The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-17
Review of the Situation
Covers Practically All
Phases of the Com
ing Battles

New York, Aug. 17.-By the AS
sociated Press The Republican con
test in Massachusetts to wrest from
Henry Cabot Lodge denomination
for the United States Senate, shares
with the rivalry within the Demo
cratic party of New York State in the
choice of a candidate for Governor
the chief interest in Congressional and
State campaigns in Eastern States.
Advocacy of both stricter and mOdi-
fled prohibition enforcement, the
tariff soldiers compensation labor
legislation and various state govern.
mental reforms, are among the issues.
-Four candidates aspire to the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator from Massachusetts. The re
nomination Of Governor Charming IL.
Cox by Massachusetts Republicans is
opposed by Attorney General j. Wes-
ton Allen. The Democratic nomina-
tion Is sought by four candidates.
Both guDernatOrial candidates in
Pennsylvania, Clifford PinchOt. Re
publican, and John \. MCSparran,
Democrat, have declared for bigid
prohibition enforcement. New Jersey
has Il September primary contest
among Republicans for United States
Senate nomination. ad nthe Democrats
over their candidate for Governor
Prohibition and public utilities are is
sues. The textile situation and pro-
hibition are expected to figure in the
Rhode Island campaign and the tariff
nil Ennnn..t ,.hiAf 1Ahat n
subject between Republicans and
Democrats.
Summary Of Issues
Massachusetts: Joseph Walker,
former speaker of the Massachusetts
House, is seeking the togs of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, on the ground
that his leadership is not progressive
enough to represent the party. Mr..
Walker champions American member
ship in the League of Nations. Rus
sell A. Wood of Cambridge, and Wash
ington Cook of Sharon, also may enter
the lists. William A. CASTOR, banker;
Sherman l.. Whipple. attorney; John
jackson Walsh, Il former state sena
tor and Professor Dallas Lore Sharp
of Boston University are campaigning
for the Democratic nomination for
senator. Prof. Sharp is for abolition OF
war.
The denomination of Governor
Claiming H. Cox for a second term
is opposed on the Republican side by
Attorney General ]. Weston Allen.
whose successful prosecution of two
district attorneys on charges of NAL
feasance brought him prominently in
the public eye.
New York candidates Tor Governor
and United States Senator will not
be known until the party conventions
September 1929, the Republican
meeting in Albany and the Demo
Gratis in Syracuse. Candidates for
local offices for the Legislature and
the House of Representatives will be
chosen at the primaries September 10.
Governor Nathan l.. Miller, Republi
can, seems assured of denomination, if
he will accept. Little organized op-
position has developed to the re
nomination of United States Senate"
William NJ. Calder. Admirers of
William Randolph Hearst are waginS
an energetic campaign to give the
newspaper publishers the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination. While the
strength of the Hearst boom has not
been determined, violent objection
has been registered to it by many up
state democratic leaders. who ar.
| urging the candidacy of former gov
ernor Alfred +. Smith. Such promi
nent democrats as former assistant
secretary of the Navy, Franklin d.
| Roosevelt are understood to believe
that Hearsts hostility to President
Wilson would initiate against him as
a candidate and that his nomination
would disrupt the party. The Repub
lican platform is expected to endorst
| the administration of Governor Miller
and to recommend a continuance OF
his policies of economy in state ad
ministration, consolidation of depart
mental activities, and state super
vision over hydro-electric develop
| ment. The Democrats will ask fol-
| the return to the direct primary sys
tenn for nomination of all candidates
| for modification of the prohibition en-
forcement statutes, repeal of the mo
ton pictures censorship, and for the
| establishment of minimum wage
commission.
Pennsylvania Clifford Pinchot, Re
publican, and John A. McSpaTran
| Democratic, candidates for Governor
| in Pennsylvania, favor the rigid en-
| forcement of the prohibition lay. Ell
forts may be made in the coming cam
paign to elect legislators who favo:
a more drastic enforcement law. The
Republicans have not yet adopted 4
party platform, but Mr.. Pinchot il
committed to an economical admins
tration with an efficient budget sys
tenn. Mr.. McSparran is pledged to
business. administration and to in
vestigate thoroughly expenditures o
the present Republican administra
ton. He is also pledged to lower an
more equitable taxes. The fight TO
the two seats in the United State
Senate and for congressman will b
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