Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1924, Page 4

4 .IN ESTIMATE OF DAVIS THE SUNDAY S8TAR, WASH A e A A R A AN R e s IR NEWS OF POLITICAL DRIFT LAST PRE-ELECTION " vestaekte or owws MORE LA FOLLETTE |vewsor rotmeac omer| GONVENTION DATES -~ FIGHT IS INEAST! Spokesmen of Three Parties Wage Fight as Campaign Nears Close. BY ROBERT T. SMALL, The llast has become the battle- Eround ofsthe last week of the presi- dential campalgn —a circumstance open to as many interpretations as Carter ‘had: oats. _Everybady is ac- cusing everybody else of “abandon- ing the West” and everybody is com- ing away from the West saying it i already "won. Therefore the Wes Las got to go Democratic, Progressiz 1d Republican all at one and the we timp-—a difficylt task even for the enepgetic and virile West. The East. it seems. trembles in the Gen. Charlie Dawes spent better part of two davs cam- sning in rock-ribbed Pennsylvania. Tor a Republican vice presidential candidate to go guuning in the Key- stone State looks very much like carrying coals to Newcastle, but he did it just the same. Mr. Davis and Al Smith are going to whaop it up in New York State. Without New York it is admitted by | the Democrats their candidate cannot win herefore the final intensive drive » be made there. Originally it wa ed to send Mr. Davis to| New and. but the wiser strate- Fists ¢ e campaign thought th Would be a well-nigh useless ma- neuver. New York has more elec- toral votes than all the six States of New Lngland combined, and New York is a better battleground fer the | Femacrag . Hopo tg Make Showing. Sena’sr La Wollette and Senator Wheeler, enceuraged by the reports of their cohorts in the industrial centers of the East also turned their thoughts to the “left bank” of ! the Mississippi, and, while they no idea of capturing any ern States, they want to make « showing as possible in this section 50 as to establish themselves as a national party, if possible, rather than being classed merely as a sectional movement | Verhaps some light on the impor- fance suddenly attached to the Last nas been thrown by the Senate com- | mittee investigating campaign funds. | It has been shown that the East is! lone potent in the number of its ! ctoral votes, but is extremely ple- | thoric in the matter of campaign funds. Perhaps the country at large can get a fuller appreciation of th- situation when it is explained that two States of the East—New York and Pennsylvania—are putting up| more than one-half of the entire Re- | publican campaign fund. The total Republican budget was placed by Chairn Butler at $3.000,000. Of this sum New York was asked to raise £1,000.000 und = | $600.000. Both States hope to over- | shoot the mark | East Fairly Liberal. | The East has been fairly liberal in | sending campaign funds to the West, | but a great many of the leaders in ih tion fecl they should get some immediate effects of their liberal & & Perhaps that is why Gen. Dawes nt to Pennsylvania—to show af proper appres » of what the State | is doing for the part e D vatic campaign fund has raised in the byways and deest fts hudget. placed at $750,000 Nk to fall short of that sum the party managers at \eodquarters here, At best the Demo- will 1 one-fourth the nt used by t rand Old Party 1em facetiously explain that son the betting in New o one in favor of the ew York believes that and that the side with chest Is bound to Fe talks” ext war New York, chaivman of the Republican na- tional committee, when he testified before the Borah committee, refused to admit that the side with the larg- est purse had a distinct advantage over its opponents. Being a good Re- publican he said he thought Mr. Cool- | idge could win even if the Republi cans hadn't raised but a million dollars | Likewise he thought the Democrats f would get just as many votes with their lean purse as if they had a fat one. Chairman Borah and his fellow Senators shook their heads at . this bit of philosophy. but Mr. Hilles said he wanted his testimony to stand just as it was, President Coolidge has virtually closed his part of the campaign. With the exception of his speech of ac- ceptance he feels he has not made a_real political speech. He has been almost disdainful of politics. He has refused ‘to be drawn into any ,con- troversies. Taking advantage of invi- tations to speak at formal ceremonies of one sort or another he has stated dispassionately some of his views on foreign and domestic policies, but he has spoken in the affirmative manner of a President declaring a settied pol- icy rather than a candidate discussing the possibilities of the future. G. 0. P. DRIVES HARD , TO HOLD S. DAKOTA Slogan War;:s i’en'pl; Veote for La Follette Is Vote to Pat Demo- crat in White Hanse. harles D. Hilles of Bpecial Dispatch to The Sta SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., October 25. —During the closing days of the campaign in South Dakota the