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ASHINGTON, D. O, MARCH 9, 1924—PART 1. 1 THE SUNDAY STAR, W. Late Oil Probe Disclosures Cause Little Political Reaction Throughout U. S. Democrats Predict Illinois Will Desert G. O. P. Column Republicans Unworried; Talk for Low- den as Candidate Growing; McCormick 'Victory in Senate Race Seen. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, 1il, March 8.—Demo- eratic leaders of Illinois are enthusi- astic over what they believe are good prospects for carrying this state for the presidential as well as the state ticket. Although they have no seri- ous primary*opposition, the organiza- tion candidates for democratic state nominations made a flylng tour down- state last week and they were greet- ed by such large crowds and their speakers were glven such close atten- tion that they returned home firm in the bellef that Iilinois is going demo- cratic this year. ‘While there is little at present to indicate that this rock-ribbed repub- lican state is going to pull a political somersault, the general opinion is that the democrats will at least elect a governor If the republicans re- nominate Gov. Len Small. The chances for a Small victory appear to be dimming, however, and the bet- ting is strongly in favor of Senator Thurlow G. Essington. the anti-Small- Lundin candidate. Big gains in Es- sington sentiment have been reported lately, particularly in Cook county. McCormick Group Strons. With the tail will go the hide, mssert the backers of the slate, which includes not only Essington but Sena- tor Medill McCormick, Attorney Gen- eral Edward J. Brundage and a com- plete county ticket in Cook county. OX FACES FIGHT FOR OHIO BACKING Coolidge to Have Much Easier Time Than 1920 Democratic Candidate. | @pecial Dispatch to The Star. | COLUMBUS, Ohlo, March §.—There 1s to be a contest in both parties in, Ohio for national delegates. The closing time for entries last week | saw full tickets of candidates for) delegates, state and district, entered by both the Coolidge and Johnson | managements on the republican side and like tickets put up by the; McAdoo and Cox backers. 1 Both the Johnson and the McAdoo organization claim to have local or- ganizations effected in every county, ) but it is evident that in many coun- ties they are organizations merely on paper. So far no worker for Mc- ! Adoo has left his ranks because of the developments in the oll lease in- westigations, but one hears on all sides in democratic circles expression of doubt as to his availability. Gov. Cox seems to have control of the situation. There is danger that the governor may lose votes among ; the friends of Gov. Donahey, who has | been left off the Cox slate of candi- @ates for delegates at large. It is not | known that the governor wished to be | & candidate, but it is presumed that he did. At ‘this time it does not seem lkely that Senator Hiram Johnson will give the Coolldge interests any- thing like as hard a fight as the McAdoo forces will give to the Gov. | Cox candidacy. The ultimate results of the oil lease investigation may change the situation, but as the case stands it cannot be said that the strength of the Coolidge candidacy | has been seriously affected. J."H. GALBRAITH. JOHNSON PROMISES TO SMASH SYSTEM Candidate Says He Will Break Up ‘What Is “Happening in ‘Washington.” Xy the Associated Press. * FREEPORT, Ill, March 8.—What 18 happening in Washington “Is mere- 1y a part of the government system T am going to smas] Senator Hiram Johnson of California, candidate for the republican presidential nomina- tion declared in an address here to- da; The United States government Is so doubtful of its own Department ‘the republican presidential . This would mean the downfall of former Gov. Charles S. Deneen. His failure to take a stand against Smallism+is said to be costing him many thousands of votes, and the straw vote tests indicate that Me- Cormick will ran well up with Es- sington unless there are unexpected changes. The democrats are counting on the ofl scandal to spell defeat for whom ever the republicans nominate for President. There {s no doubt that damage has been done republican prospects here by developments at Washington and of late the local leaders have acquired the habit of first turning to the news from Wash- ington rather than their own local political happenings. President Coolidge was bound to feel the effect of the slump caused by the many investigations and it is generally conceded that he has lost ground _in Illinoid during the last week. He still appears to be a good favorite, though. The puzsling fea- ture of the class man. The average business man seems to still cling enthusiasti- cally to Coolidge and nothing that has yet happened has dampened his enthusiasm. It is the big army of clerks and medium-class _workers who are in deubl. Many of them read only headlines and form their opin- ion_ accordingl. The prospects for Senator Hiram W, Johnson in Iilincis naturally grow brighter_with every Coolidge siump, though Frank O. Lowden's name is most mentioned' now. JOHN R. BUTMAN, LINES SHARPLY DRAWN IN NORTH DAKOTA RACE Johnson to Speak in State This ‘Week—Coolidge Forces Confident of Victory. Special Dispatch to The Sat.r BISMARCK, N. D, March §.—With less than two weeks remaining before primary lines are being drawn for the finish fight, L. B. Hanna, campaign manager for President Coolidge, s confident that he will beat Senator Hiram Johnson and Robert M. La Follette, if the latter's name goes on the ballot. Senator Johnson, however, will make personal plea to voters next week, delivering probably ecight Ispeeches in all sections of the state. La Follette's right to withdraw his name from primary list as he re- quested here, is to be decided by the courts. Prospects are that Harrison Garnett, regular republican, will win the national committeeman election in a four-cornered fight. W. H. N VIRGINIA MAY GIVE M’ADOO DELEGATION Glass, Certain to Control State Party, Has Indicated Prefer- ence for Californian. L. