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3 DEMOCRATICHOLD INTEXAS WAVERS National Status Normal, But Republican Governor May Be Elected. Special Dispatch to e Star. AUSTIN, Tex., November 1 broken ascendency of the Democratic party in Texas since reconstruction | days is threatencd by the Republican | candidacy of Dr. Georse C. Butte.| Texas University law dean, for gov ernor, against Mrs, M. A. (Ma) Fer- fuson, first woman nomince for gov- | ernor, and wife of James E. Ferguson, | impeached former governor. A pic- turesque and unique campaign has been made. centered upon the person- ality of the impeached cx-governor, admitted by himself, his wife and h supporters, as likely to be a dominant | figure in her administration. Her opponents charge he will be the gov- ernor. No other Democratic nominec is danger, and Texas will give the n: tional ticket about the usual major- But thousands of women and | on n, ex-students of the vy, ministers especial- | will scratch Mrs u that of the Den Un- Ferguson's n. her Republ acratic colun general havi Some Candidates Balk. ; The® State Democratic committee | and national chairman, picked at a | State convention dominated by James | . Werguson, have whipped into line | most of the nominees for State flxxfll unty offices, and forced many of them to make speeches in support of | Mrs. Ferguson. Others are openly! supporting Butte. The Republican candidate has made an intensive six- week speaking campaign. traveling | cver 7.500 miles, while James E. Fer- suson and many other Democrats ave taken the stump during the past two week Ferguson is chargi Klan, whose candid; n the run-off primary by suson, is the main issue of the go €rmor's race. But at the same time, other speakers, including the national committreman, are appealing to the Klan voters to stay in the Democratic party. and the Democratic organiza- tion has for the first time made a di- rect appeal to negro voters. Dr. Butte las declared for unqualified social | #nd political supremacy of the whi sed delight that negro ers have g erguson’s support Terguson is claiming by 200,000 votes ¥ us hard a campaign as that in he was defeated by United States ator Earle B. Mayfield two years ago The Republicans are claiming the zovernorship by 50,000 votes, out of approximately 600.000 expected next Tucsday. H. RAYMOND BROO s the Ku Klux ted WALSH HELDNOT SURE | OF RETURN TO SENATE, { Montana Election Qutbreak Shows| Presidential Race Is Between Coolidge and La Follette. | Dispateh to The Star. NA, Mont.. Novembér 1.—The of Montana go to the polls xt Tuesday as keenly interested in the result of the election for UHI(PL" States Senator as for President of the | United States. T. J. Wals! now Senator, famous 45 prosecutor of tne Senate oil com- mittee, later chairman of the Demo- cratic national convention, is op- posed by Frank Linderman, a Kali- speil litteratuer, and Rev. J. W. An- derson of Sidney. Linderman is the Republican candidate. Anderson runs the Farmer-Labor ticket, but s indorsed by the Independent as Senator Walsh carries the ement of La Follette -and r. Sam Teagarden of Great a publicist, is expected to poll but @ few vates as the fourth candi- date, running independent. Tt is a grave question whether the indorsement of La Follette and Wheeler, personally extended in both cases, has strengthened Senator Walsh. Students of politics say he would have polled most of that vote anyway, always having been an ad- vanced progressive. while the open association with the third party will turn many old line Democrats to Linderman, the Republican candidate. However. as the election eve draws liear, re-election of Walsh is prob- able, although it may be close. The presidential race is confined to ‘‘oolidge and La Follette. Davis, un- less all signs fail, will be a poor third. The Literary Digest poll is the only one I have seen that puts the President first. All local Montana | polls have given the State to La | Follette. But the election-eve switch, | the last-minute thought, always figures. Hence. the President, In a very close race, has the beiter chance to carry Montana, although his plurality may be low. The registration is about 240,000— abnormally heavy—and a large per cent of the vote, it is expected, will be cast. Joseph M. Dixon, former United States Senator, now governor, seeks re-election against J. E. Erickson of Kalispell, a member of the bar, and Frank Edwards, former mayor of Helena. In a close race Erickson probably will win. Returns will be slow. How Mon- tana went may not be known until November 7 or 8 LOUIS M. THAYER. RSy LEAGUE WORKERS’ PAY DENOUNCED BY PAPER Paris Weekly Asks Why High Salaries Are Augmented by Bonus Payments. not party. indoi By the Associnted Pross. PARIS, November 1.