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6 OHID REPUBLIGANS | LEFT IN QUANDARY Death of President Harding, State’s 1924 Choice, Dis- rupts Campaign Plans. Special Dispateh to T | COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sentember 1—{ Ohio rapublicans still are rosting in; & condition of uncertainty into which} they were thrown by the deati « President . erding. Probably in no other state “as the death of lhci President proved so disturbing polit-| jeally. His nomina n for a su'mull‘ term had been accepted as practical- | ly cortain and all the plans made for | 1924 were centered In that conclusion i All party matters relating to hlul\‘ national and state polities were to be left the wishes of the P dent. the part knew well wihat those \\l*hv.\; were. i Ohio hold general elections this yvear. municipal oificers | are this fall. Practi-| oally derable cities are | governed under spccial charters Whose provisions are intended to eliminate party politics in their elections, henc ty activity wiil! bo very much restricted in the more important municipal contests { There has been no meeting of the republican state central committe since the death of President Hard ing, and for the reasons above stated none is likely to be called in the near future With the exc representir And pretty s no Only of 3 acond (Cincinnati) exvres; from central committee per- sonnel as to what position the stat. tion of th for the presi- That member, as. dent Coolidg would he ndidate, stated that Ohjo ought to get in line behind him at once. There was no ction one way or another to this declaration. Coolidge to IKeep Hands Of. ion the mem- con- Suming is o he d no favor, nomination for governor, re- aspirants for that honor refrained from entering be are making preparations a _contest. Th E pparently | reliable indic: mer Gov L. Davis of Clevela wh be a candidate to sue. vear, intends to try ion ne for of of runs made in the congr tions last year, candidate ernor, w Harding Congr the democrats congressional seats. Whether they will fee be governed by that advice or not i un- certain. Former Representative Ros- | coo . McCulloch of Canton also is | expected to become a candidate, and | the dry republicans would like to see | Ropresentative John G. Cooper of | Youngstown in th e i Pomerene Changes Residence. Former Senator Atlee Pomerene has moved his tesidence from Canton to Cleveland, where he has made im- portant connections in the practice of Jaw and secms to have withdrawn trom politics for the time. If he has any intention of being a candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency next year it is not being le manifest ov. A. V. Donahey, democrat, was elected without the favor and’ sup- port of the orgapization element of his party. Practieally all of that ele- t was aguinst him in the primary tion and much of it still sed to support him at the regular election. Naturally as governor he napped his fingers at the organi- and yer of course, he expects a candidate next year for re- election. His friends are woi whether he can repeat his s performance of last year in dential year and with the republi of this republican state lined they usually are in such an election, pretty squarely along the party line. Politicinns Keeping Qu Political quiet prevails in pending the local municipal elec The two principal partles fac other with ¢ year's more portant political contests in edach with its own internal efther brewing or fully d With the probability that Coolidge will have the support of the state for th can presidential nomination, nts it, and Gov. James M the democratic presidential nomination—without con- test in either ease. 0o p o UNDERWOOD BOOM STRONG IN FLORIDA Alabama Senator Likely to Get| State Delegates at Primary. awing purpose and givin chances capture to bound now to Ohio view, ubles, loped, President | | | Epecial Dispatch to The Sta JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 1. —Campalgning Is practically a con- tinual performance for many poli- ticlans of Florida. They are busy patching fences when bolding posi- tlons and out for another or higher office or re-election when the term shows any signs of expiration. Florida had come to admire and even love the late President Harding. | His personal acquaintance in the state was considerable before his election, and afterwards his career was very ! generally approved. Probably few real democrats voted for him in this state—but a number of presumably good democrats did_not take the trouble to vote for Cox. At least it looked that way when the votes were counted. Very many people in the state are admirers of President Coolldge, but