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SHINGTON, D. C., MAY 11, 1924—PART 1 - Third Party Movement Encouragement Seen in Political Trend of Week Johnson California Forces Ready to Support Coolidge Slight Disposition Seen to Create Breach in State G. O. P., Even With Sen- _ ator Heading Machine. Special Dispaten t The Star. ANGELES, Calif., May 10..-A hasty check of sentiment among Re- publican leaders following the defeat of Senator Hiram Johnson by Presi- dent Coolidge in last Tuesday’s prest- dential primary indicates that Cali- fornia will present a fairly solid Re- publican front to the Democratic on- slaught in November. The Coolidge majorit will be approximately 52,000 when all the votes are counted. It is stating the case mildly to say that the John- son element is angry, resentful and depressed, but the moderation with which the victorious Coolidge forces are celebrating their triumph, to- gether with the strong efforts that will be made by leaders on both sides 1o heal the breach undoubtedly will in California leave only & minimum number of irrec- | | sonal appeal oncilables to be reckoned with See Breach Healed. However, should the Joh decide to sulk or to elect a hostile state committee the Coolidge man- agers are prepared to follow u course adopted two years ago by Gov. Rich- ardson in a similar situation and con- duct a campaign independent of the Johnson "dominated party machinery There is little liklihood that such procedure will be necessary. Many of the outstanding Johnson men and women are eager to support the Cool- idge ticket, and there seems. a dis- position common to the rank and file of both sides to get together. Senator NORBECK VOTE SEEN HINT OF G. 0. P. BOLT Opposition to Mellon Plan Arouses Ire of Republieans—May Hurt McMaster. on camp Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, May 10.—The action of United States Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota in voting with the Democratic senators and aiding in carrying the Democratic substitute for the Mellon tax plan is not approved By many thousands of Republican voters in South Da- kota, who in past campaigns have supported Senator Norbeck The action of Senator Norbeck is expected to have a bearing on the political campaign in South Dakota pext fall, especially as it affects the election of a United States senator. Gov. McMaster i9 a close political as- sociate of Senator Norbeck, the two men and their organizations having combined foroes in_carrying South Dakota for Senator Hiram Johnson. During the pirmary campaign Gov. McMaster attacked the policies of the national Republican party, so it is believed that if elected he would align himsel? with the Republican ig- surgent senators, and with this sort of a line-up it is expected he will 10so the votes of many thousands of South Dakota Republicans. The action of Senator Norbeok also may foreshadow the “bolting’ by nimself and other members of the South Dakota delegation of the Re- publican national convention. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. MARYLAND PARTIES AWAIT CONVENTIONS State G. 0. P. Session to Be Held Wednesday—Democrat Dele- gate Fight Seen. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 10.—Politicians of both parties, through with ‘the pri- mary elections, are getting ready for the state conventions, with the Re- publicans meeting here next Wednes- day and the Democrats on May 20. Selection of delegates to the na- tional conventions and the nomina- tion of a congressional candidate to fill a vacancy in one district in each party will be the principal work of Both conventions. * On the Republican side the Mary- land delegation will go pledged to President Coolidge, with no fight over the personnel of the delegates, but a hot fight looms in the Democratic convention over the selection of dele- gates. In common with their fellows in other states, Maryland Democrats are considerably up in the air con- cerning the identity of the man their party will honor. State Vote in Doubt. ‘Whether Maryland will go Demo- cratic or Republican in the presiden- tial election depends largely, accord- ing to the opinion of political ob- servers here, upon the man whom the Democrats put up. Should McAdoo be nominated, the prediction that Coolidge would carry this state is not confined to Republicans. . Mrs. Mortimer West of Baltimore, who was elected in Monday's primary to_the Democratic state convention, holds the distinction of being the first city Democratic woman ever to have been elected to the convention. J. G. DEPONAL COX SENTIMENT SEEN GROWING IN KENTUCKY Anti-McAdoo Forces Miss No Chance to Keep Him From Get- ting Delegation Wednesday. Npeeial Dispatch to The Star LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 10.