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g COUNTRY IS TAKING CAMPAIGN CALMLY “People Show No Disposition -to Get Excited—La Fol- lette “Livest Wire.” BY BOBERT T. SMALL. Scarcely more than three weeks away lies election day. and the coun- try still refusex to get excited. Every one thought the lethargic compaign would “open up” October 1 and there would be a whirlwind of mad excite ment. Senator “Boh” La Follette was to go galloping forth with fiery nos- trils, stirring up the land te strike dawn both the old parties and get a uew deal all around. W is true the gentleman from Wisconsin has pro- vided a large share of whatever ex- ecitement has eventuated ut when that excitement has been spread over the ent country the layer has be powerful's thin Washingt.n headquarters of the three grand parties have been para- 1zed this last we Base batl knock- ed polities into a cocked hat. “Wheo will piteh today?’ became of more importance than the “aluminum scan- dal.” the “slush funds.” the “robber tariff’ or “Brother Charle " old skull cap, President Cool’dgz: self with virtually 1o keep on sawinz wood. No attack h been made upon him directly €nough to call for a personal reply or for @ more active particination by him in the campaign. Things are moving along precisely to his Liking. He didn't want to be active. He thought his best role was to continue to be the President and let others do the campagining. White House I Quiet. Mr. Coolidze really has given less time to politics than any man who ever ran for a second term in the White House. Tt was thought tb White House would be a great clear- ing house of political information, of political generalship, of craft and strategy and “such like,” but the Ex- ecutive Mansion has been the quintes- sence of quietude. The President has been going to the ball game and sailing down the river at weck ends Mayflower. No one would ever at the quadrennial eyclones swirling stormy wa. looking &hining mark to hit. When Mr. Coolidge remarked some two or three weeks ago that he never heard of a man being defeated for President e he said too little, he evidently said about all he wanted to say of the coming election. The President has kept off the firing line. and, therefore. it has been diffi train a gun at him. 1If he forth in the trenches, waving a red flag at the enemy, things might have been different. But he has felt he held an impregnable position back of the lines. The big political guns are hooming out over the country. Much of the campaigning is being donc in West. Only the faint echoes are heard back herc. The firing., however, at best is of only a desultory nature. There has been no concerted or sus- tained attack in any particular sector There has been no drum _fire, aking through the lines. The shooting has been done mostly by the map” as they used to say ir I'rance. It has been long-range work There has been no coming to grips— 10 hand-to-hand fighting, no getting in with the bayonet. : has found him- nothing to do but had fared La Follette Most Active. ‘When it comes to write the history of this campaign it will be difficult for the compiler to discover just what was the real issue. issue has been sustained. Mr. Coolidge said he wanted “common sense” in Govern- ment. Mr. Davis ted to know who didn’t. Mr. Davis said he wanted common honesty in Government. Mr. Coolidze wanted to know who didn't. And so it has been difficult to keep a quarrel going on those two subjeets. There hase been no sharply drawn differences of opinion between Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Davis. The latter would go farther than Mr. Coolidge has gone in establishing the forefwn relations of the United States, \but Mr. Coolidge has shown a disposition to go farther than most Republicans in that direction. The result has been to make of the foreizn relations issuc & more or less academic discussion which it has been difficult for tae average voter to follow—even if he wanted to. [ Mr. La Follette Is out for evers- thing the other two candldates don't want, and he is against everything they do want. Extent of Split Uneertain. So if there is any issue in the eam- paign at all it is La Follette. There still remains the question as to how many disaffected votes he can poll. 1t matters not to the manasgers of the wo old parties now whether he ‘pulls” more from the Democrats than from the Republicans or vice versa. If he can get enough electoral votes to throw the election into Congress it makes no difference to the country where they are from. La Follette's is the shadow that stands athwart Mr. Coolidge’s path- Way to a second term. Of that there can be no doubt. The country has not been. spfiiciently aroused to. swing the pendulum back from the Hard- ing sweep of 1920. If Mr. Harding had lived to be the candidate again, Derhaps - things would have been different. From the moment Coolidge took up the fallen reins of govern- ment, it was admitted he would be the life saver of the grand old party. it Lo Follette can not turn him out of a clear majority, there would seem o be no other way to accomplish his defeat. ‘The Republicans in the dying days of the campaign are to stress the fact that election day will mean a decision between Coolidge and Bryan. That they believe is their trump card to the end (Copyright, 1924.) Maust Have Been a Holdover. Prom the Pittsburgh Chroniele-Telegraph. Mrs. Hammett had ‘just engaged a new cook and she had only one mis- giving about the matter. Bridget was not at all bad looking, and she fear- ed the young men would be hanging around. “Now, remember,” Mrs. Hammett said to her the first morning after ‘breakfast, “no followers are allowed to the Kitchen. My last cook had to leave for not kéeping that rule. A few days later the mistress went o the culinary department on a tour of inspection. She opened the door of a large cupboard and, to her great surprise, found a