Evening star., 1924-09-07
WOMEN GET CHANCE
TO GIVE KLAN VIEW
Maine Election Offers Them
Opportunity to Register
Sentiment Freely.
BY Consolidated Press.


PORTLAND. Me-, September e.
Some idea Of what women think of
the sterner sex's penchant for masks
and hoods may be CLEANED from the
Maine elections Of Monday. For the
ku Klux klan is well to the fore as
campaign issue, and women prom
Use to play a greater part than ever
before in this years voting.
An almost superman effort was
made by members Of both parties to
get the total feminine vote enrolled
and they succeeded perhaps beyond
their fondest hopes. Women were
herded to the registration booths in
droves, with honors apparently about
even between the two parties. A rec
ord petticoat ballot Is practically as
sured.
AS for the Klan--its masked and
hooded specter has stalked contin-
uously through the prediction cam
paign, despite the best efforts Of the
Republicans to lay the ghost.
Dispute Wakes Warm.
Whenever the Republican leaders
assert that the Klan Is not an issue
and will play no conspicuous part in
the election of Ralph o. Brewster,
the Republican candidate for gov,
ernor-if that individual pulls sue
cessfully through the election on
Monday-up bobs William r. Pattan-
gall, Democratic spellbnder and can
didate for governor, with q fresh VOL
ley of reasons why Mr.. Brewster may
be considered to be allied with the
Khan. He is troublesome individ-
ual, Is MIR. Pattangall.
There Is no controverting the fact
that 1t was the klan vote which gave
MIR. Brewster the nomination over
n n w 5neY f~y,
of the Maine Senate. in one of the
closest primary contests the State has
ever known. What part that vote will
play In the final election is. of course
debatable, as the strength Of the Khan
Is matter Of conjecture.
Republican leaders have repeatedly
declared that Mr.. Brewster ts not al
lied with the Klan, and Mr.. Brewster
has himself issued statements to that
effect, both holding that the election is
a straight partisan contest and that
the only issues are the normal issues
between the Republican and Democratic
parties.
be that as 1t may. some mysterious
force has operated to insure the heaviest
prediction enrolment of voters in
history, except that Of four years ago,
when women were given the ballot for
the first time. Moreover, it is generally
conceded by both Republican and Demo-
cratic leaders that the vote next Mon
day will be even heavier than that four
years ago.
Big Speakers Heard.
The feature of the campaign, out
side OF the oratorical bombardment,
which has brought to Maine many Of
the stellar luminaries of the Repub-
lican party, including the vice presiden-
tlal candidate, Charles G. Dawes; Sen
ator Willis of Ohio, Secretary of La
Dor Davis, Senator Watson of Indiana,
Secretary Weeks and Speaker Gillett
of the House of Representatives, has
been the tireless energy of the two
principal candidates. They have trav-
eled by train and automobile, day and
night, and when the campaign is
over VIII probably have spoken in
almost every town and city in Maine
The Khan issue is expected to fie-
ure in the gubernatorial election
alone. all other officers, State and
county. being elected on straight par
tisan issues
For almost the first time in history,
certainly for the first time in many
years. Maine has an avowed wet"
candidate for Congress in the person
OF William NJ. lngraham, Assistant
Secretary Of War under President
the Democratic ticket in opposition
to Carroll l.. Beedy. the present
Representative from the first district.
a United States Senator and four
Representatives will be chosen in
Mondays elections. For Senator, Bert
NJ. Fernald. Republican, the present
incumbent, is opposed by Fulton j.
Redman, Democrat.
The second district congressional
contest is the only one that is ex-
pected to assume appreciable proper
tions. Here Wallace II. White, the
Republican Representative for several
terms Is opposed by Bertrand G.. Nc
1ntyre, at one time Democratic candi-
date for governor. Mr.. Whites late
ness in declaring his candidacy is one
OF the factors that are expected to
enter into his receiving his election,
If at all. by a somewhat closer margin
than usual. John E. Nelson, repre-
sentative from the third district, is
opposed by Leon o. Tebbetts, Demo-
cratic mayor of Waterville, and, Ira
G. Hersey Of Houlton, Representative
from the fourth district, by Clinton
c. Stevens Democraf