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TIIE MORXIXG OKEGONIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1923
BRuOKHAB
T
10 WIN III 101
Farmers Regard Candidate
as One of Them.
RADICALISM NOT LOST
Democrats Will Take Two, Pos
sibly Five, Seats From Re
publicans, Says Sullivan.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1922, by New York Evening
Poat. Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
DES MOINES, la., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Iowa is going to send Brook
hart to the senate. The democrats
will tak at least two, and pos
sibly five, congressional seats away
from the republicans,-but the re
publicans will win the senatorship.
They will win it because the re
publican candidate is an accurate
expression of the prevailing mood
of the state.
Brookhart is an authentic candi
date, in the sense that he is true
coinage of his state's .political com
plaints and desires. His democratic
opponent, Clyde Herring, is a fine
man. As a business man he has
had the sort of career that is writ
ten up in the American magazines.
Raised in rural Michigan, he saw
a ' Boy Wanted" advertisement in &
Detroit paper, got the Job by being
there before anybody else, after rid
ing eight miles on a, bicycle, broke
his health with overwork, retired
to an Iowa farm, saw an opening to
sell Ford cars to his neighbors,
wrote to Henry Ford personally,
ultimately got the agency for the
whole state, arid made a million or
so.
All Customer SntUfied.
As distributor of Ford cars, trac
tors and parts, Herring has had
business transactions with half the
people of the state, and every tran
saction Is said to have given satis
faction. Everybody in the state
speaks well of Herring. He has
ideals and a real bent toward fine
things. But as a candidate for the
senate ho is merely a business man
who would be glad to have the
place, would work conscientiously
at it ,and would give a creditable
performance. He has no such re
lation to the present heart of Iowa
as Brookhart has.
Herring is merely one of 100 men
in the state who would make good
senators. He could as well be a
candidate from California or In
diana, or Maryland as from Iowa.
His candidacy does not grip the
state as Brookhart's does, because
Brookhart expresses the prevailing
personality of Iowa as it is feeling
and thinking in this present month
of October.
HerriiiK Considered Outsider.
Brookhart is a big, rough chunk
of Iowa. He got his nomination,
lie has his present following, and
he will win the election, because
he feels the way most of the farm
ers and laborers of Iowa feel, and
what he is saying rings true as an
accurate expression of the common
state of mind. When Herring comes
campaigning they look at his good
clothes, they hear him tell his story
of being one of the largest em
ployers in the state with 600 men
on his payroll, and they come to
the conclusion that, while an ex
cellent man. he is, after all, not one
of themselves.
Then Brookhart comes aloner with
his flapping soft hat and his clothes
hung loose on his big frame, half
termer and half country lawyer.
They hear him say the very thtnes
they are thinking, and say them
with a fire that proves he shares
their own sense of indignation
against the wrong endured, and thev
conclude that Brookhart is one of
them. The wrongs that Brookhart
tells nre the hardships of the farmer
and especially the farm renter, to
gather with the laboring man. a
compared with the banker and busi
ness man.
Brookhnrt Culled Radical.
Brookhart. telling of these wrongs,
is called radical. Senator Cummins.
who is a kind of old Roman of the
state, calls Brookhart dangerous and
wrote that "if Brookhart's powers
were commensurate with his desires,
ne would wreck the country:"
Undoubtedly Brookhart, as to
most issues, is one with La Follette.
But radicalism is often confused
with mere violence of language. And
Brookhart has a very violent tongue,
violent and also on occasions, sharp
ly flippant in a way that injures
his own cause. Brookhart is also
spoken of with some justice as
economically illiterate, as having
economically the mind of a child.
But however crudely and violently
he expresses it. the principal things
that he demands for Iowa are lower
rates of interest for the farmers,
who may pay 8 per cent, and co
operative marketing to get rid of
some of the expense and profit of
the middlemen.
Iowa Farmer Wants Relief.
