Evening star., 1942-08-09
Fish Is Forecast as Victor in Primary,
But Faces Harder Fight for Reelection

run for Congress, he will have a
better chance as a resident of
Orange County, where he has a
strong following.
Son of Ex- Representative.
Mr.. Bennett, the white hope of the
anti-Fish Republicans in this race,
is A years old. He is a son of
former Representative William S.
Bennett of New York City, who
served as a Republican in Congress
for more than decade before the
World War. The present candidate
attended school in New York and
Washington and became graduate
of Amherst College III 1918. studied
law at the Columbia Law School and
on graduation, began the practice
OF law in Newburgh. He attended
the Plattsburg military training
camp In 1916 was a major in tine
Reserve Onicers Training Corps
1917-1918, and in 1918 he enlisted
in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps
and was discharged from active serv-
ice in 1919 with the rating of chief
quartermaster (aviation).
Mr.. Bennett is a tall, rather slender
dark haired man. He has been ac-
tive in civic affairs, although he has
never held elective Office, and is
good speaker and campaigncr.
Mr.. Fish claims that his opposi-
ton has poured a lot OF money into
the district in an effort to defeat
him. He predicts that similar tactics
will be used against him in the gen.
eral election campaign. sri A3s
While Mr.. Fish appears to be
virtually certain of denomination
on the Republican ticket, what will
happen in the November election is
another matter. One of the argu-
mcnts used by Mr.. Bennett and other
Republicans opposing him is that If
Mr.. Fish is renominated, he may lose
a Republican seat in the House to
q Democrat It is also the argument
of Prof. Ffte, 60-year old professor
of government at Vassar. Mr.. Fish's
third opponent, doc" Bowen, is not
regarded seriously as contender.
He is a perennial candidate for Of
fee and is seeking the Democratic
nomination as well as the Repub-
lican.
Democratic Nominee.
The Democratic nominee against
Mr.. Fish will be Judge Ferdinand
Hoyt of Beacon, the city directly
opposite Newburgh, across the Hud-
SON. Judge Hoyt is a former naval
aviator, former Beacon City judge,
former editor of the Beacon Journal.
and for II years has been a judge OF
the Workmen's Compensation Court.
He has been active in Democratic
politics for years.
Two months ago there was much
talk of q coalition ticket" against
Mr.. Fish in the event Of his nomina-
ton. At that time it was proposed
that Mr.. Bennett should run as an
independent, with the backing of the
Democratic party and the anti-Fish
Republicans. Plans were made for
such a ticket, and it was reported
that the President had given his
approval.
However, it now appears that
Judge Hoyt is in this race to stay as
the Democratic nominee. IT there
is to be coalition drive against Mr..
Fish, in that event, it will have to
center around Judge Hoyt. Under
the law, he could be put forward
also as an independent candidate,
and the Republicans opposed to Mr..
Fish could then vote for him with
out having to vote an out-and-out
Democratic ticket.
A desperate effort to defeat Mr..
Fish undoubtedly will be made in
the fall campaign, provided Mr.. Fish
is renominated. All the arguments
which have been used against him
in the primary campaign will be
used again. When he was elected In
1888, Mr.. Fish won with a lead of
$4,000 votes over his Democratic op-
ponent. In the presidential year,
1910, however, this Fish lead was
cut to approximately 5000 votes,
Mr.. Fish receiving 68,715 to 59,739
votes for the Democrat. An Amer
ican Labor Party candidate in the
same race received 4.071 votes This
year the Labor Party is giving it's
nomination to Judge Hoyt, which
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