Evening star., 1934-09-09
Capital Sideligghts
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Out in the great, wide-open spaces
of Wyoming, where men commune
with nature and do their own think
ing, they are having spectacular.
hard fought campaign for United
States Senator this year, with two
warm, personal friends, both well
known in Washington political life,
contending for the Office. Neither is
native SON. and otherwise both
their lives, their records in Congress
and their personalities" are an anti
thesis.
Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney, who
was First Assistant Postmaster General
in the Roosevelt administration and
was appointed last year by Gov. Miller
to fill out the unexpired term of the
late Senator Kendrick, has the
Democratic appointment. Representa-
tive Vincent Carter, who has served
three terms in the House. after hold
ing important State Offices, is the Re
publican nominee. wyoming has been
quite strongly Republican in recent
years and this is admittedly a close
contest.
O'Mahoney is a native of Chelsea,
Mass. Carter is native of st. Clair,
Pa. OMahoney never INDUCED much
in athletics because he had to work
too hard for living. Carter started
out by becoming widely known as
base ball player and that gave him a
welcome to the State Capitol O'Ma-
honeys political experience has been
as secretary II years ago to Senator
Kendrick while studying law at
Georgetown University and in 1929 he
was elected Democratic national COM
mitteeman after serving as a member
Of the conference on uniform State
laws. Both are lawyers. Carriers life
has been practically all politics. He
was deputy attorney general of the
State IA years ago, then a member of
the State Board of Charities and Re-
form for six years, former member
Of the State Farm Loan Board and
the State Land Board, chairman of
the State Purchasing Board and State
auditor.
Carter has always been more of an
outdoors man. He was a captain of
Wyoming Cavalry and served in the
Marine Corps during the World War.
Being an ex-Service man. Carter has
an edge on OMahoney in the veterans
support, which is important. Also,
Carter voted to override the Presi-
dents veto and for the veterans
compensation bill, while O'Mahoney
voted with the President on both of
these issues. However, he got back in
the good graces of the veterans be-
cause as an adviser to the President
IN the appointment of the Veterans
Appeal. Board he was successful in
defeating the aims of the Economy
Commission and getting board that
is favorable to the veterans. On only
two important measures in the last
Congress did OMahoney and Carter
stand together-they both voted for
the revenue bill and the gold bill
| otherwise their votes were diametrical-
ly different.
The senatorial campaign in wyo-
ming is of the old-fashioned sort.
travelling from ranch to ranch and
over the mountains. Both candidates
made the most of their opportunity
recently at the big rodeo-"Frontier
Day'-in Cheyenne. But most of the
AAboO bO RC1oOlldl, CdCIl
candidate driving over the State, some
$50 miles north and south and some
400 miles east and west-and any
time they hit town with 1000 or
5000 inhabitants they are in luck.
Carter has an advantage in knowing
intimately all the politically minded
who have frequented the State capital.
O'Mahoney has an advantage in being
well-known throughout the entire
State as an orator, making an ap-
pealing and convincing speech-and
as successful lawyer in handling oil
and land cases.
OMahoney has added a very pic
turesque feature to his campaign by
/ having the colorful Senator James
Hamilton Lewis, chairman of the
Senatorial Campaign Committee. as
his guest in touring some of the most
important centers in the State.
All-in-aH wyoming is having one
of the most interesting senatorial
campaigns.