Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
MAINE TOPROV|DE
POLITICAL OPENER
IN 1880 ELECTIONS
Republicans Are Conceded
Victory-DemoCrats Hope
for Large Vote.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Maine provides the curtain raiser to-
morrow for the political drama Of 1880.
The Pine Tree State still clings to its
September State elections, including
members of Congress, although all the
other States will not elect until No
vember 4.
Chief interest centers in the size of
the Democratic vote as compared to
the size Of the Republican vote in
Maine tomorrow. Democrats frankly
have no hope of carrying Maine. They
do expect, according to reports received
at Democratic national headquarters
here, to be able to cut down the Re
publican lead, particularly in the guber-
material race and they insist there Is
a chance they may elect one member
Of the House out of the States delega-
ton of four. In these hopes the Demo-
Gratis are likely to be disappointed, how
ever. The Republicans of Maine are
well organized, and they expect to get
out good percentage Of the vote, de-
spite the fact this is an of year.
Tess Urges G. o. p. Support.
Senator Fess of Ohio, chairman of
the Republican National Committee,
last night delivered in Portland speech
to the Maine voters urging them to go
to the polls and support the Republican
candidates and the Hoover adminiStra-
ton. The national organization has
undertaken to aid in this Maine cleo
ton in other ways, too, and Senator
Fess is only one Of number of speakers
sent into the State. The Democratic
national organization, on the other
hand, has kept out of the State, leav-
ing the campaign to the local Demo-
Gratis. Edward c. Moran, the party's
nominee for Governor, is the head and
forefront of the Democratic activity this
year, in his effort to win over Gov.
William Tudor Gardiner. Moran was
overwhelmingly defeated by Gardiner
two years ago. The latter. however, has
lost some OF his popularity in the State
since then.
Representative Wallace White. the
Republican nominee for Senator. is re-
garded as good as elected by the Re-
publicans. and the Democrats do not
seem to dispute the claim.
number Of other States this week
will vie with Maine for the spotlight of
politics. Maryland holds It's primary
elections tomorrow, for example. Much
of the interest in the Maryland pri-
maries has been eliminated, it is true,
by the fact that the Democratic candi-
date for Governor has already been
chosen-since he has no opposition
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. The Republi-
cans, too, have picked Mayor Broening
of Baltimore as the man to make the
race against Richie. No Senators are
elected in Maryland this year.
State primaries will be held Tuesday
also in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana,
Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Washington. South Carolina will
hold a run-off primary to determine
whether Senator Cole Blease or former
representative j. F. Byrnes Is to have
the Democratic nomination in that
State.
The party battles over senatorial
nominations in Louisiana Michigan and
Colorado, not to mention South Caro-
lima, have aroused widespread interest.
In Louisiana the veteran Senator Rams
dell is opposed for the Democratic nomi-
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