Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1922, Page 4

SUTHERLAND SURE OF RENDMINATON r Declares Chances Brighte in West Virginia as Pri- mary Approaches. OTHER CANDIDATES BUSY | Mrs. Brown Making Very Active Campaign for Democratic Nom- ination for Senate. CUMMINGS NOT AFTER CONNECTICUT HONORS Former Democratic National Chair- man, However, Attends Meeting Fixing State Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star, HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 22.—The Connecticut (1932) campaign—demo- crutic end—got its start Thursday, when the state central committee met lat Savin Rock and decided to hold {the state convention in Hartford. | A featurc of the meeting was the {reappearance of Homer 5, Cummings fof Stamiord, national committeeman {and forme. ional chairman, who, ai the meeting elminuted himself -0n 30y race for Auno e this year. ination appears o leave the {nomination for the United Stutes Sen- ate to be fought out by former As- |sistant Attorney Guneral Thomas J. ISpellacy and former Representative ! Augustine Lonergan. both of Hart-} {ford. which means a merty fight be- | CORONER PROBES DEATH AS GIRL TAKES BLAME FITZHUGH ASSALL 'KELLAR REGORD Tennessee Senator, How- ever, Claims Renomination Is Assured. Surrender of - Fifteen-Year-0l4 Lends Mystery to Boadside Tragedy in Alabama. By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 22— Coroner John Diffiy was expected to complete his investigation some time today into the death of A. Hortis McKeithan, young Montgomery rail- roud man, whose body was found in & ionely spot in the woods several miles west of here Thursday afternoon with | in the head and & pistol 4 bultet hol Iying nearby. GARRETT‘ IN HARD FIGHT ing a thorough investigation of the fifteen-year-old cousin of McKeithan's Representative Uses Letter Fromffiecn-year-old courlp of McKelthans Wilson, Calling Him “Best Man in Our Party.” developed in his search for & motive for the crime the girl told the police she committed. The coroner stated that he was mak-| killing for which Mildred Brewer, the |for the ever, (o indicate the trend of evidenca | ! nee, has gone into the mountains-of the west, where he will remain sev- eral weeks. | He is following his usual e does any si after he had made a few speeches. the primary cam , “laid off"" three weeks for furt! W‘uflaa. R. C. Brown of Bedford has written & letter in which he expresses sur- prise that ti tate com- mittee has employed an rney the litigation over the selection of & congressional candidate in the third district. Mr. Brown, who brought in- junction proceedings to prevent {ne district, .committee from naming @ candidate, says he is seeking only an interpretation of the law. 8ince the state committee directed the district committee to make the selection, it is said {t will not be affected in its de- lelimlnlllon to contest the injunction suit. Edgar Updike. republican nominee Jegislature in Indianupoiis, was nominated by 138 votes, accori- ing to a recount that has just been completed, which was only ninc less than the regular count gave him. mar nearest to Updike was a negro. Both political parties are making an or Take a long time to pay balance to approved credit | {tween old-time rivais. In support of . CHARI N W Vi July 28 iMr. l!l(:lxer5.ln'x c;nv.dfduc; 'a letter has | Special Dispateh to The Star. Further than the information she;extensive preparations for the regis- HARLESTON, W. V.. July 22—A fyeon“senl to state central comm NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 22.—With | Volunteered whem she drove up (o the | tration of voters all over the siate. hectic finish is indicated for the re-|ie.men wnd town chairmen, empha- | b ¢ i, d IS il in the automobile which had |The first registration day will be Sep- maining days of the primary campaign |sizing the candidate's vote-getting | "¢ P&rty primaries for the nomina- | carried McKeithan to the clump of jtember 8. The democratic state com o Tt States semator amd, to mi@vily. Mr. Lonersun was the party | LIon of candldates for United Slates woods where his body was found, the {mittee has distributed poll books and x . 