Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1936, Page 3

VICTORY OF WHITE CLOSEST IN CAREER Began in Washington at 22 as Clerk of Senate Com- merce Body. By the Associated Press. LEWISTON, Me., September 15.— By winning re-election over Gov. Louis J. Brann, his fellow townsman, Sen- ator Wallace H. White, jr., today won the closest fight of his political career. The 59-year-old Republican Sen- ator, like his senior colleague, Sen- ator Frederick Hale, Republican, came from a family politically famed in this State. His grandfather was United States Senator William P. Frye. In 1899, aged 22 and recently graduated from Bowdoin College, White went to Washington to become clerk to the Senate Commerce Com- mittee, of which his grandfather was chairman. He - later became his grandfather’s secretary. ‘White returned to Lewiston in 1903 to practice law. There he remained, making a few sorties into politics, generally unsuccessful, until he was elected to the House of Representa- tives in 1916. One of his unsuccessful political ventures was in 1915, when he lost the mayoralty of Lewiston to his op- ponent of yesterday, Brann. Senator Frye's chief legislative con- cern was the American merchant marine, and when his grandson’s voice first was heard in Congress it, too, voiced the cause of merchant ship- ping. White spent seven terms in the House, during which he fostered legis- lation affecting merchant marine, radio and fisheries. He played an im- partant role in the creation of the first sadio control act. In 1930 White won election to the Benate, where his knowledge of ship- ping, radio and fisheries won him early recognition. Modest and retiring, White always was a reluctant speaker. In his campaign the Senator stressed the importance of Maine re- pudiating, by a Republican State elec- tion victory, President Roosevelt and his New Deal. He called the administration “one- man-power” rule and charged that the President was leading the Nation to- ward dictatorship. He was particularly caustic in ref- erences to the administration’s recip- rocal trade treaty with Canada, which, he said, worked “irreparable damage to the markets served by our Maine farmers, our fisheries and our lumber operators.” o Maine (Continued From First Page.) race for Senator. Brann had said he ‘was not going to seek office again. The vote cast in the election yes- terday was a record, running well over the 306,000 mark. The previous high vote was in the presidential elec- tion of 1932, when Herbert Hoover carried the State against Mr. Roose- velt by 166,631 to 128,907—a total vote ©of 295,538. The Hoover victory came in November, 1932, after the State had gone Democratic in September of that year, Interest in the Maine election had been whipped to white heat, as it was the first real test of voting strength this year between the New Deal and the Republicans. To add to the ex- citement Gov. Landon, the Republican nominee, made an eleventh-hour foray into the State and in a speech de- clared that the country was looking to Maine to say whether the New Deal should be continued or thrown out. President Roosevelt, earlier in the campaign, had visited Eastport, in the vicinity of the Passamaquoddy power project, which had virtually been abandoned because Congress did not appropriate for it, and had made a tentative promise that some day the ‘Government would revive that project. Third-party tickets did not get far BOG—Female. white spitz: Qhyiously a pet. Owner call Col. 7230. Apt. 'ORT deserted lnlmlls m the Animal Totective Association, Bradley Blvd.. Bethesda_ Md. _Phone Wisconsin 4924. LOST. BRIEF CASE_Black; Union Station, Bep- tember 3: contains legal papers. Reward. Call District 4911, Ext. 162 CANOE_Gray. with otacks in canvas, East end of Benning Bridge, Harry E. Balley's Boat House. Reward 17¢ CHANGE PURSE—Brown_oblong__ sl containing money and receipts. 0 owner. 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Wi n %, marcasite; inltials A, F7 Bat. jght, st Haing Point/or Upshur st n.w! ard. _Ool J. 16° mosaic; —in ladies’ Cafe, Septembe: T 7. 17% (CKETS—Two. ringside, for the Louis- tore fight: seats 4 and 5. row M, i have been reported lost and are no §00d der except lol’ Itllrd lol’ return to {lloff. 1409 Ey, ol E RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY T.”&‘m one otbu Sosg made the sale. in Maine. Rev. Benjamin Bubar, run- ning as an independent candidate for Governor on a Townsend old-age pen- ; sion platform, got only 5,225 votes. The Democrats had rather hoped Bubar would roll up more votes, be- lieving he would cut into the Repub- lican strength. In the second congressional district the Townsendites had a candidate, Re\ J. Clarence Leckemby, who was |also & Republican, running as an independent candiate for the House, and the Union party placed in the field a candidate, A. Raymond Rogers. In that district the Democrats be- | lieved they had a real chance, with Emest L. McLean, their candidate, running against two Republicans, one with the regular nomination and the other with Townsend backing. But it did not work out. Clyde H. Smith, the Republican nominee, had upward of 53,000 votes, McLean 39,000, while Leckemby had 7,500 and Rogers something over 3,000. Oliver Wins by 15,000. In the first congressional district James C. Oliver, the Republican