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Walsh and Gov. Joseph B. Ely. Cur
ley. who has managed to have him.
self elected mayor of Boston in the
last, is anathema to them both, and
both have been working for Cole.
Walsh Seeks Reelection.
Senator Walsh is up for renomina-
ton and reelection this year. If he
and Curley head the Democratic
ticket in the State this year, it will
be a cause for considerable merri-
ment. Cole has the Endorsement of
the pre-primary Democratic State
Convention for the gubernatorlal
nomination and Walsh receives the
Endorsement for the Senate.
Curley has been drawing big
crowds during the campaign, far larger
than those attending the Cole meet
ings. Large crowds do not always
mean big votes on election day, bGt
the turnout for the Curley meetings
has clearly worried the opposition.
A Curley victory could be easily
interpreted as a Roosevelt victory, al
though James Roosevelt, the PreSi-
dents son, and the President appar-
emily have kept hands off. In the
first place, Curley has been an ardent
supporter of the President and sought
to elect an instructed Roosevelt dele
cation to the Chicago convention in
1882. Walsh and Ely stuck to Al
Smith and the Massachusetts, Demo-
Gratis sent a Smith delegation. Ely
has criticized the New Deal, and while
Walsh has supported the President S
program in the Senate, the admin
istration ignored him in making many
of the major Federal appointments in
Massachusetts.
Bilbo Threatens Stephens.
Down in Mississippi, Senator Ste
phens has been fighting for his polit-
ical life against former Gov. Bilbo,
radical and firebrand type of politi-
clan. Mississippi Democrats in Wash
ington today declared that reports
from the State indicate a close race.
Senator HarriSon, the States senior
Senator, has taken no speaking part
in the campaign other than to an
nounce his intention of voting for Sem
ator Stephens Bilbo is rabble rouser
on the stump. If he comes to the
Senate Huey Long of Louisiana will
have to look to his laurels as a dis
turber of the staid habits of the Upper
House
Stephens has sought the nomina-
ton on the plea that he is supporter
of President Roosevelt and the New
Deal. Representative Collins, who
was a third candidate for the Senate
nomination, but who trailed Stephens
and Bilbo in the primary election, has
announced his support of Stephens.
Whether Collins can throw most of
his votes to Stephens is a question.
If he can, Stephens is likely to win.
But many of the Collins supporters
ordinarily might be supposed to turn
to Bilbo. Less than thousand votes
separated Stephens and Bilbo in the
primary, with the former in the lead.
Bilbo has been charging that Collins
is supporting Stephens now in the
hope that he Collins, will be made
director of the budget.
Many of the voters in Mississippi
see in the Bilbo-Stephens race a con-
test as to whether the Long brand of
politics and leadership is to come into
Mississippi from Louisiana. Bilbo has
been going up and down the State
shouting against "cannibalistic cap
italism."
New York Naming Delegates.
New York voters are electing dele
gates to the Democratic and Repub-
hcan State conventions, which in turn
will nominate the gubernatorial and
senatorial candidates. They are also
making their party nominations for
membership IN the Empire State
big House delegation and for the
State Legislature.
The New York political State con-
ventionS will be held within the next
10 days. At the Republican conven-
ton w. Kingsland Macy, State chair
man. and the leaders of the Old
Guard will fight to a finish, in all
probability, over further control of
Macy. Macy has also demanded the
nomination of Judge Samuel Seabury
for Governor by the Republicans.
The Old Guard has countered by
placing in the field Robert Moses,
park commissioner of New York City,
who was once secretary of state
when Al Smith was Governor.
The Democrats undoubtedly will re-
nominate Gov. Lehman and Senator
Copeland. Copeland seems to have
composed his differences with the
Roosevelt administration and things
are believed set for his denomination.
Breckenridge Hits New Deal.
Henry Breckenridge, Assistant Sec
retary of War in the Wilson admins