Evening star., 1926-09-15
WELLER |SLEAD|NG
AND MEANS LOSES
ASPR|MAR|ES END
MARYLAND Democrats Expect
Tydings to Beat Winner
Over Hill.
KLAN LOSES IN OLORAD0;
BUTLER MUST FIGHT TWO
Both Parties Face Many Changes In
Next Congress, With Repub-
licans Hardest Hit.
Ry G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

With the last of the primary cleo
t,ons completed yesterday. the Repub-
Hcans and Democrats are lining up
for the final race eliminating In
\ovep,her with control of Senate ana
House and many state governments
as the prizes,
Outstanding results in the primaries
held in nine States yesterday follow:
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie of Maryland
was overwhelmingly renomlnateu lor
a third term. In the same oIate'
Senator o. +. Weller and Representa-
tive John Philip Hill ran close race
for the Republican senatorial hoIliiiid l.
tion. The latest returns shoWeo
Weller slightly in the lead. Under the
MARYLAND convention plan, the
plurality in popular vote may pe up
set by the majorities cast in the VaIl-
Gus counties and legislative dlstrlcts
OF Baltimore city.
Renresentatiye Millard f. Tydings
was nominated for the Senate by tne
Democrats of Maryland without oppo-
Sition The Democrats count upon
electinC Tydings in November, par
ticularlv in view of the bitter faction
al fight between Weller and Hill.
bOIieS w Ills &NoA
In Washington, Senator Wesley I.
Jones, a strong administrator sen
ator supporter of the World court
Republican whip of the Senate and
leading dry, has run away from MS
three opponents for the Republican
senatorial nomination. A Scott Bull
lit. anti-World Court Democrat, ap-
narentlv has won the Democratic
nomination and will run against Sen
ator Jones. He was opposed pv
cleveland LongStreet, running on
drv platform. In the November elec-
ton Jones is expected to win.
A bitter fight among Colorado Re-
publicans has apparently ended Win
The nomination of Charles w. Water
man over Senator Rice w. Means.
The nomination of Waterman is a
victory for the anti-Klan group IN
Colorado Means being the Kan can
didate. 1t is also a victory for State
Chairman Hamlin.
Former Gov. w. f. Sweet on the
face of the returns is a winner In the
race for the Democratic senatorial
: nomination. 1t remains to be seen
whether the Republican factions can
get together before the general cleo
tion in sufficient strength to eject
their Senate candidate.
NdlSn UppOSeS DutIci'
The expected happened in Massa-
chusettes primaries, where senator
William NJ, Butler, chairman OF the
Republican national committee, was
renominated for the Senate without
opposition, and former Senator DAVID
/. Walsh was the choice of the Dem.
ocrats TO oppose Butler In the general
election. Washington Cook, an indie
ID iC IN
independent in the senatorial election
contest. Cook was defeated for Re-
puhlican nomination to the executive
council Yesterday. The interJectlon
Of Cook into the senatorial race is
variouslv interpreted as a help to
Walsh and a help to Butler. The
Massachusetts, senatorial race VIII
he followed with a keener interest
than any other. owing to the close re-
lations between President Coolidge
and Senator Butler.
Gov. Alvan T. Fuller was renomi-
mated by the Bay State Republicans
without opposition, and William A.
CASTOR, who gave the late Senator
Lodge a close race in 1922, was the
choice of the Democrats without OPP
position for the gubernatorial nomlna-
tion.
Dale Sure of Election.
Vermont gave the Republican sena-
torial nomination to Senator Porter II.
Dale, a nomination which is tanta-
mount to election, so strongly Repub-
lican is that State. The Democrats,
however. nominated James f. Ken
nedy TO oppose Dale.
Two Democratic United States Sen
ators from the solid South were re-
nominated Yesterday. Senator Brous-
sard of Louisiana and Senator Ellison
y. Smith of South Carolina. Senator
Broussard was opposed by former Gov.
Sanders. and Senator Smith by Col.
Edgar Brown The World Court con-
troyersy entered vigorously into the
South Carolina campaign. Smith sup
nortinE American adherence to the
court and Brown opposing 1t. The
South Carolina contest was ''run-Off'
between Smith and Brown, who had
been the leaders in the earlier primary
election.
Out in Michigan Gov. Alexander j.
Groesbeck apparently has been badly
beaten for denomination on the Re
publican ticket by Col. Fred w.
Green.
Wet Wins i'm New York.
New York's primaries yesterday
settled the nominations of the va
rlouS parties for membership IN tne
House. In districts where the wet
and dry question entered into the
contests one wet defeated a sitting
dry and three sitting drys success
fully defended themselves against
wet candidates. The wet who won
was former Representative Clark, in
the thirty-fourth district, who defeat
ed Representative Tolley, Republican,
Of Binghamton.
New York has vet TO select its
nominees for governor and Senator.
These selections will be made at party
State conventions September 27, the
Republican convention in New York
CITY and the Democratic in Syracuse.
The denomination of Gov AL Smith
by the Democrats is a foregone con-
clusion but the Republican choice
for governor is still a problem that
is becoming almost national in its
scope for the Republican party.
Senator James w. Wadsworth. a
wet. is assured of the Republican nom-
ination for the Senate, and Justice
Robert r. Wagner of the appellate d.
vision is slated TO make the senatorial
race for the Democrats.
Tho urinary elections settled VeS-