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 8. — Vir- ginia can be relied on to do two things in the political world this year—cast the vote of the republican delegation for President Coolidge and cast the electoral vote for. the demo- cratic nominee for President, regard- less of who that may be. Just now there is some question as to who will get the Virginia delega- tion in the New York convention. It belongs to Senator Carter Glass, and it is for him to say whether it will be cast for him or for another. The declaration of Senator Gluss that he is for McAdoo may mean that Vi ginia will swing to the former Secre- tary, but until Senator Glass shall say 80_there will be no conjecture. The belief is that the convention that sends the delegates to New York will provide that the vote be cast as a unit, Bryas Support Wains. While there are still a great many Virginians who still have a leaning to Willlam Jennings Bryan, he will not command the following at New :I_ork that has been his for = long ime. Developments in the inquiry now on at Washington, fn which the name of Mr. McAdoo and that of President Coolidge have been mentioned, have not made much of an impression down this way. In the last few weeks there have been many congressmen who have taken the time to come down and make a call on the members of the legislature. The purpose of these visits is to get a line on things in general and to see just what sort of foundation there may be that the congressmen are to have opposition. HORACE A. HAWKINS. DELAWARE DEMOCRATS of Justice,” Senator Johnson said, “that it utilizes the money of tax- payers in the employment of attor- neys to undo the terrible work of its own officials. And Mr. Daugherty is still a member of the cabinet. “There are men in Washington who believe it is their right to exploit the government,” he sald. “They have allied themselves with the men Who control government. To fire an individual from the cabinet or o(herl part of the government here and there does not break the allance. 'The American people have got to smash it" St ‘MINNESOTA DELEGATION * SOLID FOR PRESIDENT State G. 0. P. Body Gives Unani- mous Indorsement to Coolidge at Convention. By the Assoclated Press, ST. PAUL, Minn., March 8.—Indors- ing unanimously the administration of President Coolidge, the republican state convention here today instruct- | ed the seven delegates at large to the national convention td work for his nomination. The twenty district delegates from Minnesota chosen Wednesday and Friday also favor the President’s can- didacy, with sixteen definitely in- structed to vote for his nomination, assuring a solid delegation. Resolutions unanimously adopted by the convention characterized the President as a “man of sllencs, of deliberation, of tremendous efficiency and ability,” whose “decisions. are roade solely at the dictates of con- sclence and without regard to tl t on personal and political inf ences \ Other resolutions called for “ade- ate and prompt ald to disabled war ; adjusted compeasation to ex-service men” with delay”’; indorsed the the Haugen-McNary export corpora- tion bills as an agricultural relief n-n:. and waged anti-mob rule leg- “no unnecessary “principles” of SEEKING CANDIDATE McAdoo Regarded as Eliminated. Copeland Held in High Favor. Davis Mentioned. Special Dispatch to The Star. WILMINGTON, Del, March 8.— Democrats in Delaware are looking around for a_ presidential candidate upon whom they can unite. Before the Teapot Dome investigation it appeared as if Willlam G. McAdoo would receive the delegation. He has now been dropped because of his con- nection with the ol interests. There are many who ook with faver upon John W. Davis of West Virginia, while others are rallying around Royal 8. Copeland of New York. It is said that if a poll was taken now Dr. Copeland would get a majority of the Delaware votes. A big meeting of democrats will be held on April 3. The republicans will have their first test of strength on April 19, when the primaries to elect delegates to the state convenMon will be held. This convention will elect delegate: to the national convention and name & new state committee. It is certain that all the delegates will be for Coolidge. C. E. GRAY. NORBECK AIDS JOHNSON. Visit to South Dakota Arouses Coolidge Backers’ Ire, Special Dispateh to The Btar. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 8.—The fact that Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota has been in South Da- kota this week, to speak for Hiram Johnson, given rise to a great deal of speculation as to the motive which prompts Senator Norbeck. Senator Norbeck has in the past been popular among South Dakota republicans, but it is asserted that his presence in behalf of Senator Hi- ram Johnson will not change a single republican vote from President Cool- idge I some clrnlg. favorable 3 South Dakota of Semator Norbeck is situation is the middle- | LA FOLLETTE SEES BIG CHANGE HERE Regards Time as Ripe for Victory on Third Party Ticket, Observers Say. ‘BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Robert Marion La Follette, senator from Wisconsin, at last {s to have his great chance. He is to run for President of the United States. There is no longer any doubt as to his plans. /They are made. He will head @ third party ticket. In the congressional directory Sen- ator La Follette proclaims himself a “republican.” 