The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1924, Page 3

« from present indications, the State . a FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924 COOLIDGE LEAD LARGE, DIGEST POLL RECORDS President First -in Second, Week’s Nation - Wide Straw Vote Plan ‘ LAFOLLETTE SECOND f} Coolidge again leads in the second 'week’s returns of The Literary Di- gest’s huge presidential poll pub- | fished today with LaFollette second | and Davis third, Of a total of 272,299 votes tabu- | lated, Coolidge has’ 162,473, LaFol- | lette, 63,534, and Davis, 42,611. In California, LaFollette is run- ning Coolidge a strong second hav- ing 19,829 tallies to the President's 848. Davis is leading the field in and Virginia and is also ahead of LaFollette in Ohio, Kansas, and West Virginia. In all other States | the'Senator from Wisconsin is lead- | iug the Democratic candidate. The poll at first blush,” The Di- gesc states, “may not seem very cheering to the Democrats, but a slight inspection will show the fact , With two exceptions, the Demo- States are still to be heard from and when they begin to flood in their ballots, the figures may have another story to tell. “In the meantime it may be in- teresting to observe how firmly the ifornia. 1 Tie The first returns, t week, gave Coolidge Follette, 1,561, and Davis! week, the figures stand | 22,848, LaFollette 19,829, is 3,008. Most Republican political prophets have placed Cali- fornia in the certain column for Coolidge, and founded their compu- | tation on a total electoral vote in which the Pacific State’s thirteen ballots were included. “California, it is recalled, one election, not long since, re- ported 1,624, 2 upset and, is far from firmly planted in the Re- publieah column. “The drift of votes, shown in a general way by a tabulation of ‘How the Same Voters Voted in 1920, _Seems to suggest a loss of Republi- ‘can strength to LaFollette in Cali- a much smaller loss in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York. Analyzing the vote in more detail, it appears from the markings of the ballot, that, of Mr. Coolidge’s 22,848 votes from California 16,976 of the votes were Republicans in the last elections, 1,431 were Democrats, and 4,364 either cast no vote or neglect- ai to declare their previous affilia- ion, “Of Mr. LaFollette’s vote of | 19,829, 10,075 say that they voted the Republican ticket in 1920 and 4,010 say they voted Democratic with, 5,134 not voting. It appears, therefore, that Mr. LaFolictte is drawing heavily from beth sides in the Coast State. In Illinois, the LaFollette vote of 12,726 is drawn from 2,318 former Democrats atd 6,715 former Re- publicans, with 3,353 who did not vote in 1920, Mr. Coolidge’s vote of 36,309 in the same state is drawn, 28,635 from former Republicans, and 1,956 from former Democrats, with 5,647 not specifying. “Mr. Davis’ vote of 8,147, how- ever, includes almost as many for- mer Republican votes as Mr. Cool- idge’s include former ‘Democrats. In spite of his total vote of less than one-fourth of the number credited to Mr. Coolidge, the Democratic ean- didate has captured 1,366 ex-Republi- cans. The whole matter of this floating vote, will, of course, gain in significance with increasing re- turns.” “Of course,” The Digest explains, “it must be taken ihto consideration that the present poll is just getting under way, with 1,000,000 ballots per day still being mailed out to various parts of the country, that 36 of the 48 States are still tobe heard from, and that there is thus far énly a comparatively small vote from the twelve States now reported. Two| weeks may considerably change the complexion of the returns, “Postal returns come. back quicker from the cities than from the rural districts so that the early returns in a poll of this, sort represents a preponderance of ‘city voters,’ just as the early returns on .eledtion night are from the centers of popu- lation. “The farming districts heard from later. The 15,000,000 ballots of The Digest’s poll have been distributed in such a way that the farming population is sure of its full quota of ballots, and farmers, by and large, are likely to be more ready than are the city dwellers, to take an interest. in marking their ballots én such a political test as The Digest i will be tsight seeing trips, luncheons, theatre This autho: 1. Sweetin, ight marry Rev. charged with the murder of his w BANKERS 10. MEET IN GOLDEN e Diversified Program of Busi- ness and Financial Dis- cussions Planned Chicago, Sept. Bankers of the United States, who meet in their gol- den convention here September 29- | October 2, have planned a most di- versified program of business and financial discussions, according to Walter