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the crime commission" set up by the
Legislature and the Governor, should
be entirely thrown out. He would
restrict the voting in Memphis to the
registration on three days this sum-
mer. so-called supplementary regis
tration. Only about $4,000 persons
wtre registered in those three days.
Crump and McKellar ridicule any
suggestion that the 1887 registrants
shall be denied the right to cast their
ballots. They say that the total
registration will run about 100000,
with the adding Of the $4,000 names
recently registered They add that q
greater number of persons will vote
in this coming primary than ever
before-in order to reply properly to
the attack made on the city by Brown
ing ard others, including the Senate
Campaign Investigating Committee.
headed by Senator Morris Sheppard
of Texas
McKellar Sees Browning ROut.
Senator McKellar believes that Gov
Browning will be defeated even with
out the Memphis vote; indeed, he
figures that Browning will carry only
one of the nine congressional districts
in Tennessee. II the Tennessee vet
eran Senator Is correct, Browning will
be showed under on primary day.
There are other Democratic leaders,
more impartial, who insist the race
will be close.
There are two other Democrats
seeking the gubernatorial nomination.
but they seem to be lost in the row
between Browning and the Crump-
McKellar forces. One is Roy c. Wal
lace Of Lenoir City and the other is
J. Bailey Wray Of Knoxville. Wallace
was formerly State controller in the
McAlister administration.
Senator Berry. who is considered
generally the running mate Of Gov
Browning, has two principal opponents
for the Democratic senatorial nomina-
ton. They are A. T. Stewart and
Representative J. Ridley Mitchell of
the fourth congressional district. c. L.
Powell, retired contractor of Hen
dersonville, and DR.. John r. Neal Of
Knoxville are In the race, but their
chances are negligible.
Stewart, backed by the Crump-
McKellar forces. is expected to win
handily. Despite the fact that Sena-
tor Berry has explained backward and
forward and over and over again that
there was nothing wrong with the
marble leases in the Tennessee Valley.
which he and about 10 others held
and were flooded out by the T. v. A.
Developments. the marble issue has
been used against him effectively.
Furthermore, Berry is not the fair
haired boy of the Roosevelt New Deal
ers that he was when he first came to
Washington as Senator last summer,
under appointment by Gov. Browning.
Votes and Talks Opposition.
In the last months Of Congress
Berry several times voted against the
administration forces. In his CAM
paign speeches he has indicated very
definitely that he Is strongly against
governmental competition with pri-
vate business and that he believes in
curtailing governmental expenditures
and balancing the budget.
Democratic politicians here are
theorizing about what the Republicans
will do in Thursdays primary. The
@. O. P. has not placed any candi-
dates for gubernatorial or senatorial
nomination on the ballots. They will
nominate candidates for these Offices
later. by action Of State convention or
committee. Very cannily the Repub-
licans are taking q "look-see."
In the meantime, the Republican
voters are free to try their hands at
helping the Democrats select their
senatorial, gdbernatorial candidates.
1t is predicted that 4 good many OF
them will mark their primary ballots
for Browning. Two Tennessee con-
gressional districts, the First and Sec
ond. are Republican and represented
In the House by J. Will Taylor and B.
Carroll Reece. Both districts are To-
Gated in the eastern part Of the State.
Gov. Browning insisted to me that
Il he is victorious. the Republicans
will do little. On the other hand, If
he is defeated, the Republicans will
put forward candidates for both Gov
ernor and Senator. The @. O. p. has
rarely been successful In electing
either 4 Governor or q Senator in
Tennessee-and when they have sue
ceeded, 1t has been because Of des-
perate splits in the Democratic party.
q. o. p. Chances Doubtful.
With the Roosevelt New Deal still
riding high, wide and handsome tn