The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-06
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WHEN MAINE VOTES.

from Maine. The politicians will then
| have something tangible upon which
to base their DEMONSTRATIONS as to
the result of the November elections
for the voters of the Pine Tree State
will have gone to the polls and regis
tered their sovereign will. AS they
vote. according 10 the tfme-honored
tradition, so will the country as a
whole vote, in November.
! On Monday September IL, Maine
will elect a governor, a, United states
senator, four congressman, and state
| Legislature. When TIE votes have been
counted and the result announced
| Gratis will go into the nationwide cam
| paign with renewed hope and courage.
Maine is usually Republican, but al
ways battle ground. Both parties go
after the state as hungry dogs after
bone, for the leaders are mindful
of the psychological effect upon voters
turnout the country of gains or losses
| in the first state to hold an election.
This year is no exception to the rule,
and a sflappy, aggressive fight has
been made. The best speakers at the
command of the Republican and DEM
ocratic committees have been sent IN
to the state. tons of literature have
/ been drawn upon freely in order that
the best possible showing may be
made
The Vice President of the United /
States, cabinet ministers and the
more prominent of their senators and
congressman from all over the country
have beep making speeches for the
Republican candidates in Maine. The
Democrats have no national officials
| to send intoA the state, but they have
men who hope to be president, vice
president, or members of the cabinets
one of these days, and they have gifted
oh Of I
so that they have not been lacking in
| spell7binders to carry their message
and appeal to Maine voters. Conse-
quently IL those voters do not know
what to do when they approach the
iballot~box it will not be because they
| exhorted.
Voters Not Wildly Excited.
Without violating any condolences
| it may be said that the reports from
Maine thus far reaching Washington
| indicate that the voters there are not
| wildly excited over the election. This
may mean that on the whole they are
| satisfied with the manner in which
state and national affairs have been
/ conducted, that they are taking the
| campaign in an entirely matter of fact
way and that they will return the nor
NAL Republican majorities. On the
other hand, it may mean an apathy
I
Democratic gains.
| Predictions are not in order at this
stage of affairs. Chairman Adams, OK
| the Republican national committee,
contents himself with saying that he
! and his colleagues see no cause for
concern in the situation in Maine.
| Democratic chieftains say even less
| than that, for while they may be hope
| full it Is scarcely to be expected that
they would be confident Of winning
in view of the fact that Maine has
always been classed as a Republican
! stronghold. Let the Democrats elect
] any part of their ticket, however, and
| they will be heard from after Sep
TENDER II.
National interest in the Maine result
csnters largely in the fate of Senator
Frederick Hale, Republican candidate
for reelection. Senator Hale is dis
tfnet1y an administration senator and
| is one of President Harding's close
personal friends as well. If he should
| be defeated, or even If his majority
should be greatly reduced. it would
be q blow that would-make every Re-
publican vince, from the president
on down the line. OF course it is not
anticipated that his vote will be any
thing in comparison with the Repub-
lican landslide of 1920 but his friends
will be gratified If it is not materially
below normal. There have been ru-
mors that the labor vote was being
lined up against him, and this will be
watched closely as a barometer of
what may be expected of the labor
vote in other states in November.
Mr.. Hale enjoys the distinction OF
being the third member of his family
| in direct line to hold a seat in the
United States Senate. His maternal
grandfather was the late Senator
zachariah Chandler of Michigan. and
his father. the late Eugene Hale. rep
resented Maine in the Senate for 80
years. His Democratic opponent is
former Governor Oakley G. Curtis. of
Portland.
Candidates for Governor
The candidates for Governor are
! Percival p. Baxter, Republican, and
William r. Pattangail, Democrat. Mr..
Baxter is the present incumbent of
the states chief executive office. hav-
ing succeeded Governor Frederick H.
Parkhourst who died in January 1921,
only a few months after his election.
He has served almost full term and
is running on his record and on his
advocacy of the conservation of the
water power resources of the state.
Mr.. Pattangall has served as at
torney general of the state, and is
rated as one of the best campaigners
as well as one of the leading Demo-
Gratis in Maine. He is making his fight
) chiefly on the economy issue. assailing
Governor Baxter and the Republican
administration as the most extrava-
CANT in the history of the state.
The four Republican Congressman
from Maine are candidates to succeed
themselves They are Carroll L.
Body First District; Wallace H.
White. Jr, Second; John E. Nelson,
Third, and Ira G. Hersey, Fourth.
Their Democratic opponents are, re-
spectively, Louis L. Donahue. Ber-
trand c. McIntire, Leon o. Tebbetts,
ana James w. Sewell.
| Inasmuch as only three Democrats
| have ever won a congressional cleo
ton in Maine-since before the Civil
War that is-the Republicans are
lnot uneasy nor are their adversaries
, unduly optimistic. Samuel W. Gould
and L. d. NJ. Sweat. each of whom
served single term, and Daniel j.
McGillsuddy, who represented the
, Third District for three terms, are the
democrats who have made history il,
congressional fights in Maine