W. Head, president of the American Bankers Association, and have arranged for many of the lead- ing minds of the country to address them. The association represents 22,000 j banks with an estimated capital and surplus of more, than six billion dol- lars and aggregate resources in ex- cess of fifty billions of dollars. Outside the subjects of finances, railroads, agriculture, cjtizenship, | government and other pidblems in which the bankers are interested, Mr. Head has pointed out that it is a ‘ presidential ur and a time when “great decisions ‘are being made in affairs of government, finance and econom a time when knowledge and experience are at a premium.” “In the open forum for pe contact and convention discussions, our members will share their know- ledge and experience with each oth- r “This convention ion of peculiar inter- jest to all bankers.” Mr. Head will speak on the part the banker has in the nation's business. An entertainment program equally as elaborate has been prepared by the Chicago committee and includes parties, a smoker and a golf tourna- ment, ° Among the speakers are Arthur Reynolds, president of the Continen- tal and Commercial National Bank of Chicago; €. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central Railroad, John; E. Edgerton, president of tne Nation- al Association of Manufacturers, James C. Cropsey, Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, Sena- tor George Wharton Pepper of Phil- adelphia, E. T. Meredith, Dwight W. Morrow, J. P. Morgan & Co. ANTI-SORLIE MEN_TO KEEP ON FIGHTING (Continued from page one.) the qualities of leadership expected of a-gubernatorial candidate “In the League conventions when something caine up where Sorlie ought to have stepped in and sectled things as a leader, if it didn’t con- cern him personally he got out of the convention and dodged it,” said Cook. “He hasn’t really. taken a definite stand on anything,” he added. “You ean’t pin him down, You don't waht to put a min in office that is pike that’ You don’t know what he'll | 0." that she poisoned her husband, V ; fused to be di: |b: The manner in which Sorlie was nominated is objected to by the an-| PETITIONS FOR LEMKE ‘FILED; CAN WITHDRAW (Continued from page one.) as controlled by the Nonpartisan League, said that S. F. Ellsworth of Jamestown, and U. L. Burdick of Fargo had been retained as counsel additional to C, L, Crum. in repre- senting the interests .of the four electors-whose ouster is asked. There were rumors to the .effect that the LaFollette forces had ; decided to withdraw the four electors from the Republican column, but. this, was not confirmed. Cook and O. A. Hall were prepared to file petitions placing a, set of La- Follette electors in an _ individual column, but after Vogel filed his set they decided not to do so, UTS-SORES Cleanse thoroughly—then, /\SKS ~ MOST RECENT ADDITIO HELD FOR HUSBAND’S MURDER awrence M. Hight. The minister, SWEETIN’S SON Little Byford Sweetin of Ina, Il crying for his mother and his dai He waits in vain for them to come home. His father is dead, and his mother is in jail charged with her; husband’s murder, ti-Sorlie men, They feel, they said, that he will hurt the “progressive cause.” Both Cook and Hall saw Nonparti- san League and LaFollette leaders yesterday afternoon, after coming to the city by automobile, before they filed the Lem i They re- “I was instructed by the confer- ence to file them and no one could stop me,” said Cook. NO BASIS FOR CHARGES, SLARES CANDIDATE SORLIE ing Minot, N. D., Sept. Decla no concern over the probable entry of William Lemke of Fargo, into the gubernatorial campaign in North Da- kota as a “LaFollette-Wheeler-Pro- gressive” candidate, an outgrowth of the Jamestown meeting of leaguers, A. G. Sorlie of Grand Forks, candi- date for governor indorsed by the leaguers over the long distance tele- phone from Williston told the Min Daily News representative that, “I don't know much about this game of politics, and consequently I don't know what influences were prevalent at the Jamestown meeting.” The entry of Lemke into the cam- paign, Mr. Sorlie declared, would re- j act in his (Sorlie’s) favor. Answering some of the charges made against him at the Jamestown meeting, Mr. Sorlie declared: He is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He refuses to mix religion in poli- ties. 3 He is positively for LaFollette for. president. Said. that charges that the Rev. F. Halsey Ambrose of Grand Forks, had attempted to influence him against LaFollette are untrue, He favors removal of the LaFol- lotte electors from the Coolidge column of the ballot to the LaFol- lette column in the event they are bracketed there the same as they would be*in the Coolidge column. “SLEEPY” SCHOOLS London, Sept. 26.