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14 PINCHOT DRY WAR SEEN VOTE WINNER G. 0. P. Leaders in Pennsyl- vania Keep Watchful Eye on Governor’s Campaign. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, HARRISBURG, Ps., October 20— Gifford Pinchot's persistence in pres- entation of his ideas of prohibition enforcement has convinced chiefs of the Pennsylvania republican organi- ®ation they will have to fight the governor for control of the Keystone state delegation to the next national convention Plans have gone quietly torward to launch a campaign soon after the November election for an uninstructed delegation, but partisans of Mr. Pinchot have become aware of them and some aspirants in the in- terest of the governor haye been heard of. Several influential leaders, who until a week ago belleved it would be possible to avoid a contest and that the governor could be satisfied with a complimentary vote, have be- come convinced that even f Mr. Pinchot does not get emough sup- port in other states to warrant him entering the convention as & candl- ame N Wil have desires about the V' © Pennsylvania should vote which will bring him into collision with the men who have dominated delegations In _the past. The Pinchot boom showed signs this week of breaking out in Penn- sylvania. The Washington speech on prohibition enforcement evoked an answer from a number of religious and temperance bodies and stirred the personal supporters of the gove- ernor to activity. But men who were of weight in winning the nomina- tion for Mr. Pinchot last year, have either expressed bellef in an unin- structed delegation as the best or manifested coolness toward mention of the forester as a possibility. If the governor goes after delegates he will have to build up his own organi- satlon by following his favorite method of *‘going to the people.” Dy Filght Helps Caue. Success attending the effort to elose the saloons in the anthracite region by the “padlock” injunetion process will make the governor stronger than ever for following that method ard, the next fight will be in Philadelphia. The Pinchot drive is In better shape as a result of the court action at Scranton, following eriticism of the plan from the federal bench, and beer joints In other cities will get notices to rip out bars. The planis always sure of public atten- ion. No one here has any doubts about the meaning of the notice from the Eovernor’s office that only loyal em- Ploves will be kept on the pays roll when read in conjunction with the satisfaction expressed at the way reclassification of capitol hill salaries is working out. The administration is in excellent shape to go into poli- tics, although what happened to other governors who endeavored to use state patronage is fresh in minds. But it is belleved this will npt be resorted to unless the prohi- bitlon foray envelops tire trouble. The governor has gotten some checks in his effort to keep down the price of apthracite, but he says he is not at the bottom of his bag and when “the Pennsylvania end” is ready he will chmmunicate with brother gover- nors, Silent on Amblition: The disposition of the organization leaders is to let him go on. They feel Roorer or later something will hap- pen to dampen asp.rations he may hgve. The governor has not declared any amblitions and is in shape to either respond to a call or say peos lptl‘l‘ got the wrong slant on his activ- es. There are discussions over national eommittee seats in both parties. Ow- ing to desire of leaders to avold a clash Senator George Wharton Fepper will hold the republican seat, while on the democratic side Committeeman Joseph F. Guffey is stirring for re- election with two possible opponents, Some aspirants for state nomina- tions next year are cropping up, but none has appeared wearing Pinchot colors. A. BOYD HAMILTON, CRAWFORD ENTERS MAINE PRIMARIES Seeks G. 0. P. Nomination for Governor—Senate Race Shows No Change. # Spectal Dispatel to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., October 20.—The outstanding political event- of the past week in this state was the an- nouncement of A. S. Crawford, jr., of Chribou, Aroostook county, that he would be @ candidate for the repub- lean nomination for governor. Mr, Crawford {s & member of the Aroos- took county bar and formerly prac- ticed at Bangor and Fort Kent. “After a carefull survey of th olitical situation in the state.” says Bt Crawford, 1 "have ‘decided “1o announce that I will be & candidate or governor on the republican icket” at the coming June pri- maries. The only other avowed candidate for the republican nomination for bvernor {s Mayor Albert R, Day of ngor. Mr. Day 15 a suceessful business man and Is o former presi- deént of the senate and a former col- lactor of the port of Bangor. Although no information has been forthcoming from Gov. Baxter on the question, those who are said to be close to him say that he will an- nounce his candidacy for another tqrm later, (It seems to be the impression that mo opposition will develop to the eandidacy of ex-Attorney General William R. Pattangall of Augusta fér governor In the democratic pri- maries. No new developments have taken place In the matter of the republican nomnation for United States genator, $Senator Bert M. Fernald of West Poland, who .was elected the first time in 1916 to fill out the unexpired term of United States Senator Edwin C. Burleigh, caused by death, and re-clected in 1818 for the full' term of six years, is a candidate, He b be opposed by Col, Frank M. Hume, who commanded the 103d Infantry overseas in the world war, and ex- Representative Frank . Guernsey of Dover-Foxcroft. 