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Maine, although normally Republican, is usually considered a barometer of the national election in November. This year, however, there was friction in the Republican ranks over the Governorship nomination. Mr. Brewster, supported by the Ku Klux Klan, won the primary after a recount. The Democrats thereupon made the Klan the issue. They called in Senator Underwood as a speaker. The Republicans called in General Dawes, Senators Watson and Willis, Speaker Gillette. They were scared. The Republican press went so far as to say in advance that Maine was no barometer this year because of the Klan issue...
...first primary, Judge Robertson ran first. In a close contest, with much counting long-drawn-out, Mrs. Ferguson ran second. In the final primary, she and Judge Robertson will contest, practically, for the Governorship. "Ma" Ferguson, as she is known, is chiefly sitting at home while her husband does most of the campaigning. The inference is that, if she is elected, he will also do most of the governing...
...Partisan League, the New Progressive Party, the Committee of 48, as well as his Democratic following. That election was gobbled up by the Republicans. They swept out of office Senator Hitchcock and generally carried the State by about 30,000 votes. There was one exception-the Governorship. Charles Wayland Bryan received 82 per cent of the total vote, was elected with a majority...
During his Governorship, he has taken an active hand in the war on gasoline and coal prices, by having the State go into the business* State taxes he reduced 13%. Within six months after taking office, he reduced the number of employes on the State payroll from...
...Passed a bill to make the Governorship of Porto Rico elective in 1932 or at an earlier date if illiteracy can be reduced to 30% on the island...