Another 1924: McAdoo for president

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: FEBRUARY 5, 1925

Johnson to the cabinet

The California senator and former progressive VP candidate has been in the spotlight as speculations of a cabinet position or a change of party to the FLP circulated most fellow newspapers. Some fo these speculations were confirmed as Hylan anounced Robert Johnson to be the succesor of Hoover. His short term replacement by a republican for the futurw 96th Senate will keep it this way:
Democrat 45
Republican 43
FLP 5
American 3

The final Cabinet Composition

State: Robert Lansing (D)
Treasury: Carter Glass (D)
War: George Huddleston (D)
Navy: John Evans (D)
Commerce: Hiram Johnson (R)
Agriculture: Magnus Johnson (FL)
Labor: William Green (D)
Interior: Stephen Mather (I)
Postmaster Gen: Lee Russell (D)
Attorney Gen: John Davis (D)

After speculations and fears of radicalism, the final cabinet seem to try to balance all of the interest groups of his coalition. Most of the picks have been based on qualifications, altrought some seem to have been choosed only for geographical and ideological balance.

Green and the AFL have been criticized in the last months by the IWW. This union, considered by some as fringe radicals but defended by others as the only authentic worker's front in the country, has denounced them as 'corporate tools'. As a good part of the original XIX Century union goals are no longer considered radical, IWW leader Haywood says that 'Green's AFL has become something to worry for the upper class for the last years. The AFL has become another machine for the democrat party.'

The American Party: Rumours
Since senator and former democrats Mayfield and Heflin did leave their old party for their social reactionary cause, specualtions on new party changes have continued. Along with the elected senator and new party member Pine from Oklahoma, the trio have been reuniting with representative and senators from the South, trying to get more Congress members to their cause.

The American Party, a reactionary party composed mostly of white protestant supremacists, have avoided any talks with McAdoo and other southern democrats like Underwood and Robinson. The white south voters are divided in these issues, and the posibilities of democrats losing their plurality increase every day, even if some cabient picks seem to have been done to placate southern fears.

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96th Senate:

Alabama
James Heflin (American) Class 2
Oscar Underwood (Democrat) Class 3

Arizona
Henry Ashurst (Democrat) Class 1
Ralph Cameron (Republican) Class 3

Arkansas
Joseph Robinson (Democrat) Class 2 (Leader)
Thaddeus Caraway (Democrat) Class 3

California
James Gillett (Republican) Class 1 (Temporal)
Samuel Shortridge (Republican) Class 3

Colorado
Alva Adams (Democrat) Class 2
Morrison Shafroth (Democrat) Class 3

Connecticut
George McLean (Republican) Class 1
Hiram Bingham III (Republican) Class 3

Delaware
Thomas Bayard Jr. (Democrat) Class 1
Thomas du Pont (Republican) Class 2

Florida
Park Trammell (Democrat) Class 1
Duncan Fletcher (Democrat) Class 3

Georgia
William Harris (Democrat) Class 2
Walter George (Democrat) Class 3

Idaho
William Borah (Republican) Class 2
Frank Gooding (Republican) Class 3

Illinois
Charles Deneen (Republican) Class 2
William McKinley (Republican) Class 3

Indiana
Samuel Ralston (Democrat) Class 1
James Watson (Republican) Class 3

Iowa
Smith Brookhart (Republican) Class 2
Albert Cummins (Republican) Class 3

Kansas
Arthur Capper (Republican) Class 2
Charles Curtis (Republican) Class 3 (Leader)

Kentucky
Augustus Stanley (Democrat) Class 2
Richard Ernst (Republican) Class 3

Louisiana
Joseph Ransdell (Democrat) Class 2
Edwin Broussard (Democrat) Class 3

Maine
Frederick Hale (Republican) Class 1
Bert Dernald (Republican) Class 2

Maryland
William Bruce (Democrat) Class 1
Ovington Weller (Republican) Class 3

Massachusetts
William Butler (Democrat) Class 1 (temporal)
David Walsh (Republican) Class 2

Michigan
Woodbridge Ferris (Democrat) Class 1
James Couzens (Republican) Class 2

Minnesota
Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) Class 1
Ernest Lundenn (Farmer-Labor) Class 2 (Temporal)

Mississippi
Hubert Stephens (Democrat) Class 1
Pat Harrison (Democrat) Class 2

Missouri
James Reed (Democrat) Class 1
Selden Spencer (Republican) Class 3

Montana
Burton Wheeler (Democrat) Class 1
Thomas Walsh (Democrat) Class 2

Nebraska
Robert Howell (Republican) Class 1
George Norris (Republican) Class 2

Nevada
Key Pittman (Democrat) Class 1
Tasker Oddie (Republican) Class 3

New Hampshire
Henry Keyes (Republican) Class 2
George Moses (Republican) Class 3

New Jersey
Edward Edwards (Democrat) Class 1
Walter Edge (Republican) Class 2

New Mexico
Andrieus Jones (Democrat)
Sam Bratton (Democrat)

New York
Royal Copeland (Democrat)
James Wadsworth Jr. (Republican)

North Carolina
Furnifold M. Simmons (Democrat) Class 2
Lee S. Overman (Democrat) Class 3

North Dakota
Lynn Frazier (Farmer-Labor) Class 1
Edwin Ladd (Farmer-Labor) Class 3

Ohio
Simeon Fess (Republican) Class 1
Frank Willis (Republican) Class 3

Oklahoma
William Pine (American) Class 2
John Harreld (Republican) Class 3

Oregon
Charles McNary (Republican) Class 2
Robert Stanfield (Republican) Class 3

Pennsylvania
David Reed (Republican) Class 1
George Pepper (Republican) Class 3

Rhode Island
Peter Gerry (Democrat) Class 1
William Flynn (Democrat) Class 2

South Carolina
Coleman Blease (Democrat) Class 2
Ellison Smith (Democrat) Class 3

South Dakota
Ulysses Cherry (Democrat) Class 2
Peter Norbeck (Republican) Class 3

Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar (Democrat) Class 1
Lawrence Tyson (Democrat) Class 2