Re- publicans are makinig the greatest possible use of the slogan, “Every Republican vote cast in South Dakota at the election on' November 4 for la Follette is a vote in favor of a Democrat for President of the United States.” There is no doubt in the minds of distinterested observers that La-Fol- lotte will cut heavily into the Re- publican vote in this State, but it is believed he will mot get sufficient Republican votes to endanger Repub- lican success. The Republicans have such a lagge normal plurality that it would quire almost a political revolutian for them to lose the State for their national ticket. Fpur years #go they Jed the opposition by 78,000 majority, having this much of & lead over the combined votes cast by opposition parties in South Dakota for Presi- dent. It is not expected the Repub- lican lead at the election in Novem- ber will be anywhere that of four years ago, but the Republicans still are confident they will carry South Dakota for Coolidge by not less than 30,000. As La Follette is fighting the Democrats in Democrgtic _States where Democratic logses to La Fol- Jette hurt. the cause of the Demos crats, it 15 stated by those claiming to be in touch with the Democratic . campgign in South Dakota that the voters of that party in this State will line up practically solid for the Demagratic - nominee for President. While they have no hopé of carrying South Dakota for Davis, they will be loyal to their presidential nominee. King Robert Bryce of Sootland dled of leprosy, . Ve Tl 5 [ mention COUNTEDFORG.0.P. Tells k-nlns Voters He First Feared Candidate Might Be Reactionary. By the Associated Press. ANHATTAN, Kans., October 23— Declaring that there was no possi- bility. of- .the élection of Senator Robert M. la Follette, William Jen- nings Bryan, in_an address here to- day, urged the Progressive voters of Kansas to join with the Davis-Bryan forces to insure the defeat of the Republican tiaket, Explaining his opposition to the nomination of John W. Davis, Demo- cratic nominee for President, Mr. Bryan said he feared he might prove to be a reactionary. Instead of that, Mr. Bryan said, it'developed that Mr. Davis was progressive as well as aggressive. INDIANA'S INTEREST AIMS AT CONGRESS G. 0. P., Sure of Coolidge Success, Turns Attention to Regaining Lost Seats. Special Dispateh to The Star. | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 25 Republican leaders, convinced that President Coolidg: tain to earry Indiana. are concentrating their efforts now on winning a solid dele- gation of 13 Republican Congressmen from the State. They hope to retain the eight Representatives they now have and to redeem the fiye districts that went Democratic two years ago. Three districts present interesting situations and are occupying the smatlight, aside from the intense Interest dewated to the State ticket contest. In the eighth district, John A. M. Adair, Democrat, who served several yes in Congress, essaving to come against Albert Vestal, who has represented the district since Eyex on Senate. r is 4 good campaigner, and athered a following that makes| him a dangerous opponent, although the district normally is Republican.y Tt is reported Adair is anxious win in order to seek the Democra senatorial nomination in 1% In the fifth district a three-corner- ed fight is being Klansmen in both Noble Johnson. the nominee. and J R. Shannon, the Democratic nominee, to be membe of the Invisible Empire, brought out James Burke on an independent and| anti-Klan ticket Burke will draw! fromg both parties, although the beliaf ix general that Johnson will! pull through. Bolts Organization. Billie Hill. Republican nominee in the fourth district, is making his campaign on an anti-Klan platform against Harry C. Canfield, Democ incumbent Hill brok with the Re- publican State organization because.| he said, the Klan was interfering with his campaign, and he refuses to the name of Ed Jackson Klan-backed Republican nominee forj governor. Although the district Democratic, Hill's friends believe he| has a good chance to win | HAROLD C. FEIGH ! parties Republ { woman WASHINGTON VOTE Swing in State Now Regard- ed as Toward Republican Ticket—Apathy Ends. | Special Dispatch to The Star, SEATTLE, October —Breaking the lethargic spell which has gripped the State electorate since the direct pri- maries, September 9. the Republican or- ganization during the last week ap- parently has halted the coalition moye- ment between the La Follette and Demo- cratic party followers, has broken into the railway brotherhood support which La Follette has held and is now feeling a reaction from all parts of the State which indicates an increasing and rapid- ly developing swing toward the Repub- lican national, corigressional and State tickets. The La Follette movement has been halted not only in the rural districts, but in the hotbeds of La Folletteism, Seattle and Tacoma, this is largely due o