The President’s strength in his own
State today is one of the greatest
assets of his party ticket, including
Senator Butler.
Should Senator Walsh win, his vic
tory will be interj>reted generally ns a
blow to President Coolidge and an evi
dence of waning strength. This will
be true whether the President actually
participates in the campaign or not.
It sems superfluous to tell the voters
that the President wants Butler
elected.
Massachusetts is said to be normally
Republican by 100,000 votes. But
"normal” conditions frequently do not
prevail here. For example, normal
conditions did not prevail when Presi
dent Coolidge was a candidate for the
presidency. Nor did normal condi
tions prevail when the late Senator
Lodge was elected over Col. William
A. Gaston, the present Democratic
nominee for governor, by only 8,000
votes. There were factional troubles
in the Republican party, and a very
considerable number of Republicans
opposed Lodge because of his part in
the defeat of American entry into the
League of Nations.
It is also true that Senator Walsh’s
strength in this State exceeds the
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; CONSTRUCTIONSETS
; NEW RECORD HERE
J Total of $53,182,900 for
1 Nine Months Is $750,000
; Ahead of Previous Mark.
> _
The first nine months of this year
show that the per capita expenditure
of the residents of the National Cap
> ltal for new construction amounts to
• more than SIOO. This sets a new rec
• ord in the building industry of Wash
ington and one that only a few of
1 the great industrial centers of the
country can surpass.
