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A { sqn& ranks develops over the Colo- "1 - Wadsworth Urged to Accept G. O. P. Nomination for Governor Popularity Particularly Fits Him to Carry State for Coolidge Against Smith, Friends Sa ecial Dispaten to The Star \LBANY, May 17.—The first pub- lic advocacy of the nomination of Inited States Senator James J. Wads- worth, senfor New York state sena- stor, as the Republican candidate for zovernor of New York state, was an- nounced editorially yesterday (Fri- day) by the Knickerbocker Press of Albany. independent : Styling Senator Wadsworth as “the one man the Democrats fear’ and that “some Democratic leaders openly admit that Jim Wadsworth could oarry New York state against their most popular idol, Al Smith.” the editortal_declares “unquestionably he is the Republican best qualified to in an election battle in the state of | New York.” Tt 'is declarcd that Republican aders have been turning their eye ongingl nator Wadsworth's d rection ports became current | that nd Machold. | speaker nbly. leading | gubernatorial might not | the ee Nationul G. O. P, 1t is believed national Republican | leaders would look with favor on| Wadsworth me o hatorial lidate in New York state, in Vi | the likelihood that he would carry the | state. and in view of the necessity of a strong Repubdlican turnout this fall fo better the chances of the election \€ Preside dge. No doubt has been expressed here that the Pres dent would strongly indorse Wa M’ADOO SURPRISES IN WEST VIRGINIA| Leads John W. Davis in Straw Votes Conducted by State Newspapers. ker the candida race Favor, | Special Dispateh 10 The § CHARLESTON, W. Va. May State Senator A. C. Herold of Sutton withdrew this week as a democratic primary candidate for governor and his doing so strengthens the candi- daey of his fellow townsman, Circuit Judge Jake Fisher. There are now four entrants in the i With the primary election only ten | days ahead, uncertainty as to the re- sult in most of the major contests is as great as ever. One of the important developments of the w a declaration by J. W. Ment retary to Senator Davis Elkins, strongly favorable to the senatorial aspiration of former Representative Wells Goodykoontz of the fifth district. While Senator El- Lins stated that his righthand man was speaking only for himself, it is generally accepted here that the se- nior senator also favors Mr. Goody- koontz. Several siate are race leading newspapers of the now taking straw votes. st surprise of these polls i antial lead in the the modification of the Volstead act. Coolidge is an overwhelming favorite as a candidate for President and on Democratic side McAdoo is main- ing an advantage over John W. vis, contrary to what had been expected. In the poll by the Hunting- ton Herald-Dispatch, which was the first of the papers to engage in the Elraw vote enterprise, McAdoo has a big lead on Davis. LYNN KIRTLAND. FARM RELIEF IS URGED BY NORTH DAKOTA G. 0. P. State Party Leaders See Chance to Strengthen Position by Passage of Agriculture Measure. Epacial Dispatch to The Star. BISMARCK, N. D., May 17.—Neces- #ity of farm relief legislation as aid to the Republican party in the fall campaign in North Dakota was em- phasized this week by Republican leaders. Gov. Nestos and W. H. Stuts- nan, campaign manager of the Re- publican ~state organization, tele- graphed to North Dakota representa- tives in Congress their belief that ihere is necessity for some farm re- ief action is the party is to be engthened. “Real Republican” leaders of the state have been aroused by a drive to be made to add another member to, the progressive bloc in Congress through the nomination and election of John ¢ Sherman in the second district, to succeed Representative George M. Young, who is not a candidate, Th race further was complicated by th entrance today of Gene A. Williams, member of state constitufional con- vention, whose candidacy is expected to aid Sherman by cutting the vote of Thomas Hall, secretary of state, indorsed by the “real Republican” convention W. S, NEAL. McADOO AND UNDERWOOD FIGHT FOR TENNESSEE County Conventions Held Yester- day Name Delegates to State Session This Week. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 17.— Throughout Tennessee today county conventions are being held to name delegates to the Democrat convention here next Thursda ‘Tennessee's delegation to_the na- tional gathering in New York will be named. The fight in the county conventions was between Underwood and McAdoo for instructed delega- tions to the state conventions, sup- porters of other prospective candi- dates making little show of effort. McAdoo spent three days in the state prior to these county meetings 4nd made three speeches. In all his speeches he strongly urged that the Tennessee delegation to New York be instructed, as against an uninstruct- ~d delegation. -On the other hand, the Underwood management in Ten- nessee makes vigorous claims to the Tennessee delegation. ¢ Tennessee is entitled to twenty- four delegates in the national con- vention. W. E. BEARD. Attel;tion Turns to Congres: Special Dispatch to The Star. PHOENIX, Ariz, May 17.