Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-06
Haskin Letter
By
J.
WHEN MAINE VOTES

ors that the labor vote was being lined
nm against him, and this will be watch
ed closely as a barometer of what may
he expected of the labor vote In other
states in Novembr.
Mr.. Hale enjoys the distinction of
being the third member of his family
in direct line to hold a seat IN the
United States senate. His maternal
grandfather was the late Senator
Zachariah Chandler of Michigan, and
his father. the late Eugene Hale, rep
resented Maine in the senate for 30
vears. His democratic opponent is
former Governor Oakley G. Curtis, of
Portland.
Candidates for Governor
The candidates for governor are
Percival Z. Bsxter.. republican, ana
William r! Hhttangall, democrat, MIR.
R,rter is tn. present incumbent of
the states chief executive office, hav-
ing succeeded Governor Frederick y.
P%arkburst who died in January, 1871,
onlv a few months after his election:
He has served almost a full term n
is running on his record n on ms
| advocacy of the conservation OF the
water W resources of the state.
Mr.. Pattangall has served as at
torney general of the state, and is
rated as one of the best campalgners
as well as one of the leading m
Gratis in Maine. He is making ms fignt
chiefly on the economy issue. assalllng
Governor Baxter and the republican
administration as the most extrava-
can't in the history of the state.
The four republican congressman
from Maine are candidates to succeed
themselves. They are: Carroll !.
Boody. first district; Wallace II.
White Jr., second; John r.. Nelson,
third. and Ira G. Hersey, fourth. Their
democratic opponents are, respec-
lively. Louis L. Donahue, Bertrand q
McIntire, Leon O. Tebbetts, ana James
w. Sewell.
Inasmuch as only three democrats
have ever won a congressional election
in Naine-since before the Civil war,
that is-the republicans are not un-
aasv nor are their adversaries unduly
ontinistic. Samuel w. Gould and l.
Il M Sweat. each of whom served a
single term. and Daniel j.. McGil-
cuddy. who represented the third dis-
trict for three terms, are the demo
Gratis who have made history IN con-
gressional fights in Maine.
The democrats of Name elected gov
ernors in 1910 and 1914 and away
back in the seventies and eighties
thew were successful in putting over
the head of their state ticket in two
coalitions formed with the g~reenbacks
In 1910. the year, also, when Nc
Gillicuddy first broke into the house
from the third district. the result II
Maine in September was especial!
prophetic of what was to happen II
the country at large in November, TO-
that was the year of the first demo
cratic landslide since the days O
Cleveland.
Aside from it's significance as th'
national political barometer, however
the early campaign in the Pine Ire
state is of value and importance tt
both parties in hat it affords wha
NAV De termed a try-out both 10
sneakers and issues. After they havl
heard from Maine the party leader
know what issues to emphasize an
!, what ones to minimize if they hop
to get the people with them. and the.
? also get a line on what speakers ar
: their most effective spellbinders.
Candidates in other states are al
ways ready to go into Maine to assls
in the oratorical bombardment IN TIM
first battle of the biennial war. The,
, know that it will be excellent prehm
: mary training for their W battle
/, latter on and they have learned 'ha
I speakers who can hold and enthus
= Maine audiences car usually get b
p anywhere else in the country.
incidentally. after Maine has bee
, heard from next week the public la
+ be sure that whatever the result Their
: the leaders Of both parties will issu
: statements claiming that it was en-
: tirely satisfactory and altogether er
= couraging. Old General Buncombe
: still in command!