4 | The democratic candidate for' United States senator will probably be former United States Senator, Obadiah Gardiner of Rockland, ' J. CLEMENT MURPHY, CHANCE FOR BOY WORKERS Qivil Service Examination for Mes- sengers Announced. Uncle Sam needs boys between sh-’ teen and elghteen years old to fill posi- | tions as messengers in the government | departments here, and to secure them | the Civil Service Commission is to hold an open competitive examination Octo- ber 27 In this city ¢Llv, Entrance sa aries ra.ge from $360 to $480 a year, plus the increase of $20 a month granted by Congress. Appl(-i cants must have reached thelr six- Loonth. but not thelr eighteenth, birth. on date of examination, and @ust be In sound physical health, THE SUNDAY Wet Democrats Elated by Flop Of Presidency Seekers to Drys Think Vote Will Be So Split as to Give Modificationist Chance—Ford Campaign Revived. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Speelal Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, Ogtober 20—New York's “wet” democrats have been watching the nation-wide struggle of some aspirants for the presidency to climb aboard the water wagon the past week with a feeling akin to elation. The wets figure it out that the wild scramble to grab the prohi- bitlon vote may scatter that very same vote and glve & “modifica- tionist” a chance at the polls. The death of President Harding, who had espoused the cause of pro- hibition during the last few months of his life, seems to have left the fleld open for all who seek & dry and dusty road to the White House. Mr. Harding had virtually been assured the support of the orfahized “drys’ and was countng heavily upon that vote as a means of re-election. Now there i# a general rush to get into linen dusters. A8 a result of the week's maneuver- ing It i{s shown that: Mr. Ford is out for the dry vote. Mr. Pinchot is out for the dry vote. Mr. McAdoo {8 out for the dry vote. And Mr. Coolidge does not sce why any one should be casting wet eyes at_him. The recrudescence of the Ford boom and the precipitation of the wet and dry (ssue into the campaign, all within "the space of a few days, have given politics such an impu se that many persons are Inclined to date the heginning of the 1924 president.al race from these ides of Octol Makes Leaders Set Up The querulous position taken by Gov. Pinchot toward the national a ministration on the prohibition en- forcement issue has been regarded as political trouble enough for one week, but when this continuing Incident was followed up by Ford activities throughout the country, culminating in an announzement from the chair- man of the prohibition party's na- tional comittee that Mr. Ford could have the prohibition nomination for President if he cared for it, the politiclans began to sit up and take notice in earnest. Naturally, Mr. Ford could not be content with the prohibition nomina- tion alone. As a separate and dl: tinct party the prohobitionists have been unable to make any great head- way in the past. In the 1820 ele tion, out of nearly 27,000,000 votes cast, the prohibition candidate got a grand total of 189.408. Prohibi- tion in politics began to be effective only when the Anti-Saloon League began boring from within the (wo old parties, just as labor had been doing some years before. But Mr, Ford probably would not object to the prohibition party in- dorsement of his candidacy if he d cides to run on an Independent ticket, which now seems probable. believer type, and it is certain his candidacy ~ would be gratifying to a large proportion of the dry element of the country. G. 0. P, Secks Dry Vote. It {s perfectly apparent’ that the republican party Is going to make a great bid for the dry vote, no mat- ter who its candidate may be. Mr. Coolidge already has undertaken to carry out the Harding policy for better enforcement, as evidenced by his conference in Washington today with the governors of nearly two thirds of the states of the Union. With Mr, Ford and the republican candidate splitting the dry vote, the wet democrats will make a strong fight in their convention for what they term a “liberal” treatment of the prohibition question. Whether they can gain any real ground along that line is questionable. It is true that a platform declaration requires only a majority vote In the demoeratic con- vention, whereas the nominee of the party must be named by a two-thirds vote.” Therefore it would be easier to declare for modification than it would be to nominate & modificationist. Even in democratio ranks the senti- ment for prohibition still is strong Henry | Ford is known as a dry of the true- | in the mouth and west, and, aithough | some of the big eastern stat will | have powerful delegations to fight for & modification plank, t J the most militant of opposition, head- |ed; ‘a5 