1t foflows therefore than he expects to draw his strength from the regular republican party. Mr. La Follotte has been mentioned So often as a presidential aspirant that the more recent talk attracted at first but casual attention. It was assumed that, of course, he would be put in nomination at the convention “as usual.” But Mr. La Follette is following difterent tactics this year, and Wash- ington at last is fully aroused to the significance of his moves. He has withdrawn from various state pri- maries. He has said he wants noth- ing to do_with the Cleveland con- vention, He denounced that con- vention' as being “packed” aiready. In Taken Seriously. The politicians know today that Mr. La Follette must be taken se- riously at last. ‘There is no gain- saying the fact that the “balance of power” in the Senate rests in his hands. Thus the so-called “La Follette menace” is taken more seriously this year than ever before, and party managers are beginning to figure how much support the senator will gain and where he will gain it, The democrats naturally’ are jubi- lant. They figure that if La Foilette can prove strong enough to carry a fow of the northwestern states he will take just S0 much away from the republican candidate. They do not regard Mr. La Follette as a real threat, but are hopeful he may help defeat the regular republican nominee Belteves Chance Here. Mr. La Follette belleves, however, that his great chance has come. The people are in a fog about Washing- ton. Instead of the fog clearing up, there is every indication that it will £et denser as Congress drags its way along, and at this writing there is no indication of an_ early adjourn- ment of the national legislature. Instead of adjournment by con- vention time, as every one had hoped, it looks today as if a_recess would be the best that can be hoped for, with hostilities resumed immediately after the republican and democratic tickets have been named. Prosident Coolidge's backers say that his campaign for the nomina- tion Is running along smoothly and will not be affected by the La Fol- lette plans, because the latter will run independently and cut no figure in_the Cleveland convention. The democrats do not seem to be worrving zreatly about candidates at the moment, being content to stir up all the troubles they can in the opposition ranks. (Copyright, 1924.) WATSON’S CONTROL OF PARTY MENACED Goodrich - Bossert Combination Plans to Oust Senator—Both Factions Favor Coolidge. Special Dispateh to The Star. . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 8.— Republican political circles in Indiana were stirred this week by disclosure of an alignment between James P. Goodrich, former governor, and Wal- ter Bossert, a high official in Ku Klux Klan circles, to take over the repub- lican organization. One of the effects of the reported agreement was the Immediate activ- ity of the element led by Senator James E. Watson to place itself on the defensive for what it believes will be an attempt to divorce the senator from state party control. Observers looking for possible mo- tives behind such a deal assert that Bossert, if he is successful in making Ed Jackson, secretary of state, the republican nominee for governor, will seek the senatorial nomination in 1926 against Senator Watson. Geodrich Ambitions. Several ambitions are attributed to Goodrich. One is that hé has his eyes on the vice presidential nominatio: Another is that he also is after th senatorial nomination in 1926, and the third, and the one most generally ac- cepted, is that he is desirous of becom- ing the next ambassador to Russia. Out of all the haze that surrounds the situation it is certain that all groups and factions are standing sol- idly behind President Coolidge. It foregone conclusion that the Hoo- sler delegation will back the Pres; dent. HAROLD C. FREIGHTNER. _——— STATE FOR COOLIDGE. North Carolina Democrats Plan to Back Daniels. Special Diepated to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C., March 3.—Oil de- velopments in Washington have hap- pened so fast in the last few weeks that North Carolina republicans have been somewhat dazed. However, with one accord they will march on Ra- leigh on March 19 and instruct the state .delegation to vote for Calvin Coolidge unless the President is dis- qualified in the meantime by subse- quent developments, There will be a few dissenting votes, but not enongh to bother about. Hiram Johnson will not have a look-in. Much interest has been aroused among democrats in behalf of the movement to enter Josephus Daniels for President. Clubs are being or. ganized in many towns. It is prob. able that party leaders here will be ready to instruct the state delegation for him if he will permit it. Mean- time Mr. Daniels is in Washington hard at work on his biography of ‘Woodrow Wilson, and he has given no intimations as to his attitude on the subject. JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. DELEGATES FOR COOLIDGE Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, lLa, March 8.