Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1924, Page 4

NEW YORK VIEWED SAFE FOR COOLIDGE Third Party Stirs More Ex- citement Than Davis, But G. 0. P. Is Unworried. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ROCHESTER, N. Y., September 13.— This has aiways been a Republican stronghold; so it {s not surprising to find President Coolidge fot only re- taining the normal Republican voter, but a good many others, who do not relish a change in administration at any time—the natural born conserva- tives. The President will get a big vote hereabouts. His opponent, John W. Davis, has not _stirred his own party to activity. Possibly it is because Davis believes in concentrating in other States, and possibly he plans to stimulate interest when he be- gins a tour of this State. But thus far the Democratic organization has done very little. The La Follette third ticket is making_more noise than the Demo- crats. Senator Burton Wheeler, vice presidential nominee with La Fol- lette, addressed an enthusiastic meet- ing here two nights ago. It was rainy, and the hall would have seated 3,000, but about 2,000 or more were on hand. And they cheered him with a spontaniety that tended to prove they did not need to be convinced of the merit of his plea. Audience of Workers, Analyzing the crowd, it was not a silk-stocking affair, though here and there were the parlor socialist type. Most of the audience came from the working classes. They looked like the thousands one has seen listening intently to the soap-box orators of the past ten vears. No doubt there were many Democrats, but the con- clusion seems justified that the third party ticket ultimately will draw from both major parties. Yet it will not affect the outcome here, for the stay-at-home vote, which 80 often is conservative, will be coaxed to the polls this year. One does not have to go far to discover that the bene- ficiary of the get-out-the-vote move- ment will be the Republican party. The public may be prepared for a record-breaking vote, judging by the effects being made in localities so one- sided in politics as this. The vote in Maine a few days ago was significant of this move. Then 260,000 votes were cast as compared with 195000 four years ago. Incidentally the mathema- ticians will be somewhat upset. Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale, has figured it out, for instance, that the Democrats in Maine had a higher percentage of the total vote cast last Monday than they did two or four vears ago and that correspondingly t! Republican percentage of the total was diminished. Throughout the Nation a larger vote than four years ago is in prospect notwithstanding the early signs of an apathetic_campaign so usual in Sep- tember. This part of New York State, populous and conservative, is a good cross-section by which to judge. Nothing Like 1912 Race. But who are the La Follette sup- porters? Are they former Democrats or Republicans or Socialists? The Republican leaders almost everywhere would have one believe La Follette is swallowing up the Democratic party. Yet not a sinzle outstanding Democrat in this city has come out for La Kollette, nor have any leading Re- publicans for that matter. In this respect indeed does this campaign dif- fer from 1912. Then almost every day some prominent Republican an- nounced himself as a Bull Mooser. In some States, the whole Republican organization bolted to Rooseveit. Nothing like that s happening this year at least In this part of the world. They know no civil war or insurrec- tion in the Republican party. All is serene on the banks of the Genesee and the throb of industry pulsates strongly without a symptom of falter- ing. La Follette has a hold on the working classes but even they are not angry or hungry. They are not fired with a passion of discontent. They like La Follette because his fame as a champion of the masses has spread, though no concrete achievement or pledge of future performance catches the tmagination of his followers as a slogan. Such La Follette strength as there is may be classed as socialistic to an extent, but with it goes a number of people who want to be different, who like the words “Independent” and “Prugressive,” and whose defection from_he ranks of the regular parties witbe to no small degree offset by the"new vote. p Group Is Sullem. sIt's no three-cornered roll here. Fresident Coolidge has measured up to the traditional idea of a Republi- can nominee, and whether he repre- wents vigor, or masterful silence, or common sense, or cool colmness, or maintenance of the status quo, the fundamental reasoning of those who uniformly support him is that he himself ranks above his party col- leagues and that he will somehow soothe the aches of the last Congress and keep business, employment and all the other materialism of the hour safetly intact. For there is no urge for “progressivism” as it was known in 1912; no crying ills to be reme- died; no crusaders singing “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” None of these outbursts have characterized the third party movement here. It's a sullen group, with a class protest as of yore. Their vote may be large, relatively speaking, but it will not exceed in percentage the votes cast in this State in previous years for independent tickets. So far as New York is concerned, the La Follette movement can be dis- missed as hardly a factor at this writing. October may see a change, but conservatives will then be awak toor This is a rock-ribbed Republi- can State, with no Theodore Roose- velt running this year, but a man from distant Wisconsin. Such is the effect thus far of all the keynote speeches, denunciations, labor exhor- tations and political palaver of the two months that have elapsed since the electric fans at the Republican convention were first adorned with the slogan, “Keep .cool with Coolidge.” And, what's more, they accent the last syllable of La Fo! lette, which about illustrates what a stranger he really is to the people within these gates. (Copyright, 1924.) — TOBACCO YIELD GOOD. Largest Crop in Years Reported in Virginia County. Special Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Septem- ber 13.