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4 DAWES> MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS TO FEATURE NOTIFICATION MEET Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Says Music Is Not So Good, But Friends Insist It W ould CHILD LABOR LAW FOES POWERFUL Farmers and Manufacturers United to Defeat Proposed Amendment. A temporary alliance of two great &roups long at poiitical odds is being +ftected prior to the actual work of the campaign in the case of capitalists and farmers, both of which are lining up their forces to defeat the ao-called child labor amendment to the Constitution. advocated by organized labor and a con- siderable number of welfare and other organizations. Within the week the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers has launched “n attack on the proposed amendment in the form of a brief against it. com- piled by James A. Emery and Nathan B. Williams, its counsel. The brief has been sent broadcast by the thousands. Twenty.eight State organizations of manufacturers, as well as the parent organization, have declared ugainst the amendment and are actively enlisting the aid of other employers in their fight The manufacturers’ brief follows, by a few days. the action of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation at Columbus, which went on record against the amendment “Idleness by law.” declared the federa- | tion, “is as repulsive as involuntary servitude.” The American Farm Bureau Jederaticn also apposes the amendment. and the National ze is scheduled to record its views in convention this Fall in Forty-four Bodies Fight Measure. All teld, 44 State and national organi- zations oppose the measure, and about the same number favor it, including the powerful League of Woman Voters and the American Federation of Labor. The amendment, which was submitted to the States by Congress at the last session, provides that “Congress shall have power to limit, regulate and pro- hibit the labor of persons under 18 years of uge” At the present time many States have child labor laws applying to persons under 16, the attempt to raise | the age limit two years is the crux of the present fight. Three States already hace disposed ©f the amendment. Arkansas ratified it: Louisiana and Georgia rejected it. | In Massachusetts it comes up for con- sidreation or referendum vote at the November election. Thus it will go directly to the voters in that State and while the Legislature is not bound by the referendum, it is believed that 1t will follow the mandate. Such action results from the so- called “public opinion” law enacted by the Massachusetts Le ature after the rassage of the prohibition and woman | Suffrage amendments. The Legislature then decided that it would not act on | any future proposed amendments with- | out first submitting them to the voters. In the present figcht the amend- ment is opposed by Louis Coolidge and supported by Speaker Gillette, Repre- sentative Ballinger and Senator Walsh. A close fight is anticipated. 42 Legislatures to Be Chosen. Forty-two States elect Legis i this Fall which will meet during the | coming Winter. These Legislatures, it | seems assured, will dispose of the amendment. Ratification by 36 States {s necessary to write the amendment into the Constitution. Rejection by 13 States would kill it. With two States ! already on record as rejecting the amendment, its opponents are hopeful of adding the other 11 before the Winter is over. In each of the 42 States whose Leg- fslatures will meet next Winter, how- ever, an intensive fight is being plan- ned at this time both by the advocates and opponents of the measure. The fight will be for and against candi- | dates for the State Legislatures. It | will be second in interest, of course, to the national election, but in many States it will be a close second and In onc or two may crowd national affairs from the spotlight. With the exceptions of the prohibi- tion and woman suffrage amend- ments, no other proposed change to the Constitution withim the past 50 years seems to have aroused plan for such widespread campaigning. | Here is a sentence from the manufac- turers' brief which indicates the warmth of the fight just ahead: ! “On the day Calvin Coolidge be- | came President of the United States his 14-vear-old-son received §3.50 for his labor in a neighbor's tobacco field.” atures Cites Classes Affected. Under the proposed amendment, the manufucturers claim, the Presi- dent’s son would have been barred | from work until he reached the age of 1S. The claim carries with it the supposition that Congress would enact enabling legislation. So also, claim the manufactarers, would all other children under the age of 18 be barred from any work, including