Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
COLORADO SENATE
SEAT RACE CLOSE
Even Money offered That
Costigan viii Beat Shaw.
Reverse Expected.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
DENVER, Colo, November If bet
ing odds mean anything the senatorial
race in Colorado this year is toss-up,
because the gentry who make gambling
proposition out of anything are laying
even money that Edward P. CoStigan,
the Democratic entrant, will beat out
George H. Shaw, Republican aspirant.
But veteran political observers do not
view the result in the same light as
does the betting fraternity.
These graybeards are willing to stake
their regulations on the prediction that
Shaw will succeed to the seat now occu-
pied by Senator Lawrence G. Phipps
and to the average treesitter their repu-
tationS would seem to be safe. In
other words, the prediction sentiment
seems to be so strongly in favor OF Shaw
that 1t Is hard for the unbiased OBJ
server to figure just how Costigan rates
an even-money choice to win.
Shaw has made his campaign largely
on the tariff and has had the assistance
Of such prominent party leaders as vice
President Curtis and Senator Reeo
Smoot of Utah. The bitter party scnlsm
that marked the primary campaign, In
which Shaw beat william V. Hodges,
former treasurer of the Republican Ma
tional Committee and choice OF Sen
ator Phipps for the nomination, ap-
parently has been completely healed
and ali indications are the party VIII
present q united front at the polls.
With mining in the doldrums in Colo
RADIO and agriculture and manufactur-
ing carrying the brunt Of the prosperity
prospects of the State, the tariff has
proven a potent argument for votes,
and Shaw's personal popularity and his
ability as an organizer has helped the
cause along.
Costigan's campaign has been a spir-
tied one and 1t Is admitted in the OPP
position camp that he has made bet
ter impression than any Democratic
candidate for q number OF years.
He has assailed Shaw as tool OF
the power trust-Shaw Is director and
general counsel for the Public Service
Co. of Colorado, Doherty subsidiary
and has attacked the national admin
jstration on the ground it has failed
to take any constructive steps to relieve
unemployment. Senator Walsh Of
Massachusetts, Senator Kendrick OF
wyoming and Senator La Toilette OF
wisconsin have addressed Colorado
voters in his behalf and Labor, the
official publication Of the Railroad
Brotherhoods, has flooded the State
with special Costigan editions.
Virginia and q former member Of the
Tariff Commission, has had a long
career In politics and the fact he has
been identified with both the Republic
an and Democratic parties and the
Bull Moose movement has not been
overlooked by his opponents in the
campaign.
shaw is 40 years old and native of
Maine, but has lived in Colorado prac-
tically since boyhood and Is graduate
Of the Law School Of the University of
Colorado, where he worked his way
through. He Is q former chairman OF
the Republican State Central Com
mittee.
At the present writing there is moth
ing to indicate any change in the line
up Of the Colorado delegation In the
Lower House of Congress. In the Den
yer district. Lawrence r. Lewis, young
attorney, has been making lively
campaign against Representative VIII
liam r. Eaton, who is completing his
first term In the House. Lewis has
made prohibition the issue in his cam
paign, but observers feel he Is doomed
to defeat.
Gov. William n. Adams, now sery-
ing his second term, Is an odds-on bel
for reelection, although no Governor In
the history of the State ever has beer
voted O third term. His opponent
Robert Rockwell, has campaigned with
all the ardor of youth, but the general
consensus Is that he was beaten from
the moment Gov. Adams was renom-
mated.
Indications are the Republicans vii
elect the balance of the State ticket
with, perhaps, one or two exceptions.