— Louisiana republicans have instructe ed delegates to the national conven- tion in Cleveland to support Calvin Coolidge. Their state convention met ‘Wedn night It was a wildly enthusiastic _ Coolidge convention from the start. Louisiana democrats have called thelr state convention in Baton Rouge June 5. It is not likely the delega- tion will go instructed. On the other hand, they probably will be given wide latitude. McAdoo sentiment, at one time pronounced, has noticeably sub- wided. Semator Oscar nderwood W. U of Alabama holds erenco at Qis tims. A. W. THE WEEK IN POLITICS||KEYSTONESTATE |Field Unites to Defeat McAdoo In Race for California Votes Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff OLITICS during the week has been something of a hodge- podge. While in a few states the nearness of primaries is responsible for quickening of the po- litical pulse, the correspondents gen- erally who contribute to The Star's national week end survey find but few changes to record in the progress being made by various candidates for the presidential nominations. There are indications that the country is beginning to. be fed up on the oil investigation, which dragged its weary way through another week of minor sensations. Apparently the only important political effect so far of the oil disclosures has been to throw a monkey wrench into the McAdoo machine. McAdoo undoubt- edly has been hurt, but there are no indications in the .reports that any other of the democratic candidates has greatly benefited thersby. In- stead of putting some other one can- didate out to pace the running, the effect seems rather to have been to bring out added starters and to slow up the whole field. When the McAdoo balloon was first punctured there was strong belief that Senator Underwood would be the chief beneficiary, but there are no indications tc that such has been the case. It ns to seem doubtful, indeed, if Underwood will &0 to New York with as many dele- gates instructed for him as he had at San Francisco four years ago. Mis- sissippi, for instance, which instruct- ed for Underwood in 1920, plans this year to send an uninstructed delegation. It will be friendly to Un- derwood, it Is true, but still free to climb aboard whatever vehicle has most the appearance of a band- wagon. In fact, that spirit seems to per- meate pretty widely the ranks of the democracy. The “boys” seem chiefly anxious to be good guessers as to which way the cat ia going to jump. * k% % From Illinois comes what might be accepted as a warning note that the going may not be so smooth for President Coolldge as appear- ances have Indicated it would be. The Star's correspondent at Chi- cago wires that the week end finds the President decidedly weaker as a result of the oil disclosures, though he is sald still to be a “good favorit with Iilinois re- publicans. As the Chicago corre- spondent diagnoses the situation, the disaffection toward Coolidge is chiefly among newspaper “head- line readers.” who do not trouble to go to the bottom of things, but who have formed the impres- slon that things are in a terrible way in Washington, and are in- clined o hold the administration to blame. Theopinion is expressed that, as a result, the prospects for Senator Johnson in Illinols are considerably brighter, but that instead of the California senator being the chief beneficiary, there has been a marked revival of talk favorable to former Gov. Frank O. Lowden. The situation looks so good to the democrats that they calculate on better an even chance of electing their state ticket. There are no reports from other middle western states this week of republican disaffection toward Coolidge, but the Illinols story does in a measure support the claims which are belng made by the managers for Senator Johnson, who insist that all through th: part of the country the President's strength has been impaired by the il disclosures. Political senti- ment has a way of spreading in Wwaves over the prairie states, and Mr. Coolidge's friends are bound to be anxious until it is determined if the Illinois humor can be iso- lated, or whether it {8 destined to become epidemic in the granger states. * % x % Elsewhere things seem to be go- ing well th the Coolldge for- tunes. In Washington state the Johnson managers have decided not to enter the primaries in op- position to Coolidge, and are ask- ing now only that Senator John- son be accepted as the second choice of the Washington delega- tion, to be voted for in the suppo- REED NOR M’ADOO MISSOURI CHOICE State Democrats Name Delegates, But Indorse Neither of Candidates. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 8$—Neither United States Senator James A. Reed nor William Gibbs McAdoo received general indorsement of Missouri democrats for their presidential as- irations, in the ward, township and county conventions, returns te showed. County convention results report- ed indicate defeat for Senator Reed in his attempt to obtain state in- dorsement, and almost complete fail- ure of McAdoo supporters to gain enough delegates to control the dem- ocratic state convention, April 15, In this the results are similar to those of ward and township meetings yes- torday. St Louis elected 206 dele- Eates out of 1148 in the stais, most of the favorable to Reed. The ma- jority of the delegations outside of St. Louls are reported as hostile to the senator, but otherwise uninstructed. Fifty-three counties out of 114 re- porting showed 47 hostile to the sen- ator and 6 instructed for him. Six also were Instructed for McAdoo, ‘Total delegates from rural Missouri McAdoo and 278 uninstructed. “I may have lost—if so, I would rather be defeated fighting for prin- ciples I believe to be right than to gain a_victory -by their abandon- ment.” ‘Reed sald tonight. Breckinridge Long, McAdoo sup- porter. in & statement declared that “the deoision is & sweeping victory for prineiples of progressive democ- racy.” DELEGATES UNPLEDGED. Special Dispateh to The Btar. JACKSON, Miss,, March 8.