Evening star., 1932-09-19
The Political Mill
BY G. Could Lincoln.

primaries tomorrow, virtually complet-
ing the primary elections this year
The first is Mas achusetty. There Gov
Ely. who is more pfo-Smith than Smith
himself. is the candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor and
without opposition. On the Republi-
can side is Lieut.. Gov. William Young
man. who seems assured of the G. o p.
nomination for Governor. So far as
the ccngres- ional fights are concerned,
The incumbent members have all the
best Of 1t fer denomination, 1t Is re-
ported. Representative Luce is to have
the Republican nomination in the con-
solidated district which takes in his own
old district and most of that now repre-
sented b. Representative Dallingsr, who
IS not candidate fer the House again
this year, Massachusetts losing one
congressional district by reason of the
reappCrtionment Of House membership
under the 1880 census. Mr.. Luce has
been a dry for years He continues to
country and Mascachus stts in particu-
lar, the Republican platform and Presi-
dent Hoovers wet Interpretation Of that
document The vets are out to get
Mr. Luce if they can
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The Bay State continues 10 be q
political enigma, although the Demo-
Gratis there have been enormously en-
cou~aged since the Maine elections
There are a lot of Democratic sore
heads-supporterS Of Al Smith-who
are against voting for Roosevelt. pre-
ferring not to vote or to vote for the
Socialist candidate Norman Thomas
But the question is whether these de-
fections will outnumber the loss 10
the Republican ticket of the disgruntled
and out Cf work voters, of whom their
are many, Who will vote for change.
The Wisconsin primaries hold a los
OF interest. Thsre the old rivalry be-
tween the La FCllette Progressives and
the stalwart Republicans is making a
sharp fight over the gubsrnatorial
Nomination. II Gov Phil La Toilette
can WIN in the primary again the grip
OF the La Toilette group will be
strengthened for some time to come. He
is opposing former Gov. Walter Kohler
the bath tub king" Gov. La Toilette
is in" and this year the "ins" are
not having an altogether happy time
of 1t. But, as always, the La Toilette
name Is a tremendous advantage in
Wisconsin, and. furthermore. the youth
ful Governor has done good job at
governing. If reports are correct Sena-
tor John Blaine will ba renominated
over his "stalwart' opponent, Chapple
New York does not pick its senatorial
nor its gubernatorial nominees by the
primary route but in convention The
New York primaries. therefore. are for
the election OF candidates for the House
and States offices other than Governor
lieutenant governor. etc. In the Senate
race the candidates are to be named
b. the State conventions of the Demo
Gratis and Republicans. Senator "BCb
wagner is sure TO have the Democratic
senatorial nomination unless he should
be drafted for Governor-which does
not now seem Likely. Only a tie-up in
the State convention would bring such
a result. The lieutenant governor. Leh-
man. is a Jew. There are some Of the
Democrats who fear that if he is turn
ed down for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. the huge Jewish vote in New
York City might make it bad for Tam
many and the party generally in the
elections in November However. the
Tammany leaders. so far. are support
ing Thatcher of Albany for the guber-
material nomination.
Wild Bill" Donovan assistant to the
Attorney General during the Cooliog1
administrator. looks to have the ins!do
track for the Republican qllbernatorial
nomination. If he is nominated. the
ticket will be really strengthened in
the Empire State. tor Donovan has a
large following and ne has enc of the
finest war records Of any man in the
country.
Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt, now cam
pa!gning in the West. believes there is
something in name after all. AS a
proof while he was addressing an audi
ence in Salt Lake City Saturday night
+ : said he was having glorious time. -
He added: II suppose I should say de
Gehtful. " and the crowd got his mean
lrg at once. Old T. r. was famed fer
the use of the word delighted" The
Roosevelt name in the West is a good
deal for any candidate, even though he
be only fifth cousin of the former
President. Furthermore. Gov. Roose-
welt has now announced he will stop
off for couple of hours on his way back
East to talk things over with Senator
George w Norris of Nebraska. the man
who declared more than a year ago that
what the country needs is another
Roosevelt" Senator Norris is to cam
paien for the Democratic presidential
candidate. showing again how good a
Republican he is.
The Republican high command would
give lot for a Borah and Hughes to
take the stump this year. Mr.. Borah
continues to decline, and Chief Justice
Hughes cannot because of his present
high office as Chief Justice Of the United
States. There is one man, however. to
whom the Republic rs feel they can
turn. and one man Who may be as ef-
fective on the str"lp for Mr.. Hoover as
either or both O. the great campaigners
of 1928-that is former President CAL
vim Coolidge 1t has been reported
many times that Mr.. Coolidge will get
into acticl If the Republicans could
beck the former President for several
Species, there seems little doubt that
tn would help the national ticket a
ut. Mr. Coolidge still holds the imagi-
n-tion Of the American people. He has
way of putting things that is quite
convincing.
reports that its poll of the men and
women listed in Who's Who in Amer
lea" shows that these men and women
are to for Hoover and against Roose-
veIt There are lot of voters not listed
in Who's Who But. nevertheless.
the poll has its interest, despite the fun
that has been poked at Henry Allen,
the director of publicity of the Repub-
lican National Committee, who has been
responsible for this poll.
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Not all Is beer and skittles for the
Democrats in Colorado. There the
Democrats have been engaged in a
desperate fight over the senatorial NOM
nation, which finally went to former
Senator Alva A. Adams over John T.
Barnett. The contest has left a lot OF
real sore spots and those Colorado
Democrats, when they get to fighting
among themselves. are very much like
the Democrats of Connecticut-they
fight However the great industries OF