newsboys. voungsters who devote part of their spare time to making pocket money, girls who help with | housework at home and sons and daughters of farmers who assist with light work in the house or garden. Opposition of the farmers rests largely on the showing by the census burcau that 647,000 boys and girls between 10 and 15 years are engaged in agricultural pursuits. How many more children of 16 and 17 are so en- gaged the census figures do not show. It is estimated, however, that more than 15 per cent of the total population is between the ages 15 and 18, Advocates of the that while 18 years is fixed as the extreme limit, Congress need not ac- cept that figure but may enact legis- lation putting the amendment into affect, if adopted. at a lower age. They also claim that the measure is necessary (o protect thousands of children at present doing a full day's work when they otherwise would be in school. These claims are hotly denied by those opposing the measure. (Copyright, 1924.) BITTE# FIGHT ON KLAN IS UNDER WAY IN TEXAS Mrs. Ferguson, in “Run-Off” Pri- mary, Indorsed for Governor by Seven Eliminated Opponents. Special Dispateh to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., August 16.—The Re- publican party will nominate candi- dates for State offices in Texas, since the Democratic election for governor was limited by the first primary to Felix D. Robertson, avowed Ku Klux Klan candidate, and to Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, wife of J. E. Ferguson, who was impeached as governor in 1917. Mrs. Ferguson is the first wom an candidate in the history of Texas. The seven candidates for governor, climinated by the first primary, have all indorsed Mrs. Ferguson's candi- dacy. A bitter second primary cam- paign over the Klan issue is now un- der way. The Republican party at its State conference this week selected °T. M. Kennerly of Houston for United States Senator, to run against Morris Sheppard, renominated by the Demo- crats. T. P. Lee of Houston is the Republican choice for governor. The Republican convention will be held September 2, to ratify the selections made this week by a nominating com- mittee. Supporters of the La Follette- Wheeler party held a conference in Fort Worth and arranged for getting presidential electors included on the Texad general clection ballot. 8. RAYMOND BROOKS. measure claim DAVIS TO DECLARE | was stated today at his headquarters. Help Him in By Consolidated Press. | CHICAGO, August 16— rds xnd“ music by Charles G. Dawes. "o | These words should appear some- where on the program of the Repub- lican vice presidential notification ceremonies to be held next Tuesday at the general’s home in Evanston. For not only will Hell and Maria Dawes furnish the principal speech of the occasion, but his own musical compositions will be among the| musical pieces de resistance. The mu- sicians who are to play at the noti- fication already are rehearsing them. | Candidate Dawes has shown him- | self to be a versatile man. Besides being a successful banker, and ef- cient general, a good politician and | a snappy director of the national| budget, he has found time to develop | considerable talent asx a flutist, a| pianist and a composer. | His “Melody in A .major” perhaps | has passed through the most severe | tests. Fritz Kreisler thought so well | of it that he frequently has iven it| a prominent place on He also has “canned” it, the Dawes | name being impressed along with his | oy n on a phonograph record Candidate Dawes, thouxh, a bit! reticent about his ventures into musi- | cal fields. One Chicago musician, he ! avs, advised him that “if the notes Charles Dawes takes in at his bank | re as bad as those he puts down on paper, he will face bankruptey very quickl | Friends Insist He In Good. { But the genecral's friends maintain |rallying that when he can get his stuff repro- | duced on phonograph discs he must be pretty good and insist it shall go into his campaign. Some of them are wondering if he couldn't be in-' HIS LABOR VIEWS In Early Speech Will Advo- cate Its Voice in In- dustry’s Councils. By the Associated Press. i LOC VALLEY. N. Y., August 16 | 3 his Labor day speech John W Davis very likely will give a full exposi- tion of his views, first stated in hix a ceptance address, that the democracy in government and democracy in in- dustry alike demand the free recogni- tion of the right of all of those who work, in whatever rank or place to hare in all decisions that effect their welfare | On behalf of the Democratic presi- | dential candidate, it was stated today | that his conviction is that there can be | no lasting settiement of industrial un rest until the workers have a share in the councils of industry and