Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

Q meeting during the primary campaign
one OF Buffers supporters accused ORA
per Of being a drunkard while Mrs.
Draper, who had just finished speaking
sat on the platform; Turning toward
Mrs. Draper, the Butler speaker contin-
ued, "And Mrs. Draper knows it, too"
Draper Is said to have been incensed
over what he terms an insult to his
wife. How many Of the Draperites will
fall away entirely from Butler remains
to be seen. Some of them may not
vote, others may 60 all the way over
and vote for Coolidge. Butler has SUI
fered In the past from the ennity Of the
close friends and supporters of the late
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge because of
the rough treatment accorded Lodge at
the Republican national convention in
Cleveland in 1924. At that time Lodge
had Just voted to override President
Coolidge's veto of the soldiers bonus
bill. Lodge was q delegate at the con-
vention, but was given little consider
alton by the Massachusetts, leaders,
with Butler ut their head. During the
primary this year, Mrs. Constance
Williams. daughter Of Senator Lodge, in
Of the latter, and declared that her
father had been treated like a pick
pocket" by Butler at Cleveland. Re-
publican campaign managers insist,
however, that much of the soreness
against Butler among Lodge supporters
has been erased and that in the old dis
trict from which Lodge came Butler
VIII have strong support on election
day.
opinion inclines here to the belief
that the Democrats will not dislodge
more than one or two Republicans from
their seats in the House and that, per-
haps, the Republicans will regain the
second congressional district, which was
lost In q special election last Spring to
Granfield, the Democratic candidate.
The second district had always been
Republican. Granf1eld won in a wet
and dry fight. But the Republicans
have nominated Joshua L. Brooks, @
prominent business man and a wet,
against Granfleld this time and he
may win.
In the fourth district, represented by
Frank H. StobbS. there Is a real fight.
This Is the Worcester district. Stobbs
declined to be candidate. Pehr @.
Holmes Is the Republican nominee and
David Goldstein the Democrat. Gold
stein Is considered to have o good
chance for victory.
The Underhill district, the ninth. is
giving the Republicans the greatest
cause for worry, however, and the
y
Underhtll won two years ago by a scant
200 votes. The Republicans say that
the situation Is improving for Under
hill. Two years ago he was able to win
against an Irish American Democratic
candidate, even though AL Smiths
landslide In this State was on and
David l. Walsh was winning by 125, 000
This year the Democrats have nomi-
mated Joseph j. Borgatti, Of Italian ex-
traction. There is a large group Of
Italians In the district. But the Re
publicans figure that Underhill may have
o better chance to win against Borgattt
crat.
In all congressional districts save
four, the Republican candidates for the
House are drys and are so counted. In
all the congressional districts the Demo-
cratic nominees are vets. Brooks, the
Republican nominee In the second dis
trfct, is q wet. and so is Holmes in the
fourth district. A. Ptatt Andrew, Re
publican Representative from the sixth
district, has come out wet, and George
Holden Tinkham Republican in the
eleventh district, has been one Of the
wettest Of the vets for years. Tinkham
has been reelected over and over again
In a district that is strongly Demo-
cratic. His reelection this year Is con-
fidently expected, although Mr.. Tink--
ham has failed TO make q personal
campaign. But that has been his usual
custom.
Some Face Real Fights.
The dry Republican candidates in
several of the districts besides those
mentioned are having real nights TINS
year. This Is true Of Representatives
Treadway, Dallinger and Martin. But
they are expected to win in the end.
Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, in the Low
| ell district, is believed sure winner
despite the fact that she IS opposed by
a wet Democrat, Halloran.
Down on the Cape, in the sixteenth
district, Representative Clifford has no
Democratic opposition, but Is opposed
by John D. w. BodflSh, an independent
and q wet.
| In Massachusetts, it does not appear
that there Is to be a great turnover
| in congressional representation, UNI
less, indeed, the protest" vote should
prove to be greater than is expected.
The voters In Massachusetts, are asked
to vote on election day in a referen-
dunn on the question whether the State
dry enforcement law shall be repealed
The indications are that the vets will
win the referendum, no matter how
the election of candidates for office may
20 In O measure the referendum may
aid some of the dry Republican can.
didates. Republicans wet in senti-
1 ment may content themselves with vot-
ing wet in the referendum, and, hav'
ing expressed their resentment against
the dry law. vote for the Republican
ticket, In 1898 the voters In q refer.
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