—Miasis- sippi's demecratic delegation to the national convention probably will go uninstructed. Evid of this is shown by state- States Sen- Lo ions ne ments jssued by United ator Pat Harrison and Gov. Hen Whitfleld urging that the be_uninstructed. - Four years ‘were inptrus wood. Although Gov. Whitfleld re- cently introduced Senator Underwood, candidate for the democratic presi- dential nomination, on the tour in Mississippl, the chief executive of o ts sond s delegation tiad o say wise to send & on aany one candidate. Whitfeld was elect- od last year after defeating fodr can- didates . del show 34 instructed for Reed. 46 url O S U REX B. MAGEE. Writers. sititious event that the time will come In the convention when the nomination of Coolidge is deemed impossible. In California the Cool- idge versus Johnson contest has settled down into a stiff fight, with the President declared to be well out in the lead. Return of Sena- tor France from abroad has re- vived talk of an aggressive John- son camoalgn in Maryland, but fon is expressed that the Cool- organization has made such headway that such a contest now will be futile, No other state has any other star- tling republican news to report. Thero s & big republican factionai fight on in Indiana, but as both factions are for Coolidge the pre- convention campalgn is not af- fected. What the effect will be at the polls in November remains to be seen. With the primari North Dakota less than two away the Coolidge forces there are confident. The names of both Senator Johnson and Senator La Follette have been entered, which tends to split the opposition to Coolidge. Senator La Follette has asked that his name be with- drawn, but it will require a deci- sion of the courts to determine whether this can be done. % % % One of the most interesting dis- Ppatches of the week has to do with the tactics of Gov. Smith of New York. He steadfastly declines to allow his name to be entered in any other state, the strategy evi- dently being to go into the demo- cratio convention with the New York delegation behind him and no antagonism to overcome. Then to wait for the deadlock and the psychological moment. In_the meantime the other New York presidential candidate, Senator Copeland, himself piedged to Smith, has no objection at all to standing_as a candidate in other states. It is an unusual political situation,” and so far as can be told may be the result either of deep-lald plans or an entire lack of planning. In their search for a leader the anti-MeAdoo democrats in Califor- nia have taken up Copeland and now plan to enter him in the pri- maries, but they are prepared to switol to Underwood or any other man who shows evidence of strength. Goy. Neff of Texas declared dur- ing the week that he was not a candidate for national office, as- serting at the same time that neither McAdoo nor Underwood for the presiden- tial nomination. He asked for an uninstructed delegation. The Un- derwood people will be satisfied with this, but the McAdoo man- agers will press for instructions. * x % % A ray of gunshine for McAdoo comes from Utah, where all but two of thirty-six members attend- ing & meeting of the state oentral committee declared for the former Secrstary of the Treasury. Thisis regarded as assuring him the Utah delegation. In Connecticut, de- spite anti-MaAdoo sentiment, Ho- mer J. Cummings still stands for him. Bellef is expressed that Cummings has hopes of eventually being the McAdoo heir. Connecti- cut democrats generally have a leaning toward Gov. Smith. In Ohlo a first-class fight is on between McAdoo and Cox, and it now appears that the 1920 candi- date is not golng to get his home state delegation without a strug- gle. Delaware democrats appar- ently have dropped McAdoo out of their reckonings, and just now are looking for some star to which they may hitch their chariot. Some of them incline toward John ‘W. Davis of West Virginia. but Senator Copeland seems to be the favorite. And amid all the turmoll the name of William Jennings Bryan keeps bobbing up. His name is mentioned in states all the way across the continent, showing that he is in men’s minds. There seem no serious indications that any te delegation is likely to be in- structed for him, but if the New York convention should become deadlocked, with prohibition the paramount’ issue, stranger things have happened than that Bryan should forge to the front. (Copyright, 1924, by The Washington Star.) COX MAY OPPOSE " WALSH FOR SENATE Butler Regarded by Bay State G. 0. P. as Having Slim Chance for Victory. was acceptable Special Dispatch te The Star. m‘s’l&. March 8.—State republi- can leaders are greatly disturbed over the United States senatorship prob- lem. Since the republican state com- mittee's got-together the disturbance has been intensified and the predic- tion is general that Gov. Cox must be drafted to run against Senator David 1 Walsh. At this meeting William M. Butler made his first public appearance 8s President Coolidge's campaign man- ager and as candidate for the United States Senate. He stimulated no en- thuslasm as a sematorial candidate. Gov. Cox, however, aroused genersl enthusiasm. Hosts_of republicans are saying that if Butler insists on running for the Senate he probably can obtain the nomination, but that as a candidate against Senator Walsh the party's chances will be in jeopardy. Gov. Cox insists that he does not want to accept political office again, that he Wishes to retire to business iife. But the impression remains that if the governor received an uitimatum from the republican Etate committee that he must run if the party is to win the senatorial seat lost by it six years ago, he would not hesitate to post- ne his business aspirations. o FOREST P. HULL. UTAH SUPPORTS McADOO. Appears Certain to Name Dele- gates Favorable to Him. Special Dispsteh to The Star. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 8.