The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-31
FIVE SEEK SENATOR
LODGES TOGA
Cine Republican and Four Candidates
Out for Massachusetts Sem
atOrship.

4 BOSTON, July 81 (associated Press.
Five Massachusetts citizens have de-
clared their willingness to wear the sena-
! torlal toga in Washington, in the belef
] that 80 years service there Is enough
etcr Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and that
4 be ought to be retired next March. But
i they have different ideas as to how this
/ ought to be done. The matter Will be
submitted to the voters of this state ut
/ the primaries on Sept. u, and they will
! decide whether Senator Lodge shall make
a sixth appearance as the Republican
nominee IN the November election and
( which enc Of four Democrats shall rep
resent the opposition.
/ Joseph Walker, former speaker of the
house OF. representatives, Is cOnteStlng
/ the Republican nomination with Sena-
| tor Lodge. lie was at one time allied
| with the Progressive wing of the party.
The candidates for the Democratic nom-
nation are Col William A. Castor. a
| banker and long active in his party ;
Sherman l.. Whipple, leading attorney ;
Prof. Dallas Lore Sharp of Boston uni
versity and John Jackson Walsh. a for
ner state senator. All are Boston men,
Mr.. Walker bases his candidacy upon
the argument that Senator Lodge has
'reactiOnary" tendencies and does net
properly represent his party. Colone!
CASTOR in Il recent address laid partic-
ular stress on opposition to the tariff
bill which he said was being forced
through an unwilling congress under the
leadership of Senator Lodge" Mr.
Whippie in announcing his candidacy as
serted that the senior senator from Mas
sachuscttS represented the power of or
ganized money interests" and had been
leading directly against the great swing
IF progressive principles. ?" Professor
sharp includes in his platform abolition
Of war, industrial peace. prohibition,
low tariff. the independence of the Phil
iupifleS and opposition to the soldiers
bonus Mr.. Walsh has described him
self rs a political idealist who believes
that all things can be better than they
are. He has urged liberal individual
financial support to the Democratic
party which he said must become self
supporting.
As nominations for the primaries Do
not close until next month the lineup
in the various congressional districts Is
not yet defined
Gov. Claiming H. Cox. Republican.
is opposed for denomination by ATTORNEY
General J. Weston Allen. 1t has been
the usual custom in this state to accord
/ a governor a nomination for a second
| term, but Mr.. Allen has pointed ont
/ that Governor Cox is the first NlasSa-
cbusetts executive to be chosen for a
| two-year term and asserts for this rea-
son the precedent does not hold
/ On the Democratic ticket John +.
] Fitzgerald. a former congressman and
, former mayor of Boston. Joseph s. Ely
/ of Springfield, and Mayor Peter f. Sulh-
van Of Worcester are candidates for the
nomination for governor.
For the nomination for lieutenant
/ governor on the Republican ticket the
/ incumbent. Alvan 7. Fuller, is opposed
! by Joseph f. Warner. a former speaker
/ of the state house of representatives
/ Two years ago both were candidates for
/ lie same nomination and as a result of
/ the campaign Mr.. Warner brought suit
/ fer SANDER against Mr.. Fuller, being
aWurdcd a verdict of 81 damages.