Evening star., 1936-07-26
BAY STATE SENATE
FIGHT EMB|TTERED
CurIey, Already in Race, Is
Confronted With 3 or a
Others.

The fight for the seat now held by
Senator Marcus A. Coolidge OF Massa-
chusetts-who by his silence has con-
yinced all political leaders in the Old
Bay State that he docs not choose
to run" for re-election-is growing
exceedingly bitter. Gov. James M.
Curley has announced he will run for
the Senate-and already there are
three or four out against him for the
Democratic nomination, all with the
slogan, stop Curleyism."
Senator John G. Townsend, 1r.,
chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee, says that
he feels very certain that Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr., grandson of the former
Senator, will return this particular seat
to its traditional place in the Repub-
lican column. This is one of the Re-
publican gains most counted upon.
Greenwood Latest Aspirant.
Gov. Curley has an uncanny way of
being a self-starter and coming In a
winner, though all the party leaders
are against him.
That was how he was elected
Governor The latest aspirant to an
nounce himself as candidate against
Curley Is a son-in-law of Senator
Coolidge, Mayor Robert E. Greenwood
of Fitchburg. Assistant Secretary of
War Harry H. Woodring is another
son-in-law. Greenwood settled doubt
as to whether Coolidge would himself
be a candidate by saying that the
Senator "is acquainted with my plans" "
He characterized the possibility Of
Curley being elected to the Senate as
"the threatening calamity of six more
years of Curleyism," and said that
neither Roosevelt nor Massachusetts,
deserves the kind of Misrepresentation
Curley would give"
At the pre-convention conference
last month, Greenwood, who was the
youngest Mayor in the State when he
took Office in 1888, took the floor and
made a bitter attack on Gov Curley,
calling him radio crooner," a
''Zioncheck" and a reckless spender, "
and referring to his State administra-
tion as "one Of the worst it ever had"
He comes of an old line Republican
family, but married into one of the
strongest Democratic families in the
State.
Mayor Frederick Mansfield of Boston,
former Democratic State chairman,
also has been put forward by his
friends as candidate against Curley.
The Mayor stated that he was only
holding off to see whether Coolidge
cared to seek reelection. Mansfield
also is an avowed Curley foe-and said
that his special interest in the sena-
torial campaign is to see Curley beaten
Another strong probability is that
Lieut.. Gov. Joseph J. Hurley may seek
the senatorial nomination, as he is
exceedingly bitter against Curley
whom he claims double crossed" him
at the pre-convention gathering in
Springfield. Hurley had been promised
Curley's support for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, and when
put in tight corner in the conference
switched his support to State Treas
urer Charles F. Hurley, who was given
the Endorsement Of that gathering as
candidate for Governor. Lieut.. Gov
Hurley Is still undecided whether to
oppose Curley for the Senate or hi,
namesake Hurley for the governorship
nomination in the coming State con-
vention.
Any way you look at it there is q
merry nix-up in the Democratic ranks
which encourages hopes OF the Re-
publicans, although Senator Coolidge,
who is retiring, defeated former Sem
etor William M. Butler by a plurality
Of ll2,713 votes,