Evening star., 1950-09-20
Voting in Wisconsin
And Massachusetts
Runs True TO Form
By the Associated Press

The 1850 primary season just
about closed down today with the
completion of slate-picking in
Wisconsin and Massachusetts for
the November elections.
Other than a routine Republi-
can primary in Rhode Island next
Tuesday to nominate an unop-
posed list of candidates, the major
parties have finished choosing
teams to fight it out November 7.
Republican Senator Alexander
Wiley won third term nomina-
ton in Wisconsin yesterday by
better than 3-to-l margin
Democrats chose Thomas E. Fair
child, State attorney general, to
run against him.
G. o. P. Nominates KOhler.
In the Wisconsin Governor race
industrialist Walter j. Kohler
won the Republican nomination,
and Carl Thompson the Demo-
cratic place. Mr.. Kohler is the
son of a former Governor.
In Massachusetts,, Arthur W.
Coolidge, a distant cousin of the
late President Calvin Coolidge,
easily won the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor in a six-man
race.
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld,
ousted chief of naval operations
who figured in the interserVlce
row over unifcation last year, ran
second but drew only about hall
as many votes as Mr.. Coolidge.
Mr.. Coolidge will face Demo-
cratic Gov. Paul A. Dever, who
had no primary opposition.
Martin, Mccormack Win.
The two party leaders in the
House, Republican Joseph w
Martin and Democrat John w.
Mccormack won denomination
without trouble in the Massachu-
sets congressional contests.
The other IL Massachusetts
representatives were candidates Tor
denomination.
Still to be decided were contests
in the districts of Representative
Angler L. Goodwin, Republican,
and John F. Kennedy, Democrat.
Other 10 incumbents were nom1-
mated.
In the Wisconsin race, Senator
Wiley routed Edward j. Finan, a
virtual unknown in politics. Al
though the Senator came home
from Washington only twice, the
unofficial vote with 3,050 of 3,179
precincts reporting was Senator
Wiley, 289,875 to Mr.. Finan's
83,190.
Mr.. Fairchild's three opponents
gave him much more trouble, but
CIO backing in the Industrial
Lake Michigan shore area pulled
the 37-year-old attorney in front.
DiIweg Far Behind.
William E. Sanderson, former
Progressive who was secretary to
Representative Merlin Hull, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, and Dan
lei w. Hoan, veteran campaigner
and one-time Socialist Mayor of
Milwaukee, far outdistanced La
Vern Dilweg, ex-House member
and football star.
The unofficial vote count, 3,027
precincts, was Mr.. Fairchild, 56,-
O34; Mr.. Sanderson, 40,711; Mr..
Hoan, 42,553; Mr.. Dilweg, 81 ,361.
Nine of the 10 incumbent House
members were assured of renom-
ination.
Representative Gardner With
row, Republican, of Lacrosse, ap-
parently was safe by a narrow
margin in a tight three-Way race
in the Sd district and in the 9th
district Fond duLac business
man apparently was the Repub-
lican nominee for the seat being
vacated by Representative Frank
B. Keefe. Republican. of Oshkosh.
House Race Results.
Other incumbent winners of
nominations on basis of reports
from more than two-thirdS of the
precincts were:
- First district - Lawrence H.
Smith, Republican, without op-
position.
Second-Glen R. Davis, Repub-
lican, without opposition.
Fourth-Clement J. Zablocki
Democrat.
Fifth - Andrew j. Biemiller
Democrat, without opposition.