that| labor's knowledge of its own needs gives it a right to a voice in all matters of | government that directly or peculiarly | affect this right. i With labor having a voice in the management of industry, Mr. Davis | believes there will be removed the | main cause of industrial disputes be- | cause there will be full opportunity | for the workers to have Cnnn(ru(:tl\'el knowledge of exact conditions respect- | ing the adequacy of wages and other | matters which usually form the basis of disagreement. Favors Stock Distribution. The Democratic nominee also is rep- resented as holding to the view that the plan of stock distribution to the workers now in operation in some lines of industry should be given wide ap- plication as one that has proved and will prove helpful alike to labor and to industry. With respect to representation in government councils, Mr. Davis believes that those agencies dealingz with labor | should be given into the charge of | men who have had practical experience | and who thus would bring to their | task an intimate knowledge both of the problem and questions demanding so- lution and of conditions as they exist | in practice rather than in theory. ‘The Democratic nominee remained at his home here today marshaling ma- terial for his forthcoming.addresses. He spent the entire morning in his study and made substantial progress on the speech he is to deliver at Columbus, Ohio, on August 26. Before going to the West, Mr. Davis will deliver two addresses in the East, both at Seagirt, N. J., next Friday, it The first will be before the State Democratic committee and the second at an open-air meeting. The place for the delivery of the Labor day address still is undeter- mined. While some of his admirers have urged that he make at least one speech between August 26 and Sep- tember 1, it is not at all certain that | he will do so, as, personally, he does not beiieve in too great an expendi- ture of effort and ammunition in the early stages of the campaign. Besides working on his addresses, Mr. Davis conferred today with Senator Copeland of New York, who volun- teered his services in the campaign, and played a round of golf with George Gardiner, a former law partner. NORTHEAST FORMS DAVIS-BRYAN CLUB General Meeting of District Demo- cratic Associations to Be Held Next Wednesday. ‘The Northeast Davis-Bryan Demo- cratic Association held a business meeting in the headquarters of the Davis-Bryan Association of the Dis- trict in the Investment Building yes- terday afternoon, at which the fol- lowing officers were elected: W. Z. Mower, president: L. M. Councelman, W. Ferris, E. F. Damron and F. B. Penicks, vice presidents; E. E. Rick- etts, secretary; F. Marquette, treasu- rer, and F. J. McKeever, sergeant at arm . The membership will be drawn from the northeast section of Wash- ington and efforts will be made to enroll all Democrats in_that section. 1t is affiliated with the District head- quarters of the Davis-Bryan Demo- cratic Association and is the first of several Democratic clubs to be organ- ized In different sections of Wash- ington. There are various Democratic or- ganizations {n the District and efforts are being made by Conrad H. Syme, President of the central organization, to_co-ordinate the work. The newly formed club will hold a joint meeting with other organiza- tions at the Shoreham Hotel Wednes- day night. The meeting will be ad- dressed by John F. Costello, national committeeman for the District, and Richard ‘Seelye Jones, who has been designated by the Democratic na- tional committee in charge of club organizations. duced surprise by | planning. H glven no indication of approving such a plan. of the enthusiasm. The his Program. | settlement of the reparations question | him they will | acceptance speech, announced his in- WASHINGTON D. C, AUGUST 17, 1924—PART 1. THE SUNDAY STAR ———-———"—L—-_?_———L-——__—____.—__—____ Campaign. to spring another political interpolating a flute solo campalgn he is| however, has into the strenuous The general, B. F. Blye, Candidate Dawes’ secre- tary, advises that the general started his musical career in his college days, when he was one,of the lights of the school band and orchestra. His skill has progressed steadily since then. There are indications that the notifi- cation ceremonies here, in sharp con- trast to those in Washington, are to! be of a noi- -some character. Much | old-* ne stuff—torchlight pa- | rades, vler - of copious decorations of | buntings— v 7 be revived. i Give Dual Sendoff, | anston, honoring her hero, is pre- pared to send him on his way to the big political fight with a great show of neral has kept pretty much out of the limelight since he returned from Iliurope upon the comp!etion