—A Parisian weekly, L'Opinion, is criticizing the League of Nations for the high salaries it pays its employes. It cites the vearly stipend of the medical director of the league, 51,709 Swiss francs ($10,200), and asks why he should re- ceive a bonus in addition. Six thou- sand three hundred dollars a year to the bureau secretary also Is cited by ‘his paper. as are $49,000 spent in 1923 in entertaining; $120,000, in traveling expenses; $400,000, in spreading In- farmation abroad, and $332,000, in printing translations of league pro- ceedings. The article makes a special point of the fact that while the United States is not a member, and .so provides nothing toward the cost of running the league, there are no less than. 18§ Americans drawing salaries as mem- bers of the secretariat Finally, the article says that private secretaries to presidents of commis- tions and members of commissions receive $16 a day if they are Amer- icans, but only §8 if they belong to other nations. e Fleven cubic feet of water, w! {rozen, makes 12 cubic feet of ice. Lwin G. O. P. Fund Gets Blame in W. Va. Convict Strike A statement given out 1ast night at Democratic headquarters de- clared that “the quadrennial slush fund collection in West Virginia by Republican campaign commit- tees” has brought on a “strike” of 900 convicts in the Moundsville Denitentiary. “For years past,” said the state- ment, “the Republicans have been assessing the contractors who are utilizing West Virginia's convict labor for the manufacture of con- vict-made goods. Every time, ac- cording to Information quite gen- eral in West Virginia, that the Re- publican slush fund collectors squeeze a large campaign tribute out of the contractors, the con- tractors recoup themselves by squeezing more work out of the convicts, “It is alleged that the Republi- cans, in their effort this year to outdo all past campaign coliections, have exacted from the peniten- tiary contractors $50,000, and from ofcials, guards, et at the peni- tentiary $25060, with the result that the contractors this year bore down additionally on the convicts and forced them to increase their prison output to a point beyond the ability of the convicts to per- form.” NEBRASKA MAY &0 - FOR LA FOLLETTE Strong Independent Senti- ment and G. 0. P. Apathy Feature Closing Hours. Special Dispateh fo The Star. OMAH. independent sentiment in Nebr: likely to bring Senator La Follette over the tape a winner next Tuesday for the eight electoral votes of Ne- braska. Slack attendance has been reported at all political meetings for some weeks, indicating the voters have long ago reached a dectsion. It will take a big shift for La Follette to overturn the 128,000 plurality Harding had in 1920 and Democrats are relying on the staunchness of their party following and a belief that many of the conservative Repub- licans, women especially, will sup- port Davis rather than Coolidge, .in view of the disclosures at Washing- ton and the evidences of a much arger Republican campaign fund in Nebraska than ever has been sent { here. Republicans show an excess of con- fidence evidently with the view that they can lose the large foreign vote | and still remain to the good. This mount close to 80,000 out of a total of possibly 450.000. For governor, J. N. Norton, Demo- crat, appears to have a slight edge over Adam McMullen, Republican, though this fight has been compli- cated by a Klan issue, Norton having come out against it and McMullen remaining silent and being charged with receiving Klan suport. Norton falls more naturally heir to the inde- pendent voting strength of the State by virtue of farm connections, being an actual farmer himself. Senator Norris will win, as usual, though his opponent, J. J. Thomas of Seward, has made a valiant fight and has assurance of a big defection of onservative Republican voters who will go to him GEORG DEMOCRATS CLAIM TENNESSEE AS ‘SURE’ Republicans, on Other Hand, See ‘“‘at Least 30,000 Plurality” for Coolidge. F. FISHER. 