—Dele- gates to the Democratic state and aistrict conventions at Lexington néxt’ Wednesday, chosen at county eonventions throughout the state this Afternoon, have it in their power to decide whether Kentucky's delegates to the npational convention in New York shall be instructed for McAdoo or Underwood or whether they shall be uninstructed. The revolt against the state Democratic administration organization has taken the form of a Fevolt against McAdoo because these leaders are pledged to the Californian’s candidacy, largely through the influen of J. B. Brown, Louisville banker- pol eian-newspaper publisher, wWho was a member of the capital issues commit- tes when McAdoo was Secretary of the Treasury. Many of these, espe- cially in Louisville and Lexington, the iwo largest cities, have been at- tracted to the Underwood banner. Strong support for the standard hearer of four years ago, James M. Cox, has been especially noticeable in the last two weeks. It is a little too early to ascértain definitely whether these various anti-McAdoo foroes are strong enough today to be able to ontrol many district conventions, but jthis ‘stioald_be known by Monday or ‘on the eve of the state and district con- veations on Wednesday. MALCOLM W. BAYLETY. | | | | Johnson's loss of strength in Cali- fornia after fourteen years of unin terrupted victories was general throughout the state, although more pronounced in the southern counties. His failure to carry San §rancisce, his home community, by less than 10,000 is as significant of his political retrogression as his defeat by Presi- dent Coolidge in Los Angeles County by approximately §0,000. In his cam- paign for re-election two years ago the senator defeated Charles C. Moore for the Republican nomination by .000. He defeated Herbert Hoover for the presidential nomination in 1920 by more than 180,000, losing Los Angeles County by less than 700 votes and carrying San Francisco City and County by more than 44,000, Made Appenl Pernonal, During the last ten da: presidential campaign just closed the Johnson workers made no appeal on the basis of a possible presidential nomination and, armed with a per- wired by Mr. Jehnson, urged voters to support him as an ex- pression of confidence in his leader- ship in this state. A curious aftermath of the McAdoo victory in California comes in the form of a report that McAdoo's na- tional managers have counted noses in the Democratic national conven- tion ‘and failed to discover a two- thirds majority, under amy. circum- stances now regarded as likely to exist in Naw York on or after June 20, and this is made further Interest- ing by an inference that McAdoo, fail- ing himself to get the nomination, may throw his strength to John W. KYLE PALMER. |Candidates Leave Farmer-Labor" Party Flat in Montana Special Dispatch to The Star HELENA. Mont., May 10—The Farmer-Labor party in Montana is all dressed up. but has nobody to take to the polls The party put up Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin for President and Lynn J. Frazier of North Da- kota for vice President. The for- mer withdrew his name some time ago, and now Mr. Frasier has fol- lowed suit According, however, to party leaders, the Farmer-Labor outfit will nominate both in the presi- dential preference primary of May 27 by the sticker method. They declare both are to be put before a convention of the third party to be held in St. Paul in June. Incidentally, another La Follette goes on the ticket. He is Guy E., a nephew of the senator from Wisconsin. Guy E. La Follette of Helena, a prominent newspaper man and a former secretary of the Democratic state central gernm!l- tee, is candidate for presidential elector. He always has been a Democrat. President Coolidge is unopposed in the primaries. e LOUIS M. THAYER. M’ADOO HITS SNAG IN KEYSTONE STATE Dryness of Candidate Regarded as Making Problem More Difficult. Delegates “Tiberal.” Special Dispateh to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa. May 10.—Mec- Adoo partisans in Pennsylvania, most of whom are aggressively “dry,” have run into the fact that the majority of the Keystone state delegation elected to the New York convention is in- clined to be *liberal” and the hunt for | votes for the former Secretary of the Treasury among the uninstructed has been slowed up The McAdoo people’got their second wind last month and have been scheming to get the balance of power over the Guffey and Bonniwell fac- tions in the state committee in the hope of ultimately benefiting the McAdoo column. But not with- standing the rivalry between the fol- lowers of the two contending ele- ments over the national committe manship to be filled by-the state com- mittee, the McAdoo people have been unable to make many delegate con- verts. The situation has made the reor- ganization of the state committee here on May 20 one of unusual inter- est, and on what happens will de- pend to a considerable extent how the delegation lines up at New York. In event National Committeeman Jo- seph F. Guffy wins re-election it is belleved the Smith strength will be helped. Friends of Guffey contend he has, two-thirds of the delegation in sympathy with him. These figures are denied by the McAdoo people, A Republican effort to secure a delegation for Coolidge is certain, Gov. Gifford Pinchot, who has been figuring in some enforcement meet- ings, plans to make his first extended speech since the primary at Spring- field tomorrow A. BOYD HAMILTON. | WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY PRODUCES HOT FIGHTS e Pive Democrats and Six Republi- cans Seeking, Nomination for Governor. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 10— The primary campaign is now in full swing, with an unprecedented num- ber of candidates. Since the expira- tion last Sunday of the time for filing declarations® there was one with- drawal, that of J. Scott McWhorter, prominent Lewisburg attorney, as a candtdate for the Democratic nomi- nation for governor. Mr. McWhorter gave an attack of appendicitis adjhis reason. There are now five Demoorats and six Republicans in the race for the governorship. Most of the observers agree that the race is between At- torney General ' England, C. W. Swisher and Howard M. Gore, assist- ant United States secretary of agri- culture. The status of the Republican sena- torial contest is not weil defined and supporters of each of the five can- didates are professing confidence in the result. Col. Guy D. Goff is the administration favorite and Walter S. Hallanan, former state tax com- missioner, is being backed by H. C. Ogden and most of the other anti- administration leaders. Former United States Senator W. E. Chilton appears to have a subtan- tial lead on his only eppanent. Mrs. Izetta Jewel-Brown, for the Demo- cratic senatorial nomination. B LYNN KIRTLAND. DEMOCRATIC SURGE ALL TOWARD M’ADOO California Goes Ahead Collecting Delegates, While Others Wait for Them to Come. MAY CONTROL MAJORITY Smith's Friends Give Candidacy Forward Pash. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. NEW YORK, May 10.—The prevail ing surge in the democracy the past week has been all for Willlam Gibbs McAdoo, yet the opponents of the former Secretary of the Treasury sit by apparently undisturbed. They seem confident they can stop the Mc- Adoo tide on the convention floor. They have shrugged their shoulders as state after state has voted to send McAdoo delegates to the big presi- dential conclave and say they don't have to worry because Mr. McAdoo can not get enough. Except a few states where fa- vorite sens have been brought for- ward, the McAdoo forces have had little opposition. Perhaps the great- | est_straight-out victory won by Mr. | McAdoo was in Georgia, where the Underwood people made a determined fight. Mr. McAdoo has made the only na- tionally organized campaign for the nomination. Senator Underwood's | friends have confined their efforts for him to All of Democratic nomination the.shrinking violet clase Smith Dragged Out. Truth compels the assertion just here, however, that Al Smith ‘has somewhat reluctantly permitted him- self to be dragged out of the violet bed and made into a regular bouguet which his friends hope t6 pin to Miss Democracy's_palpitating_bosom. His national chairman.” Frankiin D. Roosevelt, is issulng aimost daily statcments to the effect that Smith {sentiment is growing all over the | country. Which brings up the old political adage that sentiment may grow wild but delegates do_not. They have to be culttvated. That is where the McAdoo forces have been well ad- vised The organization of ths Smith boom along semi-national lines has come after most of the state pri- | maries have been held. Therefore, it | is impossible for the governor to bid | for delegates in fields "where his cause might have won much sym- pathy and support MeAdoo to Start Flying. Thus Mr. McAdoo is coming to the New York convention with far more pledged and accoutred delegates than any other aspirant can point to with pride. His managers, whose morale has picked up wonderfully these last few days. go so far as to say that Mr. McAdoo may have a majority on the first ballot As @ result of this claim there has been much talk of a move by the McAdoo forces (o abrogate the time- honored rule of Democratic conven- the other aspirants for the € been in a two-thirds vote. It was this rule which kept Champ Clark out of the nomination in 1912 and permitted the star of Woodrow Wil- s0n to rise to its day of international glor ere was talk at that time of ting the rule, but nothing could be done. Committee Failed to Act. Mr. McAdoo's friends thought at one time they would make a fight before the Democratic national com- mittee to resoind the rule. They claimed a majority of the committee was favorable to Mr. McAdoo. But when the.committee met in Washing- ton in January the subject