nomi- nee, started out as a Townsendite and won the party nomination in a contest with 10 other candidates. He was elected yesterday by a vote of more than 60,000 to about 45,000 for Repre- sentative Simon M. Hamlin, Demo- cratic incumbent. Representative Ralph O. Brewster won handily in the third district, which had been expected. His vote was up- ward of 55000 to 35000 plus for Wallace F. Mabee, his Democratic op- ponent. Representative Moran, Democrat, in the second district, an ardent New Dealer, but a bitter foe of Gov. Brann., declined to run this year for re-election after Brann announced he would be a candidate for the Senate. In past elections, Maine has not always forecast in her September elec- tions what the Nation would do. It did make a correct forecast, however, in 1932, showing the Democratic sweep was coming that year. The Republicans insist now that what happened yesterday is a correct fore- cast of what the country will do November 3. Wilson Carried 2 States in 1916. When President Wilson was run- ning for re-election in 1916, Maine in September elected a Republican Governor by about 12,000 votes. That was before the days of woman’s suf- frage. Double the vote and it gives the Republican Governor of that year a lead of 24,000. In that year, Wilson carried only two States east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio Rivers. They were New Hampshire and Ohio. This year the Republicans have elected their Governor in Maine with By the Assoclated Press. PORTLAD, Me., September 15 Strength of United -States Senator Wallace H. White, jr., Republican, in rural sections enabled him to with- stand the strong city vote of his Dem- ocratic foe, Gov. Louis J. Brann and win re-election yesterday. ‘The total vote exceeded the 3 mark for & new record. The pret largest vote ever cast was 295,538 in the 1932 presidential election. White's margin, which at one time during the ta) “Jation reached as high 2s 10,000, waf whittled down sharply as returns came in from the cities. Brann captured 12 of the State’s 20 municipalities, Lewiston, his own home town and White’s, by more than 8,000 votes, and two other Democratic centers, Biddeford and Waterville, by 4,000 and 1,300, respectively. Portland, Maine’s largest city, which turned out the heaviest vote in its history, gave but a 95-vote margin for Brann. The Democratic Governor also car- ried Auburn, Augusta, Bath, Calais, White’s city strength appeared in Bangor, Belfast, Brewer, Ellsworth, Hallowell, Rockland, Saco and South 'LEANED | Portland. ace rts. Estimates on plumbing_and heatin: e RS OBl BRI e peating ve. n.e. Phone Hillside 0530 GRAPES ARE RIPE AT QUAINT ACRES. 'l'hnvuundl of baskets of Concords and Located on Silver les- t. EE SAMPLES AND ESTIMATES you need reprints and reproductions of ks, maj reports. foreign A around | Democrats Capture 12 Out of Municipalities, Slashing 10,000 Lead of G.O. P. 0pponent. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936. En route to Nashua, N. H., to board a special train for his trip out of New England, Gov. Alfred Landon stopped at a roadside stand and purchased a box of apples. gelous gave the Governor “one for good measure” as he proudly James Evan- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. a greater majority than normal. John Hamilton, the Republican national chairman, has made the claim that Landon will carry every State east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, with one possible exception—Wiscon- sin. The Republicans, using the Maine election as a yardstick, say the Hamilton claim, in the light of the Wilson election of 1916, is certainly fair. Hamilton expects to pick up enough electoral votes west of the Mississippl to make sure of Landon’s election. Maine’s Record Democrats Have Won Only One Election Since 1920. For Governor—1920. Parkhurst, Republican. Mclntire, Democrat - Republican plurality. For President—1920. Harding, Republican. Cox, Democrat - Republican plurality For Governor—1924. Brewster, Republican . Pattangall, Democrat Republican plurality For President—1924. Coolidge, Republican .. Davis, Democrat ... La Follette, Progressiv Republican plurality_ For Governor—1928. Gardiner, Republican . Moran, Democrat Republican plurality .. For President—1928. Hoover, Republican Smith, Democrat -- Republican plurality. For Governor—1932. Brann, Democrat - - 121,158 Martin, Republican - 118,800 Democratic plurality 2,358 For President—1932. Hoover, Republican Roosevelt, Democrat Republican plurality_ - For Governor—1934. Brann, Democrat Ames, Republican Democratic plurality For Senator—1934, Hale, Republican .. Dubord, Democrat _ 138,133 Republican pluralit; 1,701 Note—Largest Republican plurality for Governor, 82,481 in 1928; smallest Republican plurality before 1932 was 135,393 70,047 65,346 136,355 59,961 76,394 145,281 108,626 36,655 138,440 41,964 11,382 96,476 148,053 65,572 82,481 179,923 81,179 98,744 166,631 128,907 37,724 156,917 133414 23,503 139,834 38,655 in 1924. Rural Vote Gives White Victory Over Brann’s Strength in City 20 "'he vote by cities in the Senate Brann (D.) 4,208 3,481 4,961 2,322 White (R.) 3,639 3,107 5,102 1,305 1,147 1,463 1,433 1,053 362 1,006 1,500 1,649 1,866 4,009 3,581 of Fireplace FURNISHINGS Since 1873 we have been furnishing fireplaces, but never has our stock been more complete or priced - more reasonably than now. Your Fireplace Will Be Farnished Pnperly by 738 12th St. N.W. Ph. MEt. 1134 COUZENS LAGGING INFIRST RETURNS Gets Only Six to Brucker’s Eight Votes From Pointe Aux Barques. - By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 15.