— Democrats of Utah will coavene in Ogden June § to-elect eight delegates to the national eonvention. Indica- tions are that the delegates will be for McAdoo. Out of thirty-six at the meeting of the state committes all but two ere openly for McAdoo, and these sald they were undecided. Utah is entitled 'to four delegates at large and two from each congressional dis- trict, but the democrats will follow the usual custom of electing all at a single stats convention. It is announced that ‘women from seven states of 'mountain country* also Bait Lake 7o fi"flg?‘gfi;fi“ lican inter-" DEMOCRAGY RENT Pinchot Back at Desk, But G. 0. P. Stands Squarely Behind Coolidge. Special Dispateh to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa, March 8.— Pennsylvania democrats are furnish- ing all the excitement during the last week'in which to flle nominating pa- pers for the April primary, not only factions of the party being at logger- heads over the method of selecting the national committeeman, but the state chairman being in a contro- versy with the secretary of the com- monwealth, the officer In charge of election matters in the Keystone state. It is an amusing situation which has arisen when both parties had apparently worked down tc the place where uninstructed delegations to na- tional conventions were deemed best. The republican campalgn is pro- ceeding about as scheduled. Gov. Pinchot is back on the job, every now and then indulging in ‘an’ expression of views on national affairs, reaffirm- ing his enforcement stand and work- ing on governmental reorganization, but the great mass of the republican voters seem$ to be sticking to Coolidee. Owing to the disturbance some of the people slated for delegates at large to New York have declined and the delegate situation is overshadowed by the national committee contest which will also determine control of the state organization for two years. The Pennsylvania socialist organi zation has turned up with a rather conservative platform and what reads like a bid to be taken into any n tional third party movement, and the prohibitionists will thunder along the line for stricter law enforcement all over Pennsylvania. A. BOYD HAMILTON. UNPLEDGED SLATE IS NEFF’S DEMAND Texas Governor Declares Neither McAdoo Nor Underwood Available in Texas. Special Dispateh to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., March $.—The fol- lowing developments in the fight to control Texas' forty votes in the democratic national convention took place during this week: Pat M. Neff, Texas governor, for whom a “favorite son” boom was started by William Jennings Bryan and carefully nurtured by the gov- ernor's friends in and out of the state, and the potential leader of the Texas delcgation, began his statewide speaking tour at Corsicana, and de- clared: “Texas' forty votes will go to no candidate, whatever be his public profession, who is directed by ‘or im- properly associated with the sinister influence of this country. “William G. McAdoo won't do for ! Texas democracy, because he doesn't fit the platform, and the connection of his name with the oil scandal would deprive the democrats under his leadership of the weapon with which they are expected to drive to victory: Sajs Underwood Wom't Do. “Oscar W. Underwood won't do, either, because he is not in conformity with either progressive platform de- mand of suffrage support or of strict prohibition enactment.” The governor asked the voters of Texas to instruct the forty delegates to support prohibition and suftrage, cleaning up the national government and economy in government, and not to support any candidate who does not stand for those things. But as to voting for a particular candidate he asked they be not glven such instruc- tions. McAdoo forces are going to the Texas precinct conventions May 3 and ask for Instructed delegations all the way through to the New York con- vention. Underwood supporters do not exgect to be able to instruct the delegations, and are supporting Gov. Nefr's position. There is no other campaign organization in Texas of any proportions. Y P OPOr "RAYMOND BROOKS. —_— McADOO SPEECH OFF. Unable to Address Kentucky Leg- islature, He Says. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. P SUISVILLE, Ky., March 8.—Either Willlam G. McAdoo feels that he has the Kentucky delegation to the na tional convention safely “sewed up or the developments at Washington have made him more retiring. ~The democratic presidential aspirant has at his “inability to accept” the invi- tation of the Kentucky general as- sembly to address that body in joint ssion. ‘a'!'here is little feeling, however, on the part of the legislators that Mr. McAdoo has ignored them and con- quently entire absence of resent- ent. Those who were for Mr. Mc- Adoo are still for him and those who were l‘..ll'n; him have not changed their minds. n'J'IIa matter of the contest for the democratic and republican senatorial omination is the political question condary_only to the presidential line-up. The law permits either a convention or a primary, as _the party governing bodies decide. It is almost lsemh;l that the democrats a primary. s HXLCOL!( ‘W. BAILEY. —————e DAVIS STOCK BOOSTED. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W, Va., March 8.— Former Secretary of State C. W. Swisher of this city announced the first of the week for the republican nomination for governor, and a simi- lar declaration will be made this week by former State Tax Commis- gioner W. S. Hallanan, also of harleston. ¢ The Hallanan candidacy will make the fifth one for governor on th publican side and is likely to close the list. It is believed that the Hal- lanan campaign for !