Texas
Earle Mayfield (American) Class 1
Morris Sheppard (Democrat) Class 2

Utah
William King (Democrat) Class 1
Reed Smoot (Republican) Class 3

Vermont
Frank L. Greene (Republican) Class 1
Porter H. Dale (Republican) Class 3

Virginia
Claude Swanson (Democrat) Class 1
Carter Glass (Democrat) Class 2 (Temporal)

Washington
Clarence Dill (Democrat) Class 1
Wesley L. Jones (Republican) Class 3

West Virginia
Matthew M. Neely (Democrat) Class 3
Walter Chilton (Republican) Class 2

Wisconsin
Robert La Follette Sr. (Farmer-Labor) Class 1
Irvine Lenroot (Republican) Class 3

Wyoming
John Kendrick (Democrat) Class 1
Robert Rose (Democrat) Class 2


Post in construction

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: JUNE 26, 1925

First Laws of the 96th Congress

As the president McAdoo campaigned a year ago, a new Revenue Act has been finnaly signed by him. The bill sighly passed the Senate with after Glass' defense of it convinced both northern democrats and American Party members. This bill reduces tariff rates across the board and increase income tax rates on the rich. This was the last bill to be voted by La Follete, a memory to his long history in american politics.

Meanwhile, the 'Farm Relief Act' (a new versión of the McNary-Huagen Act, modified to appeal to all pro-farm democrats), passed as a bipartisian effort with a 51-44 vote in the Senate. This bill has not been supported by conservative southerns and some 'urban' democrat senators. Meanwhile, FLP members, progressive republicans and moderate but farm-concerned republicans have mantained their support of the iniciative. As this bill would be easier to esforcé as tariff rates have reduced, most expect the president to pass it.

Oh Captain!: Goodbye Bob

The funeral of the iconic Wisconsin politician Robert La Follete in its home state was not short of pompous. As one could expect, his funeral was one of a stateman. Thousands of followers accompanied the casket along with his family. A young and unrelated supported cried the Whitman poem just before the casket entered the cementery. Farmer-Labor supporters, republicans and democrats united to say goodbye to the Wisconsin marevick.

The late politician's son, Robert Jr, has been apointed as temporal senator. Despite the popularity of his surname in Wisconsin, he will have to fight attacks of nepotism showing his qualifications (if he has any). Will the FLP lose one of its few Senate seats in some months? We can only guess.

The Special Election: Primary time?
After Hiram Johnson's retirement from the Senate to enter the Cabinet, California republicans put another former governor there, the conservative Gillett. For the republican primaries on the special election for this senate seat, another former governor will try to pass over him. The progressive republican William Stephens has started his primary campaing after getting donations from various progressive, farm and labor associations. He has promised to 'continue Johnson's path' and running with the FLP if he loses the republican primary.

On Virginia, various local politicians try to primary Harry Byrd. Representative Montague, the most prominent of them, has criticised some of his conservative stances, like voting agaisnt the Farm Relief Act. In defense, Byrd has defended his conservative democrat position, critizising 'the radical's dream of divididing classes by clases'. As he says, one can't forget that John Davis and senator Wheeler are still part of the same party. Will the 'necessity of an economic conservative wing' idea appeal to Virginia? One can only guess.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: AUGUST 19, 1925

The 'Humane Labor Rights Act' and Philly

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the secretary of Labor Green celebrated a rally after the president ratified a new labor bill. This bill creates a federal injury compensation program along with other pro worker measures. This new law has been celebrated in Philadelphia, unitying local AFL members and democrat leaders. Also, some working class republicans showh their support of the bill.

Philadelphia is considered a republican city, in part thanks to how republicans have created a machine there. Depsite that, Hylan and Greem have shown their belief in the posibility of turning it democrat. It may be a dream, but on politics everything may change.

The 'General Anti Crime, Anti Violence and Good Customs Control Act'

This comprehensive crime bill offers measures to increase funding of law efforcement agencies at various levels and also creates new precise crimes to help to convict organized criminals. This act, which increase the funding of both the Prohibition Bureau and local level police forces, was created to fight liquor smugglers and 'black mob' violence. This law añso increase the support of law enforcement agencies of major cities, like Chicago and New York.

This act has been supported by all democrats and American party members. It has also been supported by some FLP and republicans, as an increase strenght of southern police forces and judiciary would reduce the power of the arguments agaisnt an Anti-Lynching Act. Meanwhile, some southern senators have planned to create a new manifiesto agaisnt any anti-lynching bill.

The debate on Public Works and Utilities

The impulse of public works to give jobs to the unemployed was part of the 1924 Democratic Party Platform. After McAdoo won the election, the discussions on it has not ceased. Some democrats fear it would meam federal overreach, and progressive republicans are divided on if the bill could be fiscally plausible

A similar case happens on the Muscle Shoals public utility company proposal. It has been supported by some progressives, but the rest is divided on it. Some plan to expand it, and the rest prefer to support private iniciatives on the area. Southern senators are divided on the issue, but have promised to block any legislation on it until they reach an agreement. Will senator Norris (a republican from the plains) prevail over private interests? We may need to get the stance of the president on the issue to make a prediction.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: SEPTEMBER 10, 1925

California Sounds

After James Gillett won the republican primary, William Stephens has been announced the Farmer Labor nominee for the special Senate election. James Phelan, a former San Francisco major, has won the democrat primary. Democrats are not expected to win the election, as progressives from both both parties are expected to support Stephens. Meanwhile, Gillett will focus on the coastal base of the party.

Stephens' posibilities rely on Hiram Johnson and his performance as secretary. He has continued some of Hoover's statistical policies, but with a new focus on potential regulation. Also, he has been pushing Davis to enforce anti-monopolistic legislation. Along with the departments of agriculture and labor, Johnson has pushed investigations on meatpacking industry to sustain future measures to protect meatpacking laborers. This efforts have resultaded in socialist Upton Sinclair's endorse of Stephens.

Lansing, Germany and the League

American - german relationships have been envolving in the last years, especially after Dewes Plan was ratified. Lansing has continued the policies of normalizing relations with post Great War Germany, altrought in a different way than moat expected. After a reunion with the german ambassador, rumours on 'a new plan to enter the League of Nations'have circulated. Most expect to force Germany entry to the League and soem of Lodge's reservations as requirements to the long waited USA entry to the organization.

