Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1928, Page 27

DEFEA N RECON FACES DEMOERATS E.dwer House Candidates ‘Have Failed to Make Ag- ' gressive Campaigns. Special Dispatch to The Star. PORTLAND, Oreg., October 20.—Bar- | ring the unexpected. each of the three congressional districts of Oregon will Republican Representatives No- Even should the unexpected oecur and Gov. Alfred E. Smith sweep the State, the momentum of such aj wave -would not carry along with him the Democratic candidates for Congress ion, Oregon elects Democrats ted States Senate, but onl. once since the Civil War has a Dem crat been sent ot the Lower House. Thi: year_there might have been a chanc for Democrats in two districts had the right candidates been nominated and these undertaken to capitalize the wledged Smith sentiment. In the ict, W. C. Hawley has virtua There are plenty of | Republicans who would as soon see him ! Tetired lift his scalp Has Old Following. elect vember 6. His chairmanship of the ways and means committee and his activity in tarifl legislation fail to impress the farmers and coastal people of the dis- trict. But 20 years have rooted him deeply into his district. Against him the Democrats have nominated Harvey G. Starkweather, ex-State chairman, who is offering no aggressive campaign. A real battle is being staged in the | second district for the vacancy caused | by the resignation of Nicholas J. Sin- nott, who was appointed to the Court of Claims by President Coolidge. R. R Butler, Stale Senator and ex-judge, is the Republican nominee. He is a native of Tennessee. Opposing him is ex-Gov. Walter M. Pierce. Although a militant | dry, Pierce is supporting Gov. Smith and therefore the Anti-Saloon League | has refused to help him. Elected governor by the Ky Klux Klan in 1922, the Klansmen accuse him of double-crossing on patronage and are fighting him. The Anti-Klan elements Temember his former connection and oppose him. Neither Smith Democrats nor wet Republicans are with him, yet he is the best single-handed campaign- er in the State and is valiantly carry- ing on, hoping for the Grange and Lowden Republicans to pull him through. If Pierce could attract the Smith sentiment, he might win. But this is going to Butler, who will run far ahead of the Hoover-Curtis ticket. Korell Seen Victor. Portland comprises the third. district. Franklin F. Korell, Republican, filling the unexpired term of.the late M. E. Crumpacker, has the backing of an efl’Ic!enédRepubucnn committee. W. C. Culbertsdn, Democrat, who is State chairman, is one of the original Smith men. However, in his platform he makes no reference to Smith or pro- hibition. He is a contributor to the Anti-Saloon League. This neglect is costing him substantial Smith strength in the largest city in the Stae. A fire- >ating Democratic stressing Smith’s views on the Volstead act might have made the grade in two of the three disricts, The Republican candidates are lucky in their opponents. Senator Joe T. Robinson invaded Oregon this week and addressed one of the largest political audiences on record in Portland. He spoke also at Salem and McMinnville, being flatteringly re- ceived in these places where Herbert Hoover spent his boyhood days. JOHN W. KELLY. FIGHT ON IN THREE ALABAMA DISTRICTS Epecial Dispatch to The Star, MONTGOMERY, Ala., October 20.— With the approach of November 6, lines are drawn tighter each day in Ala- bama. Republican leaders, reinforced by recruits from the Democratic party, are waging a desperate fight to carry the State for Herbert Hoover. With the exception of three congressional districts, practically everything else is lost sight of except the 12 electoral votes. The three representatives who have opposition are Lamar Jeffers of the fourth, who is opposed by A. B. Baxley of Calara: M. C. Alligood of the sev- enth is opposed by Wallace M. Sloan, and John H. Bankhead of the tenth is opposed by J. A. Posey of Haleyville. In the fourth, Jeffers is conceded (ol have easy sailing despite the fact that | he has not yet taken the stump for | the national “ticket of his party. His | district is made up of several counties which are expected to go overwhelm- ingly Democratic. Late reports from the seventh, al- ways a battleground, indicate that All- good will pull through safely, though by a very small margin. Republicans are claiming this district. Allgood | fought the nomination of Gov. Smith. | and it was claimed for a time that he | would not support the ticket. This, however, was premature, and the Re- publicans realize that they have the usual obstacles to overcome Representative Bankhead appears to have the hardest sledding of three Ala- bama Representatives, but his friends predict that he will win. despite the combined opposition of Republicans and “anti-Smith Democrats.” It appears that the Republican leaders are mak- ing the strongest effort to- carry this district. In the presidential campaign, head- way has been made in checking the tide that had started toward Herbert Hoover. and the turnover is expected to set in before November 6, according to Democratic speakers. They admit, however. that thefight. is not yet won and work must not slacken for a single day. ATTICUS MULLIN. TAYLOR IS ASSURED OF COLORADO VICTORY Epecia o The Star. DENVER, Colo.. October 20 —Al | four of the men now serving Colorado | in Congress are candidates for re-elec- tion, but only one of the four may be said to have