when it comes to a question’ of voting there will be no such feellng as was shown in the last campalgn. Power of Republicans. Republican leaders in Florida, while admittedly a power when it comes to federal patronage distribution, have but little influence herwise and their likes or dislikes do not in- fluence many voters. George W. Bean of Miami, most prominent in repub- lican affalrs, s quoted as being in- clined to hesitate when asked re- garding the popularity of Coolidge. | Florida newspapers, mainly inter- ested at this time in state politics and discussing candidates for gov- ernor—all within +hs democratic party—talk nccustonally of presi- dential possibilities and with that abandon, which is characteristic of the four-page weekly, boldly &n- nounce the candidacy of Henry Ford and relate how this successful manu- facturer will lead the country to un- limited prosperity. These same editors will vote the straight demo- cratic ticket in November, 1924, Underwood Popular. Underwood s certainly a strong man in the south and would be given general support that was not alto- gether general in some recent_elec- tions. Desultory rumbling from Miam! suggest that Florida’s new citizen, Wiillam Jennings Bryan, is ready to smile_and accept the nomination if tendered—but his humiliating dis- covery, when offering to be a Florida senator two years ago, that he was not wanted, may prevent his pre- mature annoujcement. . RGE HOXT (amontg party leaders pres -{son of Kalispell, the democratic |presumed, therefore, that he s rather | cally dry. j mains | law. | the lines NADOO, COOLIDGE MONTANA CHOIGES Lead Democratic and G.0.P. Fields by Wide Margin. Ford Stands High. Special Dispatch to The Star. H A, Mont., September 1.— Montana instructs her delegates to na- tional conventions at a presidential pr at which the delegates them- re elected. This primary 1s lield in the April preceding the presi- dentlul election. The delegates under the law must present to the conven- tion the man the people choose, but are required to stay by him only so long as in the opinion of the delega- tion, he has & chance to be nominated. In other words, the delegation need 10t vote for the popular cholce on more than the first ballot. Keeping this in mind, here is the political sit- uation in Montana, as this Is written: W. . McAdoo adherents are first in (!u‘ fiela. J. A. Davis of Berkeley, Calif,, who fs sald to represent M Adoo managers, arrived here the mid- dle of August’ and set to work or- ganizing McAdoo men for the primary ol April, 1524, At a state-wide din ner of d}'mm ut here on August 1 S ator T. J. Walsh of Montana for- mally launchied “the McAdoo boom, which s said to have found wide favor ent, Butte, the other senator, has always been a McAdoo man, it is sald. Representative John M. Evans of Missouls, representing the first district, is understood to be for Mr. McAdoo also. Judge J. K. Erick- to d with the McAdoo supported Mr. M- convention of 1920, it is nar; selves R. K. Wheeler o chairman, is cla men. As’ Montan: Adoo in the sure of the delegation In 1924. Mr. Underwood has many friends among professional democratic politiclans of | the old type, but he is regarded, justly or not, as a wet, which eliminates him. The voters of Montana are unequivo- Party managers in both or- ganizations are well aware of this. Al Smith is well llked out this way, by many democrats, but his wet affilia- tions make his case hopeless, as Montana is concetned, Ford Not Constdered, As to Ford, he 1= not taken seriously as a democratic candidate. 1 can find nobody who thinks Ford could carry the primary agalnst McAdoo. 1 can find only a few who think he might swing the republican primary, but— I can find a host who think that if he ran on a third ticket, of any old sort, he would, if the election were to- morrow, carry the state. Every one admits the race would be close Montana, on presidential poils, Is normally republican. But she loyally supported Mr. Wilson in 1916. He re- axily the most powerful factor in politics in the state. If Mr. Wilson, ill as he is, were to be nominated in 1924, he would unquestionably sweep Montana from border to border. If Mr. McAdoo sweeps it, he may at- tribute his victory very largely to the popular belief, that in some dim way, he represents’ his famous father-in- This sentiment is pecullar. It is not ‘polit It is not confined to any class, ontana does not stand, the election of 1920 made plain, with the Wilsonian policies. 