9 Sl Slgtew (6cBn 1 {candidate against Senator Brandegee |senator, governor, representatives and | 5Ir'S 1ps have been sealed since she | Instructions to all counties. The re- K]mb ht Walnut Case, handsome design, much lesser degree, for representatives | {3 QNI CUiigs was the minor offices lexs was locked up. Miss Brewer has spent | publican state committee has appoint- pflg o wisiel siaio o e s e ngasd 288 the lextalitiee andt ‘county oMoesi ] ariae e Ut Mo aanr Rt 98 less than two weeks |much of her Iife at the McKeith#n g . R. Steele of Newcastle to have sed ............. Rivalry is strong between the five re-| AD increase of the membership of the | #W&Y political lines are shaping them- home, uccording to the police. charge of registration. He has lr"!{ J & H lm’h' U = h Good for beginner, small size, 100 Dubticun and 1o demoeratic senatorial |36 central” committee to “seventy | selves. ——————— beso active in polltice and ls & cloo ames 0 om Uprignt,,..s " BT ) moembers—one man and one WOman ) 2 RN PN~ e A aiediT TR L T R TR IR ARG A R e e AR A s SRPeES ULy b e e candidutes. The primary election 0o- | Feom ashe ot tha (hidtycave. qenk |ination So pofy e damocratic nom- trict chairman. Both parties are call- o 5 Just the thing for beginner, curs on August | [torinl Glatrics of the sthte—wan Fe- | puycity’ o Becweon. momnr o 55 1 ing attentlon to_the Jfact that the 1 e Uprig [ E waed onator Howsrd Sutherlan; arrived | ferred to the coming state convention. | yicKeller and Capt.-G. T. Fitznugh, | I:‘":‘ D tuebeions Tmportant. !as was a proposition providing @ pen- | Niemphis luwyer. Hoth ure o ine i § Hallet, Davis & Co.... .. onfident i leston 1 e e e Un Tis | A1ty for absence from state commit-|atump daily. McKellar this week | ———— Visit a few weeks ear “My recep- |'e€ meatings. three consecutive ab-|hus been in West Tennessee and Fits- tion has been imost tavorable Ur sences to muke the absentee liable 10| hugiw in upper east Tennesses. Fits- | Gabl U 4 ht 1 have g he said to the w joss of membership. hugh In h. campaign I8 charging | er prlg St she e orells and ndCons ow: point 10’ r s | Mekellar with having tailed to_sup- z that will mate- or son in the early days of tne e it mate- | Wieiln the cazlyiaazsior e Ll el r i Stultz & Bauer Upright.. ... .20 : 4 n.:;llr'nz utn;.-cg' o rvice ae., witn A = 3 P i i = r toned as one | i ur partment, with - f e e RS8R eaninga aniwhi dacher: | BEVEridge Spent Little in Pr J. C. Fischer Upright .. s legislation. hus retaliated by umsail- ing Fitzhugh In conneriion with his 0t the soldier | Oak case, | maries, But an Election Is o Virginisn Representative Declines §f Kayton Upright . ... people twice on | nt before the would have a walkaway. s rapidly weakening. Some of the leading mem- bers of that party in the state are now of the opinion that the brilliant, charm. ing woman who thrilled the last demo- cratlc national convention in San Fran- cisco with her eloquence when she sec- onded the noraination of John W. Davis for Vice President has a good fighting chance to win the nomination. Other Aspirants Aetive. The indorsement of Mrs. Axtell is the result of a close politicai survey of the situation in the state by anti- Poindexter groups. Tha entire cam- paign from now on will be to split the republican vote at the general election. To do this means the keep- ing alive of the farmer-labor party, the component parts of which have indorsed Mrs. Atxe!ll. As a republi- can candidate Mrs. Axtell will draw Three of the other republican sena- into the republican primaries the torial aspirants vie with Sutherland furmer-labo: followers. If she Is d In confidence. Former Attorney Gen- feated for the nomination as & re- eral A. A. Lilly of Charleston, the first publican, the executive committee of to enter the fleld and the pacemaker mpaign activities, h: ““The fight is won, says “Coy C. Fred n A Edwarde, Huntington man- facturer. continu’s to make a r markably strong campaign, and his dacy now has a standing that " asthite republican leaders be- lieved to be unattainable only a few short weeks ago. The ‘“mattress ng" has adapted himself to the po- litical game with the same fac displayed him in the business world. and his belief and confidence in himself have been imbued by many others over the state. = Herschel C. Ogden. the Wheeling publisher and manufacturer, has un- doubtedly been gaining strength mo rapidly than any one of his compet tors, and few forecasters are put- ting him lower than second in the republican senatorial fight. Indeed, the impression that he will be the victor has become so Strong that talk of a realignment among Ogdenites is growing in volume. It this massing of strength to over- throw Ogden should occur, the choice of a candidate i3 likely to fall on Sutherland or Lilly. depending upon the appraisal of these two candidates. Edwards, too, might work in on th weighing. Coal People Punsled. The