of the Dawes revort for the and the plan is to honor him for that accomplishment _as well as for his nomination for Vice President | After that's over with, the candidate | promises to talk and then keep on | talking as he starts out to cover the | country as the campaigning half of the Republican ticket The “Dawes” mu: appearance duri the ftight. There | are suggestions (hat the candidate- soldier-composer frame up a campaign | battle tune that would serve as a | ong for the Republicans. The | Demoerats originated one of their own | at Clarksburg to rally the Democratic | forces behind John W. Davis, and now | the suggestion is for something Re- | publican to counteract it. | 3 PARTIES LAUNCH | FARM VOTE DRIVE Special Programs and Ma- | chinery Being Planned by | National Committees. may put in its | | By the Associated Press., ! CHI 30, August 16.—Special pro- | Erams and special machinery to reach | *he farmers are being constructed by he national committess of the pres- idential candidates, La Follette, Davis | and Coolidge, it was learned here to- | nigat. K. T. Meredith, Secretary of | Agriculture under President Wilson, | today resumed conferences begun yes« terday with Clem L. Shaver, chalr- | man of the Democratic national committee, relative to the Democratic message to the farmers, the method of ecarrying it and the personnel which will carry it William M. Butler, Republican, announced upon his return from the | Coolidge notification that an agricul- tural bureau would be established as a major division of the Republican national organization, with offices at national headquarters. J. M. Nelson, La Follette chairman, said that the La Follette organization had obtained the servi of Charles A. Lyman, former secretary of the board of farm organizations at Washington, who will direct publicity among the farm- ers from the Washington head- quarters. Says Davis Gains. “Mr. Davis will undoubtedly go di- rectly to the farmers and the wage earners and place his c before them.” Mr. Meredith said, “and I am confident that when they have heard | be with him. Already a distinetly favorable attitude toward | Mr. Davis on the part of western | farmers has been manifest. Wher there is confusion and doubt it will be dissolved soon as voters know our can ate.” Republican representations relative to their ald of farmers were chal- lenged by Representative Voigt of the La Follette agricultural commit- tee. Chairman Butler had declared in his announcement that the Repub- lican party was seeking farmers’ co- operation, “that the free play of eco- nomic laws, now operating in their favor, may be preserved and that every special protectfon held conso- nant with the common good may be effected.” Cites Coolidge Plans, He added, “it was with this aim in mind that President Coolidge, in his tention to appoint a committee to re- port relief measures to Congress next December.” “It is not necessary for any party to promise operation of economic laws.” sald Representative Voigt, “and as that term is generally under- stood by farmers it probably will be in operation too much of the time to their cetriment. We have had plenty of committees to investigate the farm situation, and I do not believe the farmers in the country see much hope in a committee which is to investi- gate and report next December.” Mr. Butler said that “virtually all of the beneficial legislation” for farm- ers during the present administration was enacted in the first two years, when “Republicans had a clear-cut majority and before the radical ele- ment came to the forefront.” SHAVER WILL CONFER WITH BRYAN ON PLANS Going to Lincoln for Notification. Nominee to Center on Middle West. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August = 16. — Western Democratic headquarters was the scene of several conferences among party leaders today, with Clem L. Shaver, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, busy with organ- ization plans. Mr. Shaver, who leaves here tomor- row night for Lincoln, Neb., for the Bryan notification ceremonies, con- ferred with George E. Bremnan, Democratic national committeeman from Tllinois. While in Lincoln, Mr. Shaver will confer with Gov. Bryan regarding his campaign plans, which now are un- derstood to be only in tentative form. How far the vice presidential nomi- nee will go on his speaking tour could not be learned officially today. It was intimated, however, by those close to party leaders, that he prob- ably would confine a majority of his tours to the Middle West. Arthur Mullen of Omaha, Neb., Democratic national committeeman from Nebraska, will preside at the formal notification ceremonies at Lincoln, which will be held in the city's stadium. S I, It is claimed that the “barascope” invented by Miss Belle Bart, Ameri- ca’s youngest astrologist, will reveal the future. It is based on mathemati- cal principles. | Johnson. BIN SOUTH DAKOTA SENATORIAL FIGHT Independent Republicans Op- pose McMaster for Back- ing Hiram Johnson. Special Dispatch to The Star, SIOUX FALLS, S, D., August 16.