1 do not think she favors the league, or ever did. But for Woodrow Wilson, the man—Woodrow Wilson, who took'us up on the heights, in those terrible days of 1918, and showed us God—the love and venera- tion in Montana are truly touching. Roosevelt, in the height of his opularity, had such a hold on the af- ections of the people of this state, They spoke of Roosevelt, whom they deeply loved and admiréd, with en- thusiasm; mention of the stricken gen- tl s shington, s with the tones in which en speak of a saint. Sentiment for Coolidge. Scareely less unusual than this ment is the w entiment for Mr Coolidge, which sprang up overnight. on his sccession. Montana voted for Johnson in ‘the primary of 1020, is little likeliood of any one ting Mr. Coolidge in the primary 1924 The new President just hits s0 far senti- ithe right spot, in the view of almost every " republican to whom ven Johnson men way out of it is to nomi- sident and fight it out on they now are laid, 1f the primary were fomorrow, therefore, Me-. Adoo and Coolidge would have a walk- ove Mr. Ford remains. He could eastly run independent, in the presidential primary, or on a’third ticket. The re- quired ‘signatures could be secured in an hour. His support would come, first, from labor; second, from the women; third, from that uneasy mass I haye seem Yo | which wants 'a change and knows not how to get it. Mr. Ford is really but a nebulous figure out here. THAYER. PRIVARIS START INSOUTH DAKOTA State Will Be First to Indorse Candidates for Presi- dency. Special Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. D, Sept. 1.— South Dakota will be the first state in the union to express a choice for president in the campalgn of 1924, While the choice for president by the voters of South Dakota may have no perceptible bearing on the choice of the nation, it will attract more attention than the size of South Dakota’s vote might reasonably warrant. Has First Primary. The South Dakota primary, at which candidates for President will jbe indorsed by both parties, will be the third Tuesday in March, 1924, Tho state proposal meetings of the varties will bo held next December, At theso candidates for Prosident and for stato offices will be put fortn Placed Lion thapane democrats and Chance for McAdoo, Present indications are th democrats will indorse Willlam & e The republicans aoubt divided among !032!"‘&] ’ec!:n:l‘l,ldl:t'?le South Dakota mepublicans were the first, four years ago, to . indorse President Coolidge for Vice Pregident of tiie United States, and because of this it is thought the Coolidge senti. ment in South Dakota yet is strong, Fight Promised. Frank O. Lowden, foxmer of lllinots, and ‘Senlllor‘ Hirat Sonor ornia, it e also "are greatly the field it Is certaln that one of greatest political battles in :g: history of South Dakota will be wage At “the primary electio March 23, 1920, the following. canals dates for president were upon t official ballot and received the votes indicated: Miles Poindexter 1144; Hiram Johnson (rep.), Frank 0. Lowden (rep.), 2. Leonard Wood (rep.), 31,265: James O. Monroe (dem.), 1,906; James W, Gerard (dem.), 4,706, ose in touch with democra affairs in South Dakota assert the‘r‘: is quite a sprinkling of sentiment for "Henry Ford, but democrats who are for McAdoo helittle the ord trength. ALFRED BURKHOLDER, and should they enter | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, [ Illinois Politics Complicated By Involved Factional Fights Lowden Expected to Enter Race for President, But Strong Opposition Already Is Lining Up. Specisl Dispatcis to The Star. CHICAGO, September 1.—The po- litical campalgn in Tilinois already has opened, and promises to be spec- tacular, although the interest in the state and Chicago situation has thus far overshadowed interest in presi- dential possibilities. The feeling among republicans that Frank O. Lowden will In one way or another be forced into the campaign for the republican nomination for President 15 general, and Lowden's friends have engaged an entire floor of the Con- gress Hotel in the helief that the national convention will come to Chi- ! eago. Talk of putting United States Ren- ator Medill McCormick forward as a favorite gon candidate has dwindled since the senator announced that he was going ahead with his campalgn for re-election, and asked his friends not to embarrass him by going oft on dotour_and booming him for Presi- dent. Senator McCormick is conduct- ing @ gum-shoe campalgn down state and has already canvassed nearly thirty counties. He Will be the star srrow at a pienic to be held at crview Park under the ausplces of en Chicago wards. More than 20,000 people are expected to attend. and Senator McCormick probably wili make a keynote speech. No Opposing Candidate. The opposition to McCormick thus far falled to agree on a ca date. There is talk of