The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14

for denomination in North Da-
kota. To lesser degree, a con-
test for the seat of d. Worth
Clark of Idaho. and TO a still
lesser degree, the races of Ben
nett Champ Clark of Missouri
and Robert A. Taft of Ohio.
When you get this far down
In the scale it isn't so much a
case OF having been isolationist
as Of having been opposed to
many of the administration pol
icies. Robert r. Reynolds of
North Carolina has thus far
stuck to his determination not
TO seek reelection to the Sen
ate, though he did smile coyly
when arch-isolationist Gerald L.
K. Smith picked him as likely
presidential timber a few
months ago. Senator Burton K.
Wheeler of Montana doesn't
have TO seek reelection till
1916. That will be the real test.
In the case of Rush Holt, some
Of the effort to pin the isola-
zionist skunk cabbage on him at
this time stems from the fear Of
where he night 60 from there,
if he should be elected TO the
governorship this year. Under
West Virginia law, a governor
does not have to resign from Of
flee while seeking election to
federal office, and in 1916 West
Virginia elects a senator. Holt,
it is feared, has his eye on COM
ing back to Washington as a
successor to Harley NJ. Kilgore.
Since he last graced the capt.
tai scene, Holt has (a) been
married, CD registered for the
draft, (c) been elected to the
West Virginia state legislature.
Otherwise, blackout. He has
kept his trap shut on all the
things about which he used to
rant-the New Deal, the war
mongers, John l.. Lewis and the
c o. wo helped him to cleo
ton in 1884 and whom he re-
pudiated in 1885. Maybe people
have forgotten. At any rate, it
will be an interesting test of the
old theory that the memory Of
the American electorate is short.
EDITORIAL GRASS ROOTS
OPINION
AS to Hoit's chances next
month, and as TO the effect
which Hollis pre-Pearl Harbor
isolationism may have on the
primary, opinions of three West
Virginia newspaper editors
queried on these points are en-
tightening:
Hollis pre-Pearl Harbor &C
tons haven't even been men,
toned, according to S. G.. Dam
ron Of the Charleston Daily
Mail. This editor says observers
think Holt will get a big anti
administration protest vote.
Holt is an enigma to NAL
colin T. Brice, editor of the
Wheeling News-Register. Hollis
traditional anti-lab or stand
while he was in the Senate
would argue against his getting
any labor support in this cleo
ton, says Brice, but if John L.
Lewis told the states 10000
miners to support an anti-ad-
m n { alton candidate, his
chances for nomination would
be favorable! This editor points
out, however, that all straw bal
lots indicate the state is going
Republican in the fall anyhow,
with or without Roosevelt, so
Holt doesn't matter.
From Clyde A. Wellman, edi-
tor of the Huntington Adver-
tiser, comes the guess that Holt
will be a sure winner in the
primary, the basis of his
strength being the fact that his
opponent, Clarence Meadows,
has been tagged, rightly or
wrongly, the crown prince Of
Governor Nicely and all anti
Neelyites are rallying to Holt.
Hollis isolationism is not con-
sidered a big factor. Republic
cans are hoping Holt gets the
nomination so they can beat
him with the isolationist label.