a sud- den_shift in’ Democratic ranks. Support in Demoecratic ranks, which one week ago seemed certain to be counted for La_Follette. is slowy turning away from the Wisconsin Senator to Cool- idge. Business Aroused. Business and industrial leaders are aroused, and are taking a more active interest in the campaign. Democratic leaders, who have o this time been in- ned to stay out of the fight, are de- manding that the party strength stay with Davie or swing to Coolidge. Other so-called Wilson Pemocrats are with the La Follette movement. Reports from the agricultural centers show a much better feeling, and Repub- lican leaders are now predicting Cool- idgg and the entire ficket will carry the st¥e by at least 50,000 plurality. The fifth congressional district only s in doubt. JAMES DE K. BROWN. BIG REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN.IDAHO Gair in Total Seen for Both Cool- idge and Davis—Senator Borah Begarded Safe. Hpecial Dispateh to The Star, BOISE, Idaho, October 25 —Heavy registration of voters reported in ail 1daho districts can be interpreted-as a warning to Senator La Follette. It not only means more Gem State votes for Coolidge, but an increase in the total vote that will be given to John W. Davis, g3 the eareless and indif- ferent voter responds to the ‘“get- out-the-vote” campaign. The leading Democrats take cour- age from the development of the past week In registration, and venture the assertion that Davis has an even break with La Follette, with the “Demoerats fast rallying to the standard of John W. Davis.” La Fol- lette is losing ground every day, but very ‘few -political observers belleve |, it is possible for Davis to achieve second-place in the Idaho presiden- tial race. There seems to be little doubt that the Republican ticket will be suceegsful from top to bottom, and with a wide margin. A strenu- ous_campaign: against Senator. Borah o t, but littie change in _ Borsh vote Is expected. T JEROME BARTELL. double its efforts for the election of ¢ |we urge a like enthusiasm in support WOMAN CANDIDATE I Mrs. Ross. Wyoming Aspirant | public offices. EFFORTIS URGED A. F. of L. Asks Workers to Redouble Work for Pre- gressive Cause. Union labor was called upon last night by the executive ouncil of the American Federtion of Labor to re- La Follette and Wheeler. In a statement issued after a week's session, largely devoted to discussion e polit situation, the council i reports from over the coun- : cause of the masses of the unionists who have given their sup- to reactionary candidates and s in no way decreases the en- ich the great mass e unionists and wage earners upporting the independent can- didates,” the statement continued. “The working people of our country have never been so whole-heartedly united in any political effort as they are in this great struggle for human progress and freedom. Attention tosongress. “We call upon trade unionists and ~ward looking men and women gen- throuzhout our republic to re- their efforts in behalf of La| Follette nd Wheefer in the few re- maining days of the campaign, and port part of progressive, forward-looking can- didates for the United States Senate and House of Representatives. It is| casily possible to elect to the mext Congress a_majority who will be faithful to the interests of the people. “\We warn against the calumnies which are being circulated and which will be circulaed, and we warn against the flood of money which is being poured into those aistricts where the hopes of reaction are on the wane. This election must not be captured by canards or slush funds. Let the spirit of our free institutions, the spirit of Washington, of Jefferson and of Lincoln find their expression in the ballots to be cast November 4." MARVEL IN SILENCE for Governor, Seeks Office Without Speech. By Consolidated Press. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. October “ompared with Nellie Tayloe Ross, Democratic candidate for governor of Wyoming, President Calvi is ‘a marvel of garrulit impression one takes away from an interview with the widow of Gov.| William B. Ross—a handsome, charm- ing, well informed woman, who does | things in an efficient, thorough man- | ner with a minimum of talk. That a woman, and especially a in politics, should o com- pletely overthrow male supremacy in| the art of silence is extraordinary-—it is news Accepting the Democratic guberna- torial nomination with a message of less than 400 words and then,address.- | ing an appeal to the women of the! State in less than 300 words, Mrs. Ross has set a record for men poli- ticians to shoot at. And she has made no_speeches. When she discusses the issues of the campaign, Nellie Ross ignores the “great burning national and interna- tional problems.” into which other State and minor politicians venture so fearlessly. She is concerned prin- cipally with two things—the welfare of Wyoming as a whole and the ef- fect of her conduct in office, if elect- ed, upon futur@candidacies of women | in other States, Would Vindicate Women, “If elected governor,” she said, “I will exert myself to the utmost in so conducting State affairs that it may never again be said women are unfit for exccutive office. 