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RITCHIE BOOMED FOR HIGHER POSTS Senate Seat, Even Presi- dency, Mentioned by Friends as Result of Victory. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 10.—Gov. Ritchie's sweeping victory on a plat- form butlt largely on the question of state’s rights has made him ai potential democratic candidate for| the presidential chair at the party’s| convention next summer, according to many leading politicians of Mary- land. On the other hand some of the governors closest friems Dbelieve that this move is entirely too prema- ture and that his election to the Unlted States Senate three years hence, to succeed Senator Evington E. Weller, is the logical next step. While his friends admit that his everwhelming vote on Tuesday wa based largely on his record as go erncr and his personal popularity the question of state's rights cut & big figure and no doubt made po:sible the largest plurality ever given a state candidate they do not belleve | that the rest of the country ls ag much interested in the question of state's rights as is Maryland. | In the opinion of many politicians, both democ and_republican, the vote places Gov. Ritchie as both the nominal and veal head of his party in Maryland i Has Gained Firm Grip. Had he been defeated he would, n political parluncs, have been “through,” for even at the time he | was first elected governor he was | by no means an acknowledged leader | in his party. Since then he has gained in control and prestige in | his hold on the voters and the right | to a voice in the inner councils of | the democratic party. : The election proved that not even | his own party, much less the repub- | lican: could him, Tue was the de d. of politics, the reul fight was fought and last summer. From that and from the election Gov. like tempered sterl, emerse bigger, w Qeteat tay | but | won | strugele | Ritchie, stronger, undefeatable. | Probabl governor ever went | to the exécutive mansion with fewer | strings than Gov. Ritchie. The bulk | of his appointments have alr | been ronage has distributed { In even so merciless a thing as | politics there is the amusing side | furnished last summer by those who, vernor by politicai | a0 time torn | Rim by their nominal allegianco | the state organization. None | Jusht more carnestly than they did | avoid a primary. Had the primary | come s would undoubtedly | crazy quile of | i vital question that in- | politicians is whether the new Il prove wet or dry, as nnot be determined tion. enute Vote Split. Interest is centered in the pr: side—whether the drys will have sut- in the next legislature enforcement law on the bill offered two | from th. ctical | cre are eleven holdover senators. e, classified by their records, upon e enfor. bill, which failed of | Dassage two vears ago, are eight dry and three wet. Trere are six new senators from Baltimore city, all of whom are wet. The other newly elected senators, who are classed by their declaration of thelr expected fealty to the demo- | cratic platform as wet, number three, | while four are dry. Four are to some | extent unknown quantit Dr. J. Hubert Wade, the senator- elcct from Washington county, is | sald to be ubsolutely unpledged, but claimed by the wets. There wil in the next Senate, g neces 'y A tajurity. | up should be as indicated above the ! wets would have twelve and the drys thirteen, and the drys would have to get two of the unknown quantities to | have a majority, while the wets need | three of the four. House Unknown Quantity. : Much less is knowr about the per- | sonnel of the incoming house of dele- | §ates. The wets are sure of the Whole Baltimore city delegation, giv- | ing taem thirty-six votes as a start. { Baltinore county will add six to th rumber and Harford, it id, will surely add four more. The demo- ats | have ninety-three mem- | s in the house, fifty-eight being -i P Thes: fifteen bein majority. The wets claim they will cartainly be able to muster among, the remaining forty-two democratic | dolegates the twelve yotes necessary | for control. | Wet adherents claim that, of his well known attitudé, the in- dorsement of Gov. Ritchie last Tues- | day would warrant him vetoing any | enforcement bill of the character | backed by the Anti-Saloon League | two years ago. It is inconceivaole, | they say, thut enough votes could be found in'either house t sach a | Dill over his veto, 2 i JOHNSON’S FRIENDS ACTIVE IN ILLINOIS | Lowden Forces Await Move of Cali- fornian, But Candidacy Is Only Potential. Epecial Dispateh to The Star. CHICAGO, Noyember 10.