The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31

I
 lowed the bomb explosion, the
 The New England situation il
 marked by an intensive struggle on thu part of democrats to prevent the repub
 licans from increasing their strength il
 the certain" states-Vermont being 1 typical example. The battle in Massa
 chusetts, of which state President Cool
 idge was at one time governor, is being
 hotly waged between Mayor Curley Oi
 Boston, democrat, and Lieutenant Gov ernor Fuller, republican.
 l The Ku Klux Klan, with it's anti
 private and parochial schools amend ment, and Senator La Toilette are ex pected to upset traditions in the lead ing mid-western states, the review indi cates. The state political situations are particularly unsettled and close cleo tions, with numerous upsets, have been forecast by many authorities.
 Massachusetts
 The republicans in Massachusetts have made strenuous effort to recapture the seat in the United States senate held by David I. Walsh, democrat, since 1919, the state prior to that time hay 1 ing had two republican senators since the party was founded. Speaker Fred erick H. Gillett, of the national house of representatives, is the republican can didate against Senator Walsh, who seeks reelection.
 For governor the contest is between Mayor James M. Curiey of Boston, dem ocrat, and Lieutenant Governor Alvan T. Fuller, republican. Massachusetts being the home state of President Cool idge, who was governor of the state when elected to the vice presidency, both parties have done their best to bring out a full vote.
 Congressman Peter F. Tague, demo- crat, defeated for renomination in the tenth district in the September prima- ries, will run on stickers against John J. Douglass, democrat; James E. Ma guire, republican, and Thomas J. Gib- lin, independent.
 New Hampshire
 United States Senator Henry W. Reyes, republican, is candidate for re- election in New Hampshire, being op- posed by State Treasurer George E. Farrand, democrat Congressman Will liam N. Rogers, democrat, and Edward H. Watson, republican, also seek re- election. Governor Fred H. Brown, democrat, is the first New Hampshire governor to run for a second term in many years. His republican opponent is John c. Winant.
 Vermont
 No United States senator is to be elected in Vermont this year. Congress- man Ernest W. Gibson, republican, is candidate for reelection in the sec ond district and Ebert s. Brigham is the republican nominee in the first dis trict. In Vermont the republican nomi- nation for governor, United States sen-1 ator and congressman always has been equivalent to an election. Because of the fact that President Coolidge was born in Vermont an unusually large vote is expected November 4. Frank lin S. Billings is the republican nomi- nee for governor. The demOcratfc prj- mary nominee, Howard B. Shaw, died on September 26. Fred c. Martin was later named to head the democratic ticket.
 State officers, senator and congress- men were elected in Maine in Septem- Der. No state matters will come before the voters at the national election.
 Rhode Island
 The legislative controversy in which Rhode Island has been involved for the past year is playing a large part in the campaign. Lieutenant Governor Felix A. Toupin who, as ex-officio pres ident of the senate! directed the demo- cratic filibuster against the republic an majority, is the democratic candi- date for governor.
 The republican senators, after the set ting off of bromine gas bomb near Sv, khA fntn senate, fled to Rutland, Mass, where they still remain, although several are for reelection. The repub- lican candidate for governor is former Governor Aram J. Pothier, a banker and manufacturer of Woonsocket.
 The fight for the United States sem ate seat vacated by the death of the late Le B. B. Colt has been between Jesse H. Metcalf, republican, Governor William s. Flynn, democrat, and Ed ward M. Sullivan, former democratic mayor of Cranston, independent.
 Connecticut
 The prediction campaign in COnnec- ticut has been relatively quiet Five parties have qualified for places on the ticket, four of them with state tickets ill addition to presidential electors. The democratic, socialist, and So- had complete tickets, while the La Toilette Wheeler progressives filed list of electors only for the gen eral ticket. The republicans, in the be- lief that the state was secure for Cool idge, spent little money in campaign 
 The recent death of United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee, who was reelected four years ago, will necessi- tate a special election shortly. The feature of the state ticket canvass has been the aggressiveness of Charles G. Morris, democratic nominee for gover- nor, who is opposed by the present lieu tenant governor, Col. Hiram Bingham, a Yale professor.
 State issues have so far overshad- | owed national questions in the Illinois that calculations as to the net result nationally were based on spec llations concerning the outcome in the l state contests. National attention has been focused on the development of the l republican vote of the home state of Charles G. Dawes, the C. O. P. vice presidential nominee.
 In the democratic ranks, a vigorous statewide campaign was waged on the leynote issue enunciated by John w. Davis, honesty in government" The Hogan has been hurled at the republican orces as the paramount issue of both he state and national campaigns.
 Cross currents of political opinion ap- ,eared in the efforts of organized labor throughout the state, which gave rise o the chief speculative factor of the Governor Small, seeking re- lection on the republican ticket, was supported by organized la ,or in the April primaries, and labor including John H. Walker, pres dent of the Illinois Federation of La-