1 Diepateh to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., November It is all over but the final rallies in one of the most active campaigns that Tennessee has seen in years. The coles of the campaign finds Democratic headquarters claiming a Democratic victory. “How large the majority will be,” says the state- ment, “depends on the efficiency of the organization in Middle and West Tennessee.” They claim the State by a substantial majority for John W. Davis_and Charles W. Bryan, with Gen. I, D. Tyson, nominee for Sen- ator, winning “in a walk;" Gov. Aus- tin Peay, nominee for re-election, by a ‘“very substantial majority,” and Gen. Harvey H. Hannan, nominee for re-election as railroad commissioner, having a “complete walkaway.” The Republican State headquarters claims that Coolidge will carry the State by “at least 30,000 plurality”: expresses confidence in the election of Judge H. B. Lindsay of Knoxville as Senator. and declares Capt. Thomas F. Peck, Republican nominee for gov- ernor, “certain to be elected.” The La Follette-Wheeler headquar- ters claims that it is “not impossible for La Follette and Wheeler to car- ry this State.” With only two State tickets in the field, it seems likely that the Demo- cratic State ticket will run ahead of Davis, as there are four national tickets in the field—Democratic, Re- publican, La Follette-Wheeler and the Glilbert-Nation ticket. Davis him- self is personally popular, but Bryan's name on the ticket is’likely to cost him Democratic votes that would otherwise go to him. The La Follette strength is expected to come from the labor element, which is mostly in the cities and a majority of which would ordinarily go into the| Democratic column; also there is said to be some La Follette strength in the rural districts, one report being that the old Populist element will go to him. Little has been heard of the Nation strength, and it is not counted as like- ly to have any bearing on the result in this State. Tennessee will elect ten Representa- tives, the entird legislative body and also will vote on call for a constitu- tional convention. No change in the political complexion of the Tennessee delegation is likely. B. Carroll Reece, Republican probably will be returned in the first district, and J. Will Taylor, Republican, in the second. In the third district. Judge S. D. McReynolds, Democrat, is opposed by Mra. Mary Cles Howard, Republican. Cordell Hull, Democrat, in the fourth; Joseph W. Byrns, Democrat, in the sixth; E. E. Eslick, the Democratic nominee, in the seventh; Gordon Browning, Democrat, in the eighth, and Finis Garrett, Demo- crat in the ninth, are without Republi- can opposition. Ewin L. Davis, Demo- crat, in the fifth, and Hubert Fisher, Demiocrat, in the tenth, have opposition, but are not considered in danger. The Legislature will be Democratic in both houses no matter how the State may go otherwise. The fate of the constitutional convention vote is uncer- tain. Heretofore convention elections votes have been heavily against a con- vention. The Chinese hénor their guests by placing before them the oldest egg: obtainable, which are conbidered tReir greatest delicacy, WILLIAM A. WHITE IN LOSING FIGHT Republican-Klan Opponent Seems to Have Kansas Lead—Coolidge Safe. Special Dispateh to The Star. TOPEKA, Kans. November 1— Kansas looks safely in the Repub- lican column in this election, with the possible exception of two of the eight congression- al districts. In the eighth district Representati v e William A. Ayres, Democrat, ap- pears to have a slight edge over Chester 1. Long of Wichita, Republi- can, although Long, formerly United States Senator from Kansas, is mak- ing a_ game up- hill fight, with a bare chance of nosing Avres out, The other doubt- | William Allen Whi.c. where the 3d C. Little second, death of Representative left the district all muddled up. Russell Dyer, barely of congressional age, is the Republican candidate, and Chauncey B. Little of Olathe, no rela- tive of the late Representative Little, the Democrat. Representative Lit- jtle’s death came after the closing date for filing, and young Dyer ad- mittedly would have no change against Representative Little. The six Republican Representatives up for re-election, Dan Anthony of | Leavenworth . H. Sproul of Sedan, Homer Hoch of Marion, James G. | Strong of Blue Rapids, Hays B. White of Mankato and J. N, Tincher of Medicine Lodge, ali seemed assured of safe, and in the cases of Anthony, Hoch and Strong. overwheiming ma- jorities. Miss Nellie Cline, Demo- cratic nominee against Tincher in the seventh, is making a strong race and maybe a close race The Coolidge vote in Kansas seems only a question of pluralities. Un- less all the signs fail he will come close to getting a majority. A de- cided swing toward La Follette the last two weeks may send Bob into the final count ahead of John W. Davis_ but neither La Follette nor { Davis” will touch Coolidge. Interest centers in the governof- ship race, due to_the late entrance of William Allen White, well known editor-author an independent anti-Klan candidate. His entrance {muddled the situation up consider- {ably, and he has made a vigorous and popular, but one-man campaign. Conservative estimates are ihat Ben S. Paulen. the Republican candidate | drawing the regular party vote and a large Klan vote from the Demo- crats, will win by a safe majority. Gov. Jonathan M. Davis is the Demo- [crat candidate seeking re-election. His strength two years ago was a surprise. If he has it again this year it will be a bigger surprise. CLIF STRATTON. |COOLIDGE FAR AHEAD | INNEW HAMPSHIRE Interest Centers in Races for Con- gress and State Offices in Closing Hours. | { 1 Special Dispatch to The MANCHESTER, N. H, November 1.