—With the judiclal election in Chicago out of the way the Illinois politicians show signs of jumping into the larger po- litical fray in earnest, and things will begin to hum before lons. A andful of enthusiastic supporters of mator Hiram W, Johnson are meet- Ing regularly and have had consider- \able success, it is said. {n working up eentiment for the California sena- tor for the republican nomination in 1924. Otherwise the republican poli- ticians are too interested in the bat- tle to gain control of the state po- litical machine to pay much attention to_presidential matters. Close friends of Frank O, Lowden are in close touch with the situation, and Lowden is ready to jump into the republican presidential race if| the conditions are favorable. During the last three years Lowden has been cultivating the friendship and ac- quaintance of the farmers, and has received encouragement from & num- ber of middle west farming states to throw his hat into the ring. The| Towden leaders really believe now that President Coolidge is not going *to_have the nomination for the ask- ing, and the Lowdenitea may be ex- pected to act immediately following any announcement from _Senator Johnson. At present, though, Low- den is only a potential candidate. Smith May Join Race. The latest development in the Illi- nois gubernatorial situation is the dtch that Frank L. Smith, former Tepresentative, has to try for the re- yublican nomination, making it a three-cornered affair. Gov. Len Small and Senator Thurlow G. Ess- ington would fight it out in the re- publican _primary, it had been ex- pected. The entrance of Smith would complicate the situation badly, par- ticularly if he enters into any com- bination with former Gov. Charles 5. Deneen. The judicial election was interest- ing in its results, though it did not prove anything unless it fs that the general run of voters do mnot car what kind of & party brand candi- *® W% JoEN R BUTMAN. . in view | ileaders, KLAN VITAL FORCE {week. being for the most part nom- | { Chaplain Corps, August 25; Lieut. D.C. B Arrival of ‘Bloc Voting,’ Foreseen 'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, O, NOVEMBER 1, 1823—PART 1. }Power of Klan at P“plls Throws | Fear Into Hearts of Politicians Y] b Late President Harding, Signifi- cant Fact of Last Week. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW YORK. November 10.—Search- ing for significance in the scattered elections of this week, the political who claim everything and admit nothing in public, have dis- covered a real note of warning. It is the growing political strength of the Ku Klux Klan. This strength puzzled by manitesting itself in wide- ly separated localities. The Klan did not win every contest it entered, but proved enough of a factor in several instances to cause the wise men cf the two old parties to stop, look and listen. Not only did the Kian manifest itself at the polls, but varlous edicts have been issued telling how the Klan regarded certain aspirants for| presidential honors in 1924. | The result of these Klan activities | has been the lencing of some of | our once most garrulous politicians. The average politiclan Is easily frightened, however. Any sort of jack-o-lantern, grinning in the dark, will send cold chills down his back. Any sort of “vote,” real or imagined, will start his knees rattling like a pair of minstrel bones. He may re- gard the Klan and its titlee as grotesque, but the potentiality of the | supposed Klan “vote” is enough to| #end him into & silence as deep as the grave. Power Distinet Surprise. The suddenly discovered strength of the Klan movement in the middle west, particularly in Ohlo and In- diana, has been one of the distinct surprises to the politicians and today they are groping somewhat in the dark as to the effect the so-called Klan bloc' may have on their future plans. While senators and representa tives may be perfectly willing to a bloc system in Congress would fos- do not Jike to see the voters follow. ing their example. Opponents of the bloc system of government at Wash- ington have foreseen the develop- ment of the bloc system among voters | and it has given them no small amount of alarm They have contended all along that a bloc syStem In congress would fos- ter group voting throughout the country, -with all attending evils, Leg- N OHO POLTES Causing Fear in State G. 0. P. Organization. | Special Dispateh to The Star. g { COLUMBLUS, Ohlo, November 10.—| The municipal elections in Ohio this | partisan, are without bearing on the political situation, except in so far as they indicate the strength of the Ku | Klux Klan and the disposition of the | organization to figure actively in elee- tion matters. C. W. Montgomery, chairman of the republican state committee, & candl- date for mayor of Newark, was over- phens, a young man who had no visi- { Dble political support. It was known | that Stephens was a member of the Klan, however—in fact, he made that connection a feature of his campaign work. In Youngstown Charles Sch ble, who was an Independent candi- | date forgmayor, with no newspaper | snpport and faced by opposition from i five strong candidates, was supported | by the Klan, with the result that ha! had_more votes than the other five ! candidates together. H In Columbus the real contest was | between Mavor J. J. Thomas and Ran- dolph Walton, 'both republicans— Walton making opposition to the Klan the principal feature of his cam- paign. Mayor Thomas won by & vote of more than two to one. Donahey Reassured. 