Financial Regulation
On a effort led by Glass, investigations to sustain the creation of an agency in charge of regulation of financial securities exchange have started. This proposal plans to reduce the possibilities of future impacful recessions. Even if the plan seems to be to help companies in the long term, some expect  the potential bill to include measures that could harm some business interests for the general good.

Progressives seem united on the issue, altorught socialists expect it to becone a 'new help for big companies' as Hoover was accused to be. Some southern congressmen worry about the supposed 'big goverment' approach of the idea, altrought most support it to 'keep Wall street problems out of Main Street' and maybe old rivalties with northern business interests.

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Muscle Shoals to privates

In an effort led by the American and Republican parties, the 'Tennessee Valley Development Support Act' has been passed with support of southern democrat senators. This bill gives  incentives to private companies to invest in the electrification of the valley and subsidizes the cost of electricity in the area. If the president passes the bill, progressives' plans of public owned dams on the south would be killed.

Senator Harrison, one of the southern democrat senator sthat suppeoted the bill, said; 'The state parties had continue discussions on the idea, but as politicians talked, the situation would stay the same for millons of southern citizens. Getting jobs and electricity is more important than the personal dreams of a praire politician.' The elephanr in the room is the fear of socialism. Let's guess what happens next.

Electoral Polls on Senate races

	REP	DEM	FL	AM	Other
CALIFORNIA	40%	16%	39%	5%	0%
MINNESOTA	45%	6%	48%	0%	1%
VIRGINIA	23%	75%	0%	2%	0%
WISCONSIN	41%	0%	58%	0%	1%
MISSOURI	40%	33%	18%	8%	1%
NORTH DAKOTA	46%	5%	45%	2%	0%

Despite the relative popularity of McAdoo, republcians mantain possibilities in the seats out of Wisconsin and Virginia. Some expected the American Party to get support in Virginia, but Harey Byrd has been succesful in appealing conservatives in the South, even if he is seen as protegee of a relatively progressive Glass. Also, Virginia is still a one state party and segregationists democrats there still mantain the old 'Jeffersonian' appeal. Also, the Klan still has not there the power it has in Alabama 

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: OCTOBER 05, 1925

Missouri: three way race
In the Show Me state, the competition between the two major parties has become only a part of the electoral campaing as the Farmer Labor candidate continue getting more and more support each day. The progressive Arthur Hyde, a former republican and governor, has focused his campaing in the rural northern areas of the states and the major cities (especially Saint Louis).

After a small campaing on the Kansas City area, the FLP candidate moved to the traditionally democrat supporting Lead Belt. There, he rallied among miners. The audience response was mixed, but there is something hidden. Some sources say that an union is forming on the area with the back of the AFL, and the one implicated of it didn't apepar at the rally.

Friends and rivals

Heflin and Robinson had been rivals on a number of senate doscussions in the last months. Robinson's support of economic progressive legislation has contrasted with Heflin's moderation. Despite Robinson's support from the president and most of the democrat party, the American Party senator has got some victories. Heflin has lead the 'Tennessee Valley Block' (which doesn't include Arkansas) to support legislation in favor of private dams in the region.

On inmigration, Robinson has tried to convince fellow southern democrats to suppoet potential reforms on the current legislation. Meanwhile, Heflin mantain his support of quotas and supports new limitations to inmigration from México, Central America, South America and Caribbean Islands. Meanwhile, italian, slavic and eastern jewish inmigrants, an important part of the winning coalition of 1924, will continue demanding a change on current policies. Robinson has combined the electoral  advantages with the 'white unity' rethoric from the past year to try to convince other southerns to support reforms on the issue. By now, the commitee has blocked iniciatives on the issue, as its members can't agree on the details of any proposal.

Depsite their differences, Robinson has recently supported an effort led by Heflin: the 'Southern Safety Manifiesto'(a compromise to fillbuster and vote agaisnt any Anti Lynching legislation), along with other southern senators and representatives like Pat Harrison. Some southerns like Stephens and Underwood have still avoided supporting the plank, but midwestern and western support of it may get the 39 senator sings to keep the legislation blocked. Will La Follette Jr convince Borah to not sign it? Let's hope so.

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96th Senate - after the 1925 special elections:

Alabama
James Heflin (American) Class 2
(April 1869 - April 1951)
Oscar Underwood (Democrat) Class 3
(May 1862 - Junuary 1929)

Arizona
Henry Ashurst (Democrat) Class 1
(September 1874 - May 1862)
Ralph Cameron (Republican) Class 3
(October 1863 - February 1953)

Arkansas
Joseph Robinson (Democrat) Class 2 (Leader)
(August 1872 - July 1937)
Thaddeus Caraway (Democrat) Class 3
(October 1871 - November 1931)

California
William Stephens (Farmer Labor) Class 1
(December 1859 - April 1944)
Samuel Shortridge (Republican) Class 3
(August 1861 - Junuary 1952)

Colorado
Alva Adams (Democrat) Class 2
(October 1875 - December 1941)
Morrison Shafroth (Democrat) Class 3
(October 1888 - Octover 1978)

Connecticut
George McLean (Republican) Class 1
(October 1857 - June 1932)
Hiram Bingham III (Republican) Class 3
(November 1875 – June 1956)

Delaware
Thomas Bayard Jr. (Democrat) Class 1
(June 1868 – July 1942)
Thomas du Pont (Republican) Class 2
(December 1863 – November 1930)

Florida
Park Trammell (Democrat) Class 1
(April 1876 – May 1936)
Duncan Fletcher (Democrat) Class 3
(January 1859 – June 1936)

Georgia
William Harris (Democrat) Class 2
(February 1868 – April 1932)
Walter George (Democrat) Class 3
(January 1878 – August 1957)

Idaho
William Borah (Republican) Class 2
(June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940)
Frank Gooding (Republican) Class 3
(September 1859 – June 1928)

Illinois
Charles Deneen (Republican) Class 2
(May 1863 – February 1940)
William McKinley (Republican) Class 3
(September 1856 – December 1926)

Indiana
Evans Wollen (Democrat) Class 1 (Temporal)
(November 1864 – May 1942)
James Watson (Republican) Class 3
(November 1864 – July 1948)

Iowa
Smith Brookhart (Republican) Class 2
(February 1869 – November 1944)
Albert Cummins (Republican) Class 3
(February 1850 – July 1926)

