Show s h WASHINGTON c LEITEll za I WILLIAM WILLI PAGE p POLITICAL IJ n t tP SLUNK 1 AND IS GL D WORD onD ron roa G a o 0 I P D 13 U- U CHARLES CIL 1 I 1 STE iE San loo Writer WASHINGTON Oct 20 Wi 20 Wil William liam Tyler Page clerk cierI ot of th Ui House ot of o es la t cole cole- cele celebrated aa u a political MEmo 1 la is his hia barometer Page doesn't ba base his hia predictions solely on barometer nay acy more than a 0 weather forecaster relies relics exclusively on them Ha Ito consid consid- considers considers ers era other Indications too stilt Still what hat the barometer says generally Is more Important than any other single Inelo Indication Page sizes up all the other sin aIn verifieS them by his hia barometer and ond then predicts Most ot of the tho time lime he proves a II good gool guesser Politicians long have believed that Maine MUne results Indicate how ho the rest reat of ot the country Is going Malna Maino Is Republican Some Some- Sometimes Sometimes times Its It's more mOro strongly Republican Republican lican than at others Page notes tho Maine majority compares It with the normal margins In the tho theother theother other states and draws his conclusions conclusions conclusions It the Maine alne majority Is large larre lareche he concludes that States will stay Republican and that doubtful state will go Re- Re Re Ito Republican publican It If Its It's small mall ho 0 con con- concludes con concludes that the Democrats will carry doubtful states and maybe some Republican elates PalO Page says any other state tin un- un undoubtedly make as good gooda a 0 barometer as Maine hut but a I Ithe the rest reet have havo their election In November ember while Maine votes itt In September Now In h 1922 the Republicans Republican majority was hardly up to the mark though not quite So Page foresaw Democratic gains galM small enough to suggest est u a Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic cratic cratto landslide elsewhere That's what happened The rhe Re- Re RepUblicans Be Republicans pUblicans barely retained control ot of the tha Rouse In 1924 Maine Maino went strongly Republican and Page Pago prophesied a 0 strongly Republican House It happened The Republicans have han more members In the present House than Democrats Socialist Laborites armer and Independents Independents put together This year the tho PIn Pine Tree State was Republican by n nearly arly as large a majority as In 1924 So Page lago surmises that In the No- No November November Ko vember elections election It if tho Republic Republic- Republicans Republicans ans aDs lose loso anything It wont won't be much But Chairman l of ot the Democratic congressional commit committee tee toe says Bays pooh to Pages pago's predictions It If Maine Maino Is a barometer he ho 0 con con- contenda contends con contends tends tenda Its It's when the whole country Is 1 voting on the same Issue or Issues issue This year ho lie points out out different sections are voting on many different Issues In one spot relief Its It's farm relief In another the world court In a 0 third prohibition In a 0 fourth the tho oh tariff tariff oh num- num num numerous erous crous Issues It seems a a 8 Maine barometer reading varies with the readers reader's politics |