was not brought up. Parliamentarians doubt if the question can be forced on the floor of the oconvention ‘Senator Hiram Johnson's loss of the Republican delegation from his home state of California was the last stunning blow of what ha® been to him an_almost never-ending series of political reverses in his ill-starred attempt to turn the G. O. P. away from President Coolidge. He will go to the Cleveland convention with his fittle handful of delegates from South Dakota and a wandering maverick from one Or two other states, but it is doubtful new if he will poll as many votes as his more radical colleague, Senator La Follette. (Copyright, 1924.) AUTO DEATH CHANGES NORTH DAKOTA RACE Baker's Passing Regarded _ Blow to Non-Partisan League Locally and Nationally. only by Special Dispatch to The Star. BISMARCK, N, Dak., May 10.—Fate has taken a hand in North Dakota politics, with a possibitity of far reaching changes in the immediate political future. The death of State Senator Bert F. Baker, outstanding figure in the Nonpartisan League campaign in the state, in an automobile accident and the probable incapacitation for the campaign of A. G. Sorlle, league can- didate for governor, has left North Dakota politicians searching for thé probable effect of the iy on not orly state, but national politics. it is_generally believed that the loss of Baker will disrupt the league organization for the June primary campaign, and thus may have a bear- ing on the fight for the nomination of Republican candidates for Con- gress in the state. Development of a third movement also has depended largely upon the strength of the league organization, and if it is disrupted the chances of Republican victory in the presidential election are held to be greatly en- hanced. G. 0. P. CHIEFS INCENSED _ BY STAND OF NORRIS Special Dispateh to The Star. . OMAHA, Neb, May 10.—Delegates to the Democratic national convention conferred here at the time of the state oconvention, but did not discuss how they would vote. They were enter- tained by former Senator Hitchcock at dimner. Gov. Charles W. Bryan was . a. guest. It is certain that .the delegation will give Gov. Bryan. a complimentary vote, but there seems some doubt how far his influence cver them can go if the balloting con- tinues, At least five will vote for MeAdoo and five more are friendlyBto McAdoo, but are inclined to listen to the advice of the governor. A published letter from Senator G. ‘W. Norris to a friend, in which the former says he cannot campaign the state dnd urge support for the entire ticket, has created a sensation. Re- publican leaders regard it a move to court independent action, which two years ago elected Senator Howell (Repulitican) and Gov. Bryan at the same time by huge majorities. Part men_ are Incensed at Norris® attac on party government an Ivocacy of pergonal r nsibility. SESROE F risHER. a limited number of states. | ( 1 | tions that nominations shall be made | fourth distriot. THE W EEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star’ and Staff FTER a peyfod of monotony in Wepublican pre-conven- tign politics, due to the succession of Colliage vic- tories, interest was injected into the campaign last week by the de- feat of Hiram Johnson in the Cali- fornia primaries, involving possi- bilities of a bolt at Cleveland and additional strength for the third party movement. Many observers of the campalgn which Senator Johnson made for the presidential nomination are unable to see how he can support the Coolidge ticket next Novem- ber or the platform upon which Coolidge Inevitably will stand, but The Star's California political cor- respondent, in his week end dis- patch, expresses belief that now the primaries are over the bulk of the Johnson following in Califor- nia is anxious to line up behind Coolidge and be “regular’ in No- vember. Senator Johnson’s friends still control the state organization, but if the “machine” shows a dis- position not to play the game, management of the campaign will be taken out of its hands and con- ducted urider the auspices of the national organization. Nominally California is so overwhelmingly Republican that it is not believed, according to The Star's corre- spondent. that Johnson could carry with him in a bolt enough votes to imperil Coolidge's chances in Noyvember. * k% % From other states. however, come stories of Republican disaf- fection, which tend, as a whole, toward encouragement of the third party movement. A lot of resant- ment has been aroused in South Dakota over the éourse of Senator Norbeck in lining up with the Democrats and Republican insur- gents to defeat the Melion tax plan, and things seem to be shap- ing up for a split which might allow the Democrats to slip away with the state's electoral vote. Gov. McMasters, Who won the Re- publican primary nomination for senator, 18 supposed to be in sym- pathy with