former Charles 8, Deneen making the race, and it {s conceded that Deneen would be a formidable candidate. Segator McCormick has the ad- vantage of an early start and the enthusiastic rupport of Senator Willlam McKinley's downstate or- ganization. In _ Chicago McCor- mick has with him more of the vote getters who handled the cam- paigns of former Mayor William Hale Thompson_four and eight years ago. What s left of the once powerful Thompson-Lundin machine in Chicago {s out for Gov. Len Small and {s d termined to defeat MeCormick at any cost. They will go to Deneen or any one else who is a candidate against MecCormick, if they do not have an entry of thelr own The Small-Lundin-Thompson combl- nation started the political fireworks with a monster de Small at his home KLAN ISSUE ENTERS !Parker Backing Catholic Lieutenant Governor for His Own Seat. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, La., Scptember 1 With the republicans threatening to put a full state and congressional | ticket 1n the Louistana field, for the first time in more than a decade, and with the democrats flirting with na- tional honors for their governor, John M. Parker, who recently won national fame for his fight against the Ku Kiux Klan, Louisiana promises to get on the political map as she has not done since oldtimers can remember. The state campalgn for governor the state legislature, together with many parish and district off just opening. The primary for nom- inations will teke place January 15 The opening gun in the gubernatorial fight was fired at La Place, in St John parish, last Sunday afternoon, when Lieut. Gov. Jewitt Bouanchaud, one of the four cAndidates for gover- nor, opened his campaign with an announcement of his platform and declaration of principles and the de- livery of his first campalgn speech. He is supported by Gov. John M. Parker, who will retire from office next May. Stand of Parker. Gov. Parker appeared on the same platform at La Place. He did not ask for the nomination of Bouanchaud, his first assistant, but he praised him most highly; sald he had been faith- ful and loyal to his administration, and he openly scouted the idea that a Catholic should not be elected gov- ernor of Louisiana at this time. He issued a defl to “those who are damn- Ing my administration,” and declared that if they continued their attacks upon him and his administration in an effort to make him (Parker) the issue In this state campaign, that he would meet them on the hustings, that he would get Into this state campaign and in the city of New Orleans fight. “There is but one issue in this cam- paign,” said Gov. Parker. “It is not Parker or anti-Parker, but it is Klan and anti-Klan. You must be one thing or_the other.” Mr. Bouanchaud came behind him and declared, “I am unalterably op- posed to the Invisible empire of the Ku Klux Klan.” He charged that friends had urged him to desert the Parker ship; that his lovalty to his chief would mean his defeat in the democratic primary, but he had an- swered that when he boarded the Parker ship he had taken no life-pre- servers and whether fair weather or foul he would stand by his skipper, and, if need be, sink with him. mutually laudatory statements . Parker and Lieut. Gov. Bou- anchaud left no doubt in the minds of politicians, that Gov, Parker would go down the line in his support of Bouanchaud for governor. Ald for Parker Yet it is not believed that Gov. Parker will go the limit to which Gov. R. G, Pleasant went four years ago in his battle to elect Parker, when he fired old appointees and removed iboards and members in order to get hold of the patronage an@ help the Parker campaign. It 13 not believed Gov. Parker will exercise the executlve power in this wely to aid his lleutenant. here are four candidate for gover- nor now in the race; Mr. Bouanchaud of New Roads, Dudley L. Guilbeau of Opelousas, who opened his campalgn at the cotton carnlval at Opelousas to- day; Henry L. Fukua, manager of the state penal system of Baton Rouge, who tendered his resignation to Gov. Parker the day he announced, and Huey P. Long of Shreveport, chair- man of the public service commis- sion, which regulates railroads and public utilities of the state. Mr. Long carried on a desperate battle against the Cumberland “Telephone Company for reduced rates and won a compro- mise victory. He has no political or- ganizations’ behind him. ~He is de- pending upon the people themselves and s’ making his appeal direct to em. Mr. Long opened his campaign for governor on the courthouse green in Shreveport today. ‘He will begin a tour of the state Immediately, speak- ing on an average of six times a day. A.'W. NEWLIN. Mrs. Lila