—With state conventions both out of the way, and presidential candidates more or less decided upon, Arizona is giv- ing some attention to congressional possibilities, Carl Hayden, Arizona’s lone repre- ntative, looms up big and, as fore- ast in political circles today, he will have no opposition of consequence ~unless a threatened split in the Demo- B River compact controversy. JAMES WYNKOOP, : worth as the atate Republican stand- rd bearer. It is known, however, Senator Wadsworth has indicated no desire for the governorship nomina- tion, and that such a course might be against his personal wishes. “He is not seeking the govi ship, but he is needed in Albany.” the Knickerbocker Press declar: It may be necessary to draft him, re- gardle: of his personal wishes. In that event he may be depended upon to ake a fight to bring to the state what it needs in the person of its next chief executive.” Tammany Upset Again, This declaration is of particular in- terest in view of the turmoil in which Tammany Hall and the Smith presi- dential boom find themselves through the difficulty of selecting a leader to eed Charies F. Murphy as the guiding hand of state Democracy. For sixteen hours 'tris week Sur- rogate James A. Foley of New York county " was leader ~of Tammany. through the earnest insistence b Gov. Smith that he accept the post gainst his personal wishes. For Xteen hours Tammany was elated at Iving the problem that confronted it as a leaderiess organization since Murplh death. Then Thursday night came a possitive refusal from Foley, declining to accept the post ich he had been elected. The song given were ill health and op- ition from members of his famil s the son-in-law of Murphy Emergency meetings of the Tam- many executive committee have been called to fix upon another choice, which is expected to be settied upon next week ROBERT R. ARNOLD. VICE PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE PROBLEM FOR G. 0. P. LEADERS Continued from First Page.) or- didates and is adding to them all the time. He has surprised his opponents by the strength he has accumulat- ed since the hour when he was supposed to have ‘‘come a crop- per” in the oil disclosures. It was a remarkable “come back,’ and there is no question that he has the other candidates worrying. It is no secret that republican leaders view with satisfaction the increasing prospects of Mr. Mc- Adoo. They believe he will be the easiest man for Presidsnt Cool- idge to beat, should he % nomi- nated. They do not beiieve he could carry New York, Indiana or New England. It is whispered that the expected defeat of Gov. Smith for the nomi- nation will be laid to the Klan, and that Gov. Smith's coreliglonists throughout the country would re- member the Klan's friendliness to Mr. McAdoo and would “take it out” on Mr. McAdoo at the polls. Senator La Follette of Wiscon- sin is expected to return to Washington tomorrow from a visit to Atlantic City, where he has been recuperating. The politicians are looking for some kind of an announcement from the Wisconsin statesman soon upon his possible candidacy for President and a third party. His friends here say that Senator La Follette is par- ticularly interested in the plat- form the Republicans will make, however, and he may defer taking any stand on the third party ques- tion until he sees what the na- tional convention does with the platform. There will after be plenty of time the two old parties have made their nominations and an- nounced their platforms for him to take the field if he should decide to head a third party. The Farmer-Labor party is to hold a convention June 17 in St. Paul, which is expected to add to the gayety of politics. It will be a hodge-podge of all kinds of liberal and radical interests that will urge as many political policles as there were colors in Joseph's coat. * ok %k The Farmer-Laborites of South Dakota are planning a unique in- vasion of St. Paul. They propose to meet at some central point with their automobiles and camping outfits, and with banners bearing legends flying, thus to sweep down through the state and in to Minne- sota, rousing the natives as they pass. * k% % The Democratic national com- mittee professes to see the Re- publicans “in bad” with the coun- try over the tariff law. A current statement from the comittee's press bureau says today: “Re- publican stand-patters who boast- ed that the Republican tariff of 1922 would elect a Republican’ President in 1924 are beginning to have cause for revising their opinion. The violent hostility to- ward the tariff throughout the west is threatening to put several traditional Republican states in the Democratic column. Agricul- tural journals and farmers’ organ- izations by their exposure of the fallacy and futility of the tariff are doing their share to estrange thousands of agricultural produc- ers from the Republican party. “There is a general belief that the Fordney-McCumber tariff law was expected by the Republicans to cure the dissstistaction among western farmers. Far from meet- ing this expectation, it has ag- gravated the political, unrest that has sent Magnus Johnson, Ship- sted, Frazier and Brookhart to the Senate.” ® Gets College Paper Job. ‘William Martin Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gibson of 322 10th street northeast; and a junior at the Carnegie Institute of ' Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., has been elected busi- ness manager of the llege paper, Carnegie Tartar, for next year. Youn, Gibson is a graduate of the Technical High School and for a time was em- ploved by The Star. London shops, offices and work- rooms employ about 800,000 women and girls. __THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 18 1924 PART 1 JOHNSON BACKERS SULLEN IN DEFEAT Senator Held Unlikely to Court Political Ruin in California by Opposing Coolidge. INACTION IS LIKELY COURSE Showdown to Be Forced at Cleve- land Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star LOS ANGELES, May 17.