— | During the campaign culminating In the election in November, South Da- kota will be the scene of one of the most exciting battles for United &:uxh-a senator ever witnessed in the State of Northwest. This is due to the fact that cight candidates will contest for this office. For the first time in the history of South Dakota there are independent lf--[)uhllc&n candidates in the fleld for United States senator against the party candidate. The winner of the primary contest for this office was W. H. McMaster, who gained xome fame in August of last year by inaugurating a “gasoline war” by which the state commenced selling gasoline and thus brought down the price which then was being charged v Standard Oil and independent dealers throughout the state. The independent Republican candi- dates for United States senator are C. H. Dillon, & member of the state supreme: court; Don Livingston, for- mer market commissioner of South Dakota. and George W. Egan of Sioux Falls. Their appearance in the field is due to resentment among thousands of South Daketa Republi- cans at the action of Go. W. H. Mc Master during the March primary campaign. Chosen to Back Coolidge. He selected at a Republican State convention as a majority Re- publican candidate for United States Senator, the convention having adopted a platform which indorsed the candidacy of President Coolidge s the standard-bearer of the party in the national campaign. Under the South Dakota primary clection law the candidates of the party at the primary election had to file their ac- ceptance of the platform adopted at the State convention. Notwithstanding this, Governor Mec- Master during his primary campaign “bolted” the indorsement of Presi- dent Coolidge by the State conven- | tion and declared for Senator Hiram During his cumpaign he was accused of making appeals to Democrats to vote the Republican ticket at the primary election and vote for himself and Senator Hiram Johnson Further resentment in Republican circles in the State against Gov. Me- Master was caused by his denouncing the policies of the national Republi- can party, such as the tariff and the Mellon tax reduction plan. He also repeatedly promised during his pri- mary campaign that if elected United States senator he would join the farm bloc in the United States Senate. This promise he has not since repudiated or modified Other candidates for Senator in South Dakota are: U. Cherry of Sioux Falls, Democratic nominee; Tom Ayres of Farm-Labor: H. L. Loucks of Water- town, Independent, not affiliated with any political group, and Mark P. Bates, who is atfiliated with the South Dakota group which is pushing candidacy of Senator La Follette for President of the United States. Gov. McMaster and C. H. Dillon, one of his principal Republican oppon- ents, both are residents of Yankton County, and a battle royal will en- sue between them in the effort to carry their home county. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. VIRGINIA LABOR CHIEF VOICES DAVIS SUPPORT Former State Federation Head Ad- vises Against Following New Party. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va.. August 16.—John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee, is a “true and tried friend of labor,” John Hopkins Hall, jr., State commissioner of labor and formerly president of the State Federation of Labor, declared tonight in a formal statement announcing his support of the West Virginian. The commissioner, who recently re- turned from Washington where he conferred with William B. Wilson, secretary of labor in the last Demo- cratic administration, sald his atten- tion had been called to published statements purporting to be from members of organized labor relative to the stand he and the State federa- tion would take on the endorsement of La Follette and Wheeler by the American Federation of Labor. “As to the stand of the Virginia Federation of Labor being composed of men and women of intellect and character they will doubtless study the question, canvass the public records of candidates and act as their best judgment dictate: he sald. “There is no other binding political force in the action of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. “There is no justification or reason for labor to leave its safe moorings, desert its traditional friendship and venture forth into uncharted seas of a Republican revolt, and I believe labor will remain steadfast to the principles and practices of democ- racy,” he sald. Commissioner Hall fs a president of the Association ernmental Labor Officials United States and Canada. former of Gov- of the Mitchell, | the | HARRISON APPEARS SURE OF RE-ELECTION, Mississippi Semator Has Good Lead in Primary—Four Con- tests in Congressional Race. Special Dispaten to The Star. JACKSON; Mies., August 16.