Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
|COUzENS' POLICY
MICHIGAN ISSUE
Voters win Decide Today
i Whether He Shall Be Pun
Z ished for ''IrreguIarity."
nv the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September 9-Whethe,
Michigan Republicans will punish b,
their votes the party irregularityn o.
Senator James Couzens, numbered
among the independents in the UniteC
States Senate, is one of the questions Il
be decided by the Statewide primary
today.
Chase S. Osborn of Sault ste. Marie
former Governor, has made his prin.
cipal campaign issue in seeking the
senatorial nomination the accusation
that Senator Couzens Is not regular
Republican.
On the grounds that the senior Sen.
ator from Michigan has voted against
President Hoover on such important
matters as the confirmation of Charlie:
Evans Hughes as Chief Justice of the
United States and has not represented
anybody but himself" Osborn has asked
the voters to repudiate him and nomi-
nate candidate pledged to party
regularity"
Comedies "Irregularity."
Senator Couzens has conceded his
s'irregulaTaty. has asserted he will con-
tinue to act independently of party
leadership and has declared himself re-
sponsible to no one but the people OF
his State.
The wet-and-dry issue has received
only passing mention in this campaign
Although Senator Couz.ns has said he
is not in sympathy with prohibition, he
has promised to support law for Its en-
forcement as long as it is on the books
Osborn is a lifelong prohibtionist. Mel
Their has he expressed Endorsement OF
the Anti-Saloon League in Michigan
over the other. The nomination Is
tantamount to election.
The wet and dry issue has been
paramount, however, in the sixth con-
cressional district, which has the
largest population of any district in the
United States. There Representative
Grant M. Hudson former Anti-Saloon
League official, is seeking his fifth term
and his three opponents have made
prohibition the principal issue. Sey-
mour H. Person, wet. is his most
active opponent. The others are Mrs
Maud Slocum Moross and Robert H
Cook. The sixth district includes part
of Detroit and the cities of Flint, Pom
tiac, Lansing. Dearborn, Highland Park
and Hamtramck.
Threat Of Jury Probe.
Three candidates are seeking the
gubernatorial nomination and the cam
paign became bitter within the last
week with threats of grand jury in
vestigation of State affairs.
The candidates are Alex J. Groes-
beck, three times Governor; Attorney
General WILDER M. Brucker, and Judge
Edward j. Jeffries of Recorders Court
Detroit. Attorney General Brucker has
the support of Gov. Fred w. Green
who defeated Groesbeck for the NOM
ination in 1926.
A special municipal election in De-
troit, aftermath of the recall of Mayor
Charles Bowles on July %, Is expected
to swell the primary vote and a total
well in excess of normal 100000 for
an off-year election.
Four candidates for mayor of De-
troit have made active campaigns, in
Guiding Mayor Bowles. The committee
which brought about the recall has
Endorsed George Engel. former chair
man of the Civil Service Commission
Other active candidates are Frank. Muir
ply, formerly Judge of, Records Court
and former Mayor John w. Smith
Phillip Raymond is Communist can
didate.