policeman standing there. She turned an accusing eye on Bridge| T hat's the meaning of this?' she asked angrily. : *] dunno promptly replied Bridget; “he must have been-left there by the last cook.” Tip for the Men. Sers GrabberI ¢an urf. without ask- ing whether Jobn has won or lost at poker the minn'e he comes home. Mre; Grabb—How? the | no| (Continued from First Page.) early poll La Follette recetved more than twice as many straw votes as his two opponents. The late poll shows a gain in strength for Davis also, it may be pointed out. The second poll was made in a pre- cinct in Clear County, in the southern part of the State, and in a precinct where the ordinary Republican strength is put at 220 and Democratic strength at 175, In this precinct Hardi received 286 votes to 104 for Cox. The poll just taken gives Cool~ idge 153, Davis 144 and La Follette 105. This poll was made by a source friendly to Davis. Rewultx Two Years Ago. | Two vears ago Bryan. the viee | presidential nomince of the Demo- atic party, carried the State by 50.- {000 votes “over his Republican op- |ponent. At the same time Senator | Howell, Republican, won from Sena- | tor Hitehcock. Democrat, by 70.000 | votes. 1t would appear that in Ne- raska the answer to the gquestion “When is a Republican not & Repub- |'ican?* would be “When he is a { Democrat,” and vice versa, as a mat- | ter of fact, the Non-Partisan League, at’ that time holding some strength in Nebraska, indorsed both Bryan and | Howell for office. This year many of the votes which were cast for Bryan on the one hand {and for Howell on the other, will go to La Follette and Wheeler. They are coming from the ranks of both the ©ld parties. From the Democrats, La Follette is drawing many labor votes. From the Republicans he is drawing many farm votes and last, but by no means least, many German- American votes To offset the loss of some of the Republican votes to La Follette, President Coolidge is going to get an appreciable number of Democratic votes—some of them because they are conservative and fear that La Follette may win in the State, others because they do not like Gov. Bryan. and do not like him so intensely that they decline to vote for him. Victory of Bryan. Gov. Bryan's victory two years ago over his Repullican opponent must, in a measure, be discou He was running against Charles H. Randall who had been president of the State Bankers' Association. And Randall n the lezislature had voted for re- strictive laws, to prevent the teach- ing of foreign languages to children under high school age. At that time, Lankers were not popular with the farmers, owing to the depression and deflation of farm credits. And the German-American _population, both Lutheran and Catholic, was up in arms against the restriction lezisla- tion which threatened parochial schools with extinctions. The Democrats emphatically insist that Bryan bas made a good governor, { and that he is helping the Democratic national ticket. But this Republicans and Progessives both deny, par- ticularly the suggestion thal Bryan has lent strength to the ticket in Nebraska. Republican leadership in this State and the national campaign managers have been quick to realize that the loss of a very considerable part of the German-American vote to La Fol- i The n-Americans ed at about voting strength of the in the State is 75,000 or ome- It was this Ger- -American_vote which in large part defeated Senator Hitchcock, the | Democratic Senator who had been | chairman of the Senate foreign rel tion committee when the Versailles treaty was debated; who supported President Wilson, and who prior to ranks. Senate declaring a state of war be- tween the United States and Ger- many. Efforts to Cheek Swing. Efforts to check the swing of Ger- man-Americans to La Follette are being made. Great emphasis is placed on La Follette's attitude toward l)u courts and his proposal to take from their hands the power of passing upon the constitutionality of laws enacted by Congress and the State Legislatures. The German-Americans have had a taste of what the Legis- latures can do, in the restrictive leg- islation regarding the use of foreign been made to realize the Supreme Court is a safeguard against unjust discrimination. The so-called for- eign language law passed by State Legislautre twice, and the second time held constitutional by the State Supreme Court, was later held uncon- stitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States. In addition the Republicans are tryfng to convince the German- Americans and the farmers that the adoption of the Dawes plan, straight- ening out the tangle over German reparations, has been a great benefit to Germany and to the United State since it is opening up again th: markets of Europe to the American farmers. Strength on Nortom. In the gubernatorial struggle, J. N. Norton is the Pemocratic candi- date against Adam McMullen, Re- publican, and Dan B. Butler, nominee of the so-called Progressive part Norton is of Swedish descent, though a native of Nebraska. He has been a prominent member of the State Legislature and is a former president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Feder- ation. He will receive the support of many of the La. Follette voters, al- though he has not been formally in- dorsed by the La Follette organiza- tion, It is the consensus of opinion that Norton will carry the State. The La Follette presidential elec- tors are safely on the ballot in Ne- braska under the heading “La Follette Independent party.” There is no mix- up here such as exists in the neigh- boring State of Colorado, for example, or in Washington. The so-called Progressive party, which has put for- ward Butler as a candidate for gov- ernor, 1s not the La Follette party, but a kind of holdover from the gressive party of former years. The La Follette play here has been to keep away from the indorsement of any of the State candidates and to concentrate alone on the national ticket. Actions of Semators. ‘What are the two Republican Sen- ators of Nebraska doing in this cam- paign, Norris and Howell? Howell is out in the State campaigning vigor- ously for Coolidge and Dawes and for the State ticket. He Is the Progres- sive who carried the State' in 1922 by some 70,000 votes, and he is ha ing his effect in the campalgn. Senator Norris is saying nothing about the candidates on the various national tickets. It is not expected that he will say anything.