—With one United States Senator and four of eight candidates for Congress to be nominated In Mississippi by the Democrats on August 19, indications are that Senator Pat Harrison, who served as temporary chairman of the national' Democratic convention, will be returned by an overwhelming ma- jority over his’opponent, Earl Leroy Brewer of Clarksdale, former gov- ernor. No Republican nominee is expect- ed to make the race for the Senate but, according to Maze H. Daiy, chairman of the State Republican ex- ecutive committee, a candidate for Congress will be on the ticket in each of the eight congressional dis- tricts. Harrison has served only one term in the Senate. After serving three terms in Congress as a member of the House, he was pitted ugainst James K. Vardaman, U.ited States Sena- tor, whose opposition to war and to President Wilson was the campaign issuc of 1918. Vardaman was con- sidered as unbeatable and Harrison at that time was somewhat an ob- scure Congressman. But the war made him pregnable and Senator Harrison was the first man to beat Vardaman since the famous cam- paign of former Senator John Sharp Williams who nosed James K. out by only 645 votes in 1907 Williams was ready aman, defeated by H again became a Vardaman headed bore his name. other faction was known as anti-Vardaman. The antis sclocted Hubert D. Stephens, former Congressman of New Albany, the center of a strong Vardaman di tric And Vardaman was . beaten again, this time in 1922 by ten thou- | sand votes. | With indications of a sweeping vic- tory, the Mississippi Senator probably will not make another speech in this {campaign. Brewer, strong anti-Var- (daman man_in former years, is mak- ing a strong effort to corral the fol- lowing of James K. But the leaders in the Vardaman faction of the cam- paign of two years ago show a big majority openly supporting Harri- {son as preferable to Brewer. REX B. MAGEE. to re- rrison candidate. faction which LA FOLLETTE GETS BACKING IN SOUTH Democrats Report to Head- quarters Offended Ones Will Vote Protests. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. 1 Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK. August 16.—Prominent Democrats from the South are re- porting to political headquarters kere that Senator La Follette and his Progressive ticket will get a far larger vote in the “solid South” than heretofore has been expected. The vote is not expected to be large enough to upset any Democratic cal- culations as to the outcome in the Southern States, but it will be in- Cicative of a feeling “within the hoart” of the Democratic party which may require considerable at tention at some time in the near future. ~an There is no particular sympath the South for La Folletie ideas as a whole. so thi¥“votes for him will Le 90 per cent of the protest varicty, the protests in this case being ageinst the treatment some of the Scuthern States received at the hands of the New York convention. Rexentment Voiced. The rerentment which evidenced itself at Madison Square Garden in the Georgia delegation, for instance, has spread to that State, and it there that lLa Follette may get his Liggest Southern vote. Texas is an- other State which felt it was un- fairly treated in the Garden, and the stories told by the delegates upon Sp v in upon the voters. The New York gallcries and many of the Northern delegates laughed and booed and hissed and shouted while the band played “Marching Through Georgia” during one of the anti-Ku Klux demonstrations in the cenventfon hall, and that onme in- stance aroused an anger and left a Rurt which will be felt for years in that particulzr portion of the South. Ku Klux Issue Roused. In other parts of the South. it was felt that the convention classed all of the Southern States as dominated by the Knights of the Hooded Order. It was pointed out that some of these States stood as solidly as New York itself in favor of the minority platform report which would have denounced the Klan by name. It is argued that Indlana stood as strong- ly in defense of the Klan as half of the States from the other side of the Mason Dixon line. —— Cotton-growing in the Union ot South Africa is progressing. 