Hayman of Cleveland, mother of a six-year-old child, chose a five-day sentence in the workho: rather than give up her “lhln&l' auto for sixty days. s and all state officers and members of | is| | LOUSANA AT | | ! The 1llinols primaries are to be held in April, and an early start on the mpaign was considered important. Small and his followers will come to Chicago Beptember 16 and will stage a political demonstration at River- view Park, which they promise will eclipse any of the political meetings of the past, and Fred Lundin has shown himself a Belasco in arrang- ing such affairs. Most of the Chicago support of Bmall right now appea: to be confined largely to the sta obholders and the employes of two large Chicago park system! Support For Sma Former Mayor Thompson is givini Small hearty support, though he wi entreated by a number of close friends to keep out of tho contest. George F. Harding, who has real es- tate offices with Thompson, has been his friend since boyhood, and who knocked Fred Lundin off the throne as chieftaln of the Thompson organi- zatlon, i out in the open against Small ‘and has signed up with Sena- tor McCormick. His followers who were formerly with Thompson are out to get Lundin's scalp. They have become part of a triple-headed r publican faction with Atterney eral Brundage, State's Attorney Rob- ert E. Crowe and Mr. Harding as leaders, Harding wants an_amal mation with the Deneen faction, and the anti-Lundin Thompson republi- cuns may be able to present a united front against Small. Unlesa they do Small is likely to win a renomination, and stands a good chance of uccess it there are meveral candidates against him in the primary. Small is evidently stronger downstate and weaker in Chicago than he three vears ago. The loss of patronage in Chicago was « severe blow to Lundin and Small. The Small-Thompson program at firet was to rush through an indorse- ment of Senator Hiram W. Johnson for President. The convention adopt- ed a platform that promised cures for every political allment, and thers was more talk of going for Senator Rob- ert M. La Follette than for Johnson. Undoubtedly the state machine head- ed by Small will indorse skome one for President later on, and If there is a contest between Johnson and Lowden in Illinios, the Small-Lundin-Thomp- son combination would be expected to take a number of delegutes away from Lowden, largely because of the personal popularity Johnson enjova here. Lowden appeared to be a like- ly candidate for governor until the death of President Harding. JOHN R. BUTMAN. WYOMING LIKELY 10 RETURN WARREN Veteran Senator Can Have Seat for Asking, His Friends Believe. Epecial Dispateh to The Star. CHEYENNE, Wyo., September 1.— The main toplc around the hotel lob- bies and clubrooms Is in regard to the senatorial situation. The question fs: Shall, or shall not, the United States Senate lose its last surviving civil war veteran? When Knute Nelson of Minnesota led this spring Francis E. Warren of Wyoming was left as the only upper house member who saw service in the conflict of sixty years ago. Further- more, with the exception of Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, tha senfor senator from this state was left the only solon able to claim a service of more than thirty-one years. Up until 1918 his elections were by the state legislatures. Five years ago he announced that he would retire from active life, but later there came a demand for him to run, and he changed his mind. After submitting his candidacy to popular vote for the first time he was the vietor by §.000 majority over John E. Osborne, former assistant secretary of state under Wil- liam J. Bryan. Now he is up for a second test, or at least will be shortly. Will Be Bighty in June. Senator Warren will be elghty years old next June, two months before the primaries. Despite his age, he has een able to keep his vigor, and it is generally conceded that, unless his health falls materially 'in the next year, he will be a candidate. In that event, it 1y quite possible that he will not be opposed from within the ranks of his own party. _In case Sanator Warren should de- cide to retire, those seeking the re- publican nomination for his place might Include the following: Robert D. ‘Carey, John W. Hay, republican candidate for governor in 1823; Frank W, Mondell, former majority floor leader of the House of Repre- sentatives and now a director of the War Financo Corporation; former Gov. B. B. Brooks, William C. Dem- ing, president of the United States Civil Bervice Commission, and Repre- sentative Charles E. Winter. Democratic Plans. As for the democratic side, there do not &eem to be, this early