-Hissilence is as much as the Republicans can hope for, it is said here, on the Cool- idge and Dawes ticket. What has been terrorizing many Republicans is the danger that he might announce his support of the ILa Follette- ‘Wheeler combination. So strong is the position of Senator Norris politi- cally in the State that such an an- nouncement would porbably swing the State to La Follette. He is a can- didate to succeed'himself, and it is conceded without hesitation. Val C. Peter and his German lan- guage newspaper, the Omaha Tribune, are out for Coolidge and Dawes, mak- Ing desperate efforts to prevent the German-American voter from going to Lafollette, but -it is exceedingly doubtful that the arguments advanced by the Republicans or by Mr. Peter will prevent a very large percentage Mrs. Grabb—11 he has lost he throws | of German-Americans from voting for his trousers across the foot of the ‘bed._If ho has wonr he Puta them un- | Nebraska. At least, that is the best in- @er s pillow. ‘th 1 pendent Progressive ticket in lette will seriously impair the party | that had offered the resolution in the | languages in echools, and also have| THE SUNDAY BTAR, WASHINGTU GOOD CROPS HELP COOLIDGE TO HOLD EDGE IN NEBRASKA erman-Americans generally believe hat they owe a debt to La Follette, because of his stand during the war. A characteristic of the German is to bay his debts. There will be German- Americans, of course, who vote the Republican ticket as they have done in’ the past, but very many more must be counted for La Follette. Some of ths German-Americans will vote for Davis, bur there has been no hift of the German-American vote to | Davis Chance of Democrats. Ono thing impresses a traveler m Nebraska—-the determination of the | Democrats to win the election if pos- sible, without relying upon La Fol- Ilette to keep t electoral vote of the State away from Coolidge. This in contrast to the agtitude of some of the Democrats in StaYes further west. Th Nemaoerats believe they have a chanc to carry the Stute. Further, manr oi them believe that it is dangerous to aid in building up the strength of the Independent Progressive Party, dau- £eTous to the future of the Dem ‘ratic party, which has been th> 1i cral party of the pust. An editorial in the Omaha World Herald, Senetor Hitehcock's newspaper, and an ard. supporter of Davis for President, pul. lished today, called artention to this danger, saying in part: “Wheth-r the prople or Congress elect the Presi- dont the third party leaders are fer- vently hoping that it will be Coolidie or Dawes. What they want, least of all, is that Mr. Davis or Gov. Bryan should become the next President of the United States. “The reason that the third party leaders hold this attitude is that they want to make themselves the second party. They aspire to supplant the Democratic party as the party of opposition to the conservative Repub- lica nparty.” Sure that he will be re- elected, he s included in the Re- publican ticket and the State com- mittee is aiding his campaign in every way it can, Senator Norris is confining himself to the discussion of such ibjects as Muscle Shoals, aid for farmers and the proposed consti- tutional amendment under which the party circle on ballots in this State would be done away with. The congressional representation of Nebraska today stands three Repub- licans and three Democrats. It unlikely that this will be changed except perhaps so far as the fourth congressional district is concerned There Representative McLaughlin, Gepublican, is opposed by E. E Placek, a Bohemian in a strongly Dohemian section of the State. Scnator La Follette. his headquar- ters here were notified today will come to Omaha to deliver an address October 1§. It is confidently expect- €d that his appearance in the State forward his candidacy. Wheeler s already been here. Gen. Dawes in the auditorium last night, ng La Follette, as usual. Com- ments here tod: evén in Republican quarters, were that Gen. Dawes failed ake much impression. The fact that the people ex- and Marias” from n. Dawes than they have been get- | TENNESSEE PARTIES IN “BATTLE ROYAL” Voters Stirred to Action by Lead-| ing Republican and Demo- ‘ cratic Orators. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. October 11— The woods are being shelled in Tennessee by the orators of both the Democratic and Republican parties, both having sent into the field all the oratorical ability they command. The | extensiveness of the speaking cam- paign is taken to indicate that a bat- tle royal is to be fought for the State’s 12 _electors. Senators Mc- Kellar of Tennessee and Caraway of Arkansas have been on the stump in middle Tennessee this week, and Hef- lin of Alabama made a number of speeches earlier. The various party nominecs, Gen. L. D. Tyson for United States Senator, Gov. Austin Peay for| governor, and Harvey H. Hannah for railroad commissioner, are, of course, on the hustings, and several of the Democratic ~ Congressmen, including McReynolds, Davis, Byrns and Fisher, have been out arraigning the Repub- lican administration. John W. Davis, the presidential nominee, is to speak here October 20. The Republicans have already had James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, in the State, making a speech in Chattanooga, and Frank O. Lowden, former governor of Illinois, spoke here Wednesday night. Lowden was introduced