1t 1s profitable and may become the coun- try’s most important branch of agri- culture. The News From Home Even though you go out of town for a change and recreation—you don't want to get out of ‘touch with what is going on at home. The Star — Eve- * ning and Sunday — will give you all the news and keep you thordughly - posted. : i No matter how' fre- - quently you change your location—the address will be changed upon notifica- tion. Rates by Mail—Postage Paid Payable ly Advance ‘Maryland and Virginia— One month ... One week ... Datly and Sunday Daily Sunday 50c 20c their return home have had an effect | ..70c .20c 15¢ Sc All other States— One.month .. One week ... 60c 25 .25¢c 20c- 10c INDEPENDENTS GET JUMP IN MARYLAND Open Headquarters in Balti- more—Weller to Campaign for Coolidge. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 16.—With the acceptance speeches of President Coolidge and John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee, and the filing of a $5.000 bond in Circuit Court to guarantec proper aisposal of cam- palgn funds in Maryland by the treasurer of the La Follette-Wheeler League, the three-cornered presiden- tial campaign, which promises to be different from all predecessors in this State, got under way this week. The petition bearing 2,000 signa- tures of registered voters, necessary before the names of Robert M. La Follette and Burtod K. Wheeler can appear on the official ballot of Mary- land, is now in the hands of the State central committee, and will be filed with the secretary of State shortly. The independents have taken the lead by opening headcuarters in this city, while the two major parties are still hunting locations in the downtown section, and their campaign for lining up voters as well as collecting. cam- paign contributions is in full swing. Politicians Are Anxions. Politicians of both parties are frankly anxious about what may hap- pen as u result of the progressive movement headed by labor leaders and independents throughout the State, who heretoforc have never taken such a decided stand behind any candidate as they have for La Follette. Maryland is debatable ground in national campaigns, and which party will be most affected by the vote polled by the independents, which leaders of the mcvement sey will reach 50,000, is problematical. The labor vote, which is expected to go almost solidly for La Follette, will be drawn in Baltimore largely from the Democrats, and In Western Maryland, to a marked extent, from the Republicans. Each of the two old parties claims the small end of this loss, but the Democrats are more clearly anxious about the result than are the Republicans. Senator 0. E. Weller will be in per- sonal charge of the Statc Coolidge campaign and a vigorous effort will be made to duplicate the unprecedent- ed success of the 1920 election. Bank on Disorganization. While the Democrats are equally sanguine of carrying the State for Davis and Bryan, they are, to a large extent. banking on what they con- sider Republican disorganization, and the hope that former Senator Joseph Irvin France, now touring Europe, may espouse the cause of La Follette when he returns. They figure that Senator France still has a large following among a certain element of the Republican party and if he gets behind the La Follette-Wheeler ticket, the result to a large extent will offset the Demo- cratic votes which the independent ticket will poll in Baltimore City. For the first time in many years, prohibition will be negligible as an issue in all congressional fights ex- cept in the third district, where John Phillip Hill is the Republican can- didate for re-election, and in_the sixth, where Representative Fred- erick N. Zihlman, dry Republican, is pitted against David C. Winebrenner, wet Democrat, in an area that is nor- mally Republican and dry. J. G. DEPONAL P WILL BACK LA FOLLETTE. New York Convention Indorses Campaign Plans. ALBANY. N. Y., August 16.—The New York State Conference of Pro- gressive Political Action in conven- tion here today indorsed Senator Rob- ert M. La Follette and Senator Burton K. Wheeler for President and Vice President and made tenta- tive plans to extend the work of the La Follette-Wheeler organization throughout the State. The 230 delegates attending repre- sented Socialist, organized labor and La Follette organizations. Puts Bars Near Police. By Cable to mpy::htn“m::‘l' York World. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 16.— Constantipople has been divided into ‘wet”” and ‘‘dry” streets, drinking bars being allowed only where police stations are near. Half a million barrels a day is the average production of the Oklahoma oil fields. SEES PLOT TO WRECK IDAHO SOCIALISTS Leader of Party Charges Progres- sives Afraid to Call State Conference. Special Dispateh to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, August 16.