Norbeck, and it is as- sumed that he also would be an in- surgent if he came to the Senate. The sentiment of regular Repub- licans in South Dakota is that on great questions of national policy like the Mellon tax bill, & senator ought to go along wWith his party or cease to pretend allegiance to it. In other words, there is a dis- position to read Norbeck and Mc- Masters out of the Republican party, and that would mean they would align themselves with the third party movement In Nebraska regular Republicans are up in arms over Senator Nor- ris’ attack on party government and his advocacy of the individual responsibility of members of Con- gress. It is a repetition of the South Dakota situation—an invi- tation to Senator Norris to go out and hunt himself another party home. In_New Mexico the newly form- ed Farmer-Labor party met in convention and indorsed La Fol- lette for President, declared for a radical platform, and elected dele- gates to the St. Paul convention. This is the farthest-from-base out- break of the third party movement so far this year. x x % % A lot of new interest has been in- jected into the Democratic precon- vention contest by Dr. Nicholas Mur- VIRGINIA COUNTIES INSTRUCT FOR GLASS Senator Mentioned by Many Lead- ers for Chairman of Conven- tion at Norfolk. Special Dispatch to Star. RICHMOND, Va) May 10.—No man in Virginia has had as many offic chosen for him in a brief time as Senator Harry F. Byrd of Winchester. For the last six months he has been heralded as the candidate of the “machine” for governor, and he has been announced as the candidate for Congress to succeed Representative Thomas W. Harrison. and the latest is that he is to be offered the posi- tion of United States senatof in case Senator Glass is nominated for Presi- dent of the United States or made a member of the cabinet in event a Democrat is electdd President The only thing wrong with this is that Senator Byrd has not indicated what he intends to do, notwithstand- ing the many men who are straining their ears to get the first sounds of his purpose to offer for any or all of the places mentioned. Glass May Be Chairman. Reports are rife that when the state Democratic _convention gets under way at Norfolk there will be many statesmen and public men who will be on band to do keynote stunts fo: themselves and their plans. The chances are that the convention will be made available for declarations on the part of candidates and tentative cndidates for various offices. No sug- gestion has been made as vet for a temporary chairman, and that has not been considered and will not be until the night before the convention meets, when, the state committe will hold a conference and name the man who will call the convention to or- der. There are mahy who want to have Senator Glass call the convention to order and to make the speech outlin- ing the policy of the Democrats of the Old Dominion. Senator Glass is known as one of the ablest speakers in the state, and he 18 one man who has a hold on the people that is firm, and they will rally to him to a man and they will also instruct the Vir- ginia delegation for him, whether he makes a speech or not. In e'or.i‘rrt of the state the county dele, ons are being instructed to vote to have the state convention declare for and instruct her delegates to support Sen- ator Glass. . PLEDGE STATE TO McADOO Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., May 10.—Wash- ington Democrats have indorsed for ‘William Gibbs McAdoo and instructed the national delegation to work and vote for him under the unit rule until released by 2 two-thirds vote of the delegation. The Democratic conven- tion and the indorsement for MeAdoo were not unexpected, there ha been an eleventh-hour switch by the Democrat leaders to hold the younger T Eressional politics are warming. m; onal pol ng. M&uu:’n' breaking in the first, sec- ond and fourth districts. Representa- tive Lin H. Hadley must fight former Representative W. J. Bryan of Bell- ingham turl tdhe nomination. 2 is a so-called Progressive an launched a sharp campaign in the JAMES DEKBROWN. Special Correspondents Writers. ray Butler, himself a Republican and a delegate to the Cleveland conven- tion. Whether Democratic chances will be helped or hurt by Dr. Butler's campaign’ against the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead law is & matter upon which opinion wi Giffers, Dut 1t cortainly 16 Siving i and comfort to Democratic “wets” and “liberals” in all parts of the country. Bven in Idaho it has served to revive Democratic hopes and to start a boom for Gov. Al Smith, in the direction of whom “liberal” senti- ment in the Democratic party is paturally gravitating. That the liquor question is going to Dlay a prominent part in the cam- Ign may now be accepted as a oregone conclusion, and support for Gov. Smith is evidencing tself in un- expected quarters. In New