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Show OUT TO DEFEAT YOUNG SENATOR Former Rhode Island Gov ( ernor Takes Field Against Rich Young Man B l DM1 N i H UM Special U) Tlic sumdunl-l Ivanilncr I (Copyright, X'ill by the Standard -Ex-amlncrj PROVIDENCE. R. I., April C. Former Governor Beckman AYinthrop Is being groomed as the candidate 'against Senator GeeK-t Gerry In th : fight the Republicans are to make this tall to "redeem" Rhode Island. Senator Gerry WBS the first liemo- rat to bo sent to the 1'nlted States senate from this state In something like 60 years. An old Tammany chier-taln chier-taln came from New York six years ago to help the rlrh young man organize organ-ize his campaign and by Tammany thoroughness they put it over. The Tammany leader now Is dead, but young Gerry has learned something some-thing of poll'ics himself and the campaign cam-paign promises to be one of the most Interesting of the congressional year. In order to pave the way for Wlll-throp's Wlll-throp's nomination against Senator Gerry, the Republican leaders must first placate Representative Ambrose Kennedy who has senatorial ambitions am-bitions and Is very popular with the French speaking voters Ln the Black-stone Black-stone va.'ley Congressman Kennedy was educated ln Canada and speaks From h fluently. The French are s very important element In the politics of this state The present governor R. L. San Souci is a Frenrh Can adian, and was lieutenant governor under Winthrop. FE R LABOR VOTE Because of the recent labor trou- klaa In tl..; Kl ...lllo In tlilu I n , I , i v f r I 1 1 section of the state the Republicans I fear that the factory workers may flock to the Democratic ticket this year o-s they did six years ago when Gerry defeated Senator Llpitt In a I short, but exciting campaign. Both Winthrop and Gerry are millionaires They are also good mixers and handshakers, hand-shakers, and popular with common people. At the end of his term as governor, Wln'hrop had lost none of his popu-larlty popu-larlty and the feeling among Republican Repub-lican politicians Is that he is the only jman in sight who can beat Senator I Gerry The latter will be renominated renominat-ed ulthoift opposition to the Democratic Demo-cratic primaries. Senator Gerry has had a meteoric career ln politics It was the famous old blind boss of the G O P in Rhode Island. General Brayton. who discovered discov-ered him and pointed out his possibilities possi-bilities to the Democrats. One day When newspaper men were chatting with General Braton. he remarked to a reporter on a Democratic pnper here, that there was a new millionaire million-aire In Kewport v ,1 L l ''li DEMOCRATS "Better look him up." said the blind boos good naturedly. "lie may prove an angel for you Democrats" The reporter followed up General Braylon'S suggestion and wrote a story about th- n w rich young New Yorker ann .- rlfl rnmnimliiri' Cli-rrV of tll Vow York Vicht club and confidant of I Groyer Cleveland) William C. Whitney, Whit-ney, Daniel Manning and other leading lead-ing Democrats ln and out of Tammany hall. The Democrats nominated young Gerry for the Newport city council i thnt year and he w as elected. Soon, after Ihfsre was a vacancy in the con-gresslonal con-gresslonal delegation from Rhodi 1-' 1-' land, one of the members having died. Tin Democratic nomination In that hopelessly Republican district, went abogglnff, In the eleventh hour. Ger-r Ger-r consented to run and was elected, i HIS party sent him as one of the del-' del-' cgates at large to the Democratic con-mentions con-mentions of 1912 and 1916. He was a Wilson man in both gatherings. PI i.i ic i ll l LING In 1M6 there was a lot of pulling and hauling among Rhode Island I Democrats over the senatorial noml- i nation. Gerry did not CO after the plum, but it was know n that he would I make the run against Senator Llpitt. If his party desired. Five weeks before be-fore election day. Gerry was named. He made a whirlwind fight. Soon after the campaign began ' Commodore Gerry called into his of- i i flco ln New York an old and trusted friend. General DeWltl Hamilton, a ' seasoned Tammany politician, telling I him that his son Peter was running ' for the senate ln Rhode Island and askjlng him if he wouldn't run up. j . look over the situation and see if there I was anything he could do for the J i youngster. General Hamilton never I hunted quail with a brass bund He , 'slipped up to Newport on the night boat, got Into touch with the young I candidate for senatorial honors and went over the situation with him. ST ATI ORGANIZED The general visited other sections of the state Incog and then started an 1 Intensive campaign In behalf of young ' Gerry. In u short time he hid or- I ganlzed the state in Tammany fashion, t seeing to it that a representative of every racial group w s placed ln charge of the work cut out for that particular group. Everywhere young Gerry appeared In the campaign, ho ' was received with great enthusiasm. I The old campaigner had attended to that detail and other raattSTS of a practical nature. When lie had organized organ-ized his Rhode Island Tammany machine, ma-chine, officered it with practical politicians pol-iticians and workers, he slipped back to Manhattan as ouletly as he arrived ar-rived In little Rhode Island He had done his work befor the Republicans even knew that he was In the ?t ate This time Senator Gerry will not have the benefit of tbo ad and counsel coun-sel of General Hamilton or th as- -Istanro of his rich father Roth have ; Ued since his election six years ago. |