by Maj. E. B. Stahlman, publisher of -fhe Nashville Banner, one of “the most influential news- paper ‘in the State. In addition to the pafty candidates, Judge H. B. Lindsay for United States Senator, T. F. Peck for governor, and W. T. Testerman for railroad commissioner, former Representative Wynne F. Clouse and Lon A. Scott also are on the stump for the Republican ticket. Some discussion is going on as to what effect the La Follette-Wheeler electoral ticket is going to have on the result. Labor men who assisted in getting out an electoral ticket for the combination figure on a vote of 20,000 to 30,000 for La Follette and Wheeler In Tennessee. W. E. BEARD. R R ‘Whole Dollar at Stake. From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. Edwin has been strangely fidgety all the evening. Usually he was content to sit for nours and hours holding his loved one, Edwardina, by the hand and dreaming of the sweet by-and-by. Sev- eral times he glanced at his watch, and at last, two hours before his accustom- ed time, he rose to take his depar- ture, “So soon, Edwin, dear!” she sighed “Must you really go?" “I must darling,” he answered. “Though I would sacrifice ten years of my life to stay one more short hour with you." “But why, dear,” she begged—*why have you got to go so early tonight?” “Because, dearest,” he replied, “its our lodge meeting, and if I don't go I shall be fined a dollar. . E— The Witty Prince. From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Prince Cholensky, who recently mar- ried Miss Ava Astor, the late John Jacob Astor's beautiful daughter is renowned as dancer, musician and raconteur. “A ready raconteur,” said a New York man. “At a dinner party in Park Lane that I attended the talk turned to hasty marriages, and the prince was ready with his anecdote. He said he had recently met a young married woman with haggard eyes and e drawn look about the mouth. ““They tell me, madam,’ he said to Rer, ‘that your marriage was a case of love at first sight.’ “‘Quite 80, said the young woman ‘with a sigh. ‘If I had been gifted with second sight I'd still be in the bache- lor gtrl class.’ " Should Have Known Better. From the Bdinburgh Scotsman. Sympathetic Person—Hello! What is the matter, little boy? Are you lost? Little Boy—Yes, I am. I mighta known better'n to come out with | the Republican situation is becoming | the | dential ve CLAIM DEMOGRATS COURT LA FOLLETTE Officeseekers of Washington State in Dicker for Votes, Is Charge. i Special Dispat, SEATTLI 10 The Sta Wash,, October 11. Democratic officeseekers, particu- larly the candidates for Congress, are seeking to deliver the Democrat rty to the La Follette group in re- turn for personal support by the| Wiscon: Senutor'$ followers in this State. Senator C. C. Dill is encour- reing the deal. For several weeks have been pending between the Pro- sressive party leaders and the Demo- crats for an amalgamation of the Farmer-Labor, Democratic and Pro- gressive parties. These failed in so far us the State ticket is concerned, but have been carried through on the congressional ticket. The Democratic leaders are conceding Davis has no chance in the State and are anxious to elect their congressional ticket if possible. Amalgamation ix Effected. The Progressive party branch of the La Follette movement by nego- tiating with the Democrats has an- tagonized the La Follette State party, the Independent party and the La Follette Independent Progressive party, all political groups supporting La Follette in this State. The State Supreme Court has ruled the name La Follotte off the ballot, but the{ parties will carry on their campaigns irrespective of the court ruling. The La Follette movement, due to the general apathy which is holding the Republican organization rank and Ale in its grip, is once more showing sigms of strength. The visit of Sen- ator Burton K. Wheeler has aided the La Follette movement in Seattle, Spo- kane and Tacoma, whers the major vote of the State is to be found. As a result of this renewed activity and the fact that the Democratic organi- zation leaders have virtually traded the national Democratic ticket off for upport of the congressioral ticket, negotiations serious from the standp success. and the G. O. P. frankly worried. Fight for Conzress Seats. The coalition congressional ticket | will seek to unseat Albert Johnson | in the third district, Johr F. Mill m the first and Lindley H. Had n | the second. Representative John W. | Summers in the fourth holds the in- dorsement of the la Folleite group| through the rallroad brotherhoods, | while Representative Sam B. Hill, Democratic incumbent in the fifth, holds the same indorsemert and sup- port There will be two sets of La Fol- lette clectors upon the November bal- lot—the Progressive party group and the Independent Progressive party faction. Efforts to effect an agree- ment whereby the Independent Pro- gressive group will be withdrawn have failed. Hidden behind the filing of this ticket is to be found an anti- Ku Klux Klan element in the La Fo lette following. These people charge the Progressive party leaders, recog- nized by La Follette as his repre- sentatives, are closely afiiliated with cret order and refuse to cdnfer or consult with them. This factional | fight on the two sets of electors may evenly divide the La Follette presi- assuring the carrying of the State by a large plurality for Coolidge. t of party 3. leaders are JAMES De K. BROWN. | UTAH FOR COOLIDGE; STATE RACE IS CLOSE La Follette Men Working Largely in Democratic Ranks for Local Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, October 11. —Politics in Utah is geiting warm. The candidates for office, those who take an interest in public affairs, and others, are working overtime. What the result will be i{s as un- certain as it is in many other States where the three cornered fight is on. Present conditions are that there will be at