what is termed a cinch— that one is Edward T. Taylor. who has been representing the fourth Colorado district upward of 20 years, this, in Epite of the fact that this Fall, Taylor's opponent, William P. Dale of De'ta, is rated the strongest man who ever ran against him | In the first district the city and county of Denver, the race is between S. H: n_White, Democrat, incum- bsnt, and William R. Eaton, lican. The betting favors White, prin- because he was elected less than £0 on a wet platform and it is his personal following, to- with the strength he may gather from Smith and from W. H. Adams, Democratic gubernatorial ~candidate, both of whom are expected to go big 4n Denver, will carry him over. Charles B. Timberlake, who has represented the second district at Washington 13 years, is this year facing the strongest opposition the Demo- crats ever e placed in the field against him. His opponent is Earl E. House, {armer and World War veteran is_accorded an outside chance to Timberlake Hardy. Republican incumbent 4n the third district, it _opposed by Marry A. MelIntyre of Pueblo. The latter has a fighting chance, . DAY, Dispatca + cipally a year believe gether hi He beat Guy but no one has been able to| 2 Repub- | Re-election of Senator Davi A. Reed Is Foregone Conclusion. Four New Faces Certain to Be Seen in Lower Branch of Congress. Special Dispatch to The Star HARRISBURG, Pa., October 20. Re-election of United States Senator David A. Reed is a foregone conclusion in Pennsylvania. While there was much opposition to him before the primary. and while he is not as popular with the rank and file of the Philadelphia organ- ization as his efforts to seat Vare might warrant, there is no outstanding candi- date to take votes from him. William | N. McNair, Pittsburgh lawyer, his Demo- cratic opponent, while making usual claims of victory, is not well known and will trail far behind the vote given Gov. | Smith, it is expected now. There are candidates on minor tickets, but none ho will cut into the Republican vote for Hoover which will sweep Reed with The real fight of the Pennsylvania election next month will be for 9 of the 36 seats in Congress. The Re- publican orgenization Is claiming victory in all 36 districts, a record it attained only once, in 1924. Democrats now, as throughout the campaign, claim not less than 8 seast, with a possibility of 12 _Democratic Representatives. Twelve Democrats were elected in 1912, | !a total not reached since. Six years| ago the Democrats elected six Repre-| sentatives, but in 1924 they lost every, district land in 1926 elected two. Four New Faces Sure. | In any event, there will be at least| four new faces in the next Congress.| In the eighth gistrict, Representative | Butler, chairman of the naval affal committee, has died since the prima In the thirteenth district, Cyrus M.| M. Palmer was defeated at the primary after serving one term. In the four- teenth district, Robert Grey Bushong retired voluntarily after one term. In the thirty-fourth district, John M. | Morin, chairman of the military affairs | committee, withdrew before the primary when the organization supported Patrick | J. Sullivan, Pittsburgh alderman. | In four districts the Republican nomi- nees also hold Democratic nominations. assuring their election no matter how great the Smith vote in their districts. There is no Democratic candidate in the thirty-first district, leaving Repre- sentative’ Wyant an easy winner over nominees of minor parties. | Indications two weeks. before election | are that Republicans are certain of | electing 27 of the 36 Representatives | and that in seven other districts they | will probably win with some difficulty | unless there is a sudden change in sen- | timent before election.’ The two other districts, now represented by the only | Pennsylvania- Democrats in Congress, | are the real battlegrounds of the cam- | paign with the outcome doubtful. Twelfth Is Doubtful. - | The twelfth district, Luzerne County, | is so doubtful that Gen. Edward Martin, | Republican State chairman, calls it “bad | spot No. 1.” In the heart of the anthra- cete region and very wet, Smith senti- | ment is aided by a large Catholic and foriegn vote. Representative Casey, vet- eran Democratic leader there, is one of the best campaigners in the State, and very popular. He is president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and holds the Labor party nomination also, which wil! be an additional help in get- ting the mine vote. Two years ago he returned to Congress with 34.000 ma- jority over the sitting Representative. HE nurse tells knows it's safe. for pain, with proven THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 21, 1928—PART T PENNSYLVANIA HAS CONTEST OVER NINE SEATS IN HOUSE Henry W. Merritt, newcomer In politics, who is the Republican nominee, is han- ATOR DAVID A. REED. dicaped by the Prohibition nomination. | Republican leaders are exerting & greater effort in that district than any other spot. and during the next two weeks former Senator Wadsworth, New York, has been drafted for one meeting and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr. and Representative Bennett, New York, for another. 