Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
Special Dispatch to The star.


BURLINGTON, VT, November LIN
a State so politically one-sided es YER
mont, the biennial November election is
for the most part merely ratification
of Republican nominees made at the
September primary. This year. however,
the eighteenth amendment figures to
such an extent that party lines will be
broken in the first congressional district
and some Democrats are hopeful that
their candidate, Joseph A. Mcnamara
of Burlington, will emerge q victor. In
straight referendum on the liquor
question 1t is quite possible that the dis
trict might vote wet, but the prestige
OF Gov. John e. Weeks, the Republican
candidate, and the fact that the district
Is normally heavily Republican, will
probably result in his election to sue
coed Representative Ebert s. Brigham
who declined to be q candidate for a
fourth term. Gov. Weeks defeated H.
M. brennan Of st. Adams, wet Re-
publican, for the nomination, but 1t is
admitted that q man who could break
the unwritten rule of only one term for
Governor, as Gov. Weeks did has a
popularity that makes him probably the
strongest candidate the Republicans
could select.
Mrs. "A. L. S. Orvis OF Manchester, for
years the woman member of the Re-
mont, resigned because Of the party's
stand on prohibition and now refuses
to support its candidate for Congress,
declaring that voting for q dry Repre-
sentative Is matter of political eXpe-
diency and hypocrisy. A number Of
other well known Republicans are pub
licly supporting the Democratic candi-
date and a campaign for him is being
waged. Gov. Weeks, on the other hand
Is conducting no campaign. at least
openly, and declares that he is giving all
his time to the business of being Gov
ernor While some Republicans will I'M
doubtedly vote for Mcnamara as a pro-
test against the eighteenth amendment
and the Volstead act. party regularity
will keep in line many others who voted
for brennan in the primary, and 1t Is
not likely that the normal Republican
majority In the district will be wiped
out.
The nearest the district ever came to
electing Democrat was in 1922, when
F. q. Fleetwood, dry Republican, had
plurality OF only 1872 over j. E. Kennedy,
wet Democrat, in total vote of nearly
$4,000. Two years ago Representative
Brigham had plurality Of 1887 over
the Democratic candidate. The liquor
question has not been raised in the sec
ond congressional district and Repre-
sentative Ernest w. Gibson OF Brattle-
boro Is sure to be reelected for fifth
term. His Democratic opponent is
James Cosgrove of st. Johnsbury. No
United States Senator is to be elected
this year.
In one Of the warmest primary cam
paigns in the history of the State, Lieut..
Gov Stanley c. Wilson of Chelsea won
the Republican nomination for Cover
nor. The only issue in the campaign
was whether the State would bond itself
for an aggregate amount Of $4,000, 900,
with which to construct not less than
100 miles OF hard surface highways an
nually for four years, or limit construc-
ton to the number of miles that could
be built from ordinary revenues without
bonding. Lieut. Gov. Wilson stood for
the pay-as-you-go policy. while his prin-
cipal opponent, w. Arthur Simpson of
the State Highway Board, advocated a
bond issue. Opponents of bonding
pointed out that the State three years
ago issued bonds to the amount of
100000 with which to repair flood
damage, and until those were paid it
would be unwise to incur q further debt
Wilson's Democratic opponent Is Park H.