—Silence and inaction, dictated both by resent- ment and by uncertainty, reflect the present mood of Senator Hiram John- son’s following in California as a re- sult of the loss of this state to Coolidge in the recent primary. Whether this sullen temper extends to the rank and file of the Johnson sympathizers or is largely confined to the leaders of the senator's organiza- tion cannot accurately be determined until the Republican nomination at Cleveland next month forces a show- down. ¢ The situation is giving some con- cern to those who will be held re- sponsible for Republican success in November. Senator months ago President o contest the primary with him, ccompanied by an assurance that he would “cheer- fully” accept the result, has thus far borne no fruit—at least, no cheerful fruit—and there is much conjecture as to what he will do personally in this situatiob. Inaction Likely Course. A good guess as to the choice he will make of the three courses opeil to him—inaction, hostility or co- operation—might well be in favor of inaction, for, being temperamentally disinclined 1o make peace with a po- litical opponent, he will doubtless sense the danger to his own political Interests through actual opposition to the Republican nominee. As a matter of fact, Senator John- son could take no step better calcu- lated to complete his political decline in California, in the opinion of the thoughtful observers, than by open or covert aid to the Democratic opposi- tion this fall. KYLE D. PALMER. SENATOR STANLEY FOES BEGIN FIGHT Kentuckian Regarded, However, as Too Firmly Intrenched to Be Defeated for Post. some Johnson's statement th that he wanted LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 17 —Now that Kentucky is safely tucked away in the McAdoo vest pocket, despite a threat by Underwood supporters to contest the unit rule at the New York convention and make a fight for the two delegates instructed for the Alabaman in the ninth congres- sional district, attention in political Kentucky turns to the senatorial and congressional races. The fight on Senator Augustus Owsley Stanley, candidate for renom- ination, broke out last week in his own congressional district, the one that sent him to Congress for & num- ber of terms before he stepped up to the governor's chair and then to the senatorial. Stanley was indorsed for the Democratic presidential nomi nation by his home county’s conven- tion, but the organization which sup- ported him was thrown out in the district convention and Democrats opposed to the state Democratic ma- chine and Stanley were seated on the state committees. Stanley is considered strongly in- trenched because of his alignment with the state administration, and it is not belleved that the opposition can be dangerous. The name of Judge I. H. Thurman of Springfield, who is considered the leader of the anti-administration or progressive forces in the state, has been mentioned as a possible entrant in the senatorial primary in case for- mer Senator J. C. W. Beckham does not run. Another peculiar twist which was noticed at the state convention, which indorsed McAdoo, was the adoption of a resolution aimed at the Ku Klux Klan, declaring that the Democratic party has always stood for civil and religious liberty, and that it opposes every effort from any source which seeks to proscribe citizens because of race or religion. In the congressional races most interest centers in the succession to the seat of John W. Langley, under two-year sentence to Atlanta. Lang- ley's appeal will not be flled until October, and it is not expected that there can be a decision in the case befpre election day. Maj. Don W. Seitz of Plkeville and Scott Duffo of Whitesburg are candidates for Re- publican nomination in the tenth dis- trict, which has heretofore been equivalent to election. No Democrat has announced. MALCOLM W. BAYLEY. DELEGATES SEEKING M’AD0OO SUBSTITUTE ‘Washington State, Pledged to Cali- fornian, Already Casting About for Second Choice. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, May 17.—Although the Washington state delegation to the Democratic national convention is instructed for Willlam Gibbs McAdoo, the individual members of the dele- gation are already considering the candidate to whom the delegation will be thrown if McAdoo is found unable to muster the required two- thirds vote to nominate. There {8 @ strong movement in the ranks of the Democrats now being felt to ewing the delegation to either Carter Glass or Josephus Daniels. The Danlels supporters are most active. Senator Samuel Ralston has his friends and National Committeeman George F. Christensen will attempt to swing the delegation to him. Ral- ston, however, i not popular with the rest of the delegation. Senator C. C. Dill is being slated for the chairmanship. The delegation will also ask for his consideration for S Sonn. S MeMiith has b n S, McMillin has been n: chairman of the Republican convent tion delegation. The Farmer-Labor party is becoming active. Its lead- ers want Senator Follette as third pl;:ly nodniha‘e l.‘llld will so instruct a delegation to the convention Paul next month. ;8 JAMES DE K. BROWN. Congress Members Win. Special Dispateh to The Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 17.