Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-18 | Page 12 | Too Many in Long Machine Aspire to Role of Captain

jo Too Many in Long Machine I Aspire to Role to-Role Role of Captain NEW ORLEANS Sept ept 18 C AP The P-The The political machine left by Senator Huey P. P Long stood in dang danger of exploding from spontaneous co combustion bustion today unless a dispute among its l lieutenants nants could be quelled queUed Governor O. O K Allen I who became field captain of the forces after the death of Senator Long from a pistol bullet was having a ahard ahard alard hard lard time timekeeping keeping g his ambitious lieutenants in th the ranks To Too many of them wanted to be the captain The governor governor- yesterday called in his le leaders ders from the tho country parIshes parIshes' parIshes parIshes' par- par and started started- to tell them what he wanted ho-wanted 10 wanted done as he had seen his Long do 40 But the country boys began to ask questions and talk back Threatens to Bolt The Rev Gerald L. L K Smith share the wealth o 0 organizer r g Ii- Ii ni a-ni nl z er er threat threatened ried ed to take his followers whom he estimated at to another camp if It his group was not consulted iz in framing a slate of can candidates for the January election Until that happened it appeared that thata a selection might have been made between Allen J. J Ellender speaker of the Louisiana house and Lieutenant Governor James A. A Noe as the candidate for governor That placed Noe Noo and Ellender back baek in n the running with Ellender perhaps perhaps per per- haps a stride in front Governor Allen did make clear however that an election would be beheld beheld held to rill fill the of t Senator Long He Ho pointed out out that under the Lousi Louisi Louisiana na law appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment cannot be made mado to the s senate nate for fora a term exceeding ding one year and ana that Longs Long's term has a y year ar and three months to run Election n Set The governor plans to call can aspe cial election for the term termon on the same date as as' as the regular election when the Demo Democrats rats will nominate a senator a governor and andall andall andall all state officials It has been nearly agreed that Vade WadO 0 Martin public service commissioner com corn missioner will vIll run for the short term and Governor Allen will vilI ru run for the tho regular year six-year term startIng start Ing In January 1937 Earl Long brother of Senator Long also has gubernatorial Tho The Long anti-Long organization gleefully gleefully glee glee- fully watched the smoke rising from the Allen camp as smoke also is rising from their field They arc are having a hard time building up a united front and they probably will wUl wait walt until Allen announces his ticket before advancing the their r slate