Evening star., 1932-09-09

C3lfornia's primaries in both parties
have been accepted by the country as
national events. Relative strength OF
the two major parties is considered i'm
portant. in view of the fact that Presi-
dent Hoover is a citizen of that State,
End william G. McAdoo, nominated by
the Democrats for Senator. was active
in the Democratic national convention
and is rated as friend of Roosevelt.
The dry question also appears as a fac
tor, and an unusually vigorous campaign
on the Pacific Coast is predicted.
What a mixed situation, in its wet
and dry elements, this California elec-
ton turns cut to be!p eXclaims the San
Francisco Chronicle independent Re-
publican), with the. comment: THE Re-
publicans Of California have nominated
for the United States Senate one OF the
Wettest Of the vets; the Democrats one
of the driest of the drys." In an analysis
of the situation, the Chronicle con-
cludes: In, Los Angeles County the
bone-dry Grail and the powder-dry
Shuler polled together three Republican
votes for every two cast for the COM
bined vets, Shortridge, Tubbs and
Youngworth At the same time in Los
Angeles County the dry McAdoo and
the powder-dry Shuler polled together
more than IL Democratic votes to every
one cast for the combined vets, War
dell. Mccarthy and Abbott. Similar re-
suits in both parties are found in River
side and Orange Counties. Which. then,
Is the wet and which the dry party in
Southern California? These contrasts
seem striking and they will doubtless
provoke much stove league argument.
Yet, as a matter of fact, they mean lit
tie or nothing. The moral in e1ch case
is that there is no moral to be drawn.
The coping Tubbs won his nomination
largely because the drys broke up the
normal Republican vote. They handed
it to him as a gift. The Democrats
nominated McAdoo not because he Is
will stick to him now that they have
him becomes another question"
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"The results simply show that the vot-
ers Of California voted for the senatorial
candidates they preferred" thinks the
Oklahoma City Oklehoman dndepend-
ent), while the TaXarkana Gazette
(Democratic) holds that trend toward
repeal of the eighteenth amendment was
| maintained in California as well as in
South Carolina" The Akron Beacon
| Journal independent Republican, sees
/ striking emphasis of Californias de-
mand for a reform of the prohibition
/ system" and adds: when so inStitu-
| tional figure as Senator Shortridge is
a sacrifice to this demand, it means that
| the public is in earnest in the matter
and will not be sWayed from its purpose
! by mere loyalty to individuals" The
| Newark Evening News independently
/ points out that, in its opinion, Mr.
Shortridge has been procrastinating in
arranging his transportation from dry
| land to wetland," and that "he fingered
| in the twilight and SO is out Of luck.
! The Springfield (MaSs) Union (Repub-
! lican) agrees that the vote, as whole,
seems to show that. apart from all other
considerations, California is decidedly
/ wet
Voicing the interest of the legion OF
| Georgia friends of Mr.. McAdoo, the
! Atlanta Journal (Democratic), remarks
! ''Waging the campaign with the vigor
| Tor which he is noted. he rallied ths
liberals of his adopted State to an ex-
tent that proves him their undoubtable
| leader. and that augurs most happily
1 for his own and his party's success in
, the general election The Columbia
IS. c. State Democratic). calls Mr.
McAdoo "one Of the country's real hot
! campaigners," with the expectation that
California will witness one of the most
colorful contests of the year." while the
Uniontown Herald (Republican), de-
clares that his Republican opponent in
i the November election, Tallant Tubbs
/ Is "a fiery fighter, who made the repeal
OF the eighteenth amendment big fea-
, ture Of his appeal to the voters"
1T is far cry" says the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin independent Repub-
hcanD, from nomination to election in
a State like California. which has
elected only one Democrat to the Sem
ate in resent political history, James