—Ala- bama is satisfied with the policies and conduct of her representative and Jjunior senator. This was emphatic- ally indicated Tuesday when the state Democratic primary returned all ten representatives to a&nother term _in the House. Senator Thomas J. Heflin was also returmed. OLIVER S. MORTON, Jr. California | OLITICAL activities have been in gome measure sus- pended during the past week, save for maneuver- ings in the states for organization preparatory to the June conven- tions. All doubt as to the nomina- tion of President Coolidge on the first ballot at Cleveland, possibly by acclamation, having been defl- nitely removed—if there were doubt—the Republican party man- agers are giving their attention to state tickets and to assignment of influential committee places. Though well ‘in advance of the time for the nomination of mem- bers of Congress there is much doing in anticipation of the line- up of candidates for House and Senate. * ok k¥ In New York it is regarded as important by the Republicans to strengthen the President's cause by putting forward the strongest possible candidate for governor and the latest name to be brought into the ficld of speculation is that of Senator James Wadsworth. The Albany Knickerbocker Press pro- poses him and urges that he be drafted for this service to his party. In view of the possibility of the nomination of Gov. Smith for the presidency, which would give New York Democrats a fight- ing spirit they have not had for years, this proposal is regarded as indicating the determination of the Republicans to put up their stiffest fight for the state in November * ¥ Rk ¥ The aftermath of the Ohio pri- maries is significant of a decided leaning of men of both parties toward Coolldge on the strength of his character and soundness of his views. Ohio is chiefly an indus- trial and commercial state and is strongly supporting Secretary Mel- lon's tax reduction proposal. The “personal popularity” feature of the President's indorsement is the more marked by reason of the ex- pectation, as expressed in the dis- patches of The Star's special politi- cal correspondents, that several of the Republican member of the House may be defeated for re-election. Mention is made of Representative Theodore E. Burton, who has been named the Republican “keynoter’ at Cleveland, as a harmonizing candidate for governor. He is not himself an aspirant for that post. * x * ¥ Turning to the west, the para- mount question seems to be whether or not Senator La Follette STRAIGHT KLAN RACE IN INDIANA FORECAST State G. 0. P. Reorganized by In- visible Empire Leaders With Watson's Aid. Special Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 17.—Ku Klux Klan leaders in Indiana squared away this week for victory at the polls this fall when they reorganized the Republican state committee with the help of Senator James E. Watson. This does not mean that Senator Watson has joined the ranks of the Invistble Empire, but it does mean that his followers have joined hands with the Klan leaders for political purposes. Led by Walter Bossert, imperial representative of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, the committee was reor- ganized, all of the old Watson chair- men retained, and Clyde A. Walb, state chairman, was re-elected unani- mously. His election, however, was not brought about until an anti- Watson, anti-Klan chairman elected from Watson and Bossert's home dis- trict, the sixth, was unseated, and pro-Watson, pro-Bossert man seated. Jackson Not Klansman. The plan of the Republican and Klan leaders, apparently, is to spread the word that Ed. Jackson, who was nominated for governor through the influence of the Klan is not a mem- ber of the Invisible Empire, that he has nothing tn common with it and that he did not solicit its “support. This will be done in an_effort to escape what promises to be a straight-out Kian .and anti-Klan campalgn in Indiana this fall. That the issue in the coming elec- tion will be largely Klan was made certain this week when Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, leader in the Demo. tic governorship e, with Gn anti-Klan statement. M- Culloch, who was indorsed by Thomas Taggart, is practically assured of the Democratic nomination at the hands of the state convention and it is probable the Democrats will adopt an anti-Klan plank. That will define the issue and may largely obliterate itical lines. PO, atimated that probably 100.- 000 Democrats with Klan proclivities Will leave the party on the issue, but that will be counteracted by approxi- mately 125,000 negro votes which the Republicans will lose. That vote will not necessarily go to the Democrats, but probably will remain at home. The ~Democrats believe there are enough anti-Klan votes in the state fo insure their election, while the Kian leaders believe that by holding their strength and what Tegular Re- publican help they will get through fhat familiar Hoosier habit of “hit- ting the eagle they can elect their HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. man. —_—————— COOLIDGE FAR AHEAD OF JOHNSON.IN OREGON —_— Carries State Three to One, Figures Indicate—McNary Leads G. O. P. Senate Candidates. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oré, May 17.—Oregon Republicans at the primary election Friday approved the candidacy of President Calvin Coolidge for the Re- publican nomination for President by a three to one vote over Senator Hi- .am W. Johnson of California, as hown by steadily mounting totals. A tabluation late today giving rep- resentative returns from all except a few remote counties showed 1,099 of the state’s 1,763 percincts giying Coolidge, 68,893; Johnson, 21,521 Senator Charles L. McNary main- tained the big lead he took early in the count, and with 1,114 precincts tabulated the vote stood: McNary, 57,700; Mayor George L: Baker, Port land, 23,744. K. K. Kubli received 10,363 votes and H. H. Stallard, 2,886 ‘Willlam Gibbs McAdoo and George L. Berry candidates for the Demo- oratic nomination for President and +Vice President, respectively, were un- opposed for the state’s endorsement. THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National ljevelopmenta Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. will bolt the Republican ticket, heading a third-party movement. From Montana comes an interest- ing suggestion, that La Folletts will be named for President by the dissentient elements, with Senator Burton K. Wheeler for Vice Presi- dent. The recent exoneration of Wheeler by a Senate committes of the charges brought against him may give this third-party boom momentum. There is no indica- tlon, however, whether he views it favorably. 