Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-31
The Political Mill
By C. Could Lincoln.

The Democrats are still seeking to
put salt on the tail Of the dove Of peace
Somehow or another the dove Is Elusive
Take the recent rlmpus in worcester
, Mass, where the Democratic leaders
from all over the State met to harmo-
nize their differences and to pick can
didates for Governor, Senator, lieuten-
ant governor and other State ofhces. 1t
broke up In row, real row. in which
flrst flew. That was not all. Before the
lighting began, various speakers pro-
ceeded TO say just what they thought
about the situation and more particu-
larry ABOUT their opponents. The great
trouble OF the Democrats in Massachu-
SettS today is found in the fact that the
Boston organization wants to swing the
whole State Democratic party. It's
something like the trouble between the
Republican organization in Philadel-
pennsylvania. It's the city against the
State. But that is not all. Some Of the
Democrats in Massachusetts, are not
Sh-Americans. Now the question Is
shall there be a balanced" ticket. e.,
ticket on which the Irish and the
YANKEES are both representation Is 1t
70 De an "all-green" ticket?
The Massachusetts Democrats have q
Senator. David I. Walsh. one of the
most effective and efficient of the 96
men who sit in the Senate. Mr.. Walsh
Is OF Irish extraction. 1t has been Sug-
gested that perhaps it would be wise
10 put up a man with Yankee
name for the Senate seat now held
by Senator Gillett, certainly If the
Democratic candidate for Governor is
TO be former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald
of Boston. Maybe they will and maybe
they won't. Marcus A. Coolidge is one
of the Yankee breed put forward as
a senatorial possibility, but a lot OF
the Democrats are seeking to hang
| crepe on Mr.. Coolidge.
Senator Walsh gave the Democrats
of his State something to think about
when he told the harmony" meeting
in Worcester that they must not make
the mistake of thinking that Massa-
chusetts had definitely turned to the
Democratic party merely because 1t had
been carried for Al Smith in 1928. The
coming election in the Bay State is OF
particular interest to determine lust
to what extent the commonwealth has
turned Democratic. It elected a Re-
publican Governor and other State
! officers in 1928 while it was casting its
electoral votes for AL Smith and elect
ing Senator Walsh again.
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The Democrats, in the coming sena-
torial campaign in Massachusetts, will
have the wet end of the prohibition
question. William M. Butler. former
Senator and the probable nominee OF
the Republicans, has come out dry. Sc
has Gov. Allen. This may help the
Democrats to swing the senatorial elec-
ton. for there are lot of wet Repub-
l1cans just about sore enough to vote
the Democratic ticket on the wet issue
alone. On the other hand, if the DEM
ocrats row too much among themselves
1t Will be Republican year, prohibition
or no prohibition.
The Democrats in Colorado fell out
a couple of days ago over the wet-and-
dry question. Meeting IN party conven-
ton at Colorado Springs, the Democrats
voted down proposal, made by the wet
members of their party, to place ir
their platform demand for repeal OF
prohibition, by vote of 300 to ITS
And the Democrats ivened the occasion
by fist fights there as they did in Wor-
ceSter. These Democrats get a lot oil
fun out OF life, even If they do not wiz
as many elections as the Republicans.
When the Democrats determined *
nominate Gov. Billy" Adams to sue.
coed himself, they very largely gave oyeI
the chance Of defeating the Republican
who will be nominated in place of Sen.
ator Phipps. Billy" Adams, the mos
popular politician in the State. could b.
| elected to any Office. it is said II HI
chose to come to Washington as Senator
he could come. But he prefers to sticl
around Colorado. Furthermore, the de.
termination to run Gov. Adams fol
Governor makes 1t hard to nominate
! Alva Adams, his nephew, for the Sen.
ate, although Alva would make a gooc
candidate. Alva served for q year OF
two in the Senate sometime ago and HI
Is popular and successful in the State
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And now the proposition is advanced
that the Executive Committee of the
Republican National Committee has
not the power to elect a successor to
ClaudiuS H. Huston, who is expected to
resign August Z, when the Executive
Committee meets. One theory goes fur.
Their and holds that the committee has
not the authority to accept q chair
mans resignation, but that it must be
accepted by the National Committee
itself. Sounds as though an effort was
on after all to keep Mr.. Huston on the
job as national chairman until the snow
files. An examination OF the resolution
adopted by the National Committee
delegatlng authority to the Executive
Committee, however. does not appear tc
bear out these contentious. The only
thing which the Executive Committee
cannot do under the resolution is to is.
sue the call for the next national con.
Vention OF the G. o. p. The chances are
that when the Executive Committee
conVenes, choice will be made for a
new National Committee chairman
The choice appears already to have beer
made-Senator Tess of Ohio. After all
the choice finally rests with the President
and the President has given his OK
! 10 Mr.. Fess. The Republicans have been
IN a worse stew than the Democrats
over this Huston affair. First it was tC
get Mr.. Huston to agree to step out. and
then 1t was to pick a successor to him.
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Thomas Pryor Gore, former Senator
from Oklahoma, appears to have stasec
comeback in the Democratic primary
held in his State Tuesday. In field o,
III candidates for the senatorial noni.
natlon, three of whom were former
governors, Gore, who is blind. has rur
ahead. He will have to fight it out ir
run-oH primary on August II with hi,
nearest competitor, however Charles s
Wrlgntsman, Tulsa oil operator, /.
expected to be in the run-off with Gore
Inc Iatter was one of the first two SEN
atorS from Oklahoma after that Stats
was admitted to the Union. He wa,
reelected twice. his last term expirinS
March, 1921. He was defeated for re-
nomination in 1920. This year he has
taken the wet end of the prohibition
question, according to all reports. His
republican opponent will be Senator w
b Pine who had lead in the primary
suihcientiy great not to make ii neces-
test.
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