Hamp- shire, which was dry long before Volstead was heard of, sentiment for the New York governor is said to be gaining strength daily, espécially in the mill towns, and the unusual spectacie of a traditionally dry state voting for a wet presidential candi- date may be witnessed at New York. * k k¥ MoAdoo's candidacy for the Demo- cratic nomination had ups and downs during the week, but on the whole it continued to make progress. Its chief setback was in Pennsylvania, where a canvass of the Democratic dele- gates-elect showed a surprisingly large number of them to be “liberal” on the liquor question and disposed to cast flirtatious eyes in Gov. Smith's @irection. McAdoo's Penn- sylvania managers, most of whom Keystone delegation. Washington state Democrats Tned up solidly for McAdoo and voted to enforce the unit rule at New York. The solid delegation will be voted for him until such time as two-thirds decide otherwise. The Kentucky state and district Democratic con- ventions will be held at Lexington ‘Wednesday, with chances about even between McAdoo instructions and an uninstructed delegation. Underwood i8 clearly the second choice of Ken- tucky Democrats, but there is re- ported a growing eentiment for for- mer Gov. Cox of Ohio. The same situation exists in Colo- rado, where the Democrats will hoid their state convention May 24. It is a case of instructions for McAdoo or no instructions, the no-instructions faction being made up of supporters of Davis, Cummings and Glass. There is said to be practically no Al Smith sentiment in Colorado. In Louisiana, where the Democrats will hold their convention June 5, sentiment be- tween McAdoo and Underwood is said to be about equally divided, with the prospects for an uninstructed delegation * ok x % The success of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana in nominating Secretary of State Jackson for governor on the Republican ticket injects a new ele- ment into the campaign, and The Star's correspondent expresses be- lief that it will make Indiana a doubtful state in November. The or- ganization regulars in Indiana now are outside the breastworks, and the Coolidge campaign management will be placed in a somewhat embarrass- ing position. Either it must associats itself with the Klan management of the Jackson campaign or go it alone in apparent repudiation of the state ticket. It is & dllemma, no matter which horn of it the Coolidge man- agement may elect to take. (Copyright, 1924, by The Wasbington Star.) COLORADO FACTION OUT TO BEAT M’AD00 Determined to Keep Californian From Winning Instructed Dele- gation to New York. Special Dispatch to The Star. DENVER, Colo., May 10.—With Colorado sewed up for Coolidge, as far as the Republican momination is concerned, interest hereabouts is cen- tered now on _speculation as to whether Colorado Democrats will send a McAdoo delegation to New York or decide in favor of an unin- structed delegation. The state convention, at which the question will be sattled, is scheduled for May 24, and supporters of the former Secretary of the Treasury are working might and main to pledge & sufficient number of delegates to assure a McAdoo victory. ‘While opponents of McAdoo admit he still has a greater following in Colorado than any other prospective candidate, they express confidence in their ability to defeat the movement for an instructed delegation, or at least to arrange matters so that if the Colorado delegation lines up with McAdoo forces on the first ballot they wiil be at liberty to pull away from him on succeeding ballots if another candidate appears to have a better chance. . Tom Marshall sentiment. which was exceedingly strong in Colorado sev- eral months ago, has practioslly died because of the former Vice Presi- dent’s apparent reluctance to get into the fight and, next to McAdoo, the favored man among centennial state Democrats appears to be another Hoosier—Ralston. Homer Cummings of Connecticut, John W. Davis and Senator Carter Glass have good fol- lowing, also. Gov. Al Smith of New York is receiving slight consideration. Gov. Sweet, Who has been In the east on a lecture tour, came back to find that, although he has been men- tion afield as vjoe présidential tim- ber, he must fight and fight hard to get a place on the delegation to the national convention. B. DAY. e BOTH PARTIES AT PEACE. Mississippi Rows Ironed Out. Democrats Set Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSON, Miss., May 10.