1 Gov. Danahey, democrat. got sev- eral compliments out of the local re- sults, however. He has removed three mayors since he has been governor on charges of malfeasance, and in two instances the ousted municipal exccu- tives ran for re-election for vindica- tion. Both were dereated. Another victory for Gov. Donahey in the election was the defeat of the Taft and Albaugh taxation laws pass- ed by the present legislature last winter. The Taft law applied to cities and_the Albaugh to rural dis- tricts, and while they aimed to re- vamp the laws governing taxation generally, the principal effeet in each case was to raise the maximum limit on tax rates. (Gov. Donahey vetoed both laws, but the republican legisla- ture at once passed them over his veto. They were sent to the voters in last Tuesday's election and both overwhelmingly defzated. The author| of the principal one, the Taft law, was Robert Taft, son of Chief Justice William H. Taft, who is a member of the lower house of. the legislature from Cincinnatl. In connection with the municipsl electlons it has come to be generally understood that the Klan is favorably | inclined toward Gov. Donahey, and the fact is causing the rcpublican state leaders no little uneasiness in the light of the strength that the Klan has this week shown in the state. The loss of his party organi- zation support, which s threatening the governor, would be a small mat- ter compared with the strength the Klan could throw to him in case he enters the campaign with the favor of that organization. J. H. GALBRAITH. —_——— TWO ADMIRALS RETIRING. |Rodgers and Carpenter on List;—Some little flu Reaching Age Limit Soon. Naval and marine retirements for age scheduled for 1924 are: Rear Admiral W. T. Rodgers, February 4; Rear Ad- miral John 8. Carpenter, Supply Cos May 18; Maj. Gen. J, H. Pendleton, - rine Corps, June 2; Rear Admiral E. A, Anderson, July 16; Capt. W. G. Isaacs, | ch, September 3; Lieut. Joel E. | Evans, September 13; Rear Admiral Edward Simpson, September 16; Col. C. M. Perkine, Marine Corps, October Rear Admiral J. A. Hoogewerff, No- vember 27; Rear Admiral Marbury Johnson, Docember 3, il " POST FOR DR. SOSMAN, Represents U. 8. Research Council on Standardization Project. Dr. R B. Soaman of the geophysical Iaboratory has been appointed by the National Research Council as the Amer- ican member on the permanent com- ico-chem! s of the Int " tional Union of Pure and Applied Chem- try. " fhe other members of the committee : Prof. Enst Cohn, University of Soatrman; oot Alexanger iversity Aberdeen, and log Marie, Sgrbonne. \ : islating ;by bloc, it has been held, is no worsé than voting by bloc. 1f the Klan bloc should become the elec- toral redlity that the politicians fear today, it seems inevitable that other e ‘German blocs,” “negro bloci others in addition to the “labor bloc” and the “farm bloc” may be heard from in future election: This tendency toward group voting is springing up just at a time when many political observers were con- gratulating the country on the dis- position of the voters of the younger Eeneration to break away from party lines and cast their ballots indepand- ently. Harding Saw Break- The late President Harding did not share thelr views. He was o great believer in party regularity and while it is true his campaign managers made direct appeals to some of the embryo voting groups, which have since come to the surface, he held that party allegiance was a thing to be prised and fostered above every other consideration. With the brea ing down of party lines Mr. Harding foresaw a dissolution of the system of party government, which has ob- talned in the United States since the formation of the republic. Mr. Hard- ing fought group control in Conkress as the forerunner of group voting in the nation. It would be erroneous to picture the party leaders as panic stricken at this time, but there is no doubt they are giving grave consideration to the tendencies noted in the week’ tions. ‘Tha actlvity and suc the Klan in assembiy distri Island were particularly interesting. It has been held all along that New York city, with its cosmopolitan popu- lation, its high percentage of all anti- Klan ' elements, would be the last place for the Klan to find a footing. Yet Klan manlifestations have taken place in all districts near the metro- polis—in Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. The Klan, there- fore, has developed what might bs termed a suburban strength. Northern clements of the Klan seem o devote themselves almost ex- lusively to political matters, but it is just this fact that Is giving the politicians concern. It is quite an matter sometimes to swing an election by appealing to the “peepul,” but it is quite something else again to conduct a campaign against or- ganized groups. KEYSTONE STATE b. 0. P. SLOWING UP D. {Shows Marked ~Strength, Election Results Confuse Party Leaders—Pinchot Plans Speeches. Special Dispatch 1 The Sta HARRISBUKG, Pa., November 10.