1 feel very Keenly my responsibility toward all womanhood because of the position in which I may be placed. Just as Wy- oming opened the way for woman suffrage in other States, so 1 shall strive to make the pathway of capa- ble woman aspirants elsewhere easier, to remove as far as I may the preju- dices still lingering in some quarters against electing women to responsible Coolidge | hat is the ‘To the writer Mrs. Ross outlined her “personal” policies in a few words. If elected, she will: “1. Serve and promote impartially the interests of all the people of Wyoming. 2. Promote the welfare of labor and protect its interests, co-operating sympathetically with workers in their efforts to improve conditions, at the same time striving to do full justice to capital. “3. Work for all measures designed to relieve agricultural conditions, re- alizing that prosperity of the farmer is vital to the welfare of all. “1. Work for legislation to further safeguard the savings of the people intrusted to the banks. Advocate lower ~ taXxes, more equitably apportioned, and rigid econ- omy in conduct of State affairs. “6. Vigorqusly oppose efforts to de- stroy the primary system.” Enschews National Affairs. Six planks. No words to spare for or against the K Klux Kian, nothing about Teapot Dome, no comment on foreign ‘relations. ‘These things are not within her province. As governor heg husband heiped to remove the lid from Teapot Dome-—the rest is in ¥ederal hands. Male voters of -Wyoming- have no prejudice against election of women to high administrative office, and voters of both.sexes will be guided solely by the known qualifications and fitness. for office of the various candidates, Mrs. Rass believes. At the same time she expresses confidence that many woman -voters normally found im ather parties will help put their State on record as first to elect a woman. governor. % Resognition Never Withheld. “My candidacy cannot be construed, however, as a demand for recogni- tion previously swithheld,” = she said. ‘Wamen of Wyoming have long en- joyed all the rights and privileges of citizenship so recently won at great cost in other States. Jt-is omly in keeping ‘with Wyoming "traditions that a great political party. should now confer ypen & weman the un- sought honor of heading dts State | ticket.” ‘Throughout the State today strong- ly organized “Nellie T. Rbss Clubs” are functioning for election. Woman speakers are appearing hefore wom- en's organisations and mized audi- ences’ everywhere. Democratic lead- ers, such as United “States Senator John B. Kendrick, :are on the hust- ings, appealing by volee and printed word. But Nellie “T. Rogs, - almost broken by -grief over her-yesent be- reavement, -remains -silemt ‘in home and works qut the policies s] swill purgue if slected ;gevernor, been in West Virginia, told Mr. Republican victory in that State distinctly toward Coolidge attended the Miss Beatrice Beck, daughter of So- ‘|the home of Mrs. { Democratic districts. ' Wake.” West Virginia Said to Be Leaning to Coolidge—West Consid- ered in Line. Further encouraging reports reach- de the White House yestcrday on the political situation, which was discuss- ed briefly by the President with Sen- ator Harreld of Oklahoma and Rep- resentative Willlam E. Hull of Illi- nofs.. Senator Harreld, who has recently *ool- idge there was every Indlcationsof a Mr. Hull, who has been making speeches In the West, said the trend there was the President Yesterday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. wedding of M the James Tuck of General and M and S. Pinkney licitor Beck, indicate victory fer our cause|State Department Later, upon learning of the death of Secretary Wallace, the President and Mrs. Coolidge drove immediately to Wallace to leave their condolences. SEAT RAGESWARM Republicans Need 0!d-Time Majority to Save Severa! in Pennsylvania. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, October Eolng to take Pennsylvania's tradi- tional Republican vote in presiden- tial years to save a number of Hept resentatives on November 4, because the Keystone State is a battleground for congressional seats to an extent not known for a dec La Follette partisans have disregarded national Istues and joined forces with Den crats in a number of central Penn- sylvania districts and or aspirants have three and four no: nations behind their names. Seve best known Pennsyl a Represen atives outside of the State’s two b cities are engaged in terrific nghts and speakers of national repute have been called in to help. Signs of effective work have been noted and conditions are gradually improving in sections where ago conditions