'He is a Democrat while La Follette is still, nomin- ally, a Republican. There has been an unmistakable revival of McAdoo strength during this week. Following the marked Smith boom of a fortnight ago, the Californian’s strength has been appreciably increased, and it is now evident that he will enter the convention well in the lead, with Smith probably a close second. Yet “second choice” expressions are be- ing heard. Thus, in Washington the Democrats are already considering who is to succeed to-McAdoo's delegates when the “break” comes, that is to say, when it is apparent that he cannot make the two- thirds point. Ralston is reported to have many friends, but also some opponents. In Idaho the contest is now regarded as between Ralston and Davis. The delegation from that state will be instructed, but for whom is not now evident. * ¥ % * In West Virginia, strangely, Mc- Adoo is rated as favorite over Da- vis, the “son” of the state. Recent polls taken there show a decided preference for the Californian. The necessity for farmer relief legislation of some kind is stressed in North Dakota, if the Republican party there, already badly rent by dissent, is to be strengthened. Maneuvers are under way, it would seem, to add another member of the House farm bloc to the list of “irreconcilables.” Senatorial aspirations are in evidence in several states, to com- plicate the party situatlons. In New Jersey, for instance & new- comer is In the fleld in the person of H. F. Kean, who seeks the seat now held by Senator Edge. The wet-dry e will figure in this campaign, with unforetellable re- sults. in New Mexico where there was considerable Hiram Johnson senti- ment, the question is being ask whether the California result will leave the senator hostile, inactive or indifferent in respect o the can- didacy of President Coolidge. At present the Johnson following there is described as “silent and in- active, dictated both by resentment and uncertainty.” Less attention, however, is being paid to the pos- sibility of an anti-administration reaction by the Johnsonites than to that of a La Follette independ- ent candidacy. G. 0. P. TO CAPTURE STATE Connecticut Electoral Vote Virtual- ly Assured Coolidge. Special Dispatch to The Btar. HARTFOR®. Conn.. May 17.—Re- gardless of who the Democratic can- didate for the presidency may be, Connecticut appears sure to give its electoral vote to the Republicans. Only once since 1892 has the state gone Democratic in a presidential election. With Democratic Sentiment favor- ing Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York for President, it will be more of a contest in Connecticut if the Empire State executive is named, while the nomination of anybody else (“Favo- rite Son” Cummings excepted) will result in marking down the Demo- cratic vote and will give Coolidge something like a walk-over. H. L H?UTO.\’. SMITH POPULARITY GAINS New Hampshire Developing Senti- ment for Governor. Special Dispateh to The Star. MANCHESTER, N. H., May campaign for the Republican nomina- tion for governor is growing more interesting daily, with both candi- dates touring various parts of the state. Capt. John G. Winant of Con- cord has been in Manchester and vi- cinity this week, while Maj. Frank Knox of Manchester has been cam- paigning in_the northern section of the state. In the Democratic ranks there are no avowed candidates for the nomination as governor, the only interest being shown in the organi- zation of Al Smith clubs throughout the state. Smith seems to be popular in all the textile centers. 3. J. MoCARTHY. ASSAILS McMASTER. Democrat Candidate Declares Gov- ernor Misled Voters. Special Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 17.—The battle for United States senator in South* Dakota was formally opened this week when U. S. G. Cherry of Sioux Falls, the Democratic candi- date, jssued a long statement charg- ing Gov. W. H. McMaster, the Re- publican nominee, with having with- held until after the 1922 election a report on the condition of the state government machinery compiled by a committee of efficiency experts who made a survey of administrative ma- chinery in South Dakota in 1821. Mr. Cherry also charges that -when the report was made public it was in de- leted form. He challenges Gov. McMaster “to print the entire report, Both parts 1 and 2, in sufficient guantities to meet the reasonable needs of the electors in this state from now until election day.” ALFRED BURKHOLDER. SEE DAVIS-RALSTON RACE. Idaho Observers Doubt MecAdoo and Smith Strength. . Special Dispatch to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, May 17.—On:the eve of the Democratic state delegate con- vention next Tuesday bourbon ‘lead- ers in Idaho seem to feel that the real ¢ontest in the national conven- tion will be between Davis of “West Virginia and Ralston of Indiana. They admit that there i3 in Idaho some streng sentiment for McAdoo d for Al Smith of New York, but it is not strong enough. There is no chance for an instructed delegation be a fight over the selection of tional committeeman, but leaders feel confident that Robert Elder will suc- ceed himself. JEROME BARTELL. Studies Jewish Emigrants,. : JERUSALEM, May 17 (Jewish Tel- raphic Agency).—A special repre- sentative of the Polish government assigned 'to _investigate 'conditions among Pollsh-Jewlsh ' em ts in Rumania and lltlli ed here today and visited Col- Kisch, political representative of the Zionist execu- tive in Jerusalem. j Underwood, DEMOCRATS CHOOSE HARRISON CHAIRMAN Will Deliver Convention Keynote} and Preside Over Sessions Temporuarily. HATLED BY ALL CANDIDATES Ideal Compromise for Post, Says Cordell Hull. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 17.