POLITICAL NOTES: Primaries

Last week some 2,000,000 typical U. S. citizens marched to the polls in ten State primary elections to strike an X for their favorite Congressmen, Governors, lesser State officials. Result was an average vote, some hot local contests, a few new faces here and there, a disinclination to change horses. Highlights:

Louisiana. On the fifth anniversary of the death of Huey Long the remnants of his dictatorial machine were all but erased. Of eight Longster Congressmen, four were beaten, two were forced into runoffs, one failed to run, only one was renominated. Victory...

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