were alarming county chieftains to While hardly any La Follette sup- | porters have registered under his party name, enough men active in the Republican organization have lined up the voters of their districts to make likely the decisive majori- ties characterizing Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in important years Third Place Pussling. The interesting point about th presidential election in Pennsy vania is who is going to occupy third place. Officers of the Dema - |State organization have become busy |are speaking really of the rule of the | in the last few days to hold thneir strength in the cities, beinz satished the old-fashioned Democratic counties will not be moved. Drives have been started by Ite- publicans to regain the seals now held by John J. Cas Frank ¢ Sites, Samuel Glatfelter and H. H Cummings. Although Representative Croll lives in one of the old lin he has a xkirm ish on his hands. Indications favor the return of W. W. Batley, former Representative from the Johnstown district. Representatives W. W Griest, E. M. Beers and kdgar i Kiess appear to be out of the woc but W. L Swoope, A. W. Wyant L. H. Watres have fights on W. M. N — FINAL DRIVE OPEN INNEW HAMPSHIRE Best Speakers Sought by Big Parties in Closing Days of Campaign. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANCHESTER, N. H., October 2 With election only a matter of days there is a last-minute rush of party leaders in New Hampshire to bring out the best campaigners and spell- binders. With New Hampshire one of the even States In the delcgation, if. the election of President is-thrown inta the Congress, there is wensiderable speculation as to how the delegation from the State would vote. It is thought that the delegation will stand divided half for Davis and halt for Coolidge. Progressives claim La Follette wil: make a big showing in the State, especially in the cities where the Labor vote counts heavily. “The straw vote being conducted by the Manchester Union, the State's only morning newspaper, siows Cool- idge still leading Davis this week by a 3-to-1 margin. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, will come to Manchester as the chief speaker at the night-before- election rally to be held in the Queen City on November 3, Secrgtary Wilbur is the only cab- inet officer taking a prominent part in the campaign and agreed to come to New Hampshire after being sought by the director of the Republican speakers' bureau. Mr. Bridges an- nounced last night that former Gov. John H. Bartlett of Portsmouth, now First Assistant Postmaster General, is coming to New Hampshire for the last few days of the campaign. He will speak at the Manchester rally ‘with Mr. Wilbur. Great pressure is being brought to bear on the -Democratic national committee by the State committee in New Hampshire, which, it is hoped, will result in the sending of John ‘W. Davis of West Virginia, Demo- cratic candidate for President, to this. State before the end of the campaign. J. J. McCARTHY. ‘TROOPS READ BEST. 'British Soldiers EKnow Nation’s Great Literature. LONDON, October' 25.—In order to rank s a good eoldier of his maj- ty’s forces, a complete elementary knowledge of the nation’s literary classics is now necessary. The army regulstions have been amended so that applicants for privates' and non- commissioned officers’ first-class cer- tificates must pass an examination in literature and general reading. It is:mecessary for the applicants to read 30 books before the exami- nation, including Palgraves' “Golden Treasury,” Shakespeare's “Henry V,” “Richard I and “Henry VIIL” “A Tsle of Two Citles,” “Old Mortality,” “Lorna Doone,” Southey's “Life of Nelson” and “Hefeward: the SETINCONNEETT the | N month | ther | hands which will require hard work. | 1 Sessions to Nominate Can- didates for Brandegee Post Come in Month. - Special Dispateh to The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., October The death of United States Seénator Frank B. Brundegee thrusts two poli- tical campaizns upoa Connecticut. j as the national clection on November 1 will be quickly foliowrd by the au o8 for the clection of delegates | tions to ate | P— ! conventions will be held | 4 and the Repablican convention in Hariford and the Democratic convention in New Haven. | In spite of fact that there is only on duty devolving upon each convention, it will be necessary for ecach party to observe the party rules fand o its {gnvention one cvening land conclude its work the next day ] It is not that the Hartford will figure in the ing of United $tates tor, artford County has, in orge I «an of Simsbury, one of the $enators from the State. Kdwin | W. Higgin of Norwich, Republican, | |18 one of the.additions to the list of senatorial possisilities, The Republicans will earry State at the November election the Coolidge plurality s likely | exceed 50,000, It may reach which is less than the plurality in 