usual, by the never-say-aie Willlam Jennings Bryan | The Anti-Saloon League and the other reform organizations fighting for prohibition enforcement will not be content in pledging two or three of the presidential candidates, They will seek to control the democratic convention as well. Both ‘republican and demooratio national leaders profess to look upon the Ford candidacy on & third party ticket with complete eguanimjty. The republicans say he will weaken the democrats; the democrats say he will play hob with the republicans. Ford Appears Out of Race. | Although his boom Is booming again, after an adjournment of sev- eral mbnths following the death of Preside=t Harding, it does not appear that Mr. Ford has a ghost of a chance of capturing either the democratic or_republican nomination. There 18 a very good chance, how- ever, that he may have some pledged delegates in both conventions If his managers go ahead with their plans for placing him (n the primaries of both = parties. Democratic leaders Lave sent out word to knife Ford in any primary In which he makes a bid for democratic support. They say he really belongs in the republiean fola. THIRD PARTY TO HURT ;G.O.P. FORCES IN MONTANA Farmer-Labor Movement Leaders | Once Big Figures in Re- ! publican Ranks. Special Dispatch to The Star. HELENA, Mont.,, October 20,—The first_expression from a recognized re- publican leader regarding presiden- tial nominations in 1924 came a few days ago from former State Senator John E. Edwards of Forsyth, for years the republican leader in 'the state senate, Mr. 'Edwards sald Montana was watching President Coolidge cau- tiously and with apparently increas- ing favor. He did not, however, §o so far as to prophesy his renomina- tion. The Missoula Missoullan, pne of the leading republican dailles, seems to favor Lowden of Iilinois ever Cool- idge, but is guarded in comment. The republicans are treading softly. The democrats have been moving in the ,open for some months, but republi- jcan comment Is rare and grudging This - is largely explained by the possibilily of a serious split in the | Party through the farmer-labor move- ment Tie farmer-labor party is to be or- zed next Tuesday, October 23, at eat Falls. ~Candidates for sia‘e | »ffices from governor down are to be | named; possibly for ihe Unied States Senate. The term of Senator T. J Walsh is to expire March 4, 1925. Two representatives in Congress are also to be chosen. Behind this call are Senator J. W. Anderson of Richland county, B re- publican candidate for United States senator In the primaries two years ago; Senator Jasper Haaland of Lib- erty county, progressive leader in the upper house of the state assembly; several republican representatives. four or five labor leaders and, last but not least, W. F. Dunn, editor'of the Butte Bulletin. Dunn s the man whose seat the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor at Portland, Ore., declared vacant be- cause of his aileged radicalism, The democrats are watching this prospective republican split with more joy than the situation warrants. There Is no indication whatsoever that Henry Ford's mysterious candi- dacy, so often bruited but never de- tected in the flesh, is in any way com- cerned with this third party, which, so far has appeared, does not con- Itemplate nominating a candidate for President. LOUIS M. THAYER. 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D, October 20.— It now is assured that there will be a battle royal in South Dakota between republican candldates for nomination to the United States senatorship. Al- ready there are three republican can- didates In the fleld—Senator Thomas Sterling, a candidate for renomina- tlon; Gov. Willlam H. McMaster and Representative Royal C. Johnson. -n the opinion of E, B. Yule, veteran editor of the Alexandria Herald. one of the leading republican weeklies of the state, the presideniial question may cut an important figure in the contest, espec! y between Senator Sterling and Gov. McMaster. ~The Alexandria newspaper thus refers to the matte; “Gov. McMaster has made the state- ment, 8o It is claimed, that he will favor Hiram Johnson for President If that is true the governor's candi- dacy will not be logked upon with tavor by many republicans in South Dakota, who believe President Cool- idge should be the party choice. Sen- ator Sterling has already made the atement that he is for Preresident Coolidge’'s nomination, but it is not generally known just where Repre- sentative Johnson stands.” Senator Sterling will stand upon his record, Gov. McMaster attracted national attention by his fight agalnst high prices of gasoline,. as the result of which gasoline has since been_selling 16 cents a galllon in South Dakota, | a reduetion of about 10 cents a gallon. Representative Johnson expects to capture practically the solid Ameri- can Leglon vote, as he served with the American Army in France, and during one of the battles In which he participated received a serious wound. Members of the American Legion of South Dakota were displeased be- cause Sepator Sterling opposed the national bonus. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. —_— In Need of Religion. From the Continent. The soldiers marched to the church and halted in the square outside. One wing of the edifice was undergoing repairs, so there was reom for only half the regiment. “Sergeant,” ordered “tell the men who don' to church to fall out” A large number quickly avalled themselves of the prvilege. “Now, sergeant,” sald the captain. ‘dismiss all the men who did not fali out and march the others In—they need it mosp” the captain, want to go Special Dispatch to The Etar. BALTIMORE, October 20.—While democratic leaders here and through- out the state are predicting the re- election of Gov. Ritchie by majorities ranging from 10,000 to 30,000, the out- look does not appear so rosy to un- blased political observers, who, while they concede his election, clalm over confidence on the part of the party leaders may lead to the loss of thou- sands of votes. Probably never bafore have the democratic leaders been so corifident of success, and this feellng has ex- wnded all down the line, with the result that outside of the standard bearers of the ticket little work is bemg done to get tne vote out in either tue city or s‘ate. Overconfidence has caused many a man to lose an ele tion that appeared reasonably sal and this is what a number of pulitical wiseacres here are airaid may hap- pen to Gov, Ritchie. Added to this is the fact that Kitehie will have the opposition of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as that ol tus days and the anti-race track eiement. Klan Assails Ritchle, Thursday night, on the eve of the VisSit 0. lne democratic nominee to the eastern shore, members of the Klan stuged & ceremonial and parade i Centrev.le. Dr. J, H. Hawkins, imperial representative, deliveieu uu wwusiess M3 which he attacked the record of Gov, tiitenie, cuiing upvn @il naansmen 10 heip in accomplish- ing his deieat. arty leaders, however, claim that never before has the democratic party #nd organization been in beiter shape in bota the cilty and counties than 1t now 1s. Every sectiop of the state has been visited by the governor aud his fel- low candidates. The democratic gubernatorial can- didate 1s expecied to do as well, it not better, in tne city than Mayor Jackson did last spring. The lowest estimate of this ctiy majority is set |at 15,000, while many claim™ it will be_double that fgure. Republican leaders, on the other hand, are making no claime. That Attorney General Armstrong will poll & strong vote is conceded by both parties, and will probably eome to Baltimore with a 5,000 or 10,000 m making Baltimore the decid- Mr. Armstrong will wind county work in visits to Al- legany and ~Garrett next Monday and Tuesday, and then will devote his attention to the city. In republican circles here it 1 that Mr. Armstrong made a great Geodman Electric Fixtures Are All that Cas He Desired in Design, Quality and Low Price, A Friend for Cool Days You've always wanted an electric " heater—here’s your chance to get one as good looking as it is efficient —and at a bargain! ESTATE RADIANT HEATER. SPECIAL PRICE This heater sold at $8.50. Get one before they are all gone. SPECIAL PRICES ON GoodmanlLi 723 12th Shipped Anywhere. ELECTRIC FIXTURES ht Supply Co. treet N. 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Sundiun, Treas. | Ao Hochin T Street PLATINUMSMITHS 31 Years at the Same Address felt | 1923—PART 1. * mistake in not taking command of his party at the outset. G. 0. P. Women Active. Republican women. however, ap- pear to be more active than the men, and what will probably be the largest gathering of republican women ever held here will take place Thursday and Friday at the Hotel Emerson, when the “Federation of Republican Women of Maryland holds its second annual conven(ion. With a gubernatorial election and with three republican women in the fleld as candidates for the legislature, the feder:tion has bigger stakes in the impending political contest than ever before, and delegates are there- fore expected from every section of the state. No pains have been spared to make the program one that will be of prac tioal use to the women in the cam- paign. For that reason two women of wide political experience and train- ing, Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore, presi- dent of the New York Federation of Republicin Women, and Mrs, Edward F. Feichert, vice chairman of the Woman's Republican Club of New Jer- sey, will be among the speakers. For the Baltimore women one of the chief Interests of the convention will be the opportunity they will have of meeting the three republican women who are candidates for the legislature, and of hearing them speak. They are Mrs. Emma J. Mad- | dox Funck, who is a candidate from !the fifth district; Mrs. James T. Carter | of the second district, and Miss Eliza- beth Davis of the third dl: ct. J. G. DEPO! —_—— FLORIDA GOVERNORSH!P RACE ATTRACTS SEVEN Underwood Still Democrats’ Fa- vorite for Presidency, Despite Bryan’s Opposition. | Bpectal Dspateh to The Btar. | _JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 20.— | Campalgning. which was more or less strenuous during the summer, with candidates for state offices making specches at picnics and barbecues and AL 1347 Newton St. N.E. 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