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R epresenta- tive Kent and former Representative | Coyle are fighting their third consecutive | battle, Coyle defeating Kent, the a mem- | ber, in 1924, and Kent winning in 1926. Kent. a versatile campaigner, holds | Democratic, Labor and Prohibition nominations and is running in a dis- rict in which Monroe County never gave a Republican majority and in which Carbon County is in the coal field, a wet | section strong for Smith, whom Kent is | backing despite his Prohibition nomina- tion. Coyle has the active aid of cement Industries in the district and {s getting very energetic support from the State organization. G. 0. P. Feels Confident. Lackawanna County, the eleventh district, a coal district including Scran- | ton, had been considered very doubt- ful, but Republicans are counting on a last week rally to carry the district for Hoover and for Representative Watres. The thirteenth _ district, Schuylkill County, including Pottsville, } is another coal district with strong Smith_sentiment, but if two warring Republican factions join next month, election of former Representative George Franklin Brumm is expected. Strange as it may seem to have th?, Socialists hold balance of power in Re. | publican Pennsylvania, that is the sit- uation in the fourteenth district, Berks |and Lehigh Counties. Reading, the largest city in the district, elected a| Socialist city administration last year and James H. Maurer, Socialist vice presidential nominee, is city council- man there. The district is strongly | Democratic, having elected Republican | representatives only three times—1920, 1924 and 1926. It is also very wet, but strongly anti-Catholic, which makes the division of votes on the presi~ dency uncertain. It is believed likely that former Representative Esterly, winner in 1924, wlil win this year unless the Socialist vote is largely drawn from him instead of the Demo- | cratic nominee, Abraham H. Rothermel. Secretary of Labor Davis this week | has been in the seventeenth district | campaigning to aid Representative Ma-~ grady, whose district also includes much wet coal territory. Magrady is picked | | | Established 33 Years 350 Torie .) Best $7 .50 Tuesday ND G STREETS) to win by a narrow margin from present indications. In the twentieth district, surrounding Johnstown, a bituminous coal county, Davis also campaigned for Representative Leech, who faces a hard fight against George E. Wolfe, nominee of the Democratic, Labor and Socialist arties. Leech is also regarded as hav- ng a chance to win by a small majority. Menges Seen Victor. Two other districts, previously re- garded as doubtful, Republican success seems likely. The twety-second, York and Adams Countles, is normally Demo- cratic, but with the only Democratic daily supporting Hoover, Representative Menges, Republican, is likely to win, al- though he will trail Hoover's vote. In| the twenty-ninth, Erie-Crawfard, strong for Smith because of wet sentiment in Erie, Representative Shreve is picked for re-election. James Wolfenden, Republican nominee in the eighth district since death of Representative Butler. is expected to win easily because of strong Republican organizations in Chester and Delaware countfes. Representative McFadden, chairman of the banking and currency committee, holds Republican and Demo- cratic nominations, but Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, wife of former Gov. Pinchot, remains on the ballot as prohibition nominee but has not been making an active campaign . since McFadden de- feated her for Republican nomination. Death of Miss Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter of Willlam B. Wilson, appears to make victory of Representative Kiess, Republican, more certain in the six- teenth district, as Thomas Wood. who replaced Miss Wiison on the ballot was defeated by Kiess four years ago. Although the Republican candidates in danger in the twenty-third district some weeks ago. the danger is believed | passed and Representative Chase is re- 1arded as likely to win. A good Republican organization in the twenty-fourth dis- trict is expected to win for Representa- tive Kendall in a district where there is considerable wet sentiment. In the twenty-fifth district. Greene County is counted upon to give a Democratic ma- | dority but approximately 15,000 Repub- | lican majority in Washington County is | expected to win for Representative | Temple, ' With little difficulty, Republican vic- ‘or President and Congress had appeared | tory is expected for Henry W. w:uon.t veleran member from the ninth dis- | trict; Edward M. Beers. for a fourth | term from the eighteenth district; 1. H. | Doutrich, for a second term in the | nineteenth district; J. Banks Kurtz in | the twenty-first, J. Howard Swick ln‘ the twenty-sixth, Nathan L. Strong in the twenty-seventh and Thomas C.| Cochran in the twenty-eighth. All are present members. In the tenth dis- trict Representative Griest, chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads, usually wins by huge major- ities, and while his Democratic op- ponent this year is John A. McSparran, former master of the State Grange, Mc- Sparran is not expected to poll as large a vote as he would had he not an- nounced his withdrawal, but made his affidavit of withdrawal too late to get | his name off the ballot. McSparran | has been campaigning for Hoover, and | Griest's victory seems assured again. | Democrats are making no pretense of expecting congressional victory in | Philadelphia or Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh. The seven Philadelphia members, James M. 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