Kansas
Arthur Capper (Republican) Class 2
(July 1865 – December 1951)
Charles Curtis (Republican) Class 3 (Leader)
(January 1860 – February 1936)

Kentucky
Augustus Stanley (Democrat) Class 2
(May 1867 – August 1958)
Richard Ernst (Republican) Class 3
(February 1858 – April 1934)

Louisiana
Joseph Ransdell (Democrat) Class 2
(October 1858 – July 1954)
Edwin Broussard (Democrat) Class 3
(December 1874 – November 1934)

Maine
Frederick Hale (Republican) Class 1
(October 1874 – September 1963)
Bert Dernald (Republican) Class 2
(April 1858 – August 1926)

Maryland
William Bruce (Democrat) Class 1
(March 1860 – May 1946)
Ovington Weller (Republican) Class 3
(January 1862 – January 1947)

Massachusetts
William Butler (Democrat) Class 1 (temporal)
(January 1861 – March 1937)
David Walsh (Republican) Class 2
(November 1872 – June 1947)

Michigan
Woodbridge Ferris (Democrat) Class 1
(January 1853 – March 1928)
James Couzens (Republican) Class 2
(August 1872 – October 1936)

Minnesota
Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) Class 1
(January 1881 – June 1960)
Ernest Lundenn (Farmer-Labor) Class 2
(August 1878 – August 1940)

Mississippi
Hubert Stephens (Democrat) Class 1
Pat Harrison (Democrat) Class 2

Missouri
James Reed (Democrat) Class 1
George Williams (Republican) Class 3


Montana
Burton Wheeler (Democrat) Class 1
Thomas Walsh (Democrat) Class 2

Nebraska
Robert Howell (Republican) Class 1
George Norris (Republican) Class 2

Nevada
Key Pittman (Democrat) Class 1
Tasker Oddie (Republican) Class 3

New Hampshire
Henry Keyes (Republican) Class 2
George Moses (Republican) Class 3

New Jersey
Edward Edwards (Democrat) Class 1
Walter Edge (Republican) Class 2

New Mexico
Andrieus Jones (Democrat) Class 1
Sam Bratton (Democrat) Class 2

New York
Royal Copeland (Democrat) Class 1
James Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) Class 3

North Carolina
Furnifold M. Simmons (Democrat) Class 2
Lee S. Overman (Democrat) Class 3

North Dakota
Lynn Frazier (Farmer-Labor) Class 1
(December 1874 – January 1947)
Gerald Nye (Farmer-Labor) Class 3
(December 1892 – July 1971)

Ohio
Simeon Fess (Republican) Class 1
Frank Willis (Republican) Class 3

Oklahoma
William Pine (American) Class 2
John Harreld (Republican) Class 3

Oregon
Charles McNary (Republican) Class 2
(June 1874 – February 1944)
Robert Stanfield (Republican) Class 3
(July 1877 – April 1945)

Pennsylvania
David Reed (Republican) Class 1
(March 1867 – May 1961)
George Pepper (Republican) Class 3
(December 1880 – February 1953)

Rhode Island
Peter Gerry (Democrat) Class 1
(September 1879 – October 1957)
William Flynn (Democrat) Class 2
(August 1885 – April 1966)

South Carolina
Coleman Blease (Democrat) Class 2
(October 1868 – January 1942)
Ellison Smith (Democrat) Class 3
(August 1864 – November 1944)

South Dakota
Ulysses Cherry (Democrat) Class 2
(December 1863 - March 1943)
Peter Norbeck (Republican) Class 3
(August 1870 – December 1936)

Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar (Democrat) Class 1
(January 1869 – October 1957)
Lawrence Tyson (Democrat) Class 2
(July 1861 – August 1929)

Texas
Earle Mayfield (American) Class 1
(April 1881 – June 1964)
Morris Sheppard (Democrat) Class 2
(May 1875 – April 1941)

Utah
William King (Democrat) Class 1
(June 1863 – November 1949)
Reed Smoot (Republican) Class 3
(January 1862 – February 1941)

Vermont
Frank Greene (Republican) Class 1
(February 1870 – December 1930)
Porter Dale (Republican) Class 3
(March 1867 – October 1933)

Virginia
Claude Swanson (Democrat) Class 1
(March 1862 – July 1939)
Carter Glass (Democrat) Class 2
(June 1887 – October 1966)

Washington
Clarence Dill (Democrat) Class 1
(September 1884 – January 1978)
Wesley L. Jones (Republican) Class 3
(October 1863 – November 1932)

West Virginia
Matthew M. Neely (Democrat) Class 1
(November 1874 – January 1958)
Walter Chilton (Democrat) Class 2
(March 1858 – November 1939)

Wisconsin
Robert La Follette Jr. (Farmer-Labor) Class 1
(February 1895 – February 1953)
Irvine Lenroot (Republican) Class 3
(January 1869 – January 1949)

Wyoming
John Kendrick (Democrat) Class 1
(September 1857 - November 1933)
Robert Rose (Democrat) Class 2
(Couldn't find age , help)

Senate distribution:
Democrat 45
Republican 42
FLP 6
American 3

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- DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP MEETING-

President McAdoo, VP Hylan, Senate Majority Leader Robinson and House Speaker Garrett reunite to discuss various topics.

McAdoo: We have to start with the elephant in the closet. I'm talking about those Anti Lynching legislation plans. Should we take an stance as party or let any representative vote as they wish.
Robinson: I think we should let any democrat vote on the issue as they wish. That said, I think that we could persuade congressmembers from areas where taking any stance may be perjudicial, like Indiana and some western states, to stay silent and don't support clorure on the republican proposal.
Hylan: Well, my state seem to be in favor of that bill, but it's not something that can put food on the table. Out of that, the party needs to have a northeast and Great Leakes wing to survive. Following Jackson's principles, any state should vote as it please, and we should better focus on issues that most of the union can agree on.
House Speaker: The party needs to unite all of its wings, but we still have the risk of a continuing shift of some conservative southerns to the American Party. We have to reach a way ti ensure the bill is blocked by fillbuster, do those southerns don't leave the party.
McAdoo: I think that we need to keep the party united, but also mantain our appeal to northern progressives. Let's focus on legislation we all can agree on and let the South oppose the bill with their manifiesto. Let's support that a little, or at elast avoid opposing it.
The rest: We agree.