—All three parties are making a last-minute drive to bring out the largest vote ever polled in New Hampshire. Conservativé _political observers give Coolidge the State ver his nearest opponent by nearly a 2-to-1 majority. The real test will | come for second place, many predict- ing that La Follette will outrun Da- vis enough in the industrial centers, where La Follette workers have cen- tered their activities, to emerge ahead of the Democratic standard bearer. Rev. George Chalmers Richmond, a La Follette campaign speaker from Los Angeles, ran into trouble in Con- cord Wednesday night when he is said to have called President Coolidge a rascal.” His address. delivered from the steps of the New Hampshire State house, was plentitully sprinkled with praise for hig favorite candldate. Mayor Willis H. Flint, a Democrat, ordered City Marshal George A. S. Kimball to halt the attack by the speaker on the President as the crowd grew threatening. United States Senator Henry W. Keyes is seeking re-election with State Treasurer George I Farrand opposing him as the Democratic can- didate. Representative E. H. Wason Republican, is being opposed by ex- Mayor William Barry of Nashua and Representative William N. Rogers, Democrat, is being opposed by Fletch- er Hale of Laconia, Republican. Gov. Fred H. Brown is breaking a prece- dent by seeking re-election as the State’s chief executive and Capt. John G. Winant of Concard, Republican, ex- pects to ride in on the Coolidge wave. J. J. McCARTHY. 4 UTAH ELECTORS SAFE FOR COOLIDGE Democratic Governor and One House Member Considered Likely, However. ar. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, November 1.—The four electoral votes of Utah will be for Coolidge and Dawes, but George H. Dern, a Democrat, will be elected governor. There is no Senator to be chosen here this year. As to the two Congressmen, Don C. Colton and E. O. Leatherwood, both Republicans up for re-election, indi- cations are that Colton will be re- placed by Frank Francis, Democrat, and that Leatherwood will be re- turned. La Follette forces are not formidable in Utah, but I expect them to toll around 5000 votes in. the State. These will be drawn about equally from ‘the two old parties. The La Follette voters have indorsed Dern for governor and Francis. for Congress from the first distriot. They have not indorsed. Leatlerwood, but are openly antagonistic to his op- ponent, James H. Watera, who, they c'aim, has been- unfair to- organized laber. . Gov. Charles R. Mabey was op- posed in his own party for renomi- nation, getting out of the State con- vention with a slim majority and leaving many sore spots. Many Re- publicans are working for Dern on the grounds that #e is a_sound, pro- gressive business man. Dern’ should have a lead of at least 7,000 votes in Salt Lake County. He will carry ‘Weber County and a few other of the most popular centers, including the coal camps and metal mining. districts. Mabey. will. oarry. the. .out- lying counties, but the lead there will not be sufficient to elect hi Bo parties claim _victory. . R blicans ful district is e th [te tied if elBctsa klone. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 2, 1924—PART 1. OUTLOOK IN PIVOTAL STATES Following is a brief summary of eloction eve prospects, as viewed by The Star's special political ,correspondents: New York—Majority for Coolidge, estimated from 600,000 to 1,000,000. Bmith favorite in betting to defeat Roosevelt for governor. - Iowa—Situation badly mixed, but probably for Coolidge by 100,000, with La Follette second and Davis third. Nebraska—Probably for La Follette, though Republicans are confident. Norton, Democrat, likely to be elected governor, and Norris, Republican, Senator. : North Dakota—Placed by impartial observers Farm prosperity helps Coolidge at expense of La Follette. New Jersey—Rated for Coolidge by 150,000. race favors Edge for re-election. across for governor, in senatorial race. Kentucky—Davis, by 20,000, smaller majority in result uncertain. Wwill be surprisingly large. Wyoming—Usual majority expeci State counted for Coolidge. Rhode Island—G. Flynn for Senator, though Democrats chance for Caolidge, . Oregon--Late developments point lone representative, Elton Watkins. Maryland -State doubtful, with | members of House stand best chance Utah—Put in Coolidge column, the Democratic Representative. Arizona—Victory by Coolidge, w. dpecial Dispateh to The Sta DES MOINES, lowa, November 1.