—Pointe Aux Barques, a small community at the tip of the Michigan thumb district upheld its record of being first to re- port in Michigan elections by com- pleting tabulation of its 15 registered votes at 10:30 a.m. Fourteen Re- publican ballots and one Democratic were cast in that one precinct. There are 3,467 precincts in the State. In the Republican contest for United States Senator, Wilber M. Brucker re- ceived eight votes, while Senator James Couzens, pro-Roosevelt Re- publican, got six. The one Democratic vote for Senator went to Prentiss M. Brown of St. Ignace, one of four candidate for that nomination, Fitzgerald Gets 14. Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald received all 14 Republican votes for renomina- tion. The one Democratic vote went to George W. Welsh, former Repub- lican Lieutenant Governoe, opposing Frank Murphy, Philippine high com- missioner, for the gubernatorial nomi- nation. Ideal weather throughout the State together with reports of unsually heavy balloting indicated the total primary vote for this year would sur- pass the record of 1,047,117 cast in the 1932 primary. In Detroit where 45,000 votes had been cast at 10 am.,, election officials reported 59 pér cent of the voters called for Democratic ballots. The polls close at 6 p.m.,, Eastern standard time, in the rural districts and 8 p.m. in the cities, with a ruling by the election commissions that all voters in line at closing time must be permitted to vote. Ballots “as long as a boarding house towel” confronted both Republicans and Democrats. Candidates were seeking nomination to the United States Senate, Congress, the Gover- norship and a host of lesser offices, Party Lines May Disappear, Predictions of a record vote were based on the keenness of the cam- paigns for the Republican senatorial nomination and the Democratic nomi- nation for Governor. Both contests threatened to break party lines. Murphy and George W. Welsh, a former Republican lieutenant gover- nor, legislator and city manager of Grand Rapids, Mich., established their race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination upon a basis of personal qualifications through previous experi- ence in public office and vote-getting ability in the November general elec- tion. Each pledged himself to support the New Deal and both had powerful political followings. Brucker Anti-New Deal. Former Gov. Brucker campaigned on an anti-New Deal platform against Senator James Couzens, Republican incumbent. Couzens shattered a “si- lent campaign” for the renomination with the pronouncement that he would support President Roosevelt. Charges of a Senate campaign funds investigating committee that Brucker's campaign committee did not co- operate in its sift of reports of a $3,000,000 slush fund and charges that Government-franked envelopes bear- ing a proposed Democratic slate had been brought into Michigan enlivened the closing week of the campaign. Murphy, whose name appeared among those on the proposed slate, denied any knowledge of the envelopes and Brucker said his records were avail- able to the Senate committee. NEW YORK PRIMARY TODAY, Congress Candidates Among Those to Be Selected. ALBANY, N. Y., September 15 (#). —On the heels of Gov. Landon’s sec- ond invasion of President Roosevelt's home State, New Yorkers balloted at the Fall primary today to nominate candidates for Congress, State Senate and Assembly and various local offices. More than & dozen candidates back- ing the Townsend old-age pension movement and the National Union for Social Justice opposed regular Democratic and Republican aspirants for Congress. Out of New York's 45 seats there were 16 Democratic and 15 Republican fights. Representative Bertrand Snell of St. Lawrence County, present House Re- publican minority leader, is one of the incumbents opposed by a Townsendite. Other present office holders so opposed are Bert Lord, Francis D. Culkin, Clarence E. Hancock, W. Sterling Cole, Daniel A. Reed and Walter G. An- drews, all Republicans, and Alfred E. Beiter and James M. 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A forecast of showers prompted ob- servers to predict a light vote. Gov. Philip F. La Follette was un- opposed for renomination on the Pro- gressive ticket. Although State organi- zation-indorsed gubernatorial candi- dates on the Democratic and Re- publican ballots had opposition, the primary campaigns lacked the vigor of other days when the La Follette fol- lowers battled regular Republicans for nominations, prior to formation of the Progressive party in 1934, Father Charles E. Coughlin's Na- tional Union for Social Justice and Dr. Frances E. Townsend's old-age pension followers faced their first test of strength in the Wisconsin electorate of approximately 1,000,000. Of the seven Progressive and three Democratic incumbent représentatives, only one Progressive and two Demo- crats had opposition. Representative William Lemke, Union party presi- dential candidate, urged re-election of all Progressives. 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