- REPUBLICAN LEADERHSIP MEETING -
Senator Minority Leader Curtis, House Minority Leader Longworth and former president Coolidge reunite to discuss various topics.

Coolidge: Pushing the party platform is hard nowadays, even if we stop the crazier ideas. The farm bloc populism is dominating this country, and their leader is signing those bills.
Curtis: Our party is becoming divided, even if its only by an splinter group. We have already lost elections in various states, we can't lose South Dakota, Iowa nor Michigan. We should focus on soemtging the party can unite on: civil rights.
Longworth: That anti lynching bill is long overdue, but we would need the support of all republicans to get the possibility of passing it. It won't be easy. Some of those westerns and border senators are agaisnt it.
Curtis: I may talk sense to Borah and his friends, but making Kentucky and Maryland vote for the bill would not be easy. We need to reunita alm the Senate Caucus and make them follow this important part of the party line.
Coolidge: I agree with you. Also, if we fail, we can make people remember in the enxt elections in New York and Rhode Island.

- REPUBLICAN SENATE CAUCUS MEETING -
... Curtis: We are the Lincoln party. As more that 4/5 of this caucus is in favor of the bill, all of you have to follow the party line. In case you don't, we will start a disciplinary process.
Borah: I accept.
Harreld: I accept.
Ernst: I accept too. Let's make it done.

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- DEMOCRAT CORRUPTION -
McAdoo: Don't be impatient. It could be this or next year, but we will pass those laws. No more italians will be attacked. Your workers will go to my land's factories. Not only that, we will support your factories coming to America.
Italian lobbyist: I like your cooperation. There is still poverty on my area, and your booming economy needs some hands. But also, aren't american wages higher than italian ones?
Hylan: That's true, but the current policies are reducing the cost of raw materials. America is the country of steel, oil and lead. Wages are increasing a bit, but those workers become consumers. Also, we will pass some subsidies for european business moving here, and you have the information first.
Italian lobbyist: I accept your terms. You can keep the cooperation.

- REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION -
Banker lobbyist: We can't let them quit our gains. At least Wilson made some sense. It's not much him. It's his allies. Those Farm Belt and western senators want to control us and the south is going full on demagogery.
Longworth: The union is still healing the traumas of 1924. We will triump in these midterms. By now, I suppose we can make something good out of those proposals. We can give banks more power in that agency, even more than on the Fed. The people still remember the 1920 crisis. 'Friendly' newspapers can help us to send our message to them.
Banker lobbyist: My funders are worried about some specific proposals. They don't want to see their business breaked. Also, they want some good space for speculation, you know.
Longworth: Don't worry. We won't let that branch or size separation ideas get passed. Instead, we will try to draw a bill on the regulation agency proposal with a southern dem. We will try to make it a body that 'incidentanlly' disssuades new companies to entering the game.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: DECEMBER 31, 1925


Year Review

Economy

The economy has mantianes healthy levels of growht accoding to most analysts. The Dow Jones index rates have increased and production by major companies have increased too. Meanwhile, prices have been stagnant, as wages have been too. On the last months, investments on wheat and steel areas have increased too. As Europe passes by the Great War and Japan industrializes, new demanda for food, an increasing car industry and the reducing costs of supply chains increase expectations of a continued prosperity. Let's hope the country won't knock on wood too soon.

The law and the police

In a changing political enviroment, the Congress tries to carry the 17th Ammendant spirit in a way convenient to its members. The 'Fair federal replacaments and special elections act' forces governors to replace retired or late federal congressmembers with members of the party of that congressmember. The law also creates an official yearly schedule of special election. This bill was supported by 90% of both chambers.

As lawmakers regulate their own game, urban police departments try to fight crime as much as they can. Even if the Bureau of Prohibition has now more power and resources, smuggler activities have not reduces, as have the rates of related activities. Some politicians have demanded anti police corruption legislation, but will Chicago and New York city level goverments enforce it? Can we even hope so?

A kid

The mysterious Kentucky kid has practically dissapeared since the 1924 electoral season ended. Despite that, his fame has only increased. Thousands of newspapers have circulated rumours on him. Various short stories on him have appeared on dime novels and magazines. Meanwhile, all major Kentucly democrat politicians have denied their involvement on his actions. Some say that it comes from the future, as some observers have described his clothing as very unusual.

Up north, the recent success of Upper Midwestern progressivism inspired Sinclair Lewis to write 'Joe Street', a continuation of 'Main Street' where the main caracther partly succeds to promote sone of her ideals but at the same time becomes an instrument for a sort of progressive political machine leaded by a man called Joe. The famous author has stated his desire to use the profit of the novel to start a new film company. He has announced a prized book constest on a novel on the Kentucky kid. With a mystery as famous as it, will the contest winner become more famous than Lewis? Who knows.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: FEBRUARY 5, 1926

Primary Announces

After the anti lynching bill passed the House of Representatives, the potential effects of it passing Senate cloture have inspired some southerns to start primary campaings to compete with potential cases of democrat turned American Party incumbents. One of them is Ruth Owen, the daugher of the late William Bryan. 'Bryan Owen' doesn't have experience in politics, but her efforts to regain her american citizenship after marring a brittish man have helped to put the favor of some women in her. Also, her candidacy announcement was not short of the populist style of her father, even if she doesn't have all of his oratoric talent.

Even if not Fletcher nor any other current southern democrat congressmember leaves the dems for the American Party, all expect the American Party to run their candidatea in any race possible. In Kentucky, representative Barkley announced both his campaing for the democrat primary and his inconditional support for the party. Even if most expected the prior events, the real news appeared after that. Some hours later, the Kentucky mysterious kid reappeared, carrying a mask with the message 'Alben 26' that he screamed along the way. Just after a journalist took a photo of him, he dissapeared again.

Trade deals

In the last weeks, democrats have announced their support of 'bilateral trade treatries' with a number of countries. Those countries included Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Italy and Greece. The idea is to reduce the cost of goods and export more raw materials while avoiding damage to american manufacturing workers is an expected democrat rethoric, but the actual potential consequences of that proposal need a long serious studies. The Department of Commerce is still on the process of writing the neccesary inform.