— Pennsylvania ¥lections had such mix- ed results outside of the citles of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh that they slowed up plans for getting the na- tional campalgn under way. and even Gov. Gifford Pinchot has calmed down and turned his attention to working out some platform mafters relating to economy in government. While the governor could not forbear a rap at Secretary Ancrew W. Meilon's final be twenty-nine members | WhEIMIngly defestea by Fred W. Ste- |geitement in fegard to enforcement, the prohibition excitement Is not so acute as it wak a week ago. The republican organization seems to have been wery systematic in_ get- ting men reaky to announce (hem- selves as candidates for republican national deleg#tes on an uninstructed basis. £ Mr. Pinchot's plans call for much attention to sfate affairs. and Mon- dzy he will gife an address og “Ten Months in Offsce” before the State Councll of Republican Women, an organisation fostered by Mrs. Pinchot, who will also be a speaker. Senator George Wharton Pepper has been in- vited to be a dinner speaker along with Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, the national vice chairman. The meeting of the National Grange at Pittsburgh will not be overlooked, and the gov- ernor will speak there Wednesday. Dry © Alarms. Just as an instance of the nervous- ness over prohibition enforcement, it may be said the state highway de- partment, acting in conjunction with the United States bureau of roads, started a surveysof motor traffiic, and word had to bofpassed out that the | stopping of trucks was for Weighing, |to ascertain chatacter of traffic, and had nothing to do with prohibition. Democrats in: Pennsylvania are awaiting word from William G. Me- Adoo, and indications are his an- nouncement will followed by rapid appearance of delegate candidates. Former Democtatic National Chair- man Vanoe C. M&Cormick and others prominent in the; Wilson administra- tion are expected,to push the MoAdoo | boom. but there.does not appear to be much of an agreement among the forces naturally wpposed to anythin McCormick does.c There are Under- ! wood, Smith and ox partisans among | the democrats, just as there are many ardent Coolidge men, Pinchot boomers 4nd s few admirers of Hiram Johnson' and Frank O. Low- den in Pennsylfvania's republican ranks. . About the onlyshlnt Pennsylvania is sure of now ic contests for dele- gates and state committee control, all :amlnz when stato fiscal officers, con- ‘essional and lexislative candidates are to be nominated. A. BOYD HAMILTON. ——— e BRYAN CAUSES FLURRY IN FLORIDA PARTY RANKS Special Dispateh to The Btar. JACKSONVILLE. Fia., November 10, is ocoasidned in democratic circies! by the letter from ‘Willlam Jenninge Bryan, declining the request to ryn for governor of Fiorida, and incidentally suggesting that he would like to be a delegate to_the national convention. In Suwanee county a petition had been started asking Mr. Bryan to Bo into the race: for the govermor- ship. Various néwspapers indicated that this would hot only be out of the question—on account of consitu- tional provisions, ‘but also unpopular. The constitution: provides that the governor must 'have resided—and Yoted—In Florida’ for five years, and Mr. Bryan has only been a qualified voter a very short time. Regarding the latest proposition—to be a dele- gate to the naticnal democratic con- vention the Miami Herlad, publish- in" Bryan's Qome city, recently sald: “There is no demand for his services.” : In the matter Dt the governorship the situation has changed somewhat in the past week. Judge Charles B. Parkhill of Tamps, who had been con- sidered among thé leading candidates, has withdrawn, - Despite the frantic efforts of peli- :{olm- :o l;u the pru?lbm:;n qu on out of the zam) t see certain to be brought in ‘nationally and state. Florida, while for years holding to local ?a’""" 18 far from being unanimous In favor of prohibi- o GEORGE HOYT SMITH. | some earnest | NEW LINE-UP SEEN | IN STATE PARTIES Washington Progressives Are Likely to Seek Republican and Democrat Control. Special Dispatch to The Btar. SEATTLE, Wash., November 10.