—Notes of harmony are evident in both the Re. publican and Democratic parties of Mississipp! almost upon the eve of the two national conventions. The Democratic executive committee, de- spite the differences over Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama for President, held a harmonious meet- ing and selected Friday, May 30, as the date for the state convention to be held in Jackson. Although Judge Robert H. Powell, chairman of the executive commit- tee, is state manager for Senator Un- derwood and is waging a campaign for an instructed delegation, no evi- dence of a possible tilt was seen in the committee meeting. Since Ju Powell and United States Senator Harrison M'.t been mnce'_g in a newspaper controversy over the pos- sibility of the latter influencing the state convention, the quiet commit- tee meeting is interpreted hs mean- ing that a compromise is in sight and that an uninstructed delegation will be sent to New York only after reso- lutions complimenting Underwood have been adopted. Senator Harrison is a candidate for e - REX B. MAGER. SMITH DRIVE TO GET UNDER WAY IN WEEK Committee of 500 Under Roosevelt to Launch Vigorons Campaign for Governor. BOOKLET TO BE PUBLISHED Will Ediphasize Public Record of New York Executive. Special Dispateh to The Star. ALBANY, May 10—The intensive drive by'the Smith campaign com- mittee. of more than 500 members, undeg the direstion of Franklin D. Roosevelt, formeér assistant secretary of the Navy, Is eXpected to get under way this week. The committee is ready to issue the first Smith-for-President campaign booklet this week, which friends of the governor declars will be of strik- | ing character. It will be a biograph- ical sketoh, taking the governor from bis barefoot days in the Fulton fish market in New York city, through his first job as a “truck chaser” on the water front, and through his pic- turesque political career in the early days, then as assemblyman, speaker of the assembly, sheriff of New York | County and ‘then his two terms as governor. Public Record Emphasized. Empbasts will bs laid on Smith’'s public record and his advocacy of liberal and progressive legislation. So far the governor has kept hands off the drive being I'nad_a in his be- half. Friday he completed the routine work of approving and vetoing the thirty-day bills left with him by the legislature, which adjourned a month ago. The same day he left for New York in answer to a hurry call from the bedside of his mother, Mrs. Cath- erine Smith of Brooklyn, who was stricken seriously ill early in the ‘week with bronchial pneumonia. He kad expected to break away from office routine next week for a and otherwi have been held in abeyance because of his mother's ill- ness. Added Support Seen. Added support to the Smith move- ment was given last week through the launching of a “Smith and Berry” campaign by veterans of the world war, in which George L. Berry of Memphis, Tenn., former national vice commander of the American Legion and president of the International Smith’a running mate. Headquarters for the veterans’ movement have been established New York city. with Col. Edward Spafford, commander of the New York state department of the legion, as one of the leaders and William L. Doyle, former commander of Massachusetts department, ae vice chairman. The veterans' committee, it is said, has members in all tha states in the Union, not all of whom are legion members Partioular interest in New York state is centered in the decision of Tammany Hall in selecting a new leader to succeed the late Charles F. Murphy. James A. Foley, sur- rogats of New York County, Murphy’s son-in-law, could be elected to suc- ceed him. it is declared. if he is will- ing to assume the mantle of leader- ship. 8o far, however, he has showed | a decided indisposition toward the | post. ROBERT A. ARNOLD. ——— One-quarter of the entire popula- tion of the world dies before reash- ing the age of six vears. short rest, but all his plans, political | Pressmen’s Union, is being backed as | in | the | | course. Klan: Victory Makes Indiana Doubtful in National Race Puts President in Position of Training With Jackson or Going Alone Against Democrat Forces. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 10.—The overwhelming victory of the Ku Klux Klan in making Ed Jackson, secre- tary of state, the Republican nominee for governor in Tuesday’s primary automatically places the state in the doubtful column as far as natlonal volitics is concerned, in the opinion of most observers. It will mean, first, that President Coolidge will have to team with Jackson or elss set out on an inde- pendent course in an effort to carry Indiana. Jackson won his nomina- tion despite the efforts of the old Republican wheel horses, “and it is | not likely they will be found in his camp next fall. Indications are the Republican campaign will be in charge of men more or less new to Indiana politice, men who have risen to power and affluence through the Invisible Empire. Jackson's victory confronts the Re- publican leaders with a real problem. | They must elect to subordinate their seruples and come Into the Jackson- camp on whatever terms they can get, or they can remain outside and permit things to take their Although the results of the primary have not beén completely