Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Government to do other than help meet
proper share of the cost of rebuilding
highways and bridges. have tackled the
flood relief problem themselves without
calling upon the Government for special
aid.
But the problem Of flood prevention
in the future is one that the people ex-
pect Mr.. Hoover. If he Is elected to give
particular attention to- Waterpower and
the development of hydroelectr1c power
and its expectation out of the State
is a problem in Vermont and New
Hampshire as we'll as in Maine where
the issue has been raised squarely in
the gubernatorial race. There are many
residents of New Hampshire who feel
that waterpowers of the State are
capable of great development and sale
of hydroelectric power Some of the
newspapers of the State have taken the
matter up and there is talk of amending
the State law which now permits the
export of power after the needs of New
Hampshire have been cared for. The
argument made by the opponents of
export of waterpower is the same as
that made in the Maine campaign. 1t
is the hope of the New Hampshire BUSH
ness men that eventually new industries
will be developed in the State for the
sake of the cheap power. whether by
capital within the State or by capital
coming into the State.
Quiet on Power.
The gubernatorial candidates on the
Republican side. Ora r. Brown and
Charles w. Tobey, are not saying much
about the issue, however. although
Brown has gone so far as to stand by
the law as it is now on the statute
books. The Grafton Power Co., which
has been authorized to commence con-
Struction of power plant at Fifteen
Mile Falls, in the Connecticut River at
cation to the Public Service Commits
sion for the right to export power, and
hearings on the application will begin in
a few days at Concord
The company calls attention to the
| fact that it expects to develop 100000
600 kilowatts hours of primary and
l50,000,000 kilowatts hours of secondary
electricity at the plant, and holds that
this is much in excess of the require
mentS of the available market within
the State. Vermont. apparently is not
taking the same view of the export
problems for it already permits the ex-
portation of hydro-electric power from
its streams.
The contest for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination in New
Hampshire has brought into conflict
much the same groups which have been
fighting it out for control in the State
for several years, with Senator Moses
and Gov. Spalding ranged on one side
and former Gov. Winant and Mr.. Tobey
on the other. Tobey joined the Bull
Moose movement in New Hampshire in
1912. as did others who are in his group.
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tor Moses, has been in the ascendency.
Coolidge Will Aid.
Whatever may be the effect of Presi-
dent Coolidge's support of Mr.. Hoover
in other New England States, it is likely
to have much influence in Vermont,
which is strongly pro-Coolidge, so
strongly that the Vermont delegation
to the Republican national convention
was all ready to cast its vote IN the
Kansas City convention for the nominal
ton of Mr. Coolidge if there had been
the slightest reason to believe that he
would accept the honor If 1t mad been
rendered to him.
The delegation finally swung to Mr..
Hoover when it became evident that
the drive for the nomination of the
President had fallen through.
Gov Spalding is planning to cam
paign actively tor the Hoover-Curtis
ticket during the two months interven-
ing between election day. He, along
with other Republican leaders in the
State. have reached the conclusion that
this is no year for the Republicans to
ease up in the New England States,
and among them New Hampshire. He
plans to reserve the last 10 days of the
campaign for speeches in his own
state.
The Republicans are somewhat puz-
zled in New Hampshire and several
other New England States over the at
titllde this year of the French-Ameri-
cans and the farmers Neither group
is doing much talking right now. The
fact that Senator Curtis, the Repub-
lican nominee for Vice President. has
strain of French blood in his veins from
some of his ancestors is being made as
much of as possible by the Republicans
in their efforts to line up the French
vote The Senator spoke yesterday in
Boston, and will continue into Maine
and probably into other New England
States