—The establish- ment of a school for sleepy children who seem unable to keep awake in their class rooms is being discussed the London County Council Edu- cation Committee. The school would be given special ventilation and the lessons would be taught in a way to “awaken” interest in the somnolent children. Uncle. Sam ‘was presented a bili of considerably. Over eight -militen dollars for. this. new. destroyer ten- der, the U. 8. 8, Whitney, that has just been built. and commiggionjed; “Over 17 billion Jare Used Yearly | Boston, Howover, ite the most powerful aud the speediest one atloa' e, furnished her with the poison, ; she says. 1/4,000 Sheep To | TO DESTROYER FAMILY | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE; GOODING BILL SUPPORT URGED INNO. DAKOTA Long and Short Haul Pro- vision Is Declared Vital * To the State MESSAGE TO CLUBS ‘0, N. D,, Sept. 26,—Civie and commerce clubs of all North Dakota ties are to be asked to express their attitude on the Gooding bill, now pending in congress, which” would take from the interstate commerce commission power to grant relief from “fourth section violation” of the interstate commerce act, it was decided by the traffic committee of the Fargo Commercial club at noon today. H. E, Reynolds, chairman of the committee, declared that in his opin- ion this bill is of very vital import- ance to all North Dakota, Under the fourth section of the interstate commerce act, no railroad 1 goods at a lesse®rate for horter distance than for a longer distance over the same line and in the same direction, but, the I. C. C. may grant relief from this section, making exceptions in certain in- stances. If the Gooding bill be- comes a Jaw, no exceptions could be granted. Ask Long Haul Rate ‘The competition which transconti- nental railroads ,are meeting from ocean traffic via the Panama canal, has brought about a request from the railroads that they be allowed to haul freight from the east through this territory to Seattle and other coast cities at a lower rate than they ‘haul the same freight to intermedi- ate points to meet this competition. This would bring back the same situation which existed before the I. C. C. decided the famous Spokane © A stpong fight is being made pokane and Phoenix, Ariz., these cities are fighting to have the Good- ing bill made a law, which would | take from the I. C. C. the power to grant this request. Officials of the traffie bureaus of these cities have pointed out that if this bill is not passed and the request, | of the railroads is granted, the rail- roads may haul freight from Chica | to Seattle, for instance, at much low- er rates than they haul the same freight from Chicago to North Da- kota points, The present rate on dry goods from Chicago to Steele, N. D., a dis- tance of 812 miles is $1.5 The rate to Seattle the same $1.58. Under the rate which is now proposed, the rate to Seattle would be $1.10 and the rate to Steele would remain the same as at present $1.58, Some members of the traffic com- mittee were in favor of going on record as being opposed to the prin- ciple of making any lower rate for a longer than for a shorter distance, but it was decided to give the matter considerable more study before put- ting the committee on record and to ask the sentiment of all other North Dakota commercial organizations. Be Shipped To Pembina County Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 26.—Ap-! proximately 4,000 head of sheep will! be shipped into Pembina county from Montana about the middle of Octo- ber, according to William Page, agri- cultural development agent for the Great Northern railway, with head- quarters in Grand Forks, who has} been working in that district. The purchase of the sheep is financed through loans made by the Agricul- tural Credit corporation. Although no applications for loans were to have been accepted after September 20 those who have not had the opportunity to get their ap- plications in may do so through the county agent, Ed, Parizek, Mr. Page says. There are six committees of the corporation operating in Pembina county, They are located at Thomas, Crystal, Walhalla, Hamil- ton, Pembina, Drayton and Glasston. One carload of grade Guernseys were shipped into Glasston through loans made by tlie corporation, Mr. Page expects to attend the National Dairy show. in Milwaukee | from September 26 to October 6, Cleaner, Safer and Cheaper: | Cook by Electricity. RED-BEA was much wailing through their locks, on hand. Indians have their beauty shows just like the white folk. western maidens with copper skins, who had fallen into the bobbed-hair ranks, were barred from the beauty pageant at