Evening star., 1922-07-16
LODGES VICTORY
| TO Be WALk0VER,
SAY SUPPORTERS
"0pponent for Senate Win
Hardly Know He Was
in the Race"
THREE DEMOCRATS
COMPETE FOR T0GA
Lively Interest in State and Ma
tional Primary and Gen
eral Elections.
BY n. o. MESSENGER.
(staH Correspondent Of The Star.

I
BOSTON, July 15.-weu, here is one
neck Of the woods where politics i,
lively enough, even I'm midsummer. 10
suit the most exacting. Massa-
chusetts has a real campaign for
nomination to federal and state Of
hces. The primaries will be held
september IL, and the candidates are
already hard at work.
Naturally, Washingtonians will be
more interested In the case of Senator
| Lodge. who is before the voters for
denomination. The unanimous judg-
| ment Of politicians here, whose opin-
ion, The Stars correspondent learned
! TO value In the past, is that Senator
Lodge will win the nomination hands
down. Some of them think that his
| opponent will hardly know that he
has been in a race They also be-
| lieve that by the time election day
rolls around. the dissruntlement to-
ward Senator Lodge among certain
republicans admitted to exist at thi.
| time will have vented itself in
grumbling and that confronted by the
alternative of voting for democrat.
| they will march dutifully to the polls
| and assure the election Of Senator
Lodge.
But such is not the opinion OF the
| supporters of the man who is oppos-
| ing Senator Lodge for the nomination,
nor of democrats. who believe that
the republicans have fallen on evil
days and that the time is propitious
to the possibility of giving the
present democratic senator from
Massachusetts. Senator Walsh. a
democratic colleague.
walker ex-Represeatative.
Joseph Walker. who 10 contestins
for the nomination with Senator
Lodge. is a son OF former Representa- :
1 tive Walker. also was long time in
the House and something OF char
acter.
Mr.. Walker, today's candidate, was
an ardent Bull Mooser. and he has
| not shed his horns. He is a wealthy
manufacturer, but rather a dilIetante
| in practical politics. He stands for
almost everything in political policies
which Senator Lodge does not sp-
prove. Whatever Senator Lodge is
for. he is likely to be "agin." He did
not want TO go in for the nomination.
but when he found that no one else
was willing TO tackle Senator Lodge.
he seid he would take him on.
Mr.. Walkers theory is that this is
bad period for stsndpatters and
the open season for progressives-
the more progressive the better. He
| contends. that political events in In
diana, Pennsylvania and Iowa sup
port his, theory and that conditions
| prevailing in those states must exist
/ in Massachusetts,.
That is taking a long shot. OF
| course, but that is the kind of a bet
Mr.. walker is laying down. "Reac-
| tfonism must go.' is his watchword
and he is making his campaign on
that slogan. At present he is. ad-
dressing non-partisan groups and is
making a vigorous talking campaign.
! three Democratic Aspirants.
with the trend of judgment lean
| ing toward Senator Lodges proba Bile
| nomination. interest attaches to his
probable democratic adversary at the
polls in November There are three
| aspirants for the democratic candi-
dacy-Col. william A. Castor, Sher
man L. whippie and John jackson
Walsh. the latter not related to Sem
ator David J. Walsh, however.
1t is a fair night among these three.
with the favorite not yet in sight. but
Walsh looming up strong in the
| background. Col. Castor. son Of
| former governor. head of = prominent
law firm, banker and aristocrat, is
recognised as q type of the conserva-
/ tive democrat. He has been unsuc-
cessful at the polls before, however,
| falling election to the governorship.
Sherman L. whipple is one Of the
most brilliant lawyers in the state.
an attractive personality. popular
/ and a most engaging talker. He
/ never ran for office before, but s
widely known nevertheless. He is
| backed by Mayor Curley Of Boston.
| He il going out as q friend Of the
plain people and opposed to the ''in-
| terests." He Is regarded as very
formidable candidate.
| John Jackson walsh will find his
main strength among the raak and
| fle Of the democratic voters outside
the machine managers. who viii be
tied up with either Castor or Whip
ple. He ID very popular. having made
q brilliant though unsuccessful run
for the governcrship in 1890. AS the
majority of the democratic vote in
this state is of the same religious
| tenet as Mr.. walsh. he is calculated
II 10 thought. to give his two oppp
nents tight rub In the primaries.
The governorship contest is more
exciting locally than the senator
ship, however. The sspirants for the
republican nomination are present
GOV. cux and Attorney General Alien.
The dspnocratic contestants are for
mer Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and
Joseph P. Ely.
| 81 Asking sses1a' Tern.
since the landing at Plymouth