Evening star., 1934-10-07

among the electorate this year, 1t
does not look as though the voters
would turn in SUFFICIENT numbers to
the more conservative Republicans
on election day to bring victory to
many of the Republican senatorial
nominees in close States.
The Republicans feel that their
candidate for reelection to the Sem
ate from Pennsylvania, Senator
David A. Reed, has gained distinctly
through the attacks which Gov.
Pinchot has launched against Joseph
F. Guffey and George H. Earle, the
Democratic nominees for Senate and
for Governor. respectively. They be-
lieve, too. that Senator Vandenberg
in Michigan will come through a
winner and that Senator Townsend
in Delaware has more than an even
chance. Nor have they given up hope
of electing Senator Hebert over
Gerry, the Democratic candidate.
Connecticut has been strongly Re-
publican in the past. 1t was one of
the States which went for Herbert
Hoover in the presidential race in
1882.
Progressives Restive.
Senator Lewis claim that the
Democratic senatorial candidates will
win against La Toilette of Wisconsin
and Cutting Of New Mexico is in
teresting in the light of the fact that
both these Senators openly supported
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Progressive Republicans who have
gone along with the New Deal under
Roosevelt are more than restive be-
cause of this evident effort on the
part of the Democrats to cast aside
these two Republican New Dealers
and to supplant them with Demo-
Gratis. Senator Lewis did not include
in his estimate of Democratic victory
the senatorial seat in North Dakota,
however, where Senator Frazier, pro-
gressive Republican. is opposing
Henry Holt, Democrat. He claimed
both Massachusetts, and New York,
where Senators Walsh and Copeland,
both Democrats, are seeking re-elec-
ton, and his claims seem to be well
justified.
There Is certain amount Of
trouble for the Democrats in Tennes-
see, where a fusion of Republicans
and disgruntled Democrats has been
formed. Tennessee elects two Sem
atorS in November. with Senator Nc
Kellar and Senator Bachman both
standing for reelection.
The Republicans are finding their
campaign tasks increasingly difficult
because of the huge expenditures of
public funds made by the Democratic
administration in all the States.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the
Republican National Committee is
out with another blast charging that
these funds are being used by the
Democrats for partisan purposes.
Charges Checks Speeded.
Nov that election day is nearing"
he said, "the process of placing re-
lief checks where it is figured they
will do the most political good is
speeding up. The little pigs that
died for the Democratic party are
now being paid for by the admins
tration. The corn that was not
planted has grown into fat Treasury
checks. The pure-minded officials of
the A. A. A. who took exception to
my statement last August that the
sending out of checks would be
speeded up as the campaign reached
the climax must feel badly at this
coincidence of increased spending
coming at this time"
Chairman Farley of the Democratic
National Committee made reply last
night to the Fletcher statement, say
ing:
THE disbursements go on under
the congressional enactments regard