Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28

session a photograph Of Barrows. clad
in Khan regalia. If so, they have not
produced it. There is large Cath
Ole population in Maine, but take it
by and large, it is overwhelming Prot
estant. 1t might not be to the ad-
vantage of the Democrats, therefore,
to raise such an issue.
Dubord has been an active organ
izer. He started right away after his
defeat in 1884 by Senator Hale to
build up as large a following as pos
sible. He had failed only by a very
narrow margin to win his way into
the Senate. He has made friends all
over the State. But it is pointed out.
Dubord ran some $4,000 votes behind
Brann two years ago; he is not as
strong candidate or as popular as
Brann, and he is up against a very
determined drive by the Republicans
to elect a Republican Governor this
year.
Barrows Backed Strongly.
Barrows is no whirl wind. How
ever, he is making an acceptable
candidate and the Republicans are
planning to go down the line for
him. Estimates for victory by Re-
publican leaders range from $4,000
to $4,000 in the gubernatorial race
Those Democratic leaders who con-
tend that Dubord will yet win this
contest are far less in the margin of
their claims. They will be heartily
glad If he wins by 500 votes Dubord
himself insists that he is going to
win. that he has sensed it in his
travels about the State.
Maine has at present two Demo-
cratic members Of the House and one
Republican. One of the Democrats,
Representative Simon M. Hamlin, has
been renominated in the first con-
gressional district. The other, Repre-
sentative Edward c. Moran, jr., de-
clined to run again. He is a sincere
New Dealer. and beyond that he has
a great distaste for Gov. Brann.
When Brann was selected to run for
the Senate by the Democratic powers
that be, Moran could not stomach
going on the same ticket. So he quit.
Up to the present time, Moran has
been quiet in the campaign. 1t is
predicted in some quarters that he
will come out for the Democratic
candidates for the House but that
he will have nothing favorable to say
for Brann in the Senate race. The
Democrats have nominated in Moran's
place Ernest MacLean.
Representative Ralph o. Brewster
is the Republican member of the
House He has been renominated,
and the chances are he will be re-
elected. He won in 1884, which was
the greatest year the Democrats have
ever had in a Maine election. Brew
ster is the stormy petrol of Maine
politics. He was elected Governor by
the Republicans after a bitter fight
in the primary number of years
ago. Later he sought to win his way
into the Senate, but could not make
the grade in the Republican primary.
For the last four years he has been
a member of the House. He was the
center of a bitter row in the House
last year, when he declined to sup
port the administrations public util-
ity holding company bill, although
he had been expected to do SO by the
progressives and the administration
leaders. Notwithstanding this fracas
Brewster seems to be running strong
again this year, and the third district,
any way, is regarded as Republican
territory.
Second District Complicated.
The fight for the House seat in the
second congressional district is COM
plicated by the entry of a couple Of
independent candidates. The Repub-
hcans have put forward Clyde L.
Smith, a member Of the Governors
council, and the Democrats have
named Ernest L. MacLean, J. c. Lee
kenny, a Republican, but also Town.
sendite, is an independent candidate,
and Raymond Rogers, Coughlinite,
is another. The Democrats are figur-
ing, and perhaps correctly, that Lee
kenny will take away more votes from