—Many farmers are cutting tobacco in Caroline County and the yield is said to be better than for many years. Growth has been grati- fying, and the fact no wildfire has got into the tobacco will make this year's crop a good one. The unfavorabl ‘weather early in the season and th scarcity of plants reduced the acre- age about 40 per cent, but the good yield on what was planted will bring the total production nearer to nor- mal ‘The warehouse of the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative A ation at Milford is expected to offen Novem- ber L iy . In Far Esstern countries the use o£ forks is still unknown. BRYAN RESTS FOR.TOUR ON STUMP THIS WEEK Accompanies Davis on Trip; In Full Accord With Running Mate's Defense Bpeech. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., September 13.— Tired from a strenuous day spent in traveling by automobile and by train and from shaking hands with hun- dreds of citizens of small towns in the State, Gov. Charles W. Bryan, Democratic vice presidential candi- date, returned to the State capital tonight for a week end re efore starting out Monday on & stumping expedition of Nebraska. Joining Mr. Davis at Grand Island early today, Gov. Bryan mppeared on the rear platform of the presidential nomines’s special train at Hastings, Edgard and Fairbury, Nebdr., where brief speeches were delivered by both candidates. Asked for a atat ment at Fairbury regarding Mr. Davis’ Cheyenns speech on national defense, Gov. Bryan sald he was in e accord with the presidential candidate’s remarks and added that his party’s platform had pledged to secure for the American people & ting world peace. Until that peace was attained, he added, the Democratic party was in favor of maintaining an adequate Army and Navy. \ARGINIANS AGTIVE INPOLITICALFELD Additional Democratic Gu- bernatorial Possibili- ties. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 13.— There are two additional candidates for the gubernatorial race of next year believed to be ready to make the race should any of those who are considered at this time in the contest develop lameness of any sort. One of these is George P. Coleman, late highway commissioner, road cham- pion, friend of the schools and = be- liever of reforestation. He is strong for these things, his especial hobby being the building of roads. He is one of the leaders of the forces that stood for the fssuance of bonds for the development of Virginia in the matter of modern highways. Mr. Coleman was for a long time in charge of the highways system of the State and much of the planning of the system was done by him. He was first named when Gov. Mann occupied the executive chair and he was continued under other admini- strations up to the time that Gev. Trinkle took charge. The other gentleman who has been mentioned several times by influen- tial men is Maj. James H. Price of Richmond, for a long time a member of the Legislature, well known as an attorney, identified for years with the militia of the State and for two terms the grand master of Masons in Virginia. Maj. Price, however, is keeping in the background and is not an actual aspirant for the honor at this time, but his friends are strong for him and he would have consid- erable support in every direction. Davis Alse a Poasibility. It is no secret that some of the close friends of Mr. Westmoreland Davis of Loudoun, are fixed in their belief that he again will offer for the honor of presiding over the desti- nies of the Old Dominion. It fs rec- ognized by his friends that Mr. Davis made a business governor, even if his administration and policies were not at all times popular. He pur- sued his ideas of what was right, and he did not apparently care whether they were pleasing in all directions. Men famillar with his administration declare he made an excellent business governor. He has made no statement of his intentions In the matter, but there are many who are confident that at the right time he will make formal entry for the nomination. : } State Conventiom Is Likely. There may be decision by the State Democratic committee here one week from next Monday night to have a State convention of the Virginia Democrats next year for the purpose of framing a platform for the candi- dates who are to offer on the State ticket. This, of course® would be held prior to the time for closing the lists of candidates to be voted for in the primary, in case this sys- tem of making nominations is re- tained or continued. The convention would declare the principles and the issues, and then the candidates would have to stand on that instead of plac- ing the voters in the position of hav- ing to consider the issues as they might be outlined and urged by the various candidates. In other words, there are many of the leaders who believe that the party is greater than the candidate. G. O. P. After Congress Seats. That the Republicans are to'make real fights in the seventh and ninth districts for Congress is plain, for there are candidates who are actu- ally in nomination. However, the Democrats do not believe that they have a fight in any but the seventh district. Capt. John Paul of Har- risonburg, who was seated in a con- test several years ago, and who was the logical candidate for the place, did not hesitate to sidestep the