Evening star., 1933-10-12
The Political Mill
By G. Gould Lineola.

0y ~ VOUS0 LU@COSUs
The death last week Of Senator Porter
H. Dale Of Vermont leaves an important
post to be filled by the Republicans Of
that State. In any other State Of the
Union the Democrats might have . look
in. And as Q matter Of fact, because
of the popularity of President Roosevelt
and the Democratic atmosphere. the
Democrats are likely to make more OF
a contest for this Senate seat than they
have made In other years. Neverthe-
to Senator Dale when the time comes.
For Vermont has never since the first
real set-up of the Republican party and
the election of Abraham Lincoln IN
1860 ever had q Democrat for Governor
or a Democrat In either house Of Con-
gress. That Is q record which no other
State in the country has equaled IN
the matter OF steadfast Republican1sm.
In the Bull Moose split Of the Repub-
lican party In 1912 Vermont cast tts
electoral votes as usual for the regular
nominee OF the G. o. p. for President
the late William Howard Taft; and last
year. when the Democratic landslide was
on, the State stuck to Herbert Hoover.
Under the Vermont law, Gov. STAN
ley c. Wilson must call special elec-
ton to choose Dale's successor. II Con-
gress were In session, he probably would
appoint Q Senator to fill the vacancy
until the election could be held. But
since the Congress does not meet until
January, it Is believed the Governor will
make no such appointment but will
leave the matter to be settled at an
election to be held probably In De-
cember. Vermonters here believe that
he may fix some date In November for
the senatorial primary, at which party
candidates will be named, and the spe-
cial election date In the following
month.
Already q number Of potential can
didates for the ONCE are mentioned.
Representative Ernest w. Gibson, the
sole member Of the House from YER
mont under the reapportionment Of that
body, is expected TO be . formidable
candidate. Geographically. Gibson Is
all right with the Vermonters. He comes
from east side Of the Green Mountains,
while Senator Austin halls from the
west side. The mountain rule" In
Vermont has persisted for years. Under
1t each side Of the State has had q
United States Senator, and Governors
have been elected one year from the
east and the next year from the west
side. Former Gov. John e. Weeks broke
this precedent, however, for he was
Governor during the disastrous flood of
1927 and asked to have a second term
to carry out his rehabilitation program
and was given it. The present Gov
ernor, Wilson, also has been twice
elected. Incidentally. Gov. Wilson, like
Gibson, halls from the east side Of the
mountains, and he may resign his pres
ent ofiice to get into the Republican
after he calls a special election. Others
whose names have been suggested as
possible candidates are w. w. Husband,
Second Assistant Secretary Of Labor;
jeremiah Evarts, an attorney In Wind
scr and q member of the State LeRis-
lature; John w. Redmond. who was q
candidate in the past against Dale, and
L. r. Pierce Of Woodstock, who was q
candidate against Gibson for the House.
II Mr.. Gibson resigns from the House
to get into the senatorial race, the
Vermonters will have to MI that vacancy
by q special election, too. II appears,
therefore, there will be q lot Of political
activity in the Green Mountain State
during the next few months.
Carl A. Hatch, newly appointed Sena-
tor from New Mexico, probably will bs
candidate to succeed himself In the
election next year. Senator Hatch be.
longs to the Bratton-H -Hunker- -Hinkle-
Chavers faction of the Democratic party
In New Mexico. He was appointed yester-
day by the Governor. Hockenhull, who
became the chief executive of the State
on the death Of the late Gov. Selig-
man. Had Seligman lived 1t was ex-
pected he himself would have been q
candidate for the senatorial seat. The
chances are that Hatch will receive the
Democratic senatorial nomination In the
primaries next year. Whether he can
win in the general election, however,
will largely depend on the popularity
Democratic party at that time. It Is
conceivable, it is said that the Repub-
licans, If they put forward q strong can
didate. might defeat Hatch in the gen
eral election. Senator Hatch came to
the State in 1915. This is not his first
public Office, for he served as . collector
of internal revenue in the Wilson ad-
ministration and as q district Judge In
New Mexico He also became q men,
ber Of the law firm Of former Senator,
now Judge, Bratton.
Six States are slated to vote Novem-
ber 7 on the proposed repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment. They are Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Utah. Only
three are required to give the final
shove to prohibition repeal for Florida
on Tuesday became the thirty-third
State to vote for repeal. The probable
tiles are that all Of the six will 60 for
repeal. and it is practically certainty
that three Of them will do so. BY
December S all of the State constitu-
tional conventions elected by the States
favoring repeal will have acted, and the
twenty-frst amendment will be an ac-
complished fact. Jouett Shouse, presi-
dent of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment, pointed out
today that only in l9 Of the 48 States
will the sale of liquor be Immediately
ment has been superseded. In the
constitutional prohibition provisions
must be repealed by the voters before
liquor may be legally sold. A good slice
of the country, therefore, will continue
dry, at least for time after the repeal.
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Ten of the 19 States which will be
free to sell liquor because they have no
State prohibition laws have already
passed liquor control laws in anticipa-
ton of the end of the eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead act. Extra
sessions of the Legislatures in the nine
other States are expected to deal with
the matter, If there are not old statutes
under which the control Of the liquor
traffic within their borders may pro-
ceed. If they revert to the old laws,
however, there seems no check upon the
return Of the old saloon. The States
which are wet" but which have yet
to pass new liquor control laws are
Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland,
New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Washington and Wisconsin. The claim