the Pendleton (Ore.) round-up. | Even so, there were plenty of good-looking maid Witness Esther Motanic (tribal name White wn) of the But there tepees this year. Those fair ns, Who hadn't shorn Umatillas, COOLIDGE SEES OWNERSHIP OF RAILS BURDEN (Continued from page one.) can it be hoped that it will be alw: wisgly, administered. While it pro- vides *\some defense against wrong doing, its restrictions often hamper development and progress, retard en- terprise und when they fail to pro- duce the perfection promised, tend to bring the government into discredit. The real fact is that in a republic like ours the people are government and if they cannot secure perfection in their own economic life it is alto- gether improbable that the govern- ment can secure it for them, The same human nature which ‘presided over private enterprise must be em- ployed for public action, Some Are Success “No doubt there are certain muni- cipalities where some public utilities have been managed through public ownership with a creditable success. But this is very different from a proposal that the national govern- ment should take over railroads and other public utilities. What a strain this would be to our economic sys- tem will be realized when it is re- membered that public commissions set the value of such utilities at about $35,000,000,000 and that they have about 2,750,000 employes. Such an undertaking would mean about $1,750,000,000 annually in bond inter- est and an operating budget estima: ed at about $9,000,000,000. These uti lities are no longer in the hands of a few, directly or indirectly, They are owned by scores of millions of our inhabitants. :It would mean a loss in public tevenue estimated at $600,000,- 000 a year and while in industrial states it might not increase the tax on the farmer more than iree or four per cent, in many agricultural counties it would run as high as forty per cent. When we re- call the appalling loss and the difficulty in the management of $8,500,000,000 worth of ships, we should undoubtedly hesitate about taking on ten times that value in public utilities. But there is no oc- casion, to discuss the details of pub- lic ownership. “The government of the United States is a devise for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes. It is a Constitu- tion which is the product of human experience with all its toil and suf- fering, its toodshed and devasta- tion, its Oppression and tyranny, but likewise with all its wisdom, its love of liberty and its determination to follow the truth. The first Contin- ental Congress met to redress griev- ances which were the result of gov- ernment action, The Revolution was fought to resist those same griev- ances. And finally, the Constitution was adopted to prevent similar im- positions from ever again being in- flicted upon the people. “They are all in that precious do- cument, these priceless guarantees. The people do not propose again to entrust their government to others, but to retain it under their own con- trol, No one can tax them or even propose a tax upon them save them- selves and their own representatives. etithe Charleston Navy Yard in Ins of encroaching upon local a blies, it guarantees each state a Republican form of government, It regulates suspension of the writ of habeas.corpus. It protects the home frons the uninvited intrusion of the military. force of the government. It guards the right of jury trial and undertakes to make judicial officers independent, impartial and free from every motive to follow any influence ve that of the evidence, the law and truth. These are repre:yntdtive of the great body of our liberties, of which the Constitution is the sole source und guarantee. Limited Powers “Ours, as you know, is a govern- ment of limited powers. The Con- stitution confers the authority for certain ions upon the President and the Congress and explicitly pro- hibits them from taking other ac-| tions. This is done to protect the! rights and liberties of the people. The government is limited, only the people are absolute, Whenever the legislative or executive power un- dertakes to overstep the bounds of its limitations,-any person who is in- jured may resort to the courts for protection and remedy. We do not submit the precious rights of the people to a hazard of a prejudiced and irresponsible political determin- ation, but preserve and protect them by an independent and impartial ju- dicial determination. We do not ex- pose the rights of the weak to the danger of being overcome in the public forum by popular uproar, but protect them in the sanctity of the court where the still, small voice will not fail to be heard. 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