The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-03

Today il has two Democratic SEN
ators. The Willkieites believe 1t
will flop back again next Novem-
Der. Should it do so, though, 1t
won't make any immediate differ
ence to those two Democrats. Mel
Their one is up for reelection this
year.
The point is, a senator. who has
served a term or several terms,
doesn't have to feel particularly
Inundated II his opposition. party
opponent out-yotes him on election
day. It isn't personal to him that
he's beaten. It's his party that
takes the licking.
But 1t must be very painful to a
senator to have his own party turn
him down for a denomination. The
plain implication Of that is that
the identical aggregation which
chose him in the first place disap-
proves Of the fashion in which he's
represented il in office. He's known
all along that his original opposi-
ton was against him. It's a diff
ferent thing for him 70 feel that
the same crowd that Mutually Sc
lected him. is firing him, as dis
appointment TO it.
Five Senatorial Casualties
There have been Ave such sena-
torial casualties during this years
primaries-an unusual number.
The victims are Senators Henry
F. Ashurst Of Arizona, William H.
King Of Utah, Lynn J. Frazier Of
North Dakota, Edward R. Burke
Of Nebraska and Rush d. Holt Of
West Virginia.
The cases Of Senators Ashurst,
King and Frazier are especially
excruciating. Senators Burke's and
Hollis aren't quite so agonizing,
because Burke and Holt are wished
out OF the picture at the end Of
only one term each. They still can
get back into unofficial life and
start over again.
Senators Ashurst, King and
Frazier, however, are old timers.
They've bsen in Washington so
long that it doesn't seem as II they
ever could re-establish themselves
in any other environment.
Senator Ashurst is just ending
his twenty-eighth year on Capitol
Hill. In point Of service he's the
Oldest living senator. excepting
only Senator Ellison D. Smith Of
South Carolina Senator King is
ending his twenty-fourth year;
Senator Frazier his eighteenth.
Senator Ashurst doesn't appear
a bit cast down. He's positively
lovial over his defeat. He explains
how glad he'll be to get back to
Arizona, but it's a good deal like
the good cheer of a dying man
who's glad he's going to heaven
Senators King and Frazier don't
say anything whatever.
Senators Burke and Holt are
bellicose; not resigned, as Senator
Ashurst is. Apparently they're
figuring on staging come-backs
later. Well, they're comparative
youngsters, Maybe they can do it
All Democrats but One
Out Of the quintet Senator Fraz-
Ter is the lone Republican. The
fact is. he's resembled a Farmer
Laborite or a Progressive rather
than Republican. And a genuine
ly Republican trend has been no.
ticeable in that bunch Of states
lately. Twill be remembered that
Senator Henrik Shipstead recently
Topped out Of the Farmer-Labor
party into Republicanism in Min
nesota. And Republicans cast more
votes in the last Wisconsin pri-
mary than the combined Progress
sives and Democrats Possibly
Senator Frazier wasn't a suffici-
entity emphatic Republican to suit
his erstwhile G.. o. P. following.
Senators Ashurst, King. Burke
and Holt have been, more or less,
antl-New Deal Democrats. Sena-
tors Burke and Holt have been
very much so. Senator King hasn't
been 50 vociferous about IL, but he's
been a consistent ANTI" also Sen
a,or Ashurst hasn't been an all
around anti" but he's fought GER
tain New Deal policies, such as su'