The Indianapolis times., 1930-08-05
3 STATES VOTE
ON CANDIDATES
IN SENATE RACE
Capper, Allen, Glass Are
Probable Nominees in
Kansas, Virginia.

gy ecripps-Ho otr0rd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Within
the next eight days nine senatorial
primaries will take place which are
likely to result in designation Of
several new senator's. Three OF
these primaries are set for TODAY,
one on Thursday and five next
Tuesday.
Voters in Kansas. Missouri. Vir-
ginia and West Virginia went to the
polls today, but unless all signs fan
the only new senator to be noni-
mated today will come from West
Virginia. where spirited scramble
followed the announcement OF Sen
ator GUY D. Gof that he was retir-
ing to private life.
In. Kansas Senator Capper will be
renominated without opposition,
while Senator Allen was fortunate IN
that he had two opponents and. the
opposition is likely to be divided.
Both senators are Republicans and
the nominations are equivalent 70
election.
In Missouri there is no senatorial
urinary and no contests for con-
qress which are attracting unusual
attention. In Virginia Senator
Carter Glass, Democrat, viii be
nominated without opposition and IS
slated for an easy election.
Virginia Democrats are staging
two interesting congressional con-
tests. one across the river from
washington in George Washington's
home territory where the wet ana
drv question is a prominent issue.
In the Norfolk district, now rep
resented by Republican, a woman
Mrs. Sarah Lee Fain, described as a
Virginia beauty. is seeking the DEM
ocratic nomination with former
CONGRESSMAN Deal as her opponent.
Blocked Agreement
In west Virginia, former Senator
Henry Neely will win the Demo-
cratic nomination without oppo-
sition. but the Republicans are in
voIved in a five-cornered hight. All
REPORTS are that Neely will be elect
ed regardless of who is his OPP
ponent.
Tennessee Democratic voters on
Thursday will choose between Rep
resentative Cordell Hull, tarln
authority and former chairman OF
the Democratic national committee,
and Andrew L. Todd of MurfreeS-
boro. a legislator. Paul E. Divine,
a johnson City lawyer. is winning
the Republican senatorial nomina-
ton without opposition.
In Tennessee, the Democratic
nomination is regarded as equiva-
lent to election, despite the large
Republican vote in East Tennessee.
The congressional fight of Repre-
sentative B. Carroll Reece and sam
r. Price is attracting attention.
Reece blocked a congressional
agreement on Muscle Shoals, con-
tending that his attitude was that
of President Hoover's. Recently he
published a letter from Hoover in
dorsing his stand. 1t was the flrst
time that Hoover had interfered IN
a primary election.
Gore in Run-Of
on Tuesday of next week voters
in Alabama, Oklahoma. Arkansas,
Nebraska and Ohio will nominate
senatorial candidates. Alabama
Democrats probably will choose
Representative Bankhead to oppose
Senator j. Thomas Heflin who was
read out of the party because he
deserted Al Smith. Heflin will seek
reelection as an Independent.
In Oklahoma former Senator
Thomas Gore, 'the blind senator" !"
finds himself in a rup-off primary,
with Senator Pine, Republican. as.
his eventual opponent, if he wins.
In Arkansas, Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, Democratic leader of the
senate, is having his first contest
in eighteen years. His opponent is
alleging that he was untrue to his
senatorial oath when he consented
to go to London as one of President
Hoover's delegates to the naval con-
ference. He also is being criticised
for having accepted the Democratic
vice presidential nomination when
Al Smith, a "Tammany Catholic"
was the nreSidentiaI nominee