—The national Democratic subcommittes on conven- tion arrangements today unanimously elected Senator Pat Harrigon of Mis- sissipp! temporary chairman and key- note speaker for the convention, voted final approval of detailed plans for the gession and fixed upon June 16 for a last preconvention meeting of the subcommittee. Senator Harri- son’s election was the work of but a minute of formal balloting, as he virtually had been chosen at an un- official session of the subcommittee last night. Until them his most formidable rival for the post was un- derstood to have been Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, Demo- cratic floor leader. Smith and McAdoo Pleased. Backers of Gov. Smith's candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomi- nation were reported to have been aligned with Serator Harrison from the first. That he also was accept- able to the Willlam G. McAdoo forces was indicated in a statement issued by Mr. McAdoo at his local campaign headquarters immediately the elec- tion of Senator Harrison was com- pleted. “I am deeply pleased with the selec- tion,” he said. “My friends all sup- ported Senator Harrison.” Members of the subcommittee spoke of Senator Harrison as a “compromise choice,” and Cordell Hull of Ten- nessee, chairman of the national com- mittee, voiced their sentiments when he sald: “The senator was an ideal com- promise candidate. He was acceptable to all groups, Smith, McAdoo and right through the list. He is a very effective speaker and an unexcelled parliamentarian. His election as temporary chairman and keynoter was not seriously opposed in any quarter.” Dry Record Cited. Asked what was Senator Harrison's position toward the prohibition is- sue, Mr. Hull said: "I would not presume to voice the senators opinion, but it is well known that he voted for the prohibition legisla- tion down there in Congress—the eighteenth amendment and the Vol- stead act” Senator Harrison, who was in ‘Washington today, was notified of his election, but up to the time the subcommittee adjourred, which was within an hour aftsr it entered executive session, no word has been received from him. Twelve of the fourteen members of the subcommittee attended today's meeting, including the two national committee women, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Missouri and Mrs. D. A. Mc- Dougall of Oklahoma. The absent ones were Isadore Dockweiler of California and J. Bruce Kremer of Montana, vice chairman. SMITH HAILS CHOICE. Thinks Harrison Highly Qualified for Chairmanship. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, May 17— Gov. Al Smith of New York tonight declared himself “perfectly satisfied” with the selection of Senator Pat Harri- son as temporary chairman of the Dem- ocratic national convention. “I am very well acquainted with Sen- ator Harrison,” said Gov. Smith. “I have known him for a long time and I regard him as a highly qualified man.” Gov. Smith said he was here for a rest. LA FOLLETTE-WHEELER TICKET IS PREDICTED Montana Sees Senators Running f Together After Bolt of Older Parties. Special Dispatch to The Star. HELENA, Mont., May 17.—Will Rob- ert M. La Follette bolt the Republican national convention and head a third party? And, if so, will United States Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, bé the vice presidential can- didate of that party? This is a politicad topic in Mon- tana—and it is not so far-fetched as it might appéar at first glance. There is a persistent, consistent ef- fort to capture the Republican dele- gates from Montana for some candi- date—not _ divulged—other than Cal- vin_Coolidge. These candidates, named and placed on the ballot by O. H P. Shelley, national committeeman, state merely in their slogan that they are for “a progressive” for President. As Mr. Coolidge is unopposed in the primary, they will, of course, have to vote for him on the first ballot, but whispers say there 3 to be a bolt and that La Follette is to try to do what Theodore Roosevelt falled to do in 1912. Not Friendly to Coelidge. The Shelley delegates will certain- 1y not go to the convention, if elect- ed, in a spirit friendly to Coolidge or to any conservative. But, since they will be bound by the primary of May 27 next, they must cast their strength to the President. Hence Shelley's sole purpose in seeking to control i.hle".delerl.llon is to take part in a spl Shelley was a Bull Mooser in 1312.. Later Shelley was mixed up with the Committee of ' 48, which has been talking of Sertator Wheeler as a can- didate for President, it is sald. The Federated Press, which sup- plies two radical weeklies in Mon- tana, says La Follette will bolt and that’ Wheeler ‘will be his runniag ate. Stranger things have happened in American politics. s unn'.lfl'h Ia. the ‘prlml.ry Mh.n:‘l"n s confined, largely to gumshoeing. Only delefites are to be elected, be- side, el rs, May 27, and, as Cool- 1 ‘and McAdoo are unopposed, the interast lies solely in the delegations. It Shelley wins the Montana dele: gfin safely be relied upon to rarin’ to go_the first time any- body whispers “Bolt!"” LOUIS M. THAYER. ’ Ohio for Coolidge, May Elect Democrats to Congress Post State G. 0. P. Aroused by Present Dele- gation’s Refusal to Back President: Burton May Be Governor Choice. Special Dispateh to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 17.