— The national, congressional and state campaign of 1924 in Washington is golng to be foukht out along new political lines, judging from the wo- tivity of business and political lead- ers, at this time. The opening guns have been fired by conservative lead- crs in both the republican and demo- cratio ranks to divorce the two older parties from taints of radicalism and state socialism which has been for the past few yoars gathering more or icsy momentum In politics and pub- lic affalrs in this state. This means that the Non-Partisan League will digappear; that the farmer-labor party probably will drop from sight and ‘the members will seek amalga. nation with one of the older parties and make a drive to obtain party control. At present there are at least eight organizations, wtate tax payers’ leagues, federation of industry, civic voters' ' league, good government leagues and lower-the-cost-of-gov- crnment leagues. well organized and well financed. working among the business people, us well as the work- org and farmers, in a drive against radlcalism. On the other side, there ia the same old radical element busy in the ranks of organized labor and among the farmers. The lines in the struggle for the control of the two older parties are already beginning to attract more than ordinary interest. The first test of strength will come in Seattle next spring in the mayor- alty campalgn when an_effort will he ‘made to consolidate the so-called “liberal and progressive” elements srainst the so-called “conservatives. The outcome of this struggle will havo a marked effect upon the cam- paign as well as uvon both the dem- {ocratic and republican state conven- tions. The old line conservative democrata are frankly saying that rather than have their party consoli- dated with, or absorbed by, the rad- icals of the farmer-labor movement they will ewing into the republican ranka in state polities, and this moans that a fairly large percentage vote the rcpublican national At the same time there are many republicans who as frankly assert that If they cannot “bust wide open the present reactionary control of the republican party organization” they will seek political affillations with the party which represents to them the most progressive and radical pro- gram. The mayoralty campaign promises to find in the fiald the leaders of the two elements as candidates, as well as those who will take the middle of the rord and stand pat there. At least two prospective candidates for gov- ernor, Mayor Edwin J. Brown, demo- cratic radieal, and Col. George B. Lamping. republican radical, will be in the race for mayor. Lamping’s ad- vent into the fight is to determine whether or ndt he can hold support enough in Seattle and King county to make it worth while to formally g0 out after delegates enough to the state convention to support nator Hiram Johnson for the re blican nomination for President. Lamping recently returned from California, where he Informed Senator Johnson that he was “ready and willing to go down the line for him. He then let it become known he would enter the mayoralty campalgn to test his strength. This will give the state some kind of a line upon er parties. And it is this following that the party leaders are now at- tempting to check. The democratic party organization control will support W. G. nomination if MeAdoo has any strength at the national convention 1 switch to Senator Ralston of Indiana as second choice. The republican party leaders are already rapidly committing them- selves to a program of “Coolidge-for- President.” The “liberals” of the democrats are urging Henry Ford as their candidate for President on the democratic tick- et, while the Lamping type of re- publicans are being groomed and whipped into line for Senator John- son. JAMES DE K. BROWN. U. S. RELIEF RESTRICTED. Secretary Hughes Points to Lack of Punds in American Plan. Regarding the plan of the Armenian national delegation for the transfer of 50,000 Armenian refugees now in Greece to the region of Sardarabad near Erivan, Armenia, Secretary Hughes has_informed Vartan Malcom of New York, representing the delegation, that “in the absence of congressional action, this government is not able to lend financial assistance in the matter.” “Any constructive plan which prom- ises effective relief for the Armenians.” the Becretary of State said, “would {bave my entire sympathy, and would, T |{am sure, enlist the cordial support of those who have at heart the welfare of the Armenian refugees in the near (e Burglars in Peru. when about to enter hous supply | with a spong! nd a bucket of water. With the sponge they molisten tHe mud-eovered domicile. and the thin jcoating s easily dissolved. Then |they readily cut through the thin framework and_make a hole large | enough to pass through. the radical following in both the old- | through George Christensen. | national committeeman, announces it | McAdoo for the | |OREGON’S PRIMARY themselves | WARM SENATE RACE ' STIRS SOUTH DAKOTA Sterling Has Doughty Foe in Gov- ernor McMaster—Johnson Out of Contest. Bpacial Dispatch to The Star, BIOUX FALLS, 8. D, November 10, —It now fs assured that there will be only two republican candidates in Bouth Dakota for United Stgtes sen- ator preliminary to the March pri- mary election, Senator Thomas Ster- ling, and Governor W. H. McMaster. Congressman Royal C. Johnson, of the second Bouth Dakota district, also & republican, has emphatically de- nied he Is a candidate for the senate, the influence being that he will seek a renomination and re-eloction to his present seat In the lower house. As the wecond district is overwhelmingly republican, he will not have much difficulty. > Governor McMaster s seeking the nomlination largely on his record in having conducted a war on gasoline prices, while Senator Sterling asks a renomination and re-election on his senate record. The republican state proposal meet- ing_will be held at the State capitel on Tuesday, December 4, and at this majority and minority candidates will be "endorsed for all offices. Every- thing indicates thut one of the hot- test fights in the republican state | meeting will revolve around jority endorsement for United senator. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. MAINE GOVERNOR MAY RUN 3D TIME Baxter Silent on Candidacy. Other Aspirants Announce Plat- forms—Democrats Quiet. i Special Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., November 10.—Al- though no officlal announcement has been made, developments indicate Percival P. Baxter will be a cam- ate for re-election in the repub- n primaries next June. Gov. Bax- ter, as president of the senate, be- came governor upon the death of Gov. Frederic H. Parkhurst of Bangor, and was elocted in 1920 Although Gov. Baxter did not receive two nomina- tions and two elections, yet he is| practically a candidate for a third | term as governor. Gov. Baxter has announced he stands | for enforcement of the Voistead act development of all the natural re- | sources of the state, retention of the direct primary law, insistence upon the right of the several states to con- | trol their own internal affairs, Two candidates have thus far ap- peared for the republican nomination | for governor—that ie, two have ssued | statements saying that they would be candidates in the primaries. They are Mayor Albert R. Day of Bangor and A. 5. Crawford, jr., a Caribou at- torney. It i generally understood that Ralph O. Brewster of Portland, a member of the senate from Cumbérland coun- ty, will ailso be a candidate. Senator Breweter attracted attention at the last session of the legislature by his stand in opposing the granting of state aid to sectarian institutions and favoring state ownership of water powers. On the democratic side of the house the only avowed candidate for the gubernatorial nomination is ex-At- torney General Willlam R. Pattangall of this city, who was the candidats a year ago. Ex-United States Senator Obadiah Gardner of Rockland, for- merly chajrman of the international boundary commiszion, is in a receptive mood, as are Mavors Louis J. Brann of Lewiston and Leon O, Tebbetts of Waterville. It Is generally under- | tood, however, that neither Messrs. | Brann nor Tebbetts will oppose Mr. | Pattangall. J. CLEMENT MURPHY. | BALLOT T0 BE FULL 8pecial Dispateh to The 8t i PORTLAND, Oreg., November 10.— | Oregon's presidential primary ballot i8 going to plentifully supplied | with candidates, particularly on the republican side. Hiram Johnson of California will be on it. So will Gif- | ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania. So | will President Coolidge. The Non- Partisan League has met in conven- tion and resoived to put Senator La Follette on as its standard bearer, while the supporters of former Gov. Lowden of Illinols during the 1920 campaign_are getting veady to put his name before the voters once more in 1924. It is a certainty that Willlam G. McAdoo will be placed on the demo- cratic ballot, while various ardent admirers of Henry Ford are insisting that he will be put up as a demo- cratic possibility, regardless of his announcement that he does not in- tend to be a candidate and would not | accept the nomination. i For Johnson in 1920, i Senator Johnson won the preferen- | | | tial indorsement of the republican voters in 1920, Johnson's friends here are insist- ing, seemingly by inspiration, that the' delegations to the republican na- tional convention from the Pacific coast states should go to him large- 1y as a matter of geographical right. Politicians scegin the candidacies of Johnson and Pfnchot, both old pro- gressive leaders of 1912, an advan- tage for Coolidge in Oregon through the division of the remnants of the old progressive group. RALPH WATSON. i H Gets All Quality Washers America Free Demonstration in Your Home Call Main 590 725 12th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. the Dirt Owing to exclusive pat- ented features America draws air over, under and through your rug. This is the reason for America’s greater efficiency in get- ting the imbedded grit and sand. Also enables you to draw the dirt from 'corners and base boards. without extra attach- ments. ST 00 R L A KITCHIN SUCCES SAME TYPE OF MAN Judge Kerr Lacks Prede- cessor’s Qualities as Great Leader, But Is Able. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N, C, November 10.— Judge John H. Kerr of Warrenton, who was elected Tuesday to succeed the late Claude Kitchin in Congre: from the second North Carolina dl trict, {s & lawyer of much the same type as his predecessor though not of the same outstanding personality, for the late democratic leader in the low- er house was without a peer in this state. He was in & class by himselt in many respects and there were few if any minds that could begin to com-~ pete with him in the rough and tum- ble of debate. Judge Kerr has served on the su- merlor court bench for seven years and before that was solicitor or dls- trict prosecuting attorney. Judge Kerr lacked but 500 votes of winning over two other candidates In | the democratic primary in October and was 80 far ahead of his neare competitor that the latter withdrew. Judge Kerr is the type of man that goes to the people. He does not de- pend upon the party machine to put him across. He organized his cam- paign by getting many men as lead- ers in various communities who had | in poli- | not tics. heretofore been active Foe Had Party Backing. Richard J. Allsbrook of Tarboro, who resigned as solicitor to make the race against Judge Kerr, conducted his campaign & the accepted lines ily the entire demo-: organization lined up with him in_the second district. ‘When Claude Kitchin died last spring there was much speculation as to who would succeed him. It was proposed that Mills Kitchin, his son, be named without opposition for the unexpired term, and this was agreed to by the candidates. However, young Kitchin declined to accept the nomi- nation with strings tied to it, and the democratic executive committes then arranged for a primary alter the gov- ernor had called the special election. Judge Kerr championed the primary from the start, and it his cham- pionship that finally put young Kitch- in out of the race and the Warrenton lawyer in Congress. He held that the people should name the candidate and not a_committee. Bolicitor Allsbrook stole a march on Kerr by resigning and whether the latter intended to quit the bench or not in order to make ths race, he wisely _declined, as it turned out, to get off after Allsbrok had set the pace. There may have been other re: sons. There are those who say that he stayed on the bench until after his election because he did not intend to glve any of the aspirants in the dis- trict for his judicial job a chance to get on the bench and work against him. He is not likely to have any more opposition hereafter than Claude Kitchin had and the latter for twenty years never had to bother about elec- tions. JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. FORD TO BUILD BIG PLANT. CHARLOTTE, N. C., November 10.— It was announced here this afternoon by Manager A. T. Atchison of the! local Ford assembly plant that the Ford Motor Company had acquired seventy-five acres on the Southern railway, near this city, upon which to build the largest Ford assembly plant in the southern states, with a maximum production of 120,000 cars . 8hd employing between 800 50 ics. COOLIDGE STRONG IN WEST VIRGINIA' 1924 Party Nomina- tion. CHARLESTON, W. Va, November | 10.—In the opinfon of several repub- | party is practically a unit for Presi- dent Coolidge as the presidential | nominee next year. Virgil L. Highland of Clarksburg, the West Virginia member of the re- publican national committee, ex- pressed himself as believing that Mr. Coolidge would be the party’'s nomi- nee for President. “He will make very few enemies” said Mr. High- land. “He I8 keeping his head, carry- ing out the policies of the late Pres dent Harding, and I think he will offer Congress a good program in his first message. This unanimity does not obtain with the democrats, and there is the possibility of a split that may affect the party’s primary contest next May from top to bottom of the ticket. It will all depend on whether leaders unfriendly to John W. Davis oppose election of a delegation to the demo- cratic national convention favorable to Mr. Davis. That movement is a determined one, and those who are producing it declare their intention to strike back if any attempt be made | to damage the undertaking. Seen as Compromise. The