coal people, or the bulk of that powerful group, it is reliably re- the anti-; the farmer-labor party, which is au- thorized by law to fill ‘any vacancies on_ the third party tickel after t. primaries, will’ see that the person eceiving the nomination for the Sen- ate on the will withdraw, Mrs. Axtell will be named. This will put her back in the gen- eral election as the third candidat Her strength will come entirely from within the normal republican ranks. The farmer-labor vote two yeal ago was approximately 100,000. democrats polled 80,000. while republican vote for Harding wag around 210,000. The anti-Poindexter peonle feel confident that Mrs. Axtell will draw 'Pnough votes away from the republi- jcan ticket to assure the defeat of Poindexter. This means that fermer | Congressman C. C. Dill, the demo- {cratic nominee, will stand a good chance of tion. + The fight alnst Poindexter s a: suming & character which s intended to drive thousands bf votes away from the republican ticke The democratic leaders are counting on this, They are prepared to take ad- vantage of the G. O. P. fights to boost their game. Tweo Declarations Lacking. To date John E. Ballaine and Georg | Stevenson have not flled their de {larations. Austin Grifith has filed as a progressive republican. Effortsare i being made to keep Ballaine out in | favor of Mrs. Axtell and pressure is has been very good to the party when the occasion demanded, but, ot course, the party leaders do not wish to bear down on him any harder than is necessary. Bamuel M. Ralston, th democratic nominee for United Stater in their ewn parties to renomination. Garrett's race. in view of his position as minority leader of ¢he House, is the one which !s attracting general interest, He is opposed by W. W. Cralg, a law: of %uley. and from ,senator, might be called a politicai, indications Garrett's frienda consider [child of Mr. Taggart. Taggart has been Ralston’s Ralston has been in politics and Rals- ton owed election as governor that he has a fight on his hands. Cralg Is & man of means and has made a close canvass of the district, all reports, come home and is mak. ing wpeeches In the district. At one |Mr. Ralston had the opportunity to of these engagements a letter was |appoint Mr. Taggart to the United read from Woodrow Wilson, in which | States Benate for a short peried. the latter referred to Garrett as the! Mr. Ralston has been showing con- ty contains.” siderable political activity In the last manag The republica have a congre! week. Both he and Mrs. sional race in the Chattanooga dis- |delivered non-political address trict, the third, and the democrats | Indiana University this week and Mr. Ralston made a political speech at & largely attended meeting of demo- crats at Brookville. Mr. Beveridge, the republican nomi- have one in the eighth, now repre- sented by Lon Scott, republican. Only the Cralg-Garrett race is exciting in- terest outside of the district confines. rorted, are undecided which way to turn. They don't want Ogden. and their favor for any one of the other didates Is sald to be negligible. Sutherland. as stated before. would be the probable selection. He is a United States senator and will be for some time to come even if defeated being brought to bear on Griffith to have him withdraw in sher favor. Mrs. Axtell the first woman in the state to seek this office. Poindexter clubs are being rapidly organized under the ‘leadership of federal appoin members of th old republican for renomination, and that fact alone Would count strongly for him. This ter's previo frame of mind on the part of the coal operators is, of course, not universal campaign The con:unlcuul situation rema unchanged. Outside of the firat di ameng them. Qne of the most interesting devel. Gpments of the campaign is the {ll success attending the efforts of Sam- uel B. Montgomery, former state la- hor commissioner and Non-Partisan League candidate for governor In 1920, to line up the miners and other labor unionists for Ogden to the extent ex- pected by him. Montgomery estab- lished state labor headquarters in this city a few weeks ago, and opin- fon as to whether he would help or r the Wheeling man's candidacy has been much divided. Nothing much is heard from the congressional cont in the six West Virginia distric In this sixth digtrict Representative L. S. Echols is expected to win the nomination <geily over his two opponents, onme of them Miss Hattie Stein, the first woman candidate for Congress in the state, and J. Alfred Taylor, member of the house