in the g nearly as many possibilities. When Senator John B. Kendrick was re- turned to office last year by a ma- Jority of 9,000 it was largely on ac- count of his personal popularity and his personal machine. He is the one outstanding figure in the ranks of Wyoming "democracy. With him safely in office for another six years, this machine probably will not be as strong next year as it was last. There is even talk that the election will be allowed to go virtually by default, with only a nominal candidate in the running against Warren, inasmuch as the two senators are close personal friends and never have hesn known to engage in mud-slinging and like features of the ordinary campaign, . _If, however, an energetio campaign is decided upon by the democratic leaders, or if there chances are en- hanced by Warren's withdrawal and A consequent possibility of factional bitterness In the ranks of the opposi- tion, any one of these, or all of them, may seek the nomination: Willlam B. Ross, governor; P. J. Quealy, na- tional committeemas . Corthell, attorney, and P. J. O'Connor, former state senator. At this writing, neaddy a year In advance of the primaries and more than fourteen months before the elec- tion, the general opinion is that Warren can have the senatorship again if he wants it, F. L. BABCOCK. 25,000 ACRES FOR VETS. About 25,000 acres of public land situated in Mohave county, Ariz., were thrown open to homestead entry by former service men of the world war yesterday by the Interior De- partment. Veterans may flle upon the tracts after September 24 at the local land office In Phoenix, Aris., and will have a ninety-day preference after which the unentercd land will be opened to the weneral publie, —_— close of 1920 was 51 cents an hour. Miss Beulah Bear, in charge of the information desk at the New York customhouse, helps thousands of vis- itors to fill out their applications for passports. D. ¢, SEPTEMBER 2 WISCONSIN BOOSTS 2 FAVBRITE SONS Lenroot and La Follette Will Both Have Republican Delegates. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. MADISON, Wis, September 1.—It looks like the preliminary republi- can presidential fight in Wisconsin will be between two favorite sons— Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, who iIn this part of the country Is rated as o conservative, and Senator Robert M. La Follette, radical leader. It is possible that this program will be varled by placing a straightout Cool- 1dge delegation in the fleld, which will have the backing of Senator Lenroot. Whether this will be done depends on the strength developed by the new President between now lr{d April, when the presidential pri- mary will be held. Unless President Coolldge, now little known In the west, gains rapldly the chances are that the Wisconsin La Follette dele- gates will ba opposed by Lenroot del- egates as the most available method of wresting doubtful districts from e radicals. e the: 1920 national convention Benator Lenroot was slated to re- celve the nomination later glven to Mr. Coolldge. Mr. Lenroot's follow- ers here regard him as presidential timber. If they place his name on the resldcntial ballot the purpose will o twofold—first, to promote the Lenroot candidacy as far as possible, and second, to send to the convention delegates who will turn to some other candidate than La Folletts in event Mr. Lenrot's candidacy should fall. Strength of La Follette, The La Foilotte presidential candi- acy has recurred regularly every o years since 1908, and it wiil figure again next year. Judged by the situation as it was developed in last year's election, Mr. La Follette stands the better chance in the ma- jority of the congressional districts, each of which elects two delegates to the convention, and the same Is true of the four delegates elected at large. But in no convention have his opponents permitted him to have a unanimous delegation, and they will try_ to break his slate again. 2 No one knows Mr. La Follette's plans, He salled for Europe just a few days before the death of Presi- dent Harding, and he will not return until October. So far as could be learned, he was then a candldate for the republican nomination. It was thought that he might be the only candidate about whom disaffected elements could gathor and that with the whole field to himself he would carry etates he had never been able to capture. May Give Up Fight. The death of President Harding has upset the schedule. The La Follette men hero believe it will result in numerous favorite son candidacies in} territory they hoped to win and that it will bp fmpossible for Mr. La Follette to overcome the factor of local pride. Some of the