Evening star., 1923-09-02
FIVE IN SENATORIAL
RACE IN VERMONT
Three Republicans and Two
Democrats Seek Oilling-
hams Seat.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BURLINGTON, VT, September 1.-The
death OF United States Senator William
p. Dillingham; has precipitated a politi-
cal campaign which Is likely to prove
the most hotly y-contested in the Green
Mountain state for many years.
There are five avowed candidates for
the senatorial vacancy and seven for
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Representative Porter II. Dale. who
desires to succeed Senator Dilling-
ham.
Here is the list of republican
cancy: Porter II. Dale of Island Pond,
"a lawyer. who has represented the
second Vermont district In Congress
since 1915; John w. Redmond of
for the Central Vermont railway;
Stanley C. Wilson of Chelsea, a
lawyer, and at present Judge of the
superior court of the state; and
Roland +. Stevens of White River
Junction. also a lawyer. All of these
gressional district. which is COM
posed of the seven counties on the
eastern side of the Green Mountain,
no man on the west side of the state
! having the temerlty 10 attempt 10
break the mountain rule" which has
been observed in Vermont politics
for many years.
Contest for House.
! For the vacancy in the House OF
Representatives the candidates are
Orlando L. Martin OF Plainfield.
farmer, master of the state Grange
and speaker OF the Vermont house
| OF representatives; former Lieutenant
Governor Mason s. Stone of Mont
pelier long prominent in educational
affairs; Col. Ernest W. Gibson of
Brattleboro, lawyer and command
! ing officer of the Vermont National
Guard; John w. Gordon of Barre. a
lawyer; James A. Stacey of white
River Junction, a manufacturer, and
Charles A. Webb of Montpelier, for
, fourteen years in the office of the late
Senator Dillingham; at Washington.
The only national issue thus far
raised in the campaign has to do with
the eighteenth amendment and the
NolStead act, and even this is con-
fined to the senatorial campaign. The
reason for this Limitation Is obvious.
The second district, where Represent
ative Dale's successor is to be chosen.
is admittedly dry" and no pro.
nounced wet" candidate would stand
any chance of success at the primary.
The balance Of the state, which
other hand. may be dry" or it may
be wet" evidences not being lack
ing that it is close. When the local
option law was in effect in Vermont
the first district was decidedly wet,
when a democratic wet candidate for
Congress cut normal republican ma
jority of $4,000 to a paltry 1900 on
that issue alone, proved that the
workings Of the Volstead act were
not entirely satisfactory to many Yer
monters.
Two Candidates Dry.
or the senatorial candidates. Mr..
Dale is thoroughly in accord with
the present law, and so is Mr.. Stevens.
Mr.. Redmond, on the other hand,
would modify" the law. believing
that the restriction to one-half OF
1 per cent of alcohol is extreme.
and therefore unwise.. Judge Wilson
favors a correction" of the VOL
stead act, holding that 1t contains a
"misstatement" as to what is in fact
Intoxicating LIQUOR, Both Mr.. Red
ever, tha the eighteenth amendment
is a part OF the organic law of the
nation and must be obeyed and eff
fectively enforced. Mr.. Redmond Is
already conducting an active cam
paign for the nomination. Mr.. Dale
Is not idle. and the other candidates
are expected to be busy during the
next month.
Vermont democrats usually make a
preliminary selection of candidates
at mass meeting OF party leaders.
and this has already been done in
connection with the present cam
paign. Park H. Pollard of Cavendish.
merchant and cousin of President
Calvin Coolidge. and leading demo-
crat in the last Vermont Legislature,
has been selected as the party's can
ddate for senator. and Burton Z.
Bailey of Montpelier. a lawyer. who
also represented his city In the last
Legislature. is to be the congressiona
candidate. Both stand squarely and
without slipping on the wet" plat
form which the mass convention
adopted. and it is doubtful If the
party could find two more popular
candidates anywhere in the state.
However, it is not considered among
the possibilities that Vermont, Presi-
dent Coolidge's native state, Will send
a democrat to Washington at this
time The prims ries will be held on
Tuesday, October 9. and the election
for both senator and representative
on Tuesday, November 6.
w. B. GATES.