—Such expressions of sentiment as have ‘been made by Ohio Republicans since they gave President Coolidge over- whelming approval in the presidential primary, indicate that the President is growing in favor here, and this is not wholly confined to those who claim affiliation with the Republican party. It was made clear in that vote that Mr. Coolidge had not suffered through the developments of the in- vestigation of the office of the attor- ney general. The opposition to the President in Congress on most of the measures popular with the masses of the peo- ple is serving to bring out the politi- cal strength of Mr. Coolidge in a striking way, and the Republicans from this state who are not support- ing the President's efforts toward economy and efliciency of administra- tion are being roundly denounced The party newspapers are beginning to speak sternly of the situation—a party praising iis President and over- throwing his policies one after the other as they come within its power. Asks House Members’ Defeat. The Ohio State Journal, in an edi- torial last Wednesday, discuss- ing the President’s qualities of lead- ership, said: “We who expect to Vote for him ought to be thinking about what we can do to bring about the election of a Congress with discre- tion and courage enough to stand by him if he wins There are many Re- publican members of the present Congress whose renomination, if one believes in President Coolidge and his policies, it Would be an absurdity to_help along.” It has been announced here that every one of the fifteen Republican members of the present Congress ex- pects to ask for nomination in August for re-election, but only Representa- tive Burton has regularly supported the administration policies under Mr. Coolidge. Oblo has become a great industrial and commercial state. Two decades 2go the census showed that more than half its population lived in large municipalities. ~ The leaders in the great business concerns and their dependents sorely feel the burden of taxation and are chafing under the reluctance of Congress to grant re- lief. Secretary Mellon is very popu- lar with all classes here. They, be- lieve in his plan and have no patience with those who are saying he is & rich man and has drawn his plan with the wealthy mainly in mind. The members of a chain of news- papers in this state started out with that argument when the Mel- lon plan was first announced, but it has long ceased to make such expre: sion. | correspondence, Because Mr. Mellon's contention believed to be correct—that the cour try cannot grant the taxation relic to which business is entitled if th: Bursum and the honus bills becom laws—the great majority hers wer against the Bursum bill and they ar against the bonus bill. They stan with the President on both of thes measures and are severely eriticising their _representativ Congress from Senators Willi s down for not standing v ciden {n_opposition to them. TUnless sentiment changes tre dously before the November e it will probably be found when the election returns come In that, though Ohio has given her electoral vot President Coolidge, she has & Democratic delegation to Congres This_presumes that most of the pre ent Republican members will ¢ cessful in winning nominations «* August priamries. A delicate situation confronts tha Republican_state leaders in the lection of a candidate for governo- As has already been indicated in this there are five ca didates now out for the mominat for governor—ail dry but one fo mer Gov. Harry L. Davis of Cleve. land. The party leaders saw that they went into the primary electio with this array of candidates it wa practically certain that Gov. Da would win, he concentrating in support the minority liberal el while the dry support would be & between the other four candidatr Davis, they believe, could not defe: Gov. Donahey. Burten Movement Starts. It was with the hope of preves ing this that a movement was star ed last month to have all five of the: candidates withdraw in favor of Cor gressman Burton, who it was stats was willing to accept the nominatio if thus tendered to him, but wou not make a contest for it. The pla failed, and then came the propos tion to have the delegates to ti state platform convention meet in pre-primary convention to expres their ideas as to the best selection 1 make for the head of the ticket fc the guidance of the voters in the p- mary. This has stirred the cand dates and their friends to violent nunciation of what they declare i slate-making proposition and plan 1 circumvent the state primary electic law. This convention is to meet her Tuesday and Wednesday of nex week, but so violent are the or ponents to it that it seems likei that it will not dare go so far make a slate or €ven to indicate t candidates who would make a goou ticket. The friends of Gov. James M. Co are claiming that he stands as good a chance of winning the Democra presidential nomination as any didate whose name has been mentior ed for it J. H. GALBRAITH -—————— EDGE FACING REAL | FIGHT FOR SENATE Hamilton F. Kean, Banker and G. 0. P. Committeeman, to Op- pose Senmator in Race. | Special Dispatch to The Star. NEWARK, N. J, May 17.—The out- standing political development in New Jersey this week was the an- nouncement of Hamilton F. Kean, Republican national committeeman, that he will be a candidate in the September primaries for the United States senatorial nomination against Senator Walter E. Edge, who is a candidate for renomination. Mr. Kean is the senior partner of Kean, Taylor & Co., investment bankers of New York, but his home is in Elizabeth, N. J. His firm, or its predecessors, has financed many large onterprises. For a quarter of a cen- tury or more he and his relatives have been heavy filnancial supporters of the Republican campaigns in this state. He is a brother of the late United States Senator John Kean. He is frankly but not intolerantly conservative. In their fundamental political views Kean and Edge are much alike. et in the fact that is in. become better known to the younger elements of the party. The sympathies of the old war horses of ten and fifteen years ago-will be, for the