1920. | end of -the the | and to 800, Harding | | H. 1. HORTON 6.0.P. TRIMMERS RAPPED BY DAWES |Haven’t Had Many Fightersl in Last Four Years, | He Declares. | | the Associated Press | NEW YORK. October 25 —Charles | {G. Dawes, speaking tonight in New | York for the first time since the be- | Rinning of the campaign, scored the |La Foliette independent movement, ssailed the Democrats and de- | nounced “cowardly, trimming politi- [clans” in his own party | The La Follette candidacy bore the |brunt of the assault, Mr. Dawes describ- | ing it as “an attack leveled at the Con- | |stitution, which. if successful, means de- | struction of our form of government.” | He also attacked its leaders, assert- |ing that “we are hearing much about {the rule of the people from men who | mob.” | The attention given by the Re- [l-uhhv.ul nominee to the Democratic i opposition was only in passing and ‘:m\\(\'vu in a reference to what he termed that party’s “attempt to | stand between the battle lines with |o rad 1 avd one conservative can- | {didate | “I respect those.men who are fight- | ling this form of government,” he | | ®ald. with reference to the La Fol- | !lette group. “They have cburage and |1 respect their courage. But we have | not had any body on my side for the | last four y rs—at least, not many that have becn standing up and fight- | . | ing.” | | Ix Golng Upstate. | 1 Mr. Dawes spoke at a Republican rally held under the ausplces of the | | Republican te committee at Cler- { mont Rink, Brooklyn. He came into [New York late today from Montclair | after the meeting to remain unti tomorrow night, when he will boar | his special train for a day of cam- paigning Monday in upstate New | York, with speeches at Albany, Syra- | cuse, Utica and Rochester. Lack of political courage, Mr. Dawes asserted, had resulted in the poliing of a small vote in past elections e “That the reason why up in ‘Wisconsin for four years you have only hady about 33 to 40 per cent of the reglstered vote cast and all through lagge sections of our coun- |try. the same thing pertains,” he added. “Why? What inducement is there for American citizens to come out and vote when on one side is a man in earnest, courageous, fighting for sgomething that a citizen does not believe: and on the other side is a cowardly, trimming politician, preaching that by legislation you can et high beef on the hoof and low beef on the table, high railroad wages and low railroad fates, and all that sort of jucomsistent stuff and clap- trap: trving to please everybody: putting vote-getting above principle —a pretty poop choic “That is one reason why the people have not been to the polls as they should have been. But now you have a fight.” The issue in this “ight,” Mr. Dawes told his_audience, was raised wheu the La Folletie group adonied a plat- torn declaration for submission of “a constitution amendment providing that Congress may, by re-enacting a i statute, make it effective over a ‘ju- dicial veto.” Sees Balance of Power Hurt. “Ig other words at one blow,” he added, “it is proposed to destroy the balance of power which exists ic this Government between tho executive, legislative and judicial branches of Government, and make the executive and judicial subordinate to Congress. *Now what does that mean? We hear a lot of talk in these days of litical trimming and cowardice in the effort to please all sides on all questions, about the rights of this bloo and that bloc, the rights of this class and that class and this section and that section. This concerns your rights and my rights. The rights that are protected by the Constitution of the United States are something that belong to us. They don’t belong to governments, and as long as that Constitution stands as it is they can't be touched by a government or.any other individual. “What are those rights? It is your right’and my right to ge to church wherever we please and worship God in accordance wjith the dictates of our conscience; it is your right and my right to own property; it is _your right and my right to free speech and to trial by jury—rights like that, which are protected by the Constitu- tion of the United States. Those are the rights which it is proposed to hand to Congress, with the.dema- gogues 8o often ‘thére in the saddle. “What kind of a Government will this be it Congress can pass a law telling you where to go to church, or taking property away from you and handing it over to Bomie one else? “Then there is a lower part of this discussion. Take it from that stand- point. What will bécome of your wages; what will -become of the prices of farm products; what will become ‘of business; ‘what will be- come of all of us if the foundation of confidence is shaken because of @ be- lief that the rock on whioh’ this na- tion stands is to be pulled utf from under us? “Thus, if we lose, our Government -goes. It is & call to the colors.” | tion in the fifth district HINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 26, 1924 PART 1. EXPECT RECORD VOTE IN FLORIDA THIS YEAR Tendency to Consider Democratic Primary Sufficient Said to Be Passing. S LLE, Fla,, Getober 24 Registration and qualification for th franchise has reached a high pojnt in. Florida and it is expecte wiil be recorded the larges known in the State It has been the habit In time phst to consider the result of the Demo- cratic primary as sufficlent and the vote in general elections has shown the full strength of the Republican party and perhaps less than 60 per cent of the Democratic party. This year the indications are that a much large t of Democrats will go to_the po! In the June 000 votes were vote ever 150,- W primary nearly polled” and John tin, former mayor of Jackson ed for governor, receiv- majoriy over scveral opponents. The Republicans have full State and congressional ticket in the fleld this vear. The La Follette nd Prohibition parties have presidential electors the ballot, with the Democratic Republican clectors this year Florida newspapers are urging a big vote, not only on account of the desire to make a good showing for the State but also to infurc a heavy vote in ratification of an amendment the constitution which will hibit the levying of inheritance ome taxes by the State JORGE HOYT SMITH and hat ‘there | on November 4, DEWOERAT SENATE 5 URCED BY ONES Declares Such a Body Would| Enact Laws Fair to Busi- | " ness and Labor. An appeal to the country to elect a Democratic Senate and,“insure lib- | eral and progressive legislation” was | made last night in a formal state- | ment by Senator Jones of New x- ica, chairman of the Democratic se 1 campaign commitier Senate If organized Democrats,” he said, “we privite would legis) av en s we interests. The Den antagonistic to to have its fair share | and to pay its propor- | taxation and not to | i for privilege or | by the 1d - fight for the | cratic busin it tiongte = be singled punishme “The Senate should be Democratic so there would be no delay in passi resolutions of investi n wher warranted. such s the Walsh inves tization of the oil scandal and the | Wheeler inquiry into the Dep of Justice and that of Wals sachusetts of the Veterans Lower Cost of Livin, “The Se ate should be Db MARYLAND RESULT ISHELD DOTFUL Democrats and G. 0. P. Fire Heaviest Guns—La Follette Speaks Tomorrow. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 25.—Maryland today remains in the doubtful column, despjle the fact that both old parties have shot their biggest guns, the D | ocrats with their standard-bearer, John W. Davis, and the Republicans with Charles . Hughes, Sccretary of State, { who spole here Thursday night big gun of the campaign | Senator | The final will be fired Monday, when Robert M. La Foliette speaks at the 5th Regiment Armory, and leaders of riff and tax law ted to bring down th living and further cqualiz ment of taxes “A Democratic Ser uld |laws to give the Whorinz u lday in court and would enact remeds | ial legislation for the farmer; laws that would insure to the farmer high- | | er stable prices for his crops and a | greater return in value for his dol- lar, and would rectify the discri tion of the tariff against the as & consumer. | “A Democratic Senate would insure | slation for the veterans of wars | would he more commensurate | with the risks taken by them | “A Democrati® Senate would insure | liberal and just legislation to all, | clean government, lower taxcs, higher | | standards of statesmanship, material | | progress, and the restoration of a| healthy cconomic life of the Nation.” | e | i DAVIS HELPS HIS RACE | BY VISIT TO TENNESSEE | Vote in State Likely to Fall Be- low 1920 Total as Interest {0 that t e g p u )w-‘ ina- | farmer | the Progressive Party here are pre- dicting it will be'the biggest event of the campaign, despite the fact an ad- mittance fee will be charged. When Davis spoke at the 5th Regi- ment Armory about 5.000 persons turned out, and a capacity crowd, esti- mated at 3.500, heard Secretary Hughes at the Lyric Theater, but the Progres- sive leaders have prenared for a crowd of 20,600, over half of which have re- served places at prices ranging 50 cents to The Afro-American, the local colored weekly, with one of the largest circu- lations of any race publication in this section of the country, this week an- nounced its supnort of Senator La Fo lette, and the paper's stand is expected | | by politicians here to have much influ- ence on the colored vote. The paper said: “President Coo! idge’s refusal to denounce the Ku Klux | Klan will cost him thousands of votes | among the colored voters of (he State, and with Davis being backed by the ‘solid South.” there is little difTere; from our standpoint in the two o party candidates.” The result of the congressional clec- continues to be the leading issue. J. C. 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