The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-06
Frederick | askfn' S Letter
WHEN MAINE VOTES.
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against him. and this will be
watched tclosely ~ = 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 seat
in the United States senator His
maternal grandfather was the late
Senator 3achariah Chandler Of
Michigan. and hib father, the late
Eugene Hale. represented Maine ina
the senate for 80 years. His Demo-l
cratic opponent is former Governor
Oakley C. Curtis Of Portland.
Candidates for Governor.
The candidates for governor are
Percival P. Baxter, Republican, AMI
william r. Pattangall, Democrat.
Mr.. Baxter is the present incumbent
of the states chief executive Office,
having succeeded Governor Frel.
erick H. .Pankhurst who died IN
January, 1921. only few months
after his election. He has served
almost q 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 campaign
ers as we'll as one of the leading
Democrats in Maine. He is making
his fight chiefly on the economy is
sue, assailing Governor Baxter and
the Republican administration as
the most extravagant in the history
of the state.
The four Republican congress-
men 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 oppon-
ents are, respectively, Louis L.
Donahue, Bertrand C. McIntire,
Leon o. Tebbetts and James W.
Sewell.
Inasmuch as only three Demo-
Gratis have ever won congression-
al election in Maine-since before
! the Civil war, that is-the Repuhli-
cans are not uneasy nor are their
adversaries unduly optimistic. Sam
uel w. Gould and l.. D. NJ. Sweat,
each of whom served a single
term, and Daniel ]. McGillicuddy,
who represented the Third district
for three terms, are the Democrats
who have made history in congress
sional fights in Maine.
The Democrats of Maine elected
governors in 1910 and 1914 and
| away back in the seventies and
eighties they we're successful in
/ putting over the head of their state
ticket in two coalitions formed with
the Greenbackers. In 1910, the
year, also, when McGillieuddy first
broke into the house from the Third
district, the result in Maine in Sep
TENDER was especially prophetic o
what was to happen in the countr.
at large in November, for that wa
the year of the first Democrats
landslide since the days Of Cleye
+, land.
Aside from its significance. as tn
national political barometer, how
ever, the early campaign in tn
Pine Tree State is of value and i'm
portance to both parties in that j
affords what may be termed try
out both for speakers and issues
!, After they have heard from Main
! the party leaders know what issue
to emphasize and what ones t
minimize if they hope to get III
people with them and they ais
get line on what speakers ar
their most effective spellbinde?S
i Candidates in other states are n
ways ready to go into Maine to as
sist in the oratorical bombardmen
in this first battle of the biennia
war. They know that it vii, h
excellent preliminary training f.
their own battles later on and the
have learned that speakers VIII
can hold and enthuse Maine audi
ences can usually get by anywher
else in the country.
Incidentally, after Maine ha
been heard from next week tn
public may be sure that whateve
the result there the leaders of bot
parties will issue statements claim
. ing that it was entirely satisfactor
and altogether encouraging. OF
General Buncombe is still in com
, mand!