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...comedy this time has a serious basis in spite of all its humor. Kings-land, Macy, the Republican State Chairman, has had a fit of hysterics which hinder any chances for the governorship that the G.G.P. possesses. A man of force and sincerity, Mr. Macy possesses the unfortunate characteristics of stubbouness and suspicion. He is imbued with the idea that he must carry on in the Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt vein of reform and has selected utilities as the animal which will bring him fame. Aside from the fact that this issue has no live interest today, it has given...
South Carolina Run-Off. Another Democratic primary which was as good as an election was South Carolina's run-off between Olin D. Johnston and Coleman Livingston Blease for the governorship. Candidate Blease, an oldtime, free-style rabble-rouser who has managed to keep himself on the public payroll pretty consistently since 1890, concludes his Who's Who biography: "The only South Carolinian who has been mayor of his city, senator from his county, speaker of the House, president of the State Senate, governor of the State 1911-15 and U. S. senator...
...Ralph O. Brewster to a second seat in the House now occupied by Democrat John G. Utterback. But for two other jobs lost to the Democrats in 1932, their hopes were far from high: Maine's third seat in the House, held by Edward Carleton Moran Jr.; Maine's Governorship, held by Louis J. Brann...
...race for governorship nominations. Many were the candidates. On the Republican side, Acting Governor Merriam, Lawyer Raymond LeRoy Haight and former Governor Clement Calhoun Young were among those asking voters to listen to their eloquence. On the Democratic side George Creel, Wartime Chief of Propaganda, backed by William Gibbs McAdoo; Justus Wardell, oldtime politician, and a handful of others all called to Californians to heed them. But the man whom Californians heeded?favorably and unfavorably?had no machine backing, was no politician and broke all the rules of politics. He was journalist, pamphleteer, reformer, and his name was Upton Sinclair...
Ousted by the State Supreme Court from the Governorship because of his conviction, Mr. Langer found that his opponents were going to court to have him debarred as a "convict," from the ballot in November. Ten years ago Texas gave the country a neat political trick whereby such legal difficulties could be sidestepped and the Governorship kept in the family. First to use it was James Ferguson who, following his impeachment and removal from office, put up his wife Miriam ("Ma") in his stead. Last week Mr. Langer decided to follow this pattern when he resigned his nomination...