—Idaho's Progressive party bosses. H. I Samuels and Ray McKalg are at- tempting to obliterate the Soctalist party in this State and “Jam Horah and a group of their own presidential electors down our throats,” C. H. Felton, State chairman of the Social- ist party charges. Felton claims that Samuels, who is national committee- man for Idaho of the national con- vention for Progressive political ac- tion is duty bound to call a State conference of representatives ot all groups in the State participated in the national meeting for the purpose of selecting independent electors pledged to Robert M. La Kollette and | Burton K. Wheeler. Felton charges that Samuels and McKaig will not call such a conference because their party would have only one vote, the same as the Socialists, each labor organization and farmer group and as a result they would not be able to boss the selection. Progressives and Socialists alike are eager to put acroes the La Kol- lette electors, but leaders of both parties admit there must be an agree- ment between the two. If Samuels does not call the conference and give the Socialists vote in the selection of the electors, Progressive leaders say, the fourth party's vote will be wasted and La Foiette will lose some 12,000 votes in ldaho. JEROME BARTELL. BUSY I CONGI Plan Vigorous Fight on La Follette—Statewide Organ- izadon Formed. Special Dispatch to The Siar. MILWAUKEE, W Wisconsin Repudli ulars have organized a Coolidge-Dawes club here and et motion a movement to give Senator La Fol- lette a lively contest in his own home State. T. P. Abel, Sparta, was elected president of the club, and Mrs. B. R Lewis, Rhinelander, vice president at large. Twenty-two vice presidents were named—a man and a woman from each of the 11 congressional districts. The meeting was almost entirelv dominated by friends of Se ator Irvine L. Lenroot, but in the August 16— appointment of a committee of seven‘i cam- to direct the Coolidge-Dawes paign in Wisconsin Mr. Abel is ex- pected to recognize the various anti- La Follette Republican factions. Although ro direct official message was received from the Republican national committee, announcement was made that W. M. 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It is a very unusual sit- uation that confronts the American voters. Senator La Follette's cand:- dacy has upset all calculations, and may result in the Senate electing the President for the first time in our h tory. New York and New Jersey go- ing Democratic would, of course, pre- vent such a result.” States Called Doubtful. | Senator McKellar in his survey « the situation, gives Davis 177 elec- toral votes sure; Coolidge, 96, and La Folictte, He says 203 are “doubt- ful” He includes Massachusetts, Rhode Islund and New Hampshire in the doubtful column, however, along York, Néw Jersey, Ohio. Indiana and others Senator McKellar says that Senator La Fcllette, if he got all the electoral | votes of the “doubtful States,” would still be 8 votes “shy” of the necessary 266—a majority of the 331 votes in the electoral college. He continues: “One of the most hopeful situations for the Democrats in the present campaign is the division in the Re- publican party. It is idle to say that Senator La Follette, a life-long Re- publican, and who is running as an independent Republican, is going to take more votes from the Democratic party than he is from the Republican party. If our Republiean friends | proceed upon the theory in this cam- | paign that Senator La Follette is go- |ing to get more Democratic votcm | than Republican votes, they are going to be woefully mistaken. The com- | paratively recent political history in this country uniformly shows that | where a political party is divided there is always disaster to that party in the presidential election. | Other Elections. | “In 1592 the Democrats were united | Mr. Cleveland. The Republicans |had two candidates—Mr. Harrison and Mr. Weaver. Gen. Weaver was {a life-long Republican, who had turned Populite. He lived in Iowa and he got 22 electoral votes. Mr } Cleveland was overwhelmingly elected, and largely because of the division in the Republican party “In 1896 the Republicans | united under McKinley. The Demo {crats were divided. Mr. Bryan had the regular nomination, the old Demo crats, splitting off and nominatinz Palmer and Buckner. The result was disastrous for the Democrats owing | to their divisions “In 1912 the Republican party was |again divided, the regulars nominat- | ing Mr. Taft. and the progressives |nominating Mr. Roosevelt. Roosevelt | B0t more votes than Taft; Mr. Wilson ‘bemg the unanimous choice of the Democrats, was overwhelmingiy | elected. “In 1924 Republican history | again repeating itself. 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