The Iowa farmer wants relief
from being compelled to sell his
crop at the end of the season for
whatever ' price the middleman
chooses to name at the time. To
achieve this, he wants warehouses
In which he can store his crop to
await a better price, and a bank
ing rystem of warehouse receipts
which will give him ready money
at reasonable rates. That these de
sires are legitimate and ought to
be brought about is the belief of
many thoughtful business men and
others in New York and Washing
ton, frookhart, when he gets to
Washington, will have help from
some quarters that will surprise
him.
Let it be said to Brookhart's
credit, that having seized the re
publican nomination away from the
old guard by being radical, he has
gone right on being radical. The
political thing In so strongly a re
publican state as Iowa would have
been to "pussyfoot" after he got
the nomination and keep all the
republicans in line. But Brookhart
has gor.q right on talking the same
doctrines. In consequence, a good
many republicans from the business
classes will vote" against him. But
this will be more than offset by the
radical democratic votes he will get.
When Brookhart gets to Washington
he will walk straight Into the farm
bloc, and will be the most vivid
fighting personality in it.
liquor question and as to the other
matter says:
"I favor material aid for the sol
diers, especially for those who suf
fered physically and mentally, and
shall do my part in assisting to find
means to provide necessary funds."
The American Legion leaders in
tha state are not satisfied wUh this
declaraton, which, they claim, is so
obscurely worded tha it doesn't
mean anything. The chances are
that within a Very short time they
will get after the doctor and de
mand a "yes" or "no" answer to this
simple question: . "Will you vote in
favor of the bonus bill?"
Knifing of Hero Feared.
Dr. Copeland expresses himself as
for a permanent non-partisan tariff
commission, for "adequate financial
support for the children's bureau,
the women's bureau in the depart
ment of labor, home demonstration
work, rural activity, and for every
form o-f activity making for the
prosperity and health of the people
of the United fitatea"
If there Is any real enthusiasm
for the candidate, It is confined to
the Copeland Fat league and the
New York Undertakers' association.
He may possess great qualities as a
statesman, but has never been able
to demonstrate them. As health
commissioner, he has been fairly
satisfactory, and that is all. To the
rank and file of the democratic party
he is almost a total stranger, and
the -backing of Hearst and Hylan is
not helping him to any particular
degree. j
Smith's' personal friends are
haunted by the fear that Hearst and
Hylan mean to knife their hero. It
is a game that two can. play at, and
any signs of disloyalty to Smith will
be paid back in the shape of votes
against Copeland. In the meantime
the Smith men are not staying
awake nights trying to help the
health commissioner, and it is
doubtful if he will command any
thing like the united support of his
party. Many independent democrats
have already declared that "Cope
land is too close to Hearst," and
that Calder will get their votes in
consequence. .
Enemies Turn Friends.
Second only in interest to the
gubernatorial fight is the contest
for the office of surrogate of New
York county. John P. Cohalan, who
has held the office for 14 years, was
turned down by Murphy for renom
ination, whereat independent citi
zens arose in their wrath, denounced
the "attempts of the brazen boss to
lay his soiled fingers on the judicial
ermine," and used other words
meaning the same thing. To add to
the excitement, William Travers
Jerome, one-time district attorney,
has come out of obscurity, and is
stirring up the town with a number
of redhot speeches along the line
of those that made him famous some
20 years ago.
The joke of the matter, to people
who have known their New York
for a score of years, is that Cohalan
should be the martyr of Tammany,
when at the time of his first nom
ination he was lambasted up hill
and down dale by the very men
who are now laud'ng- him to the
skies. In 1908 Murphy was leader
of Tammany Hall, just as he is to
day, but the powers behind the
throne were the Cohalan brothers,
John and Dan. and when John was
named- for -surrogate there was a
roar that shook the city. Murphy
was denounced for naming "a man
unfit for the great office of sur
rogate, a man named solely because
of political friendship." We cer
tanly got" terribly excited, away
back there in 1908, trying our best
to keep the judiciary pure by de
feating Cohalan. Now we are urged
to make the world safe for de
mocracy by re-electing Cohalan.
llotli I-artir Confident.
