The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Candidates
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Just what the OUTSIDE registra-
ton means.
WHO WILL BENEFIT
Is it, as Democrats hope, an
omen of a sweeping majority for
them right up, and down the
ticket?
Or is it, as Republicans insist,
but a portent of quietly rising
groundswell Of protest that their
party can safely ride into office?
Of one thing there seems lit
tie doubt. An appreciable portion
of the increased registration is
attributable TO the efforts Of the
Political Action Committee
(CIO). But how will the ready
to-vote workers cast their bal
lots?
One union official said here as
recently as yesterday:
HOW WILL THEY VOTE?
1T doesn't mean thing. Sure
the PAC helped register the boys
but when the voter steps inside
that booth he's going TO be plain
American; and he'll vote TO suit
himself"
And then there's the Demo
cratic candidate who stopped 10
last-minute registrants at ran
dom as they stepped out of City
Clerk Joseph II. Matthews of
flee in Mount Clemens and asked
them how they intended TO cast
their ballots.
Every one of them was for
the president" he reported.
But, and the COP high COM
mand refuses to concede this TO
be fact, even if Mr.. Roosevelt
commands the personal support
of the majority Of the regis
trants, TO what extent will that
swing be felt in state and coun-
ty contests?
SERVICEMAN FACTOR
And then, of course, there Is
the soaring servicemen's vote.
Are the men and women in
uniform as preponderently loyal
TO their commander-in chief as
Democratic hopefuls predict?
And, If so, will that necessarily
mean that such a trend will be
carried on down the line for
lesser offices?
Those are just a few OF the
questions ranging over the
heads of county candidates to-
day and, when you can get lead
ers of either party to really take
their hair down, they'll frankly
admit that they aren't at all sat
isfied with the prospects; and
that they don't know the an
sWers.
That's why, as they go into
the stretch, the boys nerves are
beginning to fray. And with rea-
son.
CIRCUIT COURT
Right here in MaComb county
principal local interest centers
upon the race between Circuit
Judge Alton H. Noe. of Mount
Clemens, and the challenger for
his court post; Howard r. Car
roll, of Warren township. Both
are known TO have hard work
ing teams of supporters in the
field and the fact that Carroll,
now a member of the legisla-
ture, may have trouble in quail
flying, even if elected. due TO
constitutional bans on the cleo
ton Of legislative office holders,
has added zest TO the contest.
SHERIFF'S RACE
In the always hard fought
sheriff's race Harley Ensign, Of
New Baltimore, present under
sheriff, is pitted against eX-
Sheriff Robert c. Havel, Of Uti-
ca, in what most observers agree
is bound TO be a neck -and-neck
competition.
STICKER CANDIDATE
A different twist has been add
ed to the register Of deeds race
inasmuch as William Lawson. Of
Warren township, who lost in
his attempt TO gain the COP
nomination at the primaries has
entered the lists as sticker-
candidate opposing Republican
William c. Tegeder and Demo
crat Henry Bruneel.
T he prosecutor campaigns
waged by incumbent Wilbur +.
Held, now completing his first
term In office, and Fred NiChol-
son. Of Warren township, Demo
cratic aspirant TO that post, pro
vide little Of the sensational but
- beyond question - mark de-
termined bids by both Candi-
dates to cinch control of the key