‘otvsrrmr ‘l"‘:lpr:. ed with that of former - mn‘i-ug Edward Cooper for United es Senate. L':“ho John W, Davis boom for the presidency was favored during the week by an announcement that four of his -uu;nhd-lllpvo{te:: )‘.rr“ ‘to be didates for delegate 3 = * LYNN KIRTLAND. HOLD PRIMARY TUESDAY. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANCHESTER, N. H., March 8.— New Hampahire will be the first state in the Union to hold the presidential prlmnm'm:lren ‘Tuesday aciegate has made intensive b s Copeland Boom Started, But Sentiment for Underwood Crystallizes; Cool- idge Maintains Lead. Special Dispatch to The Star, LOS ANGELES, Callf., March 8.— While the race in California between President Calvin Coolidge and Sena- tor Hiram Johnson remains virtually unchanged and the President ap- parently maintaining the lead, de- velopments in the ranks of California democracy are growing dally more interesting, with the outcome more and more in doubt. Scattered and unorganized opposi- tion to the McAdoo bloc has been given a common objective through a mushroom boom for Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York. This new angle obviously is Inspired by those in close touch with William R, Hearst. It is assumed that the Hearst strate- Egists, disappointed and dismayed by the marked absence of enthusiasm for the candidacy of Senator James A. Reed, are now seeking to stop McAdoo with 'Copeland. Echoes of the chaotic and tem: tuous democratic conference in Francisco last week, which resulted in a paradoxical denunciation for E. L. Doheny and acclaim for McAdoo and Doheny's present counsel, Gavin Mc- Nab, are still to be heard. Whatever trouble Doheny has caused tne re- publican party locally and nationally, his testimony concerning his employ- DAVIS’ FRIENDS ENTER HIM IN TENNESSEE RACE West Virginian’s Strength Is Doubtful—G. 0. P. Solid for Coolidge. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 8— Headquarters of Oscar W. Underwood and Willlam G, McAdoo here are in active operation and supporters of the latter are hopeful of getting him here for a speech the coming week. No headquarters have yet been opened for John W. Davis, although his friends have put him in the race. It is thought that he has considerable |strength in Tennessee. In the republican camp things con- tinue to indicate Coolidge all the wa; J. Will Taylor, second district con- gressman and present national com- mitteeman, has been liberally boosted for Vice President and Lon A. Scott, former congressman, has been given such an indorsement in ome of the west Tennessee counties. Headquarters for all three of the democratic senatorial candidates, Senator John K. Shieids, Judge N. L. Bachman and L. D. Tyson, are open here. W. E.'BBARD, MARYLAND PARTIES FIGHT PRIMARIES Prospects for Success Are Small. Smith and Coolidge Senti- ment Predominates. Bpeeial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 8.—The past week has been rather uneventful politically, with both parties making efforts to avoid primary contests with little prospect of success. Former Senator France. expected back from a trip to Europe this week to start a campaign for Senator Hi- ram W. Johnson, has failed to put in an appearance. When he does re- turn it will be to find that the cards have been stacked against him and that the state is safely lined up for President Coolidge. On the democratic side Gov. Al Smith of New York appears to be the leading prospective candidate, with John W. Davis of West Virginia the latest possibility to be brought out, but so far no move to crystailize sentiment for any one particular can- didate has been made. Instead the leaders of both parties appear to be more concerned in lin- ing up the women voters, feeling, ac- cording to well authenticated reports, that the woman vote will cut a big figure in the fall election. Women Workers Busy. . ‘That this fear {s not entirely un- founded is shown by the efforts be- ing made by the League of Women Voters to promote lively activity and participation by the women in local, state and national politics. That this move of the women is having its effect in both parties is shown by the fact that serious con- sideration is now being ggiven to the indorsement of Mrs. Jesse W, Nichol- son of Chevy Chase, president of the Women'’s Democratic Club of Mont- gomery County, for national commit- teeman from Maryland. Considerable interest is manifested in the announcement of Charles B. Calvert of Mount Rainler, the democratic nomination for Con- gress in the fifth district, now rep- resented by Sydney E. Mudd, repub- lican. J. G. DEPONAL ALABAMA POLITICAL BATTLE IS STORMY Underwood Regarded as Certain of Delegation, However—Coolidge Mentioned by G 0. P. Special Dispateh to The Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala, March $.— Alabama on the eve of her presiden- tial preferential primary is a politi- cal maelstrom. The quiescent atti- tude of the democratic factions has changed overnight into a storm. The Indirect. cause of all the distarbance is the unique primary law. This act accords to the victor, If he is a citizen of Alabama, the right to. name the delegation to the national convention. Most of the noise heard in Alabama, now that the day for the primary is close at hand, comes from two camps. The United States at large know little except of the race being made by Senator Oscar W. Underwood, but Alaba'ma_has two other candidates Who are making the race by proxy for other national figures, L. B. Mus- grove, beaten by Underwood in a re- cent senatorial campaign, is running on_the Bryan ticket. M. A. Dinsmore is an avowed proxy for McAdoo, though McAdoo does not cognize him. Toit5. the Underwood and-the Mus- grove factions that are tilting most