To get some support for support for the idea, democrats have proposed a bill with measures that would incentive foreing companies to built factories in the US. This bill has already passed the House, and most expect the Senate to pass it. Somethign that some congressmembers may have not noticed is that the 'Foreing Manufacturing Investment Act' proposal includes extra incentives to companies from countries whom with USA signed bilateral treaties.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: FEBRUARY 27, 1926

The GOP won't fight more

After some republican senators avoided to vote on the Anti-Lynching bill, making it not pass the fullbuster, the party was divided on what to do on the issue. Analysts say that the party wants to still be electable in the upper south and fears to lose ground to the American Party in the lower midwest. After all of this, Longworth said 'This bill won't pass and we don't want a war on the issue. For the near future, the party will focus on other ways to favor a better situation for all'.

In Chicago and New York, black voters seem alineated to the party. In New York, both parties try to get their support. In Illinois, the parties try to equilibrate their rural and urban supporters. The socialists have tried to get support on black neightborhoods, but party registration nunbers show it has not been very sucessfull. The FLP may have a better shot with them, but outside LaGuardia most politicians of the party have avoided talking much about civil rights outside anti lynching legislation.

Southern divisions
In Louisiana, Broussard expected a primary challenge. The problem now is his rivals are now divided. A port of his opposition supports the Americna Party, while the New Orleans monied backed machine tries to put a democrat candidate more favorable to their interest over him. Both groups mantain comunicación between themselves, but there has not been any deal by now. Both sides have their nominations filled, but it will depend on them if both sides continue their own campaings.

Broussard base is a mostly mix of catholics, very poor voters and progressives. Also, Brossuard is a pro-sugar interests protectionists, so most sugar industry white workers support him. While the senator is campaining on his Southern Louisiana catholic base, the young politician and gifted speaker Long campaings for him in the north. Rural baptists now will decide between the antielitists appeals of the incumbent and the anticatholic appeals of his opponents. Some have proposed Long to run instead of the incumbent, but he has stated his desire to wait until the next governor election.

Meanwhile, some southern incumbwnt senators like Smith (SC-D) have attended some American Party reuniones while not declaring on the idea of changing parties. Southern states have decided to put April 31 as the last day to primary candidate inscription. Will southern conservatives finally leave their old party? Can McAdoo conviced them to not do so? We can only guess.

New Inmigration Law passed
The president has finally signed the Inmigration Act of 1926. This act increases quotas on european inmigrants while reducing them on middle eastern ones and putting new limitarions to latinoamerican inmigration. A reason for the pass of this bill were the campaings on the Southwest agaisnt mexican inmigration. Also, the law included a new more favorable status for english speaking countries (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and limitations for africans inmigrants.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES: March 15, 1926

Fun in the north

As the American Party has invested great funds on most states, the democrats try to appeal to the most northern side of their coalition. In Chicago, Hylan started what he calls a 'Tour for the Constitution', which has endep up meaning a campaing agaisnt anti-catholicism. In the forst rally of this new tour, he said 'We can talk about those nativists groups? They don't talk about bread and butter issues. They say some people are criminal, but for some reason they don't talk about crime. They avoid talking about labor, as they are anti labor. They don't care about the new problems and posibilities of the 20s, as their heads are still in 1855 while they forget about 1791. It's time to ride the metro and take a car to a sensible future.'

The 'white unity' rethoric of 1924 has moved to a pro 1st Ammendant and anti nativist rethoric. Hylan's tour will continue on other cities where white catholics may decide House or/and Senate elections. A surprise is the scheduled visit to various Pennsylvania cities (including Philadelphia), but some expect the effects of American Party runs to benefit democrats in that part of the union. Despite the various divisions with the issues, the economy has been strong and the current goverment seems popular enought to avoid much midterm backlash.

Investements and trade

The Foreing Investement Impulse Act has finally passed the Senate. The so called 'pro foreing business bill'by its critics has been endorsed by various groups. Both big banks and labor unions have supported the bill. In general, lay people support the idea of more jobs and progressives see the effort as a new way to combat monopolies and trusts while avoiding much backlash from the upper class. Also, a lot of americans are happy with the idea of german, italian and irish owned factories opening in their cities. May catholic germans go back this way to the democrat coalition? Time will tell.

Meanwhile, the trade deal with Italy was defeated in the Comitee, as members of both parties trought the idea ofbeing too friendly with italian fascism. Meanwhile, a comprehensive compilation of stadistics on latinoamericam and american exports and imports has been published by the Department of Commerce to help lawmakers disscuss on the proposals of trade deals with nations like Peru and Cuba. Senator Bingham has supported the idea of a limited trade treaty with Peru, with mixed reactions.

Fascism: anticommunism or destruction?

The fascist ideology has grow in some countries of Europe. Each of those countries seem to have its own versión of it. Outisde of Italy, the most well know is the german nazism, which have seen even some electoral success with a shadow party. Some analysts see those parties as anticommunist populist groups that may help reducing the appeal of communism from the poorer workers. Others see them as a threat to freedom around the world, especially as other alternatives do exist.

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Federal Highway Bill passes

While the Special Senate Commitee on Security Exchanges continue discussing financial regulation measures, the president has finally signed the bipartisian Federal Highways System Act. This bill creates the Federal Highways System Authority and funds the construction of 16 highways. These highways plan to connect all major cities and all sea ports. Even if both partes were i  favor od moat of the content of the bill since the start, they had some differences. Some senators pushed for including a system of public owned inter-city buses within the bill. Later, this group and the rest agreed to keep that idea out of the bill amd discuss it after most of the highways are completed. Nearly all states will be beneficed by the iniciative, and most analysts suppose its effects in the midterm elections will be minimal.

Dawes and Longworth: primarying for the party

Despite the controversies of the past years, Charles Dawes and the GOP House leader Nicholas Longworth have avoided the backlash that most of the Harding cabinet had. Hoover has recover some of his popularity after he was proved innocent of all Charles, but he has mantained his decision to retire from public life. Some expect Dawes or Longworth to be the next republican presidential candidate. Maybe for that, both politician have announced that they WI run for the GOP Senate primaries in their states (Illinois and Ohio). Both states have been longtime republican leaning, but some expect democrat gains with urban voters and the American Party popularity with protestant voters to change the election dynamics. Analysts consider the famous politicians to be favored over both the incumbents and their potential general election rivals. In Illinois, Dawes announced his campaing in Chicago in front of very diverse audience.