more pes- simistio of the La Folletto leaders are intimating that Mr. La Follett may even abandon the contest for {tho republican nomination They are reviving the third party talk with which Senator La Follette's name was closely linked during the last presidential campalgn. All this speculation {s without warrant of Senator La Follette himself, who, o far as known, has communicated his views to no one. Even if Mr. La Follette dectded next year to take the third party plunge, it is doubtful If ha would re- linquish the delegate fight in the re- publican primary {n Wisconsin. He would probably fnaugurate the new party by sending his delegates to the republican convention, — demanding the adoption of his platform and then utilizing rejection of his views as the ground for leadinf a new political movement Power of Al Smith. The_shadow of Gov. Al Smith of New York hangs over the presidential delegate campaign. 1f Mr. Smith's name is filed on_the Wisconsin bal- lot Benator La Follette stands to be a loser. The wet Issue is a live one | in Wisconsin. In recent Senator La Follette has been the beneflelary of discontent resulting from prohibition. Under the open primary, however, there is nothing to prevent wet voters. who have been voting in the repubilcan primary for La Follette in the past two elections going into the democratic presidential primary and voting for Smith delegates to the democratic convention. They are likely to do this, and In two or| three congressional districts the loss | of their votes may be distinctly felt. Mr. §mith's opponent in_the demo- cratic primary will be Willlam G. McAdoo. The McAdoo men have been friend democ They have captured the ic state organisation and are maneuvering to get the lead in the delegate campaign. While the demo- crats are not courting a revival of | the wet and dry fssue. the alignment | shows that the dry democratic vote| will go to McAdoo, while the wet vote will go to Gov. Smith. Unless Mr. La Follette I8 able to glve satls- factory assurances, the wet demo- | cratic vote for Smith is likely to be supplemented by many republicans. Senator Lenroot's close ldentification with the drys leaves no other place | for them to go. J. C. RALSTON. CURLEY ADVISES IRISH BOYS TO STAY AT HOME Five Shillings Daily Means More Joy There Than $10 in U. S, Says Archbishop. NEW YORK, September 1.—Arch- blshop Curley of Baitimore, arrived on the Berengarla today after a five- weelk visit with his mother in Athlone. Ireland, and deplored the emigration of Irish boys to America. “Five shillings a day in Ireland buys more joy and happiness for a boy than $10 in America,” he sald. Conditions are more peaceful in Ire- land now than they have been for years, he sald. Scouting the idea of any religious antagonism in south- ern Ireland, he sald: “There are more Protestants holding office in southern Ireland in localities where the Catholio vote predominates than anywhere alSs in the world. They were elected because they are good and capable men, and thelr friends and neighbors, regardless of creed or teachings, voted for them. That {8 how it is and how it should be.” STEFANSSON SUPRISED AT WRANGEL TRAGEDY | | i By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 1.—Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, today express- ed astonishment and grief over the fate of Alan Crawford and his_com- panions in the bleak expanses of Wran- ell Island, as reported in Assoclated -ess dispatches from Nome. The famous arctic explorer, who was largely instrumental in dispatching the relief boat with assistance for the little expedition, was of the opinion that with guns and ammunition any one could live on the island for three or four years, subsisting on the seals, wal- ruses and bears with which the place abounds. “Crawford's death is terribly tragic news,” said Stefansson. I heard noth- ing myself direct from him for a long time. I knew the situation of the party was critical, but I did not expect this sudden end. He concluded by paying tribute to the courlga of Crawford and his gal- lant American compasions, primaries | £ more active so far than Gov. Smith's | , 1923—PART 1. WASHINGTON SHOWS JOHNSON STRENGTH Progressive Group Planning to Bfic}( Californian for ‘!relirlency. Special Dispatch to The St SEATTLE, Wash.,, September 1.