least 5,000 votes polled in Utah for La Follette and Wheeler. There has been no ticket, except the presidential electors, placed in the field here by this party. Instead, they have endorsed George H. Dern, Dem- ocratic nominee, for govermor, and some other members of that ticket, and one member of the Republican ticket, the State auditor noimnee. Most of them are working in the Democratic camp. Democrats are making a hard fight and the Republican nominees, most of whom are now in office, are also putting forth their best efforts. Coolidge probably will get the four votes from this State as most of the La Follette votes are taken from the Democratic ranks here and this State riormally is Republican. But the Re- publicans have no walking race with their State ticket. I predict that George H. Dern will be elected gov- ernor on_the Democratic ticket, over Charles R. Mabey, incumbent. It is generally conceded that he will run ahead of his ticket, but the Demo- crats are hoping he will pull his State ticket over the line with him. It is going to be a close race. Salt Lake City and county are for Dern and the question is simply whether or not he will have sufficient votes from this county to overcome the ma- jority of Mabey in some of the out- iying counties, where he is strong. —FRANK P. STEWART. —_— Thought It Was Medicine. From the Pittaburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. A young man affecting an English manner was having tea with Mrs. Jones. As he observed her little boy through his monocle his hostess re- marked: “Yes, poor little Tommy acts very queerly. I really don’t know what is the best thing to do. “By Jove!” drawled her self-impor- tant visitor. “I've got some medicine for him,” she continued, “but he's been taking that for three weeks and it doesn't seem to be helping him much.” “By jove!” drawled the wvisitor again, “I'm thinking of going to another doctor,” added Mrs. Jones. “By jove “Mother don’t do that,” interrupted little Tommy; “why not take the gen- tleman’s advice and buy some Jove!” Courtesy in Court. From the Cotumbus Dispatch. “You are acquitted,” the judge finally announced. The prisoner thought he should say something, so he spoke to the jury: “Gentlemen, I'm sorry to have given you all this trouble.” AUTO MERGER HINTED. ST. LOUIS, October 11 (Special).— | campaign in South Dakota nears the | in different towns of the State on his ] La Follette never has done anything D. C., OCTOBER 12, SOUTH DAKOTANS ARRAY FOR FINISH, Coolidge and La Follette Forces Make Desperate Ef- fort to Align Supporters. Special Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., October 11.— There is a noticeable activity among the La Follette supporters as the election on November 4., and the closing days of the campaign promise to be decidedly animated, with both the La Follette and Coolidge elements making a last desperate fight to cap- ture the electoral vote of South Da- kota. As the election approaches the Republicans continue confident that they will carry the State by a large plurality over La Follette. While ft is conceded that some men heretofore | aligned with the Republican party will in November vote for the La Follette electors, the Republican leaders maintain that the great bulk of Republicans in South Dakota will vote for Coolidge and Dawes at the November election. Figure on Normal Strength. The way they figure it, their large normal plurality in South Dakota will carry their national ticket through and ‘give it a big lead over the La Follette ticket. Appeals now are be- ing made to all Republican men and women voters of the State to turn out and vote on November 4 and thus make the Republican plurality over La Follette as large as possible, These appeals are expected to be answered by the party casting the largest vote ever polled by it in South Dakota at the eclection In No- vember. George W. Wright, chair- man of the Republican State Com- mittee, {2 one of the shrewdest politi- cul managers in the Northwest, and he is giving a great deal of his per- #onal attention to carrying the State for Coolidge and Dawes. The Repub- licans realize they have a fight in carrying South Dakota for thelr na- tional ticket, but they continue to maintain that South Dakota will line up for Coolidge and Dawes at the election in November. Speakers of national reputation ef- ther have already come to South Da- kota to boost the opposition national tickets, or will do so before the close of the campaign, these include Sena- tor Willls of Ohio, Senator Capper of Kansas, Representative Haugen of nesota, J. Adam _Bede, former ntative from Minnesota, for the Republicans, and Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, Oswald Garri- son Viilard, editor of the Nation, for La Follette, and Charles W. | Democratic nominee for Vice : dent, and J. Hamilton Lewis of Il}i- nois, for the Democrats. The Demo- crats of South Dakota are making an effort to have John W. Davis come to South Dakota, for the purpose of making one or more addresses. Dawes to Make Second Trip. Charles D. Dawes, Republican vice presidential candidate, recently came to Sioux Falls and made a political address. make a second trip to South Dakota and will remain in the State for a longer period than on his first visit, being scheduled for several addresses second visit The unsettled financial conditions which yet exist among many of the | farmers of South Dakota are held re- | sponsible for the strength which the La Follette movement has developed in South Dakota. The Kepublicans are combatting this by producing records purporting to show Senator in behalf of farmers of South Dakota and the nation in general, and by pointing out that members of Con- gress from Wisconsin_who are con- trolied by Senator La Follette at the last session of Congress aided in the defeat of the McNary-Haugen bill, which was designed to assist the farmers of South Dakota and other States. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. FLORIDA G. 0. P. BEGINS GET-OUT-VOTE DRIVE Stimulates Democrats in Same Di- rection—Old Apathy Believed ‘Wiped Out. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 11.— As election day nears evidence is seen of a_gtrenuous effort on the part of the Republican party in the State to bring out a big vote. In the fourth district, which includes Jacksonville, the seat of Representative W. J. Sears is to be hotly contested by a Repub- lican candidate. The campaign is carried on through the mail, princi- pally, and serves to arouse the Demo- crats to the necessity for rallying at the polls. In previous years it has been thought unnecessary by the greater part of the Democrats to bother with the general election. In- dications now point to a big vote In the general election. The La Follette party having organized, will partic- ipate warmly and noisity In the election. The strength of the third party is not thought to amount to very much, but it is sufficient to scare the old partles into action. ‘While the Republicans have candi- dates for all State offices and for the four congressional seats as well as for electors, it is not thought they will do more than make a gesture, which Is regarded as necessary to secure patronage in the event of Re- publican national victory. GEORGE HOYT SMITH. Must Be a Back Number. From Judge. Lottie—How is Gertie making out in_the movies? Dottie—Not 50 good. She's been at the game for a year and still has the same husband. Not Like Ten Years Ago. From the E1 Paso Herald. Of course, the grand military re- view in Germany lacked pomp and color of -the old days. The kaiser, the war lord, the all-highest, wasn't It is announced that he will | 1924—PART _ 1. (Continued from First Page.) the Democrats suffer a crushing defeat in November, there will be aftermath of blame for these cialmed to be responsible for it. There will be some “passing’ the buck” among individuals, and the McAdoo partisans will be in the circle of accusation. However, it will be pointed out that Mr. Davis himself selected his rumning mate and pamed the manager of the campaign.. Charles W. Bryaa will, no doubt, have to bear the greater burden of alleged responsibility for defeat if it comes, and he will be certain to find himself the ob- ject of suspicion of lukewarmness to the head of the ticket for his own possible benefit. * ¥ ¥ *x 1t is quite evident that the labor vote is to be divided into three parts in his election, this assur- ance being clinched by an event which occurred last Friday. This was the formation of an organiza- tion by unlon labor men called the National Democratic Labor Com- mittee, committed to the candidacy of John W. Davis. The originators of the movement were 44 labor leaders in New York. At their head were Maj. George 1. Barry, president of the Inte; national Printing Pressmen’ Union, who was himself a con- testant with Mr Davis for the nomination: P. J. Morrin, president of the International Assoclation of Iron and Structural Steel Work- ers, and John J. Dowd, vice presi- dent of the International Brother- hood of Eoilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers. They in- formed Mr. Davis that the 44 labor leaders had decided to or- ganize & national committee and to begin at once a campaign to hold Democratic voters in labor's ranks to the Democratic national ticket, in protest of the action of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor in- dorsing La Follette. * k% X This was about the best news that Democratic headquarters had received for some time, it is said, but it was expected as inevitable. ‘When the executive council sought to hand over the American Fed- eration of Labor to Mr. La Foi- Jotte it was freely predicted at the time that the delivery could not be effected. There was im- mediate protest from Republicans among the labor vote. A notice was served that many Republicans would not be bound by the in- dorsement of La Follette. Now comes the revolt of the present organization taking active and aggressive form. The belief among politicians is that labor will next November, as the GOV. AL SMITH OPENS NEW ENGLAND TOUR Speaks at Manchester for Demo- cratic Campaign—Coolidge Leads Straw Vote. in Special Dispatch to The Star. MANCHESTER. N. H.,, October 11— Gov. Al Smith of New York opened his New England speaking tour in this city Monday and was greeted by one of the bigRest audiences ever as- sembled in the Granite State. That he made a profound impression here ticket is claimed by State Democratic Democrats who seemed to be slipping toward the La Follette forces were belleved won back by Smith’s heart- to-heart talk. The New York governor charged the Republicans with being blind to all sense of party responsibility for the scandals and mistakes of the Harding and Coolidge administra- tions; with ignoring the iesues raised in the party platforms; with trying to blot out of the public mind the oil scandal, the Veterans' Bureau scan dal and the allered failure of the Re publicans to give a progressive and constructive administration He amused the crowd with a de- scription of the Coolidge campaign. “The Republicans have explalined that Mr. Coolidge can't talk very much because he is not a talker; he is a doer. So they have fixed up some nice window dressing for him to be doing something in. They have got out the old Vermont cheese factory and the old Vermont sap bucket.” Wednesday night a big Republican rally here did not attract such a big audience as “Al” Smith. Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio and Senator Henry W. Keyes of New Hampshire were the principal speakers. They defended the Republican party plat- form. Capt. John G. Winant, candi- date for Governor of New Hampshire, replied to Gov. Fred H. Brown's speech at the Al Smith rally on his ability to put through a 48-hour law for women and children in industry. In a straw vote being conducted in New Hampshire by the Manchester Tnton President Coolidge has a big lead this week, with La Follette gain- ing over Davis. In the- industrial centers of the State La Follette seems to be gaining daily; in fact, the in- dorsement of the third-party move- ment received at the State labor con- vention put La Follette in the run- ning here. The straw vote indicates the race for governor of the State will be close when the returns are tabulated. RUBBER IMPORTS GAIN. NEW YORK, October 11.—Imports of crude rubber at all ports in Sep- tember increased to 29,000 tons Rubber Association of America re- ports. Approximately 223,816 tonms entered the country in the nine months of the year, about 15,000 less than in the same period of 1923 BUSINESS GROWING. NEW YORK, October 11—No fur- ther dividend changes are contem- plated by _directors of the Yale & Towne Co., following the extra dividend on October 1, according to W. C. Allen, president, who has re- turned from abroad. Operations were there. Also among the missing were more than 1,000,000 men. Some Proof. From the Christiania Vikingen. She—I showed father the verses you sent me! He was pleased with them! He—Indeed! What did he say? She—He sald he was delighted to find that I wasn't going to marry a poet! Oh, These Men! From Judge. Officer—So ye've lost y'r husband, have ye? Is there anything to dis- tinguish him by? “Well, sir, he did have a mermaid tattooed on his left shoulder but then I suppose all gents has that.’ WEEKLY BANK REPORT. NEW YORK, November 11L—The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the now at 85 per cent of capacity, he sald, 4,200 men were employed at the Stam?ford plant and earnings were satisfactory. - ————— 1,113 New 0il Wells Started. SAN FRANCISCO,. October 11 (Spe- cial)—The total of new wells started in California oil flelds so far this year is 1,113, as compared with 1,105 last year, Abandonment has been greater this year than ever before, 358 wells having been passed up, as compared with 222 in the corresponding period of last year. RBAILROAD ORDERS HEAVY. NEW YORK, October 11.—Rallroad equipment orders this week mvolve more than $7,000,000 and include 30 locomotives, 1,008 frelght cars and 72 passenger Cars, according to Railway Age. i NEW FINANCING DUE. NEW YORK, October 11.—Flotation Officials of the Moon and Gardiner |week shows an excess in reserve of [of the international loan to Germany Automobile Manufacturing Company | $6,646,300. This is a decrease in re- | is expected by bankers to be followed announce they are over & serve of $35,633,410, compared with last _wosky, by a large amount of new, financing G. 0. P. COUNTS ON HELP OF OLD-LINE DEMOCRATS | loaing in behalf of the Democratic national | Chairman Robert Jackson, and many | against 20.076 the month before, the [ past divide along lines of differ- ence between the parties with now a third party to be included in the @lvision. s xe8 The situatfon as 20 the Rabor vote 18, in a way, analogous to the German vote, which some are at- tempting to deliver to La Follette and which attempt is being vigor- ously resisted. There is also an effort to deliver the negro vote to La Follette, which is being fought by many of the noted race leaders. The latest reports of trouble in the Republican ranks are to the effect that there is disaffection in the Jewish vote to President Coolidge and that the Jews are not satisfied with his attitude nor with his failure to make a sharp pronouncement on the Klan issue. If these reports are true the resuit in New York might be seriously affected, as John W. Davis, Gov Smith and Senator la Follette are all openly avowed opponents of the Klan. * ok k% The Democratic managers con- tinue to claim that the Demo- crats will have a majority in the House and Senate and that at any rate the Republicans can- not possibly control the Senate on account of the Progressive and Democratic opposition. Procced- ing from this basic claim they are appealing for support for the Democratic presidential ticket o that with the election of the Democratic President there will be harmony between the White House and the Capitol on constructive legislation, pointing out that if President Coolidge is elocted and even if a Republican Congress were elected thers would be no chance for a unified administration and Congress, because of the dif- ferences between the Executive and Congress. * ok k% Senator Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the Democratic sena- torial committee, asserts that the Domocrats will retain the 15 s, now held by the Democrats in the Senate, which are to be filled in the November election. “That gives us the 43 Democratic Scna- tors we now have” he said, “and ‘we are going to capture enough seats from the Republicans to make the Democratic list go to 49 or above it, a gain of at least six giving the Democtatic party control of the Senate.” He names the seats in the Senate which the Democrats expect to hold and to capture from the Republicans. nator Mo of New Hamp- shire, chairman of the Republican senatorial committ has placed some of these sume seats in the Republican column in his claim, so there vou are. 'LA FOLLETTE LOSING STRENGTH IN IDAHO Voters Deciding for Coolidge as They Contrast Principles In- MARYLAND VOTERS REMAIN APATHETIC 33 Per Cent Eligible to Cast Ballots in Baltimore Fail to Register. Special Dispatch tn The Star. BALTIMORE, October 11.