The fact of the matter 's that
Cohalan never was as bad- as he
was painted 11 years ago, and like
wise he isn't the human saint . and
martyr of bossism that he is pic
tured as being today. Murphy had,
and stil retains, the power to name
candidates for the judiciary. He ex
ercised that privilege to put Cohalan
on the bench, and he is exercising it
again to take him off. Of course it
is rather tough on Cohalan to be
kicked into private life, but truth
compels the admission that he would
never have been on the bench at all
if it hadn't happened that he was
Murphy's pal back in 1908.
All sorts of charges are flying
back and- forward in this case, the
latest being that Cohalan's activity
in the cause of the Irish republic
aroused the anger of the powers
that be in England, and Murphy "at
the behest of the English" tied a
can to the upright surrogate. This
charge is funny when one realizes
how Irish Murphy is, and how many
Irish ' district leaders' there are in
Tammany hall. Murphy hasn't any
English sympathy whatsoever, and
would not dare to show it if he had.
The registration in the city was
completed this week, and as usual
the leaders of both parties are
claiming that the results are most
satisfactory. It is always easy to
prove by figures how people are
going to vote, although frequently
the claims are unjustified. The
truth of the matter is that the re
publicans are the more confident.
Privately they admit that the fight
over the governorship will be close,
but are convinced that their other
candidates will have easy sailing.
Still, it is several weeks until elec
tion day, and conditions may change
materially before the time comes to
count the votes. . ,
DDHS TD FIGHTERS.
ISWOMARI'SSLOGA
Feminine Senator' Declares
Views on Award.
DESK OFFICERS TABOO
ANTI-FATS FOR ASPIRANT
(Oontinued From First Pa 1
explaining where he stands on vari
ous matters of interest.
The two leading issues of the
campaign naturally are the liquor
question and the soldier bonus.
United States Senator Calder, re
publican candidate for re-election,
voted against the Volstead act and
against the bonus. Copeland, as al
rady shown, la , avasivs oa tiLO
McMURRAYS ARE FETED
.
Many Entertainments and Speak
ing Dates Arranged in Honolulu.
HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. 11. (Spe
cial.) William McMurray of Port
land. Or., is here and is certainly
cutting a wide swatH in the islands.
With Mrs. McMurray and Mass Agnes
McMurray he is not likely to spend
a quiet vacation, because of social
engagements. Mr. McMurray is the
general passenger agent of the
Union. Pacific railroad and a char
ter member of the Portland Ad club
The McMurrays had not been in
town an hour before the telephones
were ringing and Mr. McMurray had
been slated to speak at a dozen
luncheons and meetings, while Miss
McMurray and Mrs. McMurray. had
their engagement books filled.
While he-re Mr. McMurray will
tell about the Elks convention to be
held in Portland in 1924 and the
Portland exposition in 1927.
Men Who Served tor $30 Monthly
Said to Be Ones Who :
Deserve Money.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Oct. - 14.
(Special.) "If I had been in the
United States senate when the
bonus bill came up I would have
voted to give the bonus to soldiers !
who went overseas and fought and !
bore all the hardships and drew $30
a month, but I wouldn t have given
the bonus to officers who stayed
here and wore spurs on their heels to
keep their feet from slipping off
their desks and got salaries of S200
a month."
That is the statement made here
by Mrs. W. H. Felton, only woman
senator in the history' of the United
States, as she outlined what polit
ical policies she would follow if the
senate were now in session and she
were occupying her seat as a sen
ator. Mrs. Felton, who is 87 years
old, was appointed by Governor
Hardwick to succeed the late Sen
ator Thomas E. Watson until a suc
cessor is chosen at the November
election.
League In Opposed.
"I'm strong for the Monroe doc
trine," continued Mrs. Felton, "and
I am against the league of nations.
We've got to keep out of any such
league. We can't take the burdens
of the world on our shoulders any
longer. If the democrats make the
league one of their platforms - two
years from now, they are going to
be defeated. Tom Watson got his
wonderful following In Georgiai two
years ago by fighting conscription
and the league of nations."
"How would you have voted on
conscription if you had been in the
senate at the time the United States
entered the world war?" Mrs. Felton
was asked.
