The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
M'CALL MAY RUN AGAINST LODGE
 IN SENATE RACE
Former Governor Studying Political Situation in Massa- chusettS-Irish Vote Will
 Seek to Defeat Senator
Fly EDMUND HART Special Dispatch fo The Age-Herald (Copyright, 1929, by The Age-IIerald)

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 Boston, June 3.-Samuel Walker Mccall, ex-governor of Massachu sets, the man about whom the hopes of the anti-Lodge republicans cen- ter, is pondering a decision as to whether or not he will enter the pri- maries against the senior senator from this state and the republican leader in the upper branch of Con- gress-Henry Cabot Lodge.
 There has been q recent assump- tfon that Senator Lodge would have a walk in the primaries and that Governor Mccall might enter the actual senatorial contest in the fall as an independent republican candidate, thereby yifsually assuring the election of a democrat. MT. Me Call has laid the rumor to rest for ever. lie will either fight MT. Lodge in the primary or stay out of the race. TallS of arranging fusion opposition to Lodge has died out. for the democrats say they want a straightforward chance to attack. and possibly to defeat. the man who so bitterly assailed President Will son during the closing days of his administration.
 Since his arrival here Thursday evening, after an extended stay In Europe and flying visit to Wash ington, MT. Mccall has been be- sieged by supporters and newspaper men in an effort to smoke him out on the Massachusetts senatorial situ- ation To most of his callers MT. Mccall has said that before he states his position he wants a chance to survey the local political field, talk with his fric clds and supporters and ascertain just how widespread the opposition to Senator Lodge is.
 No Personal Fight
 By close political and social friends, Mir. Mccall is quoted as saying that he has no desire to make a personal fight against Sem ator Lodge and that before he con- sents 10 enter the race he must be satisfied that there is a real public demand for him.
 "The defeat of Senator Lodge and the election of democrat does not appeal to me as a republican," he remarked to one of his closest friends and have no idea of run ming as an independent to bring about Senator l ige's defeat"
 MT. Mccall has said that the only way to bring about the defeat of Lodge would be for the democrats to unite with the independent re- publicans and Anti-Bodge wing of that party at the polls.
 Und-r such conditions, 1t is said, he might consent to run as Lodges opponent. That, oweyer, does not no-l seem potable, aince the demo- crats have said they have no inten- tion of helping one republican de- feat another. Democratic party lead CTS insist on goins it alone and go- In gdown to defeat. If necessary, rather than give their party indorse- ment to a republican.
 There are. three democratic candi- | dates for the United> States senator sh.p-Sherman l.. Whipple, William 1 A. Gaston. banker, and John Jackson ] Walsh. lawyer.
 So MT. Walsh can rest assured that whatever happens in his own party l the dem ocrats proposed to go it alone with their own nominees. | Naturally Lodge and his friends are | pleased at the democratic intention of sticking to party lines and rum