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...Hendrik Shipstead, called by his enemies " the duck hunting dentist," Senatorial sidekick and Farmer-Labor brother of "Magnavox" Johnson, left the wheat fields of Minnesota and went to Washington. In attendance on him as aide-de-camp, wearing military uniform, was Adjutant General Rhinow of Minnesota, smoothing the "hard road of travel for the son of the soil...
Senator La Follette was chosen Permanent Chairman. Senators Owen, Shipstead, and Frazer, Governors Sweet (Colo.), Ross (Wyo.), Elaine (Wis.) and Mr. William J. Bryan are members of the Committee on Permanent Organization of which Representative Huddleston of Alabama is Chairman...
With the election to the Senate last fall of Dr. Henrik Shipstead, called by his enemies " the duck-hunting dentist," the fortunes of the Farmer-Labor Party rose. Dr. Shipstead defeated the regular Republican, Senator Kellogg, and the Democratic candidate, Mrs. Peter J. Oleson. Senator La Follette traveled over from Wisconsin to help elect Dr. Shipstead. Sometime between the primaries in June, and the special election in July the Wisconsin Senator is expected to invade Minnesota once more on behalf of the next Farmer-Labor candidate, whoever he may be. Neither Democrats nor regular Republicans look with favor...
...Preus, who quit the governorship of Minnesota to take the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Knute Nelson, will not be 40 until August. His colleague, Hendrik Shipstead, elected last Fall, is not yet 42. Politically the two have nothing in common. Shipstead, Farmer-Laborite, ranks as a "radical"; Preus is a conservative Republican...
...likely to retire. Will Senator-Elect Earl B. Mayfield of Texas follow Mr. Newberry to the bourne from which no politicians return? According to statisticians, Mayfield's chances are these: Five Republicans and 27 Democrats that he will sit in the Senate; 47 Republicans, 15 Democrats, and Senator Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) that he will not. Senator Mayfield was "elected by the Ku Klux Klan"-which is enough to put most Republicans and the Northern Democrats against him. In addition, he is accused of various corrupt practices. It is expected that he will be allowed to take his seat...