Evening star., 1926-10-10

| tutioual Liberty League stands for
| For every wet Democrat that can pos
sibly be elected in Republican States
there will he two or three rabidly dry
! Democrats elected from Democrat tic
! States. 1t would be impossible for
| the members of the Constitutional
| Liberty League to fire Democratic
ballots into such a situation and hit
anything.
| IF and when the ends sought by
the Constitutional Liberty Union are
brought about ii will. in all proha :
| bility. he through the inStrumentaIity
of the Republican rather than the
! Democratic party. The States which
are commonly wet in sentiment have
| in the same period of years been
either Republican all the time or most
OF the time. Every one of the Demo
cratic STATES which gave Davis his
1856 electoral votes IN 1924 speaks
with the voice OF Upshaw on this
| que ion"
The appeal of the Constitutional
| Liberty League has stirred up hor-
| nets nest. 1t was organized some
years ago by Republicans who largely
| followed the late Louis Coolidge, Il
candidate for the Republican SEN
atOrial nomination against Senator
| been Il member of the league, for eX-
ample, today he is quitting it
along with other Republicans of wet
| t ndencies.
Both the senatorial candidates went
into action last night. Senator Butler,
speaking in Salem, replied to letter
signed by William Green, president of
he American Fedora ton of Labor. In
this letter, which has come into
Massac chusetts. Mr. Green opposed the
election of Senator Butler on the
| ground that he had voted against the
| postal employees wage increase bill
Senator Butler designated this as a
fake issue and questioned the non
| partiSanShip nf Mr.. Green. who is a
member of the non-partisan campaign
committee of the American Fedora
| tfon of Labor. Senator Butler called
| attention to the fact that Mr.. Green
has been three times selected by his
party to represent it at Democrat tic
Ma tlOnal conventions.
II respect the la bOr Orga MIA tiOnS
| of MaSSa ChuSettS.' lid Senator But
| Ter. "and | do not believe that they
| intend to receive dictation as to their
| political activitieS.'
Defends Vote on Veto.
| With regard to the charge that he
| bad voted against the postal wage in.
| crease bill, Senator Butler said he
| had come into the Senate after Prcsi.
! dent Coolidge had vetoed the bill be-
| cause Congress had made no provi
| sion Tor meeting the additional cost
| lie voted with the President to Sus
| tain that veto, he said. but he sup
| ported the Sterling bill which actual
| ~ gave the postal employees their in
| creases in pay as soon as that meas
| ure was perfected and submitted 10
| the Senate.
! Senator Walsh. invading the west
| ern part of the State, spoke at West.
| he'n. near here. He attack ID Senator
| Butler on the ground he had opposed
the sena1o oval investigation of cam
| palgn expenditures and on the ground
| that he stood for "everN selfish inter
! est which now enjoys the immunity
| OF special favor
The Republican senatorial candi.
date, who stopped here today on his
| way to meeting at North Adams.
| commented on the Walsh address. to
| the erect that Senator Walsh sta nds
| Tor no business" and that the Walsh
slogan was ito make business condi-
tions worse than they now are"
| or the four newspapers here, the
Springfield Republican, which is dry.
| is supporting Butler and so is the
Union. which is wei. in bpth moinlns
and evening editions. The News. how
| ever. which is wet, is supporting
! Walsh editoriallN. Al of th~ PAPERS
are owned by the BoWIeS newspaper.
| interests.
| The Democrats are setting no little
store by their nomination of Edmund
! y. Talbot, mayor of Fall River. for
lieutenant governor Mr. Talbot Is of
| French extraction and is expected to
! have weight with the French. Amer-
can voters. many of whom have been
| Republican in the past.
| on the other hand the mix up
| which occurred over the nomination
! by the Democrats of a candidate for
! lieutenant governor and resulted in
| the defeat of Joseph r. Ely Of West
! field has somewhat compliCat ed
| things for them in this part of the
| State. Henry DooleN Of Boston also
| was candidate though he sought to
withdraw in favor of Mr.. Ely in order
| to have a balanced ticket. His name
remained on the ticket in the prima-
ries. however, and the Boston vote
| nominated Dooley. The upshot of the
matter Wa% considerable emharrass-
ment for Ely. who would not take the
nomination although DooleY with
drew. and the selection of Talbot. Ely
has declared his support of the entire
Democratic ticket. however. one ele-
ment of strength which Senator
Walsh had in 1918. when he defeated
the late John W. Weeks for the SEN
ate. he lacks today This was the
independent vote which stood with
President Wilson for the League of
Nations and was synbolized by the
Springfield Republican.