The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-17

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Senator'S. are wont to take tn
| oratorical f1ights7-sbut when $senat
/ throw the bull he repairs to his r
! takes a real bull by the nose.
talk OF a Labor party, but nothin g
| tangible has appeared. s 5
" DELEWARE: No outstanding
issues have appeared for the COM
ing state campaign The contest
forr United States Senator, 1T IS
expected, will be along national
| lines a3 ILL.,
NEW JERsEY: United States
Senator Joseph S. Freling huysen.
seeking the Republican renomina-
ton and opposed by George L.
Record Of Jersey City, holds that
! the people want prohibition and
that modification Of the Volstead
Act would virtually nullify the
Eighteenth Amendme He supa
ports protective tariff. Mr.. Record
makes rnonopo1ycurbing the chief
issue, declining to discuss proht-
; bition Governor Edwards appar-
emily will have no opposition for
the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator Judge
George S. Silzer, Democratic can
didate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation has done no campaigning.
His opponent; William E. Tuttle,
state banking and insurance COM
! missioner, advocates modification
Eof the Volstead law and is against
., appropriations for State prohlbl-
ton enforcement. e
MAINE: William r. Pattangall,
former state attorney general on
the stump as democratic candidate
for Governor since the primaries
June 10, has, confined his efforts
mainly to criticisms OF the Repub-
lican state ADMINISTRATION. Cover
nod Percival P. Baxter, Republic
! an candidate, has defended his Of
fetal acts. The governor declined
Pattan gall's invitation to debate
state issues from the same plat
form United States enator Fred
] erick Hale, Republican candidate
for reelection is opposed by former
Governor Oakley C. Curtis Of Port
land, Democrat tic. The election
will be held September IL. ~
5VERMONT: State Senator Red
field Proctor, candidate for: the Re
publican nomination for Governor,
/ will be the third member of his
family to hold that office if he is
elected. His opponent for nomina,
! ton. is farmer, Abram Foote-
Thus far only state issues have
been raised. Congressman Frank <
l.. Green is the only announced
Republican candidate to succeed
United States Senator Carroll S.
Page, who is to retire. ag-
/ ~, r ID =, az 10 n n
senatorial contest William N.
Rogers of Wakefield is the only
Democratic candidate for the Con-
| gressional nominal in the first dis
trict but four Repu b1icans are out
for it. They are: Hobert Pills
bury, Manchester; Mayor Fern
ando w. Hartford, Portsmouth;
| John Schammon, Exeter, and AL
bert E. Shute, Derry. &c
i Congressman Sherman Bur
rows does not seek denomination.
In the second district Con-
gresm an Edward H. WATSON OF
Nashau us has no Republican OPP
ponent, but there are three en-
| trants for the Dem ocratic primary,
William H. Barry of Manchester,
| Ames N. B1andin of Bath and
| George H. Whitcher of Concern
Candidates for the Democratic
/ gubernatoria1 nomination include
| Major Fred III. Brown, -Somers-
\ worth; John G.. Hutchinson;
Stratford, and Albert W. Noone,
! Peterborough Arthur G. White
/ more Of Dover and lWinsor H.
4 Goodno w of Keene seek the Re-
publican nominations. G5@
! RHODE ISLAND: Prohibition
| enforcement and differences grow
ing out Of the long textile strike
are expected; to figures in the fail
| political campaign, but as no prl.
maries are held in this state and
! the rarity conventions do not come
until october, the lineup both as
to issues and to candidates, except
/ for the United States Senate, is
4 somewhat vague. Former Cover
norER. Livingston Beeckman% Isl ex-
4 pected to be. the Republican candi
date for the United States Senate
in opposition to Senator Peter Goe'
.Ilet Gerry (Democratic)- They have
llong been friends and neighbors in
Newport,s fashi onable colony.
CONNETICUT: Full definition
Of the. party issues of Republicans
and Democrats await the state poll,
:! tical conventions and platform :.
The Republicans will make the
tariff the dominant issue. United
! States Senator Mclean will beGre
! nomin ated and his tariff stand en-:
! dorsed- The Democrats are In
J. volved In personal and factional
disputes over nominations for the
Senate, House Of Representative
and governor. They will demand
an amendment permitting beer and
wines; urge more liberal treat
ment OF war veterans and oppose
the Repu blicans on the tariff.
WEST VIRGINIA: Howard
Sutherland OF Elkins, United States
Senator; was. renominated by the
Republicans at the primary Aug