In Washington DC, Longworth announced his primary run with an emmotional discourse: 'Sometimes I don't know if we are in times of light or dark. Economic data may say one thing, but the radicalization of politics these days worries me. Idealist nonsense and absurd bigotry coexist. Socialism and fascism are both sightly entering the minds and the ballot. People of any lind expect the goverment to rule everything on the lifes of others but in the way they want. Where are we going to? Why can't we instead follow the principles of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln? There is still a chance for pragmatix govermwnt and coexistence in our society. The is still a way to work for progress for all. Vote for it.'

Failed reunion?
The reunion of southern congressmembers with president McAdoo failed to reach any agrement, but that doesn't mean that all of the south is lost. Some representatives announced their decisions to remain with the democrats or join the American party, but most of them have still not declared. The senators Broussard and Underwood mantain their opposition to the American Party, while Smith decided to join it. The South Carolina senator said 'I have nothing agaisnt the democrats, but I think that this new party can work better for my objectives than the old Democratic Party. On what will happen after the election, that's the decisión of the people of South Carolina. Republicans here have never been popular, and some people think its because of electoral fraud claims. We will show you the fairest election ever this fall.'

In Alabama, Underwood has a strong primary rival in Hugo Black. He is a supporter of the progressive economic policies of the current president and his views on race, ethnicity and religion are considered an intermediate between Underwood and Heflin (altorught some say they are more on the Heflin side). Some expect Black to appeal to poor and working class voters along with the hardline segregationists that have not leaved the party.

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MARCH 28, 1926

DNC SECRET 2028 PROYECTION



- McAdoo and Hylan talk about the issue -

McAdoo: Don't believe that projections. We will save the south. Only those who are afraid of losing their prinary go to that fringe party. Smith, Heflin. All of them.
Hylan: Maybe. You can talk to the rest of your fellow southerns. They don't like me, you know.
McAdoo: Don't worry. You don't need to visist those areas. In fact, I have new allies there. This man, Black, he will support most of our plans and appeal to them too.
Hylan: We need southerns that can help us pass labor a d other legislation, especially as the honeymoon is over. We have to fight for the meatpacking workers bill and my pet bill.
McAdoo: The securities bill is being writen. I'm sure it will pass. There is something in the air. This bubble isn't eternal and they know that too.
Hylan: Don't be negative. Even if that happens, they will recognize that we tried to do something on it. We will overcome this.

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Southerns stay

As Fletcher announced his decision to stay in the party, democrats celebrate a small win in face of the 1926 midterms. Even if the American Party has now 4 senators and 9 representatives in the South, democrats still dominate the region.


(The primary Senate elections mostly go as OTL outside some surprises)

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES JULY, 5 1926

Dawes and Longworth win primaries

After two storied primaries, the pair of GOP challengers won the Senate primaries over the incumbents. Dawes won a three way primary with a pluralty of 44%. Longworth sightly won with 51% over Willis. After recieving the news, Longworth announced his decision to leave his House Minority Leader position.

Robinson commented on the events with an oronic statement: 'I like how they plan to do a goof fight with us. I aleays appreciate high efforts'. After the 1920 elections, a senate GOP landslide outside the South, republicans will have to put alll measures to defend their Senate seats. Indiana, North Dakota and North Carolina (thanks to the American Party) are the only potential gains for them outside new surprises down the border states.

Special Commitee can't decide
The Securities Exchange Special House Commitee has failed to agree in a number of details. Some democrats say that the draft is too harsh on small banks, while some republicans think the anti fraud proposals are overall excesive. Longworth has proposed to divide the bill, while the Farmer Labor members have defended the bill, considering it to 'defend the small investor'.

Most analysts expect the final bill to be more moderate than the draft. Some progressives has also expresed similar expectations. The new progressive proposal in vogue is the Meatpacking Labor bill, which is in the commitee too. Meanwhile, republicans of all series have united in favor of the Cooperative Marketing Act, a bill of broad appeal who would expand the Capper–Volstead Act and farmers while avoiding more spending.

Socialists ready to try

In New York, the socialism leader Thomas announced the Senate nomination of the state party leader Morris Hillquit. Both socialists criticised the current administration as 'moderates who mask as reformarse while supporting some interests in secret'. Hillquit declared 'Wall Street interests can only be controlled by Main Street, no Wall Street's friends nor Wall Street itseft.

Both democrats and republicans have announced that they are open to debate with socialists in New York, as the level support he may get is expected to decise the race. The American Party also have a candidate, but he isn't expected to get much support. The Farmer Labor Party have avoided releasing a candidate, supporting instead the democrat challenger (Wagner).

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Watching with great interest. Keep it up!

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES JULY, 26 1926

Senate Polls

Regular Elections

NORTHEAST

	D	R	FL	A	Other
CT	44%	52%	0%	3%	1%
NH	41%	56%	0%	2%	1%
NY	46%	46%	0%	2%	6%
PN	44%	49%	0%	4%	3%
VT	38%	61%	0%	2%	1%

MIDWEST

	D	R	FL	A	Other
IL	42%	45%	0%	10%	3%
IN	36%	42%	0%	21%	1%
IA	45%	49%	0%	5%	1%
KS	36%	50%	0%	13%	1%%
MO	46%	44%	0%	9%	1%
ND	0%	47%	48%	4%	1%
OH	40%	45%	0%	13%	2%
SD	0%	51%	42%	6%	1%
WI	0%	48%	45%	4%	3%

SOUTH

	D	R	FL	A	Other
AL	48%	9%	0%	43%	0%
AK	60%	15%	0%	24%	1%
FL	61%	7%	0%	32%	0%
GA	68%	5%	0%	27%	0%
KY	40%	41%	0%	19%	0%
LA	49%	4%	0%	47%	0%
MD	43%	45%	0%	10%	1%
NC	46%	37%	0%	17%	0%
OK	38%	41%	0%	19%	2%
SC	51%	3%	0%	46%	0%

WEST

	D	R	FL	A	O
AZ	50%	46%	0%	3%	1%
CA	44%	51%	0%	4%	1%
CO	47%	48%	0%	4%	1%
ID	48%	46%	0%	5%	1%
NV	45%	52%	0%	2%	1%
OR	38%	41%	0%	5%	16%
UT	44%	55%	0%	1%	0%
WA	46%	49%	0%	4%	1%

Security Exchange Act signed

After some modifications, a moderated version of the bill has been finally passed by the House and the Senate. Some consider it now being more of an anti-fraud tool for the financial market actors over anything else, but the creation of a fully-public Security Exchange Commision has been celebrated by progressives.