Davis boosters assert that he will be an outstanding compromise choice in case of a convention dead- lock. The third “John W. Davis for President Club” was organized at Parkersburg this week and prelimi- nary steps taken to promote a state organization to promote the Dav candidaey, in addition to county or- ganizations. Both United States Senator M. M. Neely and former United States Sen- ator W. E. Chilton, who aspires to another term, are reputed adherents of W. G. McAdoo, but it is not ex- pected that they will be open in that advocacy If the boom for Davis gains. Open opposition would be prejudicial to Mr. Chilton's senatorial ambition, frtends have advised him. Lists of prospects for governor are being unofficially enlarged day .by day, but nothing tangible has come from the discussion on either side. LYNN KIRTLAN: _ CONNECTICUT G.O0.P. LIKES TUESDAY ELECTION VOTE Satisfied With Gain Over Vote of 1921, Although Losing ! New Haven Race. | Speciu1 Dispateh to The St | _HARTFORD, Conn., November 10.— | The elections on Tuesday In New Haven and Bridgeport, the largest jcities In the state, where the demo- !crats lost ground, furnish consider able satisfaction to the republicans, who cut down materfally the margin | for Mayor David E. Fitzgerald of New Haven and defeated Mayor Fred Atwater of Dridgeport, democratic candidates for re-election. Mavor Fitzgerald, formerly chairman of democratic state central committee, was re-elected in New Haven by | about 1.200, half of his plurality in 1. The democrats had claimed the city by from 3,000 to 5.000. In Bridge- port the plurality of William Behrens, Tepublican mayoralty candidate, was lonly elghty-four in a total vote of | approximately 25,000, but the repub- lieans are jubllant over the victory small as it is, as It reverses the vor. dict of 1921, Coupled witn the 1 sults in the small town <lections in October, the outlook for republican success’ in" 1924 in Connecticu a ears satisfactory from a G. C Piewpoini H TORTON. Has Support of State G. 0. P. 16:! | Special Dispateh to The Star. I ONEREPUBLEAN. IN VIRGINIA SENATE Party Lost Four Members in Election by Concentrating on Bond Vote. lican leaders of West Virginla, their | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, RICHMOND, Va, November 10— Determined to defeat the bond iss: for roads, the republicans made com- mon cause with the democrats and falled to make nominations for the legislature, save in the districts in which they had overwhelming major- Itles. The result is that the repub- licans will have one lone member in the state genate in John M. Parwons, who has served several terms, and who comes from Grayson county. It is barely possible that there may be another when the certified returns have been examined. In the house of delegates the republicans have gained one member, but lost four in the up- per branch When the bill redistricting the state for members of the two branches of the legislature was passed last win- ter, the prediction was freely made that the republicans would gain sev- eral members in both branches. Looking After Fences. All the members of Congress from this etate are making most ol the opportunity to look after their political fences They h. been avail- able for all sorts of public gatherings and they have made speeches in evel direction, thereby renewing acquaint- ances and doing whatever might be demanded in order to keep their or ganizations intact. There is nothing to indicate that any of the members serving now will have opposition save that Senator Marshall B. Booker of Halifax, has declared that he will enter the primary against Repre- sentative J. Murray Hooker of the fifth district. The report of the commission on simplification of state government is being whipped Into shape for the general assembly. The report will make recommendations regarding th. fees of officers and steps for the cor- rection of this in many cases by plac- ing the officers on salaries and also for ciose scrutiny of the ‘“‘expenses” of the officers In connection with their positions. The exact nature of the re- port on this subject s not yet av able, but the subject {8 to be handled clearly and with a view to reducing the costs of operating the state ard county governments. Reduce Tax Tickets. Another matter that Is belleved 1o be certain of attention is that of changing the collection of tickets and to require that all taxes of every sort for the state, cities, counties and dis- tricts shall be placed on one and the same ticket to prevent the losing or overlooking of tickets and making taxpayers delinquent for taxes by aving a multiplication of ticl his year there were five separ {tickets for taxes for the city | state, compelling two to three vi {to the offices of the tax receivers settie. 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