Show r r V I I 5 I c I i I r I 1 I z 1 I I GUBERNATORIAL SITUATION IN MASSACHUSETTS I At left Governor Eben S Draper candidate on the Republican ticket for re reelection rei i election At right Eugene N Toss Foss Democratic nominee OSTON Mass Oct 31 After sev several se BOSTON B eral era weeks of wrangling and two weeks of deadlock in convention KIWI ami the Democratic potty party rt of tu th the Bay state by a referendum vote of delegates conducted by mall mail selected Kuge e N X Poe FOBS ro s member of ot Congress ls and nd champion of or r ity with Can Canada Canad ada ad as s Its Us candidate for governor goer or Mr Ir PoW Foss had already alre dy filed Died Independent nomination papers and would w uld have run anyway Frederick S 8 Mansfield who w wall Wag nominated a as a a provisional pr candi endl date hy by h acclamation on OR the tiNt first day of the til state convention declares declare em emphatically em Uy he will wilt not withdraw for foross FOBS Foss oss Th The sp f la Ia I thus afforded of ot two regular Democratic nominees at present in the field fieldOn fieldOn fieldOn On the other hand band everything Is as ass s serene rene as u tt Quaker wedding with the Republicans B en S Draper present governor has ha been nominated for re reflection reelection election and with Ith the split In II the Dem Dent f tlc ranks is la likely to be easily elected To be sure lIure he h is opposed by a large labor laher element but so is FOBS Foss Mansfield too has hs been repudiated by b the th state president of the American Federation of oC Labor Va ie is opposed by b the Fitzgerald Fitgerald contingent c which exercises a iii powerful p influence in state politics politicAl Foss Foes is III i backed by Martin larUn Lomasney a Boston Bo ton Democratic boss boas who bas baa the reputation of having more inure than once carried elections So it is isan ISan Isan an Interesting situation Party issues beth bath state and aad national are largely lost to view in I the factional and personal fights of ot the candidates According to some seine Boston Doston editors the result of the Democratic convention ending as it did in a deadlock lasting for fer ov over or r a w wk week k proves protes the tha failure of the direct primary system This Tills system hat lias ha been in vogue in Massachusetts for about bout five years and Governor Hughes fought for fot it in New ew York with Uh all of influence thrown In favor of it but Inn was defeated It is claimed to be defective in that it enables petty politicians to win elections by b a minor minority minorIty ity of votes east Prof Lewis Jerome Johnson says that the system can be remedied by preferential voting There Is no doubt however that direct nomi nominations nom nominations 1 nations have come rome to stay The prin principle ciple Is IB correct and up to now they the have worked well except in the Lori Lan Lorimer flier mer case ease in Illinois and the governor governorship ship shill case calle this year in Massachusetts |