M’x"’flo ‘who have watched the situa- tion in the state closely say there is no_ doubt. of Underwood’s victory. Coolldge is the name most heard in republican circles, though there is no e Primary | saying how the influence of the state or aa;mi";lm{u{nm will be directed. Johnson is qualified as a. can- L, B S o DI A e o e e & OLIViR & MORTON, Jr. Hi didate in the Prince | sent his regrets from Los Angeles!Georges county, that he would seek | ment of McAdoo has done more to disrupt democratic harmony in state than any single issue within a decade, . Situation In Reversed. McAdoo now faces a situation en- tirely the reverse of that which existed in California two months ago. Prior to Doheny's appearance befors the Senate investigation committee it is doubtful that any democratic can- didate would have risked a contest with him in California. At present scouts are looking over the field for Underwood, John Davis, Raleton and, of course, Copeland and Reed. Forces opposing McAdoo have here- tofore planned to combine their e forts behind a group of unpledged delegates, but this program may be abandoned if the Copeland adherents are successful in their argument that the former Secretary of the Treasury can be more easily defeated by a ticket definitely piedged to another candidate. This scheme is understood to have the tentativa approval of Un- derwood leaders here. It is the field against McAdoo, with concerted action by his foes somewhat impaired Ly indecision. Sentiment favoring Underwood has been rapidly _cystallizing, since the start of McAdoo's scrics of misfor- tunes and it is possible that the Ala- bama senator's candidacy may yct sidetrack the Copélard boom. KYLE D. PALMER. |SVITH AVOIDS ROW IN STATE RACES Will Not Enter Primaries in lllinois—Fears Risking i Candidacy at Present. ALBANY, N. Y., March 8$—No en- tangling alliances and no premature political battles productive of enmi- ties is the motto that Gov. Smith of New York has pasted in his hat for reterence while the presidential can- didate pot iz boiling. He will not stand for any friends, well meaning or otherwise, entering {aim as a candidate in any primary |contest. This was made clear when he withdrew his name from the Iili- nots primaries this week in which he was entered In a petition bearing 1,800 signatures. He is taking no chances of bei involved in contests whe |can come to him if he {creating animosity for himself ai lothers, “and where if he lost wouldn't do any good anyway. Avolds Dificulties. When Gov. Smith's name is pre- sented to the national convention in New York in June it will be a diffe ent proposition and he will not ha jany difliculties in the way of primary battles staring his boom in the face. Not so_with Senator Royal §. Cope- land of New York, who has entered this week in the Californix presiden- tial primaries by the anti-McAdoo \forces. Senator Copeland’'s friends {nere predict he will receive hearty support from this state and from t Hearst newspapers in Los Angeles and San Franc: They predict that Senator Copeland willi not follow Go Smith’s example and withdraw wher- ever he entered in a primary fight This attitude on the part of Se tor Copeland is expected, despite fact that he has stated that Gov Smith is his_choice for the pre dency. ROBERT R. ARNOLD. CONNECTICUT SOLID BEHIND COOLIDGE State Convention Called for April 2-3—Smith Sentiment in State Increases. it ve Special Dispatch to The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., March 8.—The republican state convention for the selection of delegates to the national convention will be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 2 and 3, in this city. Delegates to this convention will be elected March 19 in the towns and March 22 in the senatorial dis- tricts made up of more than one town. The democratic state convention will be held May 7 and 8 in New Haven. There has been no change in the republican - attitude In Connecticut. Connecticut will send a solid Coolidge delegation of severteen to Cleveland McAdoo continues to be looked upon as out of ‘the running by the majority of the democrats, although National - Committeeman Homer &. Cummings of Stamford sticks to the ex-Secretary of the Treasury and has bopes, it is said, that in the event that McAdoo is eliminated from the race on the und of unavailability he will heir to the McAdoo stre: .. Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York appears to be in the lead among democratic presidential aspi- rants and to be gaining strength all the time. H. L HORTON. DANIELS’ BOOM GIVEN IMPETUS IN NORTHWEST Permission to Form Clubs in Wa: ington Asked as Counter to McAdoo Mave. Special Dispateh to The Star. - SEATTLE, Wash.,, March 8.—Pierce county demacrats have asked Joséphus Daniels for permission to organize a Danlels-for-President club. The’ Dan- lels supporters are preparing to ‘make a campaign for Daniels delegates to the state convention In Seattle May 2 for a Danlels instructed delegation to the national convention. This action follows the move by McAdoo supporters Lo reorganize the McAdoo clubsa Many former Bryan followers are behind the Daniels activity. ¥akima county republicans have indorsed Calvin Coolidge and so in- structed fheir deiegates. Virtually every county in the state will have Coolidge instructed delegates, so that the President will have the seventeen votes in . the. national delegation pledged to him. ‘Hiram Johnson sup- porters will make no bid for support here. JAMES DEK BROWN. File Coolidgp Petitions. SACRAMENTO, /ACalif,, March-8.— ‘Nominating petitions ‘ta place on-the presidential pfimary ballot dele- i nt ' Coolidge ottt today fimflrfinu:u H signatures Trom" 3 ‘