Evening star., 1938-03-27
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

ME 1888 primary elections, soon to
start, are full of more than the
usual amount of political signifi-
canoe and dynamite. They will
reveal:
l. How far President Roosevelt has power
10 dictate party nominations and to force
reprisals.
2. How far the schism in Democratic
ranks has gone.
3. To what extent any coalition" of
opponents Of this New Deal is practical
T. The ability of the Republican party
to bring forward new and able candidates
and leaders.
The fortunes of the Roosevelt New Deal
ers will be indicated ultimately, of course,
IN the general elections for Congress and
for Governors in the elections November 8.
The primary elections are expected, how
ever, to show how the political wind is
blowing. In addition to nominating candi-
dates for the entire membership of the
House, one-third of the Senate, plus two
the political parties will select candidates
for Governor in 80 States.
Primaries in Most States.
Primaries will be held in all the States
Tor the nomination of candidates for the
House except Connecticut Delaware New
Mexico and Rhode Island, where nomina-
tions will be made in convention. Sena-
torial nominations will be made In pri-
maries except in these four States and in
New York and Indiana, where conventions
he1 hot
Particular interest centers in the sena-
torial nominations because 81 of the Senate
seats to be filled are now held by Demo-
Gratis, and a very considerable number of
these Democratic Senators have defied the
President on the court bill or some other
ajor measure
Illinois holds the first primary, April II.
Senator William H. Dietrich, both as
member of the Senate and as member of
the Judiciary Committee, went right down
the line for President Roosevelt in the court
bill fight If any Democratic Senator de-
served well at the hands of the admnistra-
ton, he was the man. But he is out of the
Senate race already, although he announced
last winter he would he a candidate to
succeed himself. He was caught between
the pincers of the two Democratic factions
IN 1llinois-one headed by Gov. Horner
and the other by Mayor Kelly of Chicago
and National Committeeman Nash. Neither
faction wanted Dieterich and told the Pres
ident so at White House conferences
Igoe Given Edge Over Foe.
Horner is backing Representative Scott
Lucas for the senatorial nomination. and
the Kelly-Nash organization favors Mike"
Igce, United States district attorney and
former member Of the House. Igoe is given
decided edge over Lucas by observers In
Chicago.
So the first of the pro-court bill Demo-
cratic Senators to come up for renomina-
ton is out. Whether the President sought
to do anything to help him has not been
disclosed.
With bitter factional Democratic row
on in Illinois, the Republicans should have
an opportunity. State Senator Richard
Lyons of Libertyville is out after the Re-
publican senatorial nomination and may
get it.
May will see primary elections in six
States: South Dakota, May 8; Alabama,
Indiana and Florida, all on May g. Penn
sylvania, May IT. and Oregon, May 20.
The spotlight will be turned particularly
on the primaries in Pennsylvania and In
diana
One Of the three Republican members of
the Senate up for denomination is Senator
James j. Davis Of Pennsylvania. Here is
q chance for the President to win new
adherent, II Pennsylvania goes Democratic.
Gov. George Earle is the organization can
didate for Senator. and no more pro-
Roosevelt candidate could be put forward.
Davis former Secretary of Labor, has op-
position for the Republican nomination
from National Committeeman Owlett, but
Is expected to win denomination.
Intra-Party Dispute.
As in Illinois, the Democrats in Penn
sylvania are engaged in an intra-party row.
Involved In the fight is the struggle of
Senator Guffey to retain his leadership of
the party. The Democratic State Com
mittee Endorsed for governor Charles A.
Jones Of Pittsburgh, over the protest of
Guffey, and Endorsed Gov. Earle for the
Senate with Guffey's approval Since the
State Committee meeting Guffey has
Joined forces with John L. Lewis, head of
the c. I. O., to nominate for Governor the
present Lieutenant Governor, Thomas Ken
nedy, secretary of the United Mine Workers
OF America. Gov. Earle has come out for
Jones and the Guffey-Lewis faction may
enter q candidate for the senatorial nomi-
nation against the Governor, which will
complicate the situation still further.
Lewis is playing for big stakes in Penn
sylvania. If he and his forces can elect
Kennedy for Governor, the c. I. o. will be
in the saddle in big way in the Keystone
State. Lewis himself then would be in
position to control the Democratic delega-
ion to the National Convention in 1910.
On the Republican side Of the fence
former Gov. Clifford Pinchot Is candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomination
against Judge James Of the State Superior
Court. who has the organization backing
II the Republicans can forget their differ
ences and stand together. after the pri-
mary, they may have chance for victory
Oppose Van Nuys.
The administration Democrats are
counting on ditching Senator Van Nuys Of
Indiana, one of the leading Democratic