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...remarkable achievement as third parties go. But Senator LaFollette is no longer young; and the leadership of his movement, if it is to continue, must pass into younger hands. It is dubious whether Senator Wheeler can successfully carry it-he has exhibited more fighting than building ability. Senator Brookhart has received a bad fright...
...have to outline in detail what has taken place there, but it has done more harm than all the farmers and wage earners in the United States would ever create. The brains of the Republican Party have been spilled all over the West with the junior Senator of Iowa [Brookhart] throwing not only the monkey wrench but the whole machine shop into the machinery...
Senator Borah opened his campaign for reëlection. The Republicans had been praying him to give them strong support. LaFollette had asked him to follow Brookhart into the Progressive fold. The reason both wanted Borah was because, with the possible exception of LaFollette, politically he is the strongest man west of the Mississippi. And it is a good guess that the reason for his strength is that he does not do the kind of thing they asked...
Iowa D. F. Steck S. W. Brookhart...
...Significance. Senator Brookhart's personal strength in Iowa is well known. He carried, late last Spring, the Republican primary for renomination to the Senate by a large majority. He is expected to be reflected by a large majority. His friction with the regular Republicans is expected to hurt the Republican chances in Iowa. It seems strange, therefore, that he was read out of the Party; while Senator LaFollette, an open revolter for many years, still remains a nominal Republican. The answer to this apparently illogical situation is that Senator LaFollette long ago captured the Republican organization in Wisconsin. Naturally...