nom- inatiop, that honor going to Prof. J. H. Ruebush, a teacher, who will seek to wrest the place from Represen- tative Thomas W.. ison, who has been elected every time for many years. One of the best informed voters in the ninth district, discussing the situation in that section, said there appeared to be no reason to doubt that Mr. Peery will be returned to Congress by the Democrats, the speaker saying the Democrats have kept Intact the perfect organization of two years ago and that they are ready for the contest. Mr. Peery has already taken the stump and is billed to make 75 speeches before close of the campalgn. The Republicans, 00, are at work, and as this 18 a presidential year, with possibility of plums falling -again to them, they are ready to cast every possible vote. The fifth district, which the Re- publicans have considered fighting ground for a long time, has about been abandoned and the Democrats will have plain salling, they having consulted and canvassed the general situation and failed to make a formal nomination for Congress. However, it is a possibility that when the tickets are printed that the name of candidates in that and other districts ‘will appear In opposition to the Dom- ocrats, and until the tickets are handed the voters on election day there is no way whereby the fact of opposition to the Democrats will ¥e- come known, the laws of the State forbidding any information as to candidates flling their names for pub- lic office or who is or is not offering for any position. - Autos Prove Bankers Wrong. In 1904 bankers of the United States the ibined yearly output of com!| o Siio manusacturers T 1900 T THE SUNDAY ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, RITCHIE CLAINS - STATE FOR DAVIS Republicans, However, See Danger in Strength of La Follette Ticket. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, 8eptember 13.—The first_definite clalm of the Democrats in Maryland as to the result in No- vember came trom Gov. Ritchie, who of the party and Bryan. ‘The Governor made this statement after his return from New York, where he went to consult party ers about his speaking tour as well a discuss plans for the campalign in Maryland. Unlike Galen L. Talt, chairman of the Republican State central com- mittee, and with Senator Weller, in charge of the campaign in Maryland for President Coolidge, who said there 18 danger of the election being thrown into Congress by the La Follette vote, Gov. Ritchie thinks the third party will not cut much ot a figure in the result, especially. in Maryland. He sald: “There is considerable surface strength in the progressive movement, but it is too early to predict how large a figure it will cut in the elec- tion. Quite often the first enthu- siasm for a new party dies out in a campaign and the voters divide along thelr former party lines. “We have no State officials on the ticket and the issue in our State will be clearly along national lines. There is no doubt the State will give the| Demoeratic ticket more than a normal plurality.” Tait Sees Danger. Chairman Tait, on the other hand, believes that there Is danger of La Follette polling enough votes to throw the election into the Senate, in which event he sees the election of Charles W. Bryan, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, He declared that the Republican campaign in Maryland will be es- pecially directed against La Follette and Bryan “by reason of their recog- nized radical view: While the progressive party leaders here are making no claims as to the outcome of the election ther are busy lining up the voters and collecting campaign funds throughout the State and the first of political meetings will be held in Baltimore next week, it was announced at their headquar- ters here today by Edward D. Bie- retz, the State chairman. The Democratic State central com- mittee met here this week and or- ganized its financial machinery by naming Charles H. Alexander, a boy- hood friend of John W. Davis in Clarksburg, W. Va. as chairman of the finance committée and completed its ticket by nominating Dr. George Heller to oppose Representative John Philip Hill in the third district. In naming Heller, who is a veteran politician, life-long resident of the third district and active member of various political clubs, which In the past have indorsed Hill solely for his stand on the prohibition question, the Democrats show that they are going to make a determined effort to carry the district, which has an afliated Democratic majority of 15000 this Fall. District Is Wettest. | The district is largely made up of East Baltimore wards, in which the foreign element predominates and is known as one of the “wettest” dis- tricts in the State, i not in the coun- try. While Representative Hill is a resident of the district, he lives in see If the United Btates is a na- tion of radica they say. If the contrary is shown to be the case, it will discourage radicalism for the future, while If Senator La Follette does poll an unexpectedly heavy vote, it will encourake radi- cals to renewed agltation Comparing the vote he gets with the combined Republican and Democratic vote will show the contrast between the radical und conservative thought of the coun- try, and it may be a good thing to have tho demonstration, the politiclans say. JAPAN SENDS SHIP TO SHANGHAI PORT (Continue rom First Page.) west of Shanghal, but some doubt was thrown on these claims today by & report of a Chineme, who ar- rived from the Klangsu line. Heo sald Kiangsu is forcing the Hghting. Ag usual, & good many of the sheils fired by the rival artlllery prove to be “duds. SUN STARTS NORTH. Canton Troops Go to Aid of Chekiang Forces. By the Associated Press. CANTON, September 13.