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Show tisana, and Mr. Mi-Call ia no exception to the rule. The battle in Massachusetts this year will undoubtedly be waged on national issues, the tariff question coming com-ing first. As MeCaU ia a protectionist of the old school, his selection to head j the ticket is the very best that could have been made. His triumphant elec tion will be the forerunner of the still greater Republican victory next year, anil it is quite possible it will put him in the list of available candidate- for the presidency. Governor Walsh, the Democratic candidate, is personally quite popular, but he has already had two terms owing to the Progressive defection. de-fection. The primary election returns show-that show-that the Republicans cast two votes for every one cast by the Democrats. This in itself insures a great Republican victory. vic-tory. But even if the two parties were equally divirled Governor Walsh would most certainly be defeated, for the third-term idea never was popular in Massachusetts. The rule is not invariable, in-variable, but few men in recent years have succeeded in capturing the office three times in succession, and in the case of i-'oss, one of the weakest executives execu-tives in the long line of Massachusetts governors, the circumstances were exceptional ex-ceptional and should not serve as a precedent. We look for old-time Republican victories vic-tories in the states where elections are to be held this fall, and Massachusetts should lead the way with from 40,000 to 60,000 plurality. It cannot possibly be much less when the voters of the great manufacturing state are to decide de-cide the question of protection versus free trade. Mr. McCall represents the principle of protection, so dear to the heart of every true blue Republican, while Governor Walsh stands for the Underwood-Simmons act, which has .been found to be unworkable and has been universally condemned in consequence. conse-quence. Can anyone seriously doubt that the Massachusetts Republicans will win an overwhelming victory this year VICTORY IN THE AIR. The contest for the gubernatorial chair in Massachusetts this year will be waped aloug straight political lines. That is to say, it will be fought out by !j I the Republicans and Democrats. The Progressives went through the formality for-mality of voting for a leader at the primaries last Tuesday, but his candidacy candi-dacy is not taken seriously. The reason is that the Progressive party in the Old Bay state has dwindled away until very little but the name remains. Some of the leaders still fondly imagine they have a political organization behind them, but it is scarcely visible to the naked eye. The Republican nominee for governor, gov-ernor, Samuel W. McCall, is a statesman states-man of considerably more than ordinary ability and of the type of the late Sen ntor Hoar. He was a representative in congress for several years, and ranked among the leaders. He came through all the political tights precipitated during dur-ing his ears of service in the lower house without a question ever having been raised as to his integrity. At the !f same time he was a strict party man, a Republican partisan who did not run after strange gods in order to make himself conspicuous or for his own personal per-sonal advantage. All the really strong men iu both the great parties are par- |