Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
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LETT ER !!
BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer


NEA Service Writer
WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE
name Gillette" in Massachusetts,
means safety in more than razors.
1t means safety, also, in Republ!-
can politics.
For Frederick Huntington Gil
lette of Springfield, who is always
meant in Massachusetts when the
name Gillette is mentioned, has
record Of 16 unbroken victories
in campaigns for Congress.
Being sane" as we'll as safe"
it was inevitable that this long ten
ure should make him one of the G.
.. P. powers not only in Massachus-
sets but in Congress. AS a result
of which he ha presided, as speak
er, over the last three Congresses;
a dignified, proper, conservative
presiding officer, such as might be
expected from precise Massachus-
sets.
Now, however, the peaceful Ger
tainty of reelection to Congress
from his home district is to be
abandoned. The certainty of an
other term as speaker. in case
Republican Congress is elected tnis
fall, is to be foregone in an at
tempt to wrest from David Ignatius
Walsh, Decocrat, the Senatorial
seat the state must fill this fall.
Instead of gentlemanly cam
paign in his home city of Spring
field and environs, Gillette must
plunge into a statewide campaign
that promises to be one of the bit
terest and most bloody battles
waged in New England since the
Revolution.
Gillette is notmaking this change
whollp from choice. AS speaker Of
the House he has more power and
parquisites than he would have as
simple senator
But with Calvin Coolidge, the ia
vorite son of Massachusetts, lead
ing the Republican national ticket
this yearl the possibility that Walsh
a Democrat, may win reelection tc
the Senate is enough to throw G.
0. P. leaders into chills and a cold
sweat every time they think of it.
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William M. Butler, who was frs.
slated to make the fight against
Walsh, was chosen by President
Coolidge to manage his election
campaign. That puts him out of
The senatorship race. He will have
his hands full with the national cam
paign
Charming Cox. Republican Cover
nor of the Bay State, was then ap-
preached. Cox decided he didn't
care for the honor.
Whereupon Frederick William
Dallinger, a member of Congress
from Cambridge, announced he
would make the race.
Dallinger's announcement, how
ever, didn't satisfy Coolidge and
other party leaders. They doubted
his ability to put the skids under
Walsh.
For one thing, Dallinger is an
ardent and active dry" Next to
Wayne Wheeler and Upshaw of
Georgia, he's the dryest dry in
Washington.
And while it is desired that the
Massachusetts, candidate for the
Senate be pledged to uphold the
constitution, it is not considered
necessary for him to single out
specifically the eighteenth amend
ment as the part to be upheld most
zealously.
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On the heels of Dallinger's an
nouncement, Gillette was called to
see Coolidge. On the heels of his
White House call, he announced he
would run for the Senate.
Undoubtedly, Gillette's candidacy
will have the full support of the
old line leadership in the G. 0. P.
He is the one man with whom they
will feel safe. But even with Gil
lette, they admit it may be a close
shave. u.s.