The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-20
Maine Defeat Has
 { Split The Cabinet
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Secretary of Treasury Mills. who has supervised most of the repub- Ifcan propaganda, threw up ms hands when he read Hatfelds statement.
 Mills wants President Hoover to sit in Washington and educate the country as to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by radio talks. He believes the republican hght should be staked largely on the k. Fl c. He is soon to leave for the coast on a speaking tour of Whlch the climax will be an address TO the American Bankers convention at San Francisco. He believes sim- liar trips by other cabinet mem- bers will be sufficient.
 Hurley on the other hand feels that the cabinet has fired it's heav- jest shots already and that the president himself must take up the battle.
 The republican national commit tee management is being criticized by nome of the presidential advis- CTS for the defeat in Maine. Some alleged the committee did not heed warnings that the state was in dan- ger and refused to send enough money into the state to wage real fight.
 Closing Primaries
 iThe last state primaries before the presidential election were held to-day in Wisconsin, New York and Massachusetts with national interest centered on Wisconsin con- tests which will determine the strength of the progressive LeFol- lette organization.
 in New York the prohibition is- sue played a part in several fights for party nominations for seats in the house and state legislature.
 ,Governor Joseph B. Ely, demo- cratic governor of Massachusetts was unopposed for re-nomination. Four republicans aspired to be his opponent in the November election, including Lieutenant Governor William s. Youngman. The Bay State twill also choose party nom- inees for eight house seats.
 Indications were that a record vote might be cast in Wisconsin where Governor Philip LaFollette is opposed for the republican nom- ination by former Governor Walter J, Kohler. Senator Blaine, seeking re-nomination, has as an opponent for the party honor, John B. Chap pie, Ashland, Wis, publisher.
 sThe democratic nomination for governor is sought by three candi- dates, but Ryan Duffy is unopposed for the party's nomination for sen- ator.
 .To-day's climax to the series of state primaries which have given ah. insight into the political senti- ments of Americans voters during this presidential year. will leave the stage free for the national cleo tion. Only a few run-off primaries and state conventions remain.
 Still Sore Over Maine
 Portland, Me, Sept 20-(UP)- Maine's recent "barometer" elec- tion, in which democrats tri- ufnphed in three or four major c6ntests in this normally republi- can state, was the subject of an in- quiry by the attorney-generals office to-day.
 How exhaustive the investigation would be, was problematical. Ru- urors that it might lead to a gen. eral recount were unsubStantiated. All the contests, in which the democrats elected a governor and two. congressman and the republi- cans elected one congressman. we're exceedingly close, the margins avering but few hundred votes.
 "A score of investigators from Attorney-General Clement F. Rob- inson's office reportedly were in Afoostook county, seeking deposi- tions of election officials in 10 of the towns which returned substan-