analyzed, it is probable Jackson, through his_sweep, will be able t: control the Republican state organ zation and the ' state vention, which drafts the party platform and nominates the remainder of the state ticket. Can Oust Kealtng. He and his leaders will stand in a position, it iz believed, to oust Joseph B. Kealing, national committeeman, and Clyde A. Walb, state chairman. State Senator Clem J. Richards of Terre Haute is mentioned for Keal- ing’s place, and Will Adams, reporter of the supreme court, is_said to be slated for Walb's place. Reports are current, however, that Jackson may make overtures {o the present lead BUTLER DRY ATTACK AIDS SMITH IN IDAHO Special Dispateh to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, May 10.—Dr. Nichelas Murray Butler's views regarding the prohibition law has greatly stimu- lated friends of Al Smith, and many Dempcrats who were approaching the state delegate convention of May 25 with uncertainty now feel that the Democrats cannot make a mistake if they stand for modifications of the dry law. It may not be Al Smith that Idaho Democrats will favor, but there is a_growing sentiment for a presidential candidate who can stand on a light wine and beer plank. At any rate, the fact that some men as well known as Mr. Butler are willing to raise the issue at this time is giving Idaho bourbons the hope that thers may be a live issus with which to attack the Republicans, who seem to be o solidly behind Coolidge. The Coolidge returns in California have been most disconcerting to Idaho Democrats, who had hoped that Hiram Johnson might do somethi to stop an spparent nation-wide if- dorsement of the President. JEROME BARTELL. Monday’s Bargains at Washington’s BIG MUSIC STORE A Dandy, Almost New Player Piano ORCHESTRA REDUCED PRICES the many fine bar- gal Here is a fine 88-note Player-Piano, with all the modern expression devices and a sweet singing tone, that will be sold to the first caller at the very low price of Other fine used Players will be sold at bargain prices—$195, $315, $345, $395. e Homer L.Kitt Co. 1330-G-STREET Everything for érs, in the hope that if they are pl cated he can count on thelr passi:y assistance at least this fall Under the circumstance it is pro able the campaign will be fought ou| on Klan and anti-Klan lines, thy Democrats taking the anti side of necessity. If that oomes trus it the general belief national issues wi be side-tracked and the whole ela tion will hinge on the vital Kiar uestion. That of itself may maks o sleding hard here for Presider Coolidge, whose popularity in 11 state was demonstrated in the pr mary. Coolidge Not Fought by Kian. The President was not opposed & the Klan, and, in fact, his name le many of the slates put out by th visible Empire. The fact that he carried the state by & six-to-one vor, over Senator Hiram W. Jon showed that the President's has generally met the approv Republicans. It had been estim however, that the President wou s carry the state by about forty to o and some surprise is expressed the fact that Johnson received a proximately 50,000 votes Without pu | ting forth an effort The Democrats still have thei- go ernorship nominee to select, fail sive any one of their eight candicate a majority ih the primary. Dr. Car | ton_B. McCulloch, Thomas Tagear | ohofe, ran 50,000 ahead of his neure: competitor and probably will be non nated by the state convention. Or ot the surprises on the Democra: si8e was Olin R. Holt, an unknow attotney of Kokomo, Who receiv: more than 30,000 votes, due to t: fact that his name appearsd on Kia slates. Mayor George R. Durgan of Lafa: ette, ran up among the leaders on a anti-Klan ticket, much to the surprie- of many who had fisured him an Holt_as the tail-endars. Inasmuc as McCulloch may require Durgan assistance in landing the nominatic it may turn out that the Democr will adopt an_ anti-Klan platforn: HAROLD C. FEIGHTN SMITH TO GET VOTE. | e e | Controls Three-Fourths of ¢ | * necticut Delegates. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HARTFORD. Conn., May 10— [ Alfred Smith of New York w have three-fourths of the Conmnect cut delegates 10 the Democratic nationa | convention elected at the state conven | tion this week in New Haven, whic means that he will have them all. if a unit rule is adopted by the delega- tion. I 71t is figured that Smith will hay fifteen of the twenty delegates, but® as the state has only fourteen vot in the convention, each delegate w have seven-tenths of a vote. I | been planned to send eighteen del. gates, with seven-ninths of a vo each, but the demand of democrat women for equal representation wit men in the delegates at large forced & increase of two. Homer S. Cummings will be electsd member of the Democra national committee. H I ad HORTON Additional pofitical news will be found on page 5. BAND AND at GREATLY Here are a few of . ins: SAXOPHONE *40