New Britain herald., 1922-07-31
PROHIBITION LABOR AND SOLDIERS
 BONUS INVOLVE POLITICAL BATTLE

declaring for soldier bonus more emphstically than other candidates. Reed Is an admitted wet; Long has the support of drys. William Sacks, republican senatorial aspirant. has de- clared for light wines and beer, while the other republican candidates have committed themselves either as fav- orable to the prohibitory law or to law enforcement.
 Oklahoma.
 Mayor J. c. Walton, mayor of Ok lahoma City, Is candidate for the democratic nomination for governor on platform adopted by the Farmer Labor Reconstruction league and as- sailed by opposing groups as Non partisan league doctrine. The plat form indorses public ownership of public utilities and the Plumb plan for management Of railroads. Dis agreement has arisen relative to pro- posals Of repudiation by the party of the present governor, J, B. A. Rob- ertson, who is under indictment on charge of accepting bribe in con nection with the failure Of the Bank Of Commerce at Okmulgec and whose case will not be disposed of until September. All Of the eight Ok lahomans In congress are seeking re- nomination, and seven of them face contest, particularly Manuel Herrick of Perry and Miss Robertson of Mus kogee, republicans representing the eighth and second districts.
 Kansas.
 The Kansas Industrial court Is un- der fire from the State Federation of Labor through it's political subsidiary the League of Non partisan Voters (which has no utilization with the Non- partisan league) from the State Council for Progressive Political Ac- ton and from the Farmer Labor con- vention. A recent political device, the questionnare, being employed by va rious groups. including these and the w. C. T. and has been directed to candidates for state office from gov crnor to legislator. Two of the seven republican candidates for governor and all three democratic candidates advocate the overthrow of the indus trial court but its friends predict that
 
 of it's conspicuous proponents, is not candidate for reelection.
 Illinois.
 The state legislature has put the bonus issue before the people in the form of a proposition calling for au- thority to issue s55,ooo.0oo in state bonds to pay the soldiers and sailors bonus of 50 cents a day. Delay in | action on the federal bonus bill has made the state proposal something Of a political issue. Chief interest in the the men elected will be sup porters or opponents of Governor Len Small; this cleavage has furnished the platform for many candidates. The wet and dry issue Is causing specu lation in the sixteenth district, which Includes Peoria, former whisky cen ter; in this district w. E. Hull won the nomination for congressman in the republican primaries He was said to be a wet although he did not make prohibition an issue during his prim ary campaigN. The democrat op- ponent is Jesse Black of Pekin.
 Wisconsin.
 Senator Robert M La Toilette is a candidate for reelection for the first ime since 1916. His war record and lis attitude toward national questions s under attack by group known as progressive republicans, which has nominated Dr. w. A. Gan ( ield, president of Carroll college, to oppose him. Standing with La Fol- . cite is an entire state ticket headed oy Governor J. J. Blaine. The La Toilette followers, known as progress ives, are assailing the EschCummins ailroad law, the Fordney- McCumber arff bill, the foreign policy of the administration, and the ship They advocate the federal older's bonus bill. and amendments c the constitution to permit federal of child labor and to au- horize congress to override supreme ourt decisions on national legislation. Or. Ganfield declared that the senator $ without constructive policy and power in the senate. Both "a Toilette and Blaine are denounced " opponents as radical
 North Dakota. Uncertainty surrounds the align [ nent of the federal and state cam ,aigns, but with a strong probability hat the campaign will constitute a mashing battle between the non par isan league and the independent vot- ( rs' association Some assert that i Worth Dakota has become a state 1 without parties. Primaries to select { were held with . high f the state including persons for nerly affiliated with socialists and z taking part in the repub- I, can struggle. A post primary con- I ention of the non-partisan league, I hen appointed a committee Of fifteen S with power to fill at their discretion l positions on the state ticket when T hey failed to win places in the re- I ubican primaries. ( Before the convention, F. w. Cath C 0, manager of the bank of North Da- ! ota under the league regime assert g d that the only republicans in the :, tate were the leaguers and Senator i IcCumber's faction. Senator McCum- q CT himself was defeated for renom- a nation by Frasier, a league candidate. i he senator, according to editorials r l several North Dakota newspapers, ispleased opponents of the league by lleged mere or less open" aff1lia- F. ons with it. Republican papers fav- . ring the independent voters associa- ' lon were divided regarding support . z sena+or MrCumber Many of the . fcCumber republicans have aligned :,