The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
Four Republicans and Two
Democrats Make Lively
Primary Battle.
DEATH INCREASES FIGHT
Gallingcr's Place Adds to Race
-Spaulding and Reed
FavOrites.
Special Despatch to TEE Sun,

fleld and splitting the States old time
poiiticai alignments wide open, New
Hampshire IL In the midst OF a real old
fashioned Senatorial primary battle
which even the spirit Of war has been
unable to slow up.
While the voting will not take place
until September ., and an almost un'
believable number Of voters either are
snouidering rifles in France or are out
of the State engaged in other war
work. public interest In the contest has
peen intensifying steadily. and now In
all probability will be deepened even
further as result OF the death OF
Jacob II. Gallinger, New Hampshire's
venerable senior Senator. whose sue
cessive reflections always were accom-
plished without the bitter struggle that
marks the present Republican race.
Just what effect the death of Senator
Gallinger will have on the outcome Of
the present battle 10 not clear tonight.
The Gal!inger term would not have ex-
pired until 1921, and until yesterday the
struggle was merely for the chance 10
contest in the election for the Junior
Senatorship. Now, however. the sut-
uessful primary candidates have the
chance OF taking seat In the Senate
as the States senior representative. and
public interest In the primary contest
will be heightened appreciabiy.
At the same tina 1t Is realised that
another Senatorial fight soon will be
In progress for a successor to Senator
aallinger must be chosen In the next
following election, and even the unsuc-
cessful candidates in the present primary
races likely will be ready to renew the
fight
Many Voters at Front.
One thing generally conceded Is that
tie vote will be small as compared with
the vote OF two years ago. Then 22,4oI
Republicans voted for the Governorship
candidates. More than $4,000 New
Hampshire voters are now In the army
and about i 900 more are out OF the
| state doing various sorts OF war work,
while many OF those remaining at home
thus far have refused to respond TO the
play for political interest, They persist
In a display of greater concern In the
fortunes OF the soldiers in Europe II an
In what Is going TO happen to any OF the
candidates for political preferment.
The Republican lineup in the Sena-
torfsl night is unchanged from that exc
isting when the survey was made by
IHE Dun last hpfH' EA-oN no'"""
-. spantdihs' SoV nenry IA neses
6eorge H. Moses. ek-Mih'stsf 10 Nreeca'
and Rosecrans W. i'illshury are the Re-
publican aspirants There are Also two
Democratic candidates, but this can
| scarcely be called a real battle, as ex.
Representative Eugene r.. Reed should
nave noiioW Vctory OVER A1pert w.
Soohe. III neca comes urousn WIN q
margin closer than 10 J, 'hefe VIII De
surerss.n
LNothlhg hHe tnat can DC sa,d WIN
hooks MS II Spauiding was leading, with
neyes propsny us's' W. Nv .nu WI,
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~, STAT. .tde sror, IN, north countvv.
u'horn Esvas urdo,,htedIv will havs n
CIV ,o-,ohis ,e,d that ia where Keyes
Ives and The north country people are
the rnost clannIsh IN the state
Spauldins's strength is In the southern
tier o, counties. which comprise two
thirds OF the states voting strength.
Snnulding /. the only one who has shown
any progressive Iesnings. He did not
holt " e partv in 1912, but he was forced
unon the party in 1914 as the candidate
for Governor By the Progresslves, and
his administration stamr ed him as abso-
lutely independent of dictation by the
so-called leaders. Most Of these are
now against him. divided between Reyes
and Moses. both long time stalWarts
when the machine was dominant in New
Hampshire.
spauioins's finances improve
The presence OF Reyes and Moses In
the race improves spauldins's chances
measurably and some OF his supporters
predict that II his strength continues
many of tho Old Guard will be dis
+, posed TO turn to him to head Off Pills
hurry. who has been an unsuccessful
candidate for Republican nomination
I'm every campaign beginning with 1905,
when he ran for Governor as Pro-
gressiye and betrayed Winston Churchill,
when the novelist was In u fair way to
stempede the convention. Progressives
have never forgiven Pillsbury for that.
Gene" Reed Is D factor TO be rec
koned with In the election. He is per-
sonaily popular, more go probably than
Senator Hollis. and has always had the
votes OF many Republicans when he ran
for office. He will give any OF tho can
didates a hard battle and the Repub-
Leans fear that he would win over Pills
bury. which Is the reason predictions
flop OF Keyes and Moses men to Spauld-
ing between now ana september y. i