— With the election of a representative et for the near future int he fifth dis- ict and efforts made by democratlc leaders to bring Adoo Into the state to campaign for the democratic nominee, politics has stafted to warm up. There is a strong movement among the old progressive wing of the re- publican party to bring out Senator Hiram Johnson as the republican standard bearer, while the republi- can party machinery is swinging to- ward the Coolidge camp. On the other hand, the farmer-labor people urge that President Coolldge is a strong “anti-union man.” This faction will swing to Johnson in the republican party and to Mc- Adoo In the democratic party. M. Adoo today Is assured of the demo- cratic delegation to the national con- ventlon from this state. The democrats are confldent of electing a representative from the fifth district. Even the republicans acknowledge the possibility. This is largely due to local conditions at Spokane, nominee, almost defeated Stanley Webster in 1422, while the republican nominee, State Senator Charles I Myers, is making his first campaign outslde of his legislative district and 18 not well known. The election of Clarence C. Dill to the United States Senate to succecd Miles Poindexter was mainly due to a general apathy on the DArt of the voters and certain local conditions in Poindexter's home town, where h was opposed. actlvely, by strong r publicans. The Dill vote w alysed shows that he wa William Gibbs Me- | Judge Hill, the democratic | the United States Senat 3 DIE IN TRESTLE WRECK. Engine and Train Plunge Into River in Georgla. CAIRO, Ga., Beptember 1.—Three men were killed today when an en- gine and train of the Kelly Clark Lumber Company of Gradyvillo went through a trestle and plunged into the Ochlocknee river, about nine miles southeast of here. The dead: Mile Gray, engineer; Charlle Houclk, fireman, and Ed Battls, negro, flag- man, Recent heavy rains had swollen the | Ochlockneo to such an extent that the trestle was undermined so that it Eave way under the welght of the engin ——— gcent of the reglstered voters of the Farmers in eastern Washington w! have for the last three §ears bflfi crop failures, this year have bumper crops and the history of the state has been that when the farmers have bumper crops and the logging camps and mills have successful seasons, huge republican landslides are to be expected. The mavoralty election in Seattle next spring promises to have a mark- ed bearlng upon the general election in the fall. The precent incumbent win J. Brown, was formerly a so- clalist. He {8 now taking an active part in democratic councils. sceks re-election next spring and is re-elected, which appears doubtful at this time, it would indicate that the radical element in Seattle still holds the balance of power. If on the other hand he is defeated for renomination | and electfon, he is planning on mak- Ing the race for Congress or for the governorship as a democrat. Brown's cloge advisers are urging him to run s, and not attempt the ving into ing what | George mping for the mavorality and rn draw Lamping's support, former progressive, in his race for Congress. Lamping Is one of those who is looked upon as a strong Johnson man, JAMES DE K. BROWN it If he| MAYFIELD TO FIGHT FOR HIS SENATE SEAT Texas Senator Doubts Opponents Will Get Republican Aid on Party Lines Alone. Spee atch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., September 1.—Earla | B. Maytfield of Austin, junior United es senator from Texas, will go to on for the opening of the new | Congress in December, prepared tn |fight the prospective battle over his | being seated, “all the way down the {line” he announced. Opponents of Mayfield, in the general | election race of 1922, when he defeated ! George B. Peddy as candidate of inde- pendent democrats and the republics state organization, have filed a contest | which will probably be heard during | the opening days of the new sessio Attorneys represented Peddy in | numerous court attacks during the po- | litical campaign, in attempts to keep vfleld’s name off the general elec- t! ballot and to get Peddy's on the | ballot, will probably lead the flght be- | fora the senate committe: Charges of spending those fixed by the Texas law, limiting | campaign expenditures of senatorial candidates to $10,000 will be pressed |against Maytield | “Republicans of Texas, who will join | the attack on Mayfield's right to hold | the office to which he was elected, will {attempt to draw a parallel hetween the Mayfleld race and the Newbherry elee. | tion in Michigan, w through New | berry was sustiined by the senate, |later resulted in his_resignation and caused the election of the first demo- er higan for over half a_centt Mayfild de | worried ove test he know | exhaust _every le s right to the offic sums beyond hat he is not £ the con- He will 1 means to defend , he decl Ho predic at his oppor sely overestimating support they wiil from reg pators based £im Jon par R. 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