—Empha- sizing the general apathy which ex- ists here, only 21,036 names wera added to the list of persons who will be entitled to vote in Baltimore at the election on November 4, on Tuesday the last registratio tion, leaving 120,803 persons of the 392,621 residents cligibie to vote, or approximately 33 per cent on the ist. While the Democrats continue to lead in the registration, addinz 11,661 to their lists compared with 8 the Republicans, the latter &h increase of 5 per cent in afMliat of the total, while both the Democra and the Independents show a loss, As the registration now stands th 261818 eligible voters are classifi as follows: Democrats, 144.026 or per cent; Republicans, 93,187 or 25 per cent, and other parties and d clined, 24,605 or 94 per cent Republicans Hear Davis. The first big gathering of the R« | publicana since the specch of P dent Coolidge at the unveiling of Lafayette statute here last mont was held Wednesday night, wh James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor Wwas the principal speaker at a mass meeting at the Lyric Theater. The Progressives also held a big rally on Thursday night, at whicl Meyer London, former Socialist Con gressman from New York City, and Charles Erwin, former editor of the New York Call. were the principal speakers. Announcement was meeting that Gov. Elaine of Wiscor sin will address a public mecting hera next Wednesday in the interest of tha candidacy of Senator La Follette anc that Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, wi | of the candidate, will speak in Balti- vember illiam MeAdoo, patient at Johns H { causing uneasines: leaders in the Stat gone forth that McAdoo, recovering fter an operation, is contemplating ing several speeche vis i ryland This expectancy of the conservative Democr these conservatives fear, is that if McAdoo speaks for Davis, the path of tk candidate, already - this State, will be further roughened It is recognized that McAdoo might be an influence in reclaiming some of the railroad workers who have gone over to the La Follette dwagon but it is feared that he would more than offset this by sating other voters who have the impression tha McAdoo is “unsafe” and that he favorite of the Anti-Saloon League and of the Klan. i The Klan question is also causing Al made at the at present 4 kins Hospital, i3 among Democratic The word has 1 is worrying ts. =orr What said n Maryland Democratie , smooth in 1 iderable worry to the Republican ers here owing to a threatened volt of the negro vote The negroes, it is said, resent the volved in Campaign. Specinl Dispateh to The Star. BOISE, Iaaho, October 11.—Voters In Tdaho are deciding between the Yrrinciples of Mr Coolidge and M. TN Follette, and there is strong ev dence this week that La Follette ground. Even the fear of higlier taxes should the Government foldow La Follette's scheme relative to \the railroads, has becn over- shaflowed by opposition to the pro- gresaive proposed measure, which would amend the Constitution to place 20 Congress the power to re-en- act nheasures declared unconstitu- tional By the Supreme Court. There' are thousands of Mormon people A1 Idaho as well as members | of other\religious faiths who believe that the Aramers of our National Con- stitution v-ere inspired, and who will corsider timpering with the Consti- tution a draiger above all other issues in this campaign. = Coincident| with the recent annual church confd-ence of the Mormons in Salt Lake haa come a wave of oppo- sition to La Kollette. This wave has driven many! Mormon Democratic votes to Coolidige, and the net result for Mr. Davis has been a desperately tight race for third place. AEROME BARTELL. Cheering’ Up Father. Answers. | e Pou Taustt ask father's con- sent.” He: “But is thaf necessary have promised to marry me." “I'll marry you altight, but, George, dear, you must go to father. It pleases him once in a while 0 know that w. still consider him one|of the family. You Relief. From the Georgia Yellow Jacket. Her—I1 can't marry vou Him (downcast)—Why\not? +“] was married last week.” “Oh! (joyously) “I waslafraid you didn’t love me.” first star! Apparel Shop. hanced if you make your To Dream a Poem ~—mearke the inspired arvtist. When Miller Soeurs created_ this. adorttble evening frock, tl_wy were. in the spell ofj sunset tints, the ‘This is but one of the manytcharming evening cos- tumes from great designers now exhibited in our Fine Your social season’s pleasu Also Hickson originals for drawing soom, street and field. Second Floor. fact that President Coolidge is the |only candidate of the three who i bas not openly denounced the { Klan. ; st AT ; MOTOR CAR IN TREE TOP. | Machine Found 300 Feet Below | Canyon Road Atop 40-Foot Elm. | From the Los Angeles Times | An almost new motor car resting in the top branches of a forty-foot elm tree in Santa Anna Canyon, California, has furnished a new puzzle to the au- thorities. The mongrel dog of Henry Bates, |stock ranger in the canvon, made th strange discovery the other night. The dog barked at the motor car more safely probably than he had ever bark- jed at a car before and Bates investi- gated. A crew of deputy sheriffs an mechanics spent the rest of the wight |getting the car out of the tree. It | was damaged slightly There was nothing to show how got there, but it must have catapulte from the road. at a point three hundred feet above. The vicinity was searched thoroughly for bodies and none w found. The car is registered to Henry Wagner of Whittier. Wagner, it said, left for Wisconsin three wecks ago, and two weeks ago his car was reported stolen. The Congress of Vienna. From the Kansae City Times. The congress of Vienna was a meet- ing of the allied powers of Europe Vienna, to settle the affairs of the continent of Europe after the fall o the first Napoleon. The congress met for the first time September 20, 1814 and continwed {ts sessions until Juna 10, 1815. England was represented by Catlereaghw and afterwards by Wel- | lington; Russia by Alexander T and Nesselrode; Austria, by Metternich: Prussia, by Hardenberg, and France, by Talleyrand. Ali the leading powers received important accessions of ter- ritory. o A oloud of sun- set tulle; azure howing through silver; faint band- ings of mink fur. Miller Soeurs have expressed a perfect poem in this frock for will be greatly en- sel ns. here.