of delegates from Fay- ette county. s picked “for the demo- cratic nomination In a fleld of three. Most observers predict renomination for. all six representative M. Z. White, republican state chair- man, has called a judicial convention for August 15 at Hunlhl‘lton to nomi- nate a candidate for judge of the su- preme court to fill the unexpired term of Judge Charles Lynch of Clarksburg, resigned. James A. Meredith of Fairmont is filling the udgeship by appointment of Gov. Morgan. He will be a candidate for it ination, and Paul W. Scott of ton may oppose him. B BEAKING SEIP-TOWED IN. 7PEORT NEWS, Va.. July 3 Laokinsvnlnd water-louked, the or trict there is apparently little interest in the candidatés, . 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My opponents are saying ed “regular’ v- & Used, but splendld tone and condi- that 1 have never raised my voice in | - H { cras. Hot candidates are wagiug S &Cl kPl 4 e of oy’ ate. hor reputation a i |Senatorial Fight Holds Cen- | vixorous *" campaigns. *“mcrifliar PEMOCR"S ACTIVE ALSO B LOmADS SPRINGS, Col.. July 2§ tory ar! ayer + tion, strictly modern case design..... industries. but thal accusation is un- | | claims amsyrances of renomination by ! ————— 3 2 ¢ lern case desig: just and ubsolutely without foundation | tar of Political Stage in a large fgure, 1In the meuntime, .. |—Representative C. Bascom Slemp of Premier Grand Strictly mod design, sslo in fact. i [ |..rm:111:?'r.-c.:mruv1 Thnlu; w. Sims Thomas Taggart Expected to Aid!the ninth Virginia district only re- e e ean RN T TS S Mrx. Brown Pushi | . acossional apseches, while blican congressman from that o . sed but thoroughly over- . 1 the fourth man in the race, BMUIoAD 8 U h Us Upright, ly WTe canital city hed another sra- | Washington State. o aaD hjhe race. Noah W.| Ralston—Has Been Former |,uate, who today issued a definite teinmetz Upright . .. + + hauled, beautiful condition........... orfal visitor this week in the person 2 { delivering regular revival sermons , statement declining the renomina- of Mrs. Willilam Gay Brown (Izet {axtlyiover the state: Governor’s Sponsor. . . Used, but looks fike Srown) of Kingwood. widow of | > tion given him by the assembly at| Halnes Bros. Upng t e William G. Brown MRS. AXTELL INDORSED Tax Reform lsaue. { Spectal Dispatch to The Star. Norton, Va., Thursday, said he did so 4 Tomew ... posloncipid s e e { In the matter of public interest. the | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 22.—At- | o7 ® o seiiesity ot Droweay: . Mahogany finish with former Representative Matthew | { race for the democrat p Schuse’ of he mesenty Lk 2 i rmer resentativ { e atlc nomination |tention is being given to the money s er aa 1 Neely of Fairmont for the! for governor is overshudowing the| ¢ & = ing his health. His telegram reads: b s el 88 cocused ....oceeiinenns & tic nomination for the Senate. | Congressional Campaign Provides | race for senator. The four candid. |°I4¢ Of the campuign thin year co “R. A. Anderson, chairman, Marion Used, but case in superb condition, Mrs. Brown speat a day in the eity : {iGex, paminer siov. Henton Mcdllin, |siderably earlier than usual and the solo Concerto Pla er g on & brogram which inciuded numerows | Little Interest Outside First | Avsiin. an’. Harvey H. Hannah and |vigor with which the money raisers ,,,,‘},:‘:n‘;":,,.’.‘.‘:::J:A’f.;."{!.,:‘::,‘.{'i‘,'.'.‘ Y ooks almost new, fully guatanteed.. ©or ces, a luncheon meeting at St. ! A win e 8t ; ¥ = el + Albans and a big public reception i | Distri | 3b1e tnterent. MEMINiin ann Feny are |21 EOINE aL It indicates that the con- | vention.~ The action of convention, Haines B Upright Used, but very good jhe eveming at the home of 'Mre | istrict. | Supposed to be the leading - candl, |Lest Wil not lack for excitement. Mr.|while gratifying beyond messure, es Dros. Uprig « condition S Thomas W. Field. More than 400 peopie | gy g ; 22.—twitn | 9ates in the race, but Hannah, an eio- | Beveridge, the republican nominee for | embarrasses me greatly. publicly 3 attended this reception. | JACOMA. Wash. July 22.—With | Qu S Speaker, In Supplying the fire- |the Uniicd Ntates Semate. depemded |Announced that under no circum- s Modern case design, beautiful tone, There is @ swinging of sentiment | Senator Miles Poindexter at home | works of the campalgn, while, Gwinn, |, Oho e : stances would I be a candidate again, D & So Pla easy action, used, but such splendid szss now that is very much in my favor.’ | opening his campaign for renomina- | the least known among the candi |Pretty largely on oratory in the prizf wired the convention that I wouldy avies n yer. . « condition we will fully guarantee it was Mrs. Brown's confident assertion | cion and election, senatorial politics | dates. is admittedly making the largest | W8Ty, but tne eloctions is entirei®|decline if nominated. Both stat 10 the writer. “The bitter repubiican | e DONILICS | | ymber of new friends. Tax reform |#nother matter. and, besides all thal, iments were made after most seriou C Slightly used, mahogany finish, looks 98 primary fight, for one thing, is to my | 18 hoiding the center of attraction|is the overehadowing political de- |Ulere are several on the ticket be- reflection and because of imperative tory ayer. + almost new, fully guaranteed advantage. 1 already have been prom- | this week. mand of the people, and all candi- |sides Mr. Beveridge. necessity to conserve my health. 2 L2280 ised a large measure of republican | The arrival of Poindexter w. ! dates are promising reforms and ex.| The business of raising money &l| “This I am compelled to do. How support in the event of my nomina- | ceded early in the week by u move- | ténsive economi the siatbhouse has already been be- |ever anxious and willing 1 would be tion. ) i ment consolidating the anti-Poindex-| Only one of the several republicans | §un. and employes, from stenogra- |otherwise to respond to any call of Then the labor vote is coming My | jer sentiment upon one candidate in | Who aualified for the republican pri- | Phers and janitors up to the higher |either my party or my friends, 1 must way." added Mrs. Brown. an effort to defeat the junior senator | MAry for United States senator has|Ones, &re being asiessed regulur|therefore decline the nomination so While (he sentiment against equal |0 “the nomfhation or. in failure to | been formally announced as a can- |2MOUNts, it is said. = This assexsing | generously tendered me and ask you suffrage in West Virginia was over- | g0 (hie. aolit ihe republican. vore at|didate. He {s Newell Sanders, Chat. |is done by the republicans. of course. | (o so Inform the delegates. 3 whelming at the ti the vote was|ine general election and bring about | tanooga manufacturer, who fllied out [because there is a‘ republican state | “The district is Republican in sen- ~ taken. the trend now seems to be for ! pis Gefeat in this manner. the unexpired term of Senator Robert (administration. It is said, however,|timent and should remain so. Con- fair play and the judging of candidates | Mg Frances C. Axtell of Bellin, L. Taylor on the latter's death. Only | that Gov. McCray has nothing to do|vention should be immediately rea P solely on their qualifications. My appeal | han for years prominent in progres- | one candidate. A. Grant Mathews of | With the money raising, and, in fact,| gembled and some one nominated . 4 is not to vote for me because I am a ! g\ republican ranks, has been given | Memphis, however. has withdrawn, that he has declared that any personiwho can make the race. With rea- A = woman, nor against me because 1 am i jho RoPURIICAR Tanl, hag B Siates | but none of the rest, ang this Includes | Who does not desire to Day an assess- [ gonable effort he can be elected. To i not wan, but vate for me because | ganave by five organizations claiming | Sanders as well. is making any public | ment shall not be compelied to do 8o | that effect I do all within my 2 l mz pr jou believé that T nave the COUrREe | penreseniation of 100.000 voters. Bhe | campalgn for votew. The republican |Usually, though. the party leaders find | physical .powers. Nt st & o FU fo stand firmly for honesty, justice. | WHT“MA'%" °Lo Ublican, The in: | nemingtion for governor goes to Gov. |some Way to “persuade” everybody to (Signed) “C. E. SLEMP.” *efyice and peace in our natignal Wt | doraement comes (rom the State Fed: | AIf TAylor. who has no opposition in | come acrow. ¢ o, : bl Al eration of Labo Non- s own party. o speak alw: garbed In that | & = 3 g emocrats have been conductin Golor and her- cxplapation 1o that ‘she | Glub, members of the State Grangs.| Eor congressional nomination, Resce | syatematic canvass over the state for | _Mal. Augustin M. Prentiss, chemical “wants her campaign to be a whit the eague of Woman oters, the and it is resumed that warfare service at the Army ar Col- in_every sense of the word.” © 9N | Parent-Teachers’ Amsociation and the | in tusfatyciateict Taylonyinythe '!'rn:fll*)fl T art, uflm:r national lege. 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