by
the supporters of the A. A. A. for the
failure of the corn-hog program to
find favor in the recent voting is that
the farmers have been made sore by
their troubles following the drought
and believe that they can do better
for themselves next year by planting
and raising all the crops they can. The
supporters Of the A. A. A. also COM
plain that the Farmers Union and
the biggest farm publication in the
State have attacked the corn-hog
program. Those are reasons, they say,
that the farmers in Nebraska failed
to toe the mark for the program as
plentifully as they did in Illinois,
Iowa and some of the other States.
The administration of the corn
hog program by the agents, on the
other hand, is declared to have been
tyrannical in many cases and to have
aroused great resentment even among
the farmers who have received the
felt, too, that they have had to bear