The Plain Game

Minority Senate Leader Curtis have announced a tour with fellow GOP senator Norbeck around his region: the Great Plains. Despite both being favored for reelection, they  plan to help the republican campaings in North Dakota and Colorado. The Kansas senator said 'The praire is a region of independent and pragmatic men and women. They have appreciated these values for years, and we expect them to do it again this year on the ballot.'

Some consider this campaing to have a more personal tone than the Hylan tour, as Curtis has been the point of a number of american party attacks in the last years for his native heritage.

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES SEPTEMBER 5, 1926


Running down the House

While democrats seem to be favored to get a plurality, the republicans have put some faith in their possibilities to win a House plurality or majority. In the Iron Ringe, the GOP campaings on protectionism and support of improvements. In appalachian North Carolina, the GOP campaings on moderation and small goverment. In Ohio, Longworth campaing along the local House candidates, carrying a message of anti-extremism and support of 'Midwestern interests and values'. On any case, the republican campaing put the Harding and Coolidge administrations as responsable of the current economic prosperity.

Poverty exposed

A new documentary has become a sort of hit on the 'midnight cinema' market. 'Slum by your Yard' show three segments of different realities of poverty in the northeast: a slum in NYC, a poor town in rural Pennsylvania and a slum in Hardfort. The 'plot' consists in a Princenton student spending the day and night sith a poor familly in each segment. The documentary has been supported by socialists and its creators have send 50% of the profit to the poor families shown.

A critic said: 'Poverty porn is as bad as normal porn. We can't just let college boys to use the poor as tools. Some people need to read less textbook and more passages of the Bible.' Other critic said: 'Poverty has always existed, it's not something new. I get that it may surprise a pampered college student, but normal people know how things are. This film is probably just lefty propaganda. At least Sinclair writed a book.' Other critics have been more neutral. The Princenton student who starts the film has declined being a socialist, declaring 'being a supporter of charity, work and love.'

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Democrats for the female vote

Polls agree that the female vote has lean republican in the 1920, 1922 and 1924 elections. Despite that, the democrat aprty already has some female figures. In New Jersey, the catholic Mary Norton has seen her House reelection campaing became nationalized after Hylan visited her. As she is a very favored to stay on her seat, she agreed to campaing with other democrats arpund the Northeast to increase the female vote for her party in this midterms.

Norton has campained on proposals to protect female factory workers. As the plight of the 'radium girls' has become know thanks to progressive leaning newspapers, the support of those measures has increased. The Secretary of Labor has also talked about the situation, showing the administration's support of the affected workers.

Kentucky kid and Barkley

The popular and mysterious 'Kentucky kid' appeared again in a republican rally in Covington. There, he said, 'Iron has no value with no workers. Vote for the party for you.' After his expected dissapareance, the local House GOP Candidate (Daugherty) said 'What you heard is the scared establishment.  They want to keep this state as a one party state.  Do tou agree with that? Let's vote for our interests. Let's suppoet our industry, not factories with owners abroad. Let's support good wages, morality and common sense. GOP is the way'.

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Harding won 78% of the vote in North Dakota in 1920 as well

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Harding won 78% of the vote in North Dakota in 1920 as well

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Great, keep it up

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NORTHERN AND EASTERN TIMES SEPTEMBER 19, 1926

Tragedy in South Florida

The southern cities of Miami and Fort Lauderdale have suffered severe impact after a massive hurrice flood its streets. Miami Beach bridges to the rest of the country were drowned. A storm surge by Lake Okeechobee has been considered the cause of most fatalities. In total, more than a hundred of people died. The Gulf Coast cities have also been affected, but on a lesser escale.

Urban authorities had put measures to prevent massive unrest while the governor and the president have focused on helping the area with relief suplies. The Red Cross and similar organizations have started working on the affected areas. Candidates of all parties in the state have decided to stop their campaings for a week.  The union mourns.

Western concerns

In the northwestm the state of Idaho have become the scene of a disputed fight between the democrat and republican candidate. The conservative incumbent Gooding expected to prevail in a three-way election, but as Farmer Labor decided to not run any candidate the race became more competitve. The democrat candidate Nugent has now a chance, but he now has to appeal to both his moderate base and the Farmer Labor supporters of the state. For that reason, he campaings on mantaining the Farm Relief Act, low tariff and low taxes, as his campaing discourses and flyers correlating the second to be necessary to mantain the first and the third.  Meanwhile, Gooding campaings on the potato and cattle farming areas of the state, criticising the idea of trade deals with South America and championing the Cooperative Marketing Act.

In Idaho, lumber is one of the most important activities. The Alaska Lumper Export Act was approved with huge bipartisian support four months, but it was writed by a democrat. As this new law is expected to reduce the price of wood, it has become impopular in the state. For that reason, the incumbent senator voted agaisnt it and it´s now campaining on his decision. Meanwhile, the democrats are focusing on mill workers and miners with their labor proposals. After Steunenberg affair, Nugent has the support of most mine workers.

Labor and life

The Meatpacking Labor Act has been finaly signed by the president, and the expected reactions came. The Illinois democrat Senate candidate Brennan rallied in Chicago celebrating the new law along with thousands of workers. Meanwhile, meat prices have increase by 10% as some especulators expect the bill to severely impact on the costs of the industry. Despite these fears, the bill has continued to poll well with the average population.

Some consider the labor legislation supported by the administration to have slowed the economic growht in the last years, but it has been popular with the working class. In Pennsylvania, the former Secretary of Labor William Wilson is the democrat Senate candidate. His rival is a republican Philadelphia machine boss, who has the support of the politicl class of his city but isn´t much popular out of it. Wilson chances seem to depend on Pittsburgh, a city where its steel workers are appealed by both republican protectionism and democrat labor policies.