"I would have fought conscription
to the last,"-she said. "It's all right
for a czar or a kaiser to call out his
troops and march on to war, but in
a free country like ours that sort of
thing should be put to the ballot. I
had the nerve in 1918 to denounce
the treatment that was being given
a lot of German-born citizens who
were just as good Americans as you
and I, but happened to have Ger
many as their birthplace. I guess
if I'd been a man they would have
put me in jail."
Protective Tariff Favored. -
Mrs. Felton was asked how she
stood on the tariff.
"I am for a protective tariff," she
answered. "The United States is a
big family with lots of units. Differ
ent industries make up these units.
It's the business of Uncle Sam, like a
good father, to look out for these
units who make tip our family. Here
in the south, for instance, our cotton
industry has been under the domina
tion of Liverpool too .long.
"I believe in a working wage for
every American," continued Mrs.
Felton, "and 1 don't believe that we
should have to compete with the
pauper wage scale of Europe. Uncle
Joe Cannon and myself stand to
gether on that."
Mrs. Felton said that If the senate
were in session one of t-he first bills
she would introduce would be a
measure to make the bankruptcy
laws stricter. "Not long ago," she
said, "a man got 27 bales of cotton
from me, then declared- bankruptcy,
and it looks as though I'm not go
ing to get anything for the cotton.
So, you see, I have good reason for
thinking this law ought to be bol
stered up. A bankrupt should be re
quired to show how he has disposed
of any property he happened to have
just before -he took bankruptcy. He
shouldn't be allowed to sell a lot on
stuff this month and declare bank
ruptcy the next. That is one thing
I would stand up for if the senate
were in session now."
Candidacy Is Declined.
"Will you be a candidate for sen
ator at the election in November?"
Mrs. Felton was asked.
"I'm too old," she answered. "You
won't catch this old woman in any
more political turmoil. I won't an
nounce, but of course I can't keep
some people from voting for me.
There are a lot of people in this
state who have been voting for 'me
regularly for governor for years."
In letters -about her life, Mrs. Fel
ton said:
"I was born June 10, 1835, on a
plantation 17 miles from Atlanta on
the road from Decatur to Covington
in De Kalb county. When I was 9
years old We moved to Decatur, a
suburb of Atlanta. At 5, while we
were still living in the country, I
started to school.. I could spell in
'Baker' then."
"What is spelling in 'Baker?' " was
asked. .
"It means spelling all the words
"Boy-Wise"
My juvenile department is "Boy-Wise"
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The Real Values, which I am offering ,
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in the Blue Back Speller up to
'Baker.' You know, the words in it
are arranged according to the'r dif
ficulty. 'Baker' marks the first mile
post and 'horseback' the second
one. -
' '.'I next went to school at Oxford,
Ga., for a term, and then to the
Madison female college at Madison,
Ga. I was graduated from there
when I was 17 and was married
when I was 18. My husband deliv
ered the graduation address. That's
how I met him." - - - . '.
Mrs. Felton's husband served in
congress from 1875 to J8S1.
Shea Hill Road Progresses.
ALBANY, Or., Oct.- 20. (Special.)
Construction work on the Shea
hill section of the Lebanon-Cascadia
highway is being pushed rapidly
and the grading of earth on this end
of the section is now almost com
plete. Graveling on this road will
continue throughout the working
days of the winter. The contract for
the 3.8 miles was let to the Hill
Construction company and sub-contractors
are doing the work. Cost
of the project will be $71,000. Steep
grades over heavy clay that be
comes almost impassabre during the
rainy season will be eliminated by
the new road.
Writ for Prisoner Served.
MONTESANO, Wash., Oct. 20.
(Special.) A writ of habeaB corpus,
returnable at 9:30 o'clock Saturday
morning, was served on Sheriff
Gibson today In the case of John
Plasha, who is represented by A. E.
Cross, Aberdeen. Plasha has served
about 60 days of a 90-day sentence
given by Justice, of the Peace Big
nofd upon Plasha's pleading guilty
to manufacturing liquor in the
Wishkah valley. .
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