most part. with Kean, but they are not politically active today. However, Edge has offended, espe- cially by introduction of a 2.75 beer bill in Congress, large groups of Re- publicans. They want his political scalp. These groups would not se- lect Mr. Kean as their leader, if they had the doing of it, because they are not sure that he is an out-and-out dry, but they will support him never- theless. The Edge leaders profess to seé in this dry support a liability for Kean. That would be true in most elections in New Jersey, but it is hardly true of a Republican prinmary. In fact, if the drys were not bitterly incensed at Edge it would be futile for anybody to try to separate him from the coming senatorial nomina- tion. That opposition of the drys to Edge must be the very groundwork of the campaign of Kean if he is to think of winning. Consequently, un- | der the surface, if not above it, this will be a wet-and-dry fight. At the moment it looks as it Bdge faces a real fight. The first will lea scars. JOHN J. McGOWAN. NEW BALL FOE LOOMS | “'FOR U. S. SENATE SEAT John G. Townsend Latest to Be Mentioned in Connection With Delaware Fight. Special Dispatch to The Star. WILMINGTON, May 17.—Word comes, from the lower part of the state that Republican politicians there will insist John G. Townsend be the senatorial candidate and that Leroy Harvey of this city be nomi- nated for governor at the state con- vention. At present it appears as if Town- send has as good a chance as any of the other candidates mentioned. He would have the suppert of all the Coleman du Pont men, including Gov. W. D. Denney and Secretary of State Benson. - It 1§ said that Col. Henry A. du Pont, head of the state Republican organization; is not going to an- nounce his preference for United States senator until just before the primary election in August. There is much speculation as to whether Col. du Pont will insist upon. the nomination of Senator L. H. Ball, the incumbent. Irrespective of the man, the sole purpose of the colonel is to make it certain that the Senate seat does not go to a Democrat. Friends of former Congressman Wil- liam H. Heald say he will get the RITCHIE CONTROL OF DELEGATES SEEN Governor to Meet Test in State Convention This Week Suc- cessfully, Observers Say. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md,, May 17.—Out of a fight by Senator O. E. Well against the selection of Oliver Metzc rott of Prince Georges County as delegate-at-large to the national cor vention at Cleveland, the Republica: state convention here this week pass ed without & ripple and the siate o delegates pledged to President Coo idge went through without opposi tion The women of the party won a &iz nal victory and:were given recogn tion to the extent of four delegate to the national convention, eight vote: in the city committee of Baltimor and a chance to elect other womer from the different wards. Former Senator William P. Jacksor was assured of re-election as nationa committeeman from Maryland. The selection of Peter E. Tome fo controiler of Baltimore City, as a can didate to oppose Representative Charles Linthicum in the fourth dis trict, was also confirmed by the con vention. Democrat Fight Seem. Interest is now centered in Democratic convention, which me here next week, to select delegate to the national convention at New York. While the delegates will & uninstructed. the personnel of the delegation is the cause of considera ble speculation and will, it is saic decide whether Gov. Ritchie i3 to b the undisputed par leader in th state. It is rumored that a coalition ha been_formed between the governo® and John J. Mahon and Frank S. Kel ly, city leaders, which will give th: governor control of the conventior Politicians here figure that the ernor will control the convention Control of the delegation to Democratic national convention fs prize worth having. Unlike the Re publican convention, where mos things have already been arranged. most any thing may happen at Pemocratic_conclave, and to c delegation, although it casts sixteen votes, may mean some J. G. DEPOY DEMOCRAT ROW NEARS. HEAD IN PENNSYLVANIA Control of Party to Be Fought Ou! by Three Groups—Mellon to Head G. 0. P. Slate. Special Dispateh to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa. May Pennsylvania’s state committees wi meet for blennial reorganization nex Tuesday, the Republicans with contests in sight and the Democrat: facing a struggle for control _of the party machinery which may ha'* marked effect upon the vote of th Keystone state delegution to the New York convention. . Secretary A. W. Mellon will be chosen chairman of the Republican delegation and the present par(y management will be continued, the Pinchot administration havin been eliminated from any appreciable i1 fluence in affairs. . Indications are for a three-cornered fight for national committeeman in the Democratic state committee, al though some efforts to work in & compromise candidate have been under way. Former National Chair man Vance C. McCormick and group aligned with him are strug- gling to gain the balance of power and anything else over the Guffcy and Bonniwell factions, which have not gotten together. This fight will settle how votes may be apportioned among delegates at large as there is a 8lln to divide the four equally among men and women running high- est. ™ Anti-McAdoo men. have been claim ¥ ing two-thirds of the delegation A. BOYD HAMILTON. v’ nomination. It is sald that Coléman du Pont might be persuaded to be a candidate despite his assertion that he does not seek the office. C. E. GRAY. ———— The first ear trumpet for improving the hearing was made by Dr. Yeards- ley of kondon, in 1848, ’ Adoo Chances Enhanced by Week’s Developments—G. O. P. Marking Time ] ’