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California, The resounding defeat of Democrat Upton Sinclair of Governor came as a surprise to no one but the ex-Socialist (see p. 16). Upon his election, Acting Governor Frank Merriam, with perhaps more truth than he intended, called the result "a rebuke to Socialism and Communism...
Only in the gashouse districts of U. S. cities was a parallel to be found to the wind-up last week of California's campaign for Governor. Against Democratic Nominee Upton Sinclair and his EPIC was massed all the fire and fury of a thoroughly frightened conservative electorate...
...Vermont Martin *Austin 89 of 248 11,047 16,293 Virginia *Byrd Page 1142 of 1742 84,000 23,000 Wisconsin Callahan Chapple 81 of 2914 3081 3068 * +R. LaFollette 5094 *Incumbent * **Farmer-Labor * +Progressive CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR STATE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN California Sinclair Merriam 1675 of 10721 168,481 189,535 Connecticut *Cross Alcorn 81 of 169 231,525 129,881 Idaho Ross Stephan 103, of 792 5544 5083 Iowa Herring Turner 223 of 2453 31,217 27,246 Kansas Ketchum Landon 442 of 2691 36854 41,463 Maryland *Ritchie Nice 61 of 1,375 12,189 11,623 Minnesota...
...complete Nominee Sinclair's discomfiture, George Creel, Wartime propaganda chief whom, as the Administration's favorite, Sinclair had defeated in the primaries, repudiated the winning candidate. In a public letter, Democrat Creel charged Democrat Sinclair with failing to stand on the party platform, with pushing his own "Immediate Epic" plan in violation of agreements at the State convention. Declared disgusted Mr. Creel: "I think any one who votes in California this fall has to hold his nose. It's a choice between catalepsy and epilepsy. Sinclair has a fantastic, impossible plan and Merriam is as modern...
...Sinclair lost another potent vote when Senator McAdoo's law partner, William H. Neblett (see p. 15), announced his switch to Merriam...