—Sun Yat- Ben, head of the South China gov- ernment, with a regiment of his Kwangtung province troops, started today to the aid of the Cheklang| province armies, defending Shanghal. Dr. Sun, leaving here, announced that he would go directly to Shiu- chow, in the northern part of this (Kwangtung) province, where he would establish headquarters for his campalgn. Other troops will follow him “to Shiuchow as soon as rail- road equipment for their transporta- tion becomes available. A large part of Dr. Sun’s army will be concen- trated at Shiuchow before any ad- vance is made, he declared. He at present commands, it is estimated, 40,000 men, but it will be necessary to leave a large part of the army to guard this city against forces which probably would invade it if | the entire army were withdrawn. e The Follies Girl at Home. From the Harvard Lampoon. “Lend you $10, Midge? thought you were fixed ‘Not for a while yet. This years breach of promise suit is dragging horribly.” But I D. C. 150 MORE FILIPINOS SENT TO BREAK HAWAII STRIKE Manila Labor Bureau Calls Halt on Shipments, BHut Bteamer ‘Will Take Laborers Engeged. iy the Amsociated Press. MANILA, Heptember 18, dred and fitty Rilipino latore cruited hereabouts for Work on sugar plantations in Hawall by the Ha: fan Sugar Planters’ Ausoclation, will leave here Monday @n the steamship Siberin Maru, bound for Honolul This probably will be the laat ment of emigrant labor, for the Hawallan plantations until the plan- tation strike situation, which cul- minated Tuesday in a fight of police men and strikers on the lsland af Kuual and resulted in 20.deaths, {# cleared up. XA The 'hilippine bureau of Inbor &l ready has ordered such shij discontinued, but permiasion ‘W given for the departure of those’ the Siberla Maru before the outbreak. P& 2 SWEDEN FOR. FOUR-MILE ' LIMIT TO HOME WATERS International Law Congress Fails to Arrive at Agreement on Question. 'OCKHOLM, Sweden, September —The congress of the International ciation, which has been in here throughout the weel was brought to a close today after an agreement was reached upon com- plete new rules for general average, the term used in maritime commerce to denote damages or expenses grow- ing out of navigation accidents. After these rules are ratified by the na- tions interested they will supersed: the York-Antwerp avera which date back to the early 60s. Regarding the question of territo- rial waters, there was considerable @i vergence of opinion among the dele- no resolution was D! »d. Sweden argued in favor of four-mile limit instead of the pres- net limit of three miles. The con. gress passed a resolution to the effect air bombardments should be per- mitted only if the objective was sit- uated where the lives of civillans would not be endangered. All the members of the royal fam- ily attended a farewell banquet to the delegates tonight. Saks & Company Pl A Avenue A LI Seventh Street School Days! Getting the boys back again, to the three R’s, its planning and contriving— that’s the work of the week. And mother knows that here are prices right down to where she’ll enjoy them. Boys’ New what is known as one of the “silk stocking” wards and it s generally believed that Dr. Heller, who lives in East Baltimore and is known as a “wet,” will have a big.advantage over Hill with the forelgn element. COOLIDGE QUIETLY GAINS AS RIVALS LOSE GROUND (Continued from First Page.) campaign, and to this extent he got a long lead on his later competitors. R It is a cold-blooded campalign. The volers seem to be studying politics and proposed policies without getting “heated up.” Pos- sibly the extensive radio dissemi- nation has sémething to do with «his. Undoubtedly the general public is getting better acquainted with public questions than im any previous campaign. Public inter- est will be aroused in still greater degree as the campaign pro gresses. Senator La Follette is going to open up his batteries very shortly. The politicians are presenting their claims and the public is thinking over their assertions and ‘weighing them in the balance of its judgment. The politicians will have to make good on their claims and their charges in the present thoughtful disposition of the vot- ers. There is likely to be less bun- combe able to “get by” the voters this Fall than in some 'former campaigns. * % x 3 It is the subject of general com- ment among- politicians that Mr. Davis has not got off on a running start in his campaign. ' No one seems able to account for it. When he was nominated, on every. side ‘was heard the expression, “It was the best nomination they could have made.” Then they appeared to “let it go at thit for a. while.” ' He has not been able to get up steam. His speeches are the fin- ished products expected of him, his personality is pleasing, but there is a noticeable lack of en- thusiasm in the Demécratic 'sup- port. It is calculated it will re- quire more enthuslasm based on his attractive personality to put the requisite speed in,the cam- paign. e * x k% Senator La Follette is regard- ed by most of the politicians who are neutral - minded as beipg at present President Coolidge's most formidable opponent. This judg- ment is based upon the expected* large popular vote of Wiscon- sin statesman, to come from a number of groups representing some elements of discontent. which appear to be rampint in the coun- try. But it is said that Senator La Follette has not been able to ‘weld them into an effective work- ing mass. Both Democrats and Republicans have strong practical working organizations compristag the most skilled political manipu-- lators in their respective. parties, men to whom politics has been a business for. many years. . 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