The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
WINTHROP LIKELY
 ID OPPOSE GERRY
 IN RHODE ISLAND
Effort of Republicans to "Re- deem" State Will Prove an Interesting Senatorial
 Battle This Fall
nY EDMOND HAITI.
Special Correspondent of The Age-Heral (Copyright. 1923. by The Age-HcraldD

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 Special Correspondent of The Age-HsTald
 Copyright. 1923. by The Age-hcraia)
 Providnee, R. l., April 15.-Formef Governor Beekman Winthrop is being groomed as the candidate against Senator Peter Goelet Gerry in the fight the Republicans are to make this fall to redeem Rhode Island"
 SefiAtor Gerry was the first demo- crat to be sent to. the United States Senate from this state In something like forty years. An old Tammany chieftain came from New York six years ago to help the rich young man organize his campaign, and bY Tam many thoroughness they put it over.
 The Tammany leader now is dead. but young Gerry has learned some thing of politics himself and the campaign promises to be one of the most interesting of the congress sional year.
 In order to pave the way for Win throp's nomination against Senator Gerry, the republican leaders must first placate Representative Ambrose Kennedy, who has senatorial ambl- tions and is very popular with the French-speaking voters in the Black stone Valley. Congressman Kennedy was educated in Canada and speaks French fluently. The French are a very important element in the poli- t4. Ri ernor, E. l.. Sansouei, is French Ca nadian and was lieutenant governor under Winthrop.
 Because of the recent labor trou- bles in the big mills in this industrial section of the state the republicans fear that the factory workers may flock to the democratic ticket this year. as they did six years ago, when Gerry defeated Senator Lipitt, in short but exciting campaign Both Winthrop and Gerry are million aires. They are also good mixers and handshakers and popular with common people.
 No Popularity Lost
 At the end of his term as governor. Winthrop had lost none of his popu- larity, and the feeling among repuo- lican politicians is that he is the only man III SlkHI WHO tdH btdl ptIAdlOi Gerry. The latter will be renomina- ted without opposition in the demo- cratic primaries.
 Senator Gerry has had a meteoric career in politics. It was the famous old blind boss of the &. 0. p. in Rhode Island General Brayton, who discovered him and pointed out his possibilities to the democrats. One day. when the newspaper men were chatting with General Brayton, he remarked to reporter on a demo- cratic paper here. that there was a new millionaire in Newport.
 Better look him up." said the blind boss. good naturedly. "He may prove an angel for you democrats"
 The reporter followed up General Brayton's suggestion and wrote story about the new rich young New Yorker. son of old Commodore Gerry. of the New York Yacht club and confidant of Grover Cleveland, Will liam c. Whitney Daniel Manning and other leading democrats in and out of Tammany Hall.
 The democrats nominated young Gerry for the Newport city council next year and he was elected Soon afterwards there was a vacancy in the congressional delegation from thHOut iNidIus one Ol the DltHiDtTS having died. The democratic nomina- tion in that hopelessly republican dis trict went a-begging In the elev- enth hour, Gerry consented to run and was elected. His party sent him as one of the delegates at large to the democratic conventions of 1912 and 1916. He was a Wilson man in both gatherings
 WhiIrwind Fight.
 In 1918 there was a lot of pulling and hauling among Rhode Island democrats over the senatorial nomi- nation. Gerry did not go after the plum. but it was known that he would make the run against Sena- tor Lipitt, If his party desired. Five weeks before election day Gerry was named. He made whirlwind fight.
 Soon after the campaign began. Commodore Gerry called into his of- flee in New York an old and trusted friend, General De Witt Hamilton. a seasoned Tammany politician, telling him that his son Peter. was running for the Senate in Rhode Island and asking him if he wouldn't run up. look over the situation and see if there was anything he could do for the youngster General Hamilton never hunted quail with brass bdilu. ne SIlpptu up tO 4NtWp pOTt OH the night boat. got into touch with the young candidate for senatorial honors and went over the situatloI with him.
 The general visited other sections of the state incog aLd then started an intensive campaign in behalf or young Gerry. In a short time he had organized the state in Tammany fashion. seeing to 1t that repre- sentative of every racial group was placed in charge of the work cut out for that particular group. Every where young Gerry appeared in the campaign. he was received with great enthusiasm. The old gam paigner had attended to that detail and other matters of practical na- ture. When he had organized his Rhode Island Tammany machine, officered it with practical politicians and workers. he slipped back to Man hsttan as quietly as he arrived in Little Rhody. He had done his work before the republicans even knew that he was in the state.
 This time Senator Gerry will not have the benefit and aid and counsel of the general nor the assistance of his rich father. Both have died since his election six years ago.
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