— | After a swing around the circle in Towa one could predict with a per- fectly clear conscience a victory for either Coolidge or | La Follette by a 100,000 plurality. | That is. if he based his predic- tion on the trend of the State en-| tirely on outward | indications. After an analysis of po- | litical affairs from | various angles, he | would predict tne| 100,000 plurality | for President Coolidge. | To outward ap-| pearances. politics | in Towa has never | been in such af 1 SEN. BROOKHART, melee as today. There are indications of much Cool- idge strength in the very territory which even the Republicans concede to La Follette, and in the southern part of the State, where the La Fol- lette leaders say Coolidge is strong- est, there is & 1ot of third party talk. All Parties Confident. All parties claim victory. The Re- publicans say Towa will be Republi- can, as it has always been, except in 1912, The Democrats say Davis will slip in between the G, O. P. and the third party on account of the split. The La Follettes say the farmer is discontented, so will vote for him. INEW YORKERS BET $1,000,000 ON VOTE Most of Money Up on Freak Wagers—Coolidge Quoted at 9 to 1. Speeial Dispatch te The Star. NEW YORK, November 1.—Despi the fact that Wall street betting on the presidential election has been the lightest on record, at the close of business today at least $1,000,000 was in the hands of downtown commis- sioners. This estimate was made by J. S. Fried & Co The greater part of this money is represented by wagers on the gubernatorial contest in New York and by “freak” beats. Practically the only Davis money in evidence came from people who had bet on President Coolidge early in the campaign at the then prevailing odds of 2% to 1 and 3 to 1, and who took advantage of the present odds on the Republican candidate to hedge. On the other hand, there was un- limited money to bet on Coolidge, the odds on him when business ended [Moday being 9 to' 1. These are the highest odds ever offefed on a presi- dential candidate three days before the election. c - Fried & Co. reported having the following commissions: Seven to 1 that selection of a President will not be thrown into Congress; even money that Coolidge will receive 300 or more votes in the electoral college; 5 to 7 that he will get 340 or more |votes in the college; 7 to 1 the President will carry New York State; even money that he will carry it by 650,000 votes, and 3 to 1 that Coolidge {witl carry California. The firm had money to place at odds of 8 to 5 (10,000 against $10, 000) that both President Coolidge and Gov. Smith would be elected, and were offering odds of 2% to 1 that Davis would get a larger popular vote than La Follette. Odds against the Wisconsin Senator were 20 to 1, with no takers. B Gov. Smith closed. a strong 9-to-5 favorite against Roosevelt. The Re- publicans were seeking higher odds. Fried & Co. have $10,000 to bet against $5,000 that “Ma” Ferguson will be elected Governorof Texas, and $10,000 even that she will win by 25,000 votes. Seaweed Used in Salad. Many forms of seaweed are now used as salads or for cooking as veg- etables. Food scientists have made exhaustive studies of, seaweed and in that way some new delicacies have actually been revealéd. The seaweed called Iavar is especially popular in South Wales. Beche-de-Mer, made from the trepang or pea cucumber, finds a big market in various parts of | Europe and is even dried for export, in which case is has to be soaked before being cooked. It then has to be bolled for eight hours say ‘they will sweep the State, but their frantio effort of the last few days does not indicate that they think so. Democrats say they ‘are confident Dern will be elected and that he will.'pull. the rest of the traight ticket over with him. They. Indlana—Badiy split on Klan issue in State races, with Democrats leading, but Coolidge given national advantage. West Virginia—Late survey said Democrats claim it by 25,000. Goff, Republican, regarded safe in Senate race. 1llinois—Landslide predicted for Coolidge and likely to carry Small Deneen virtually certain for Senator. Massachusetts—Easy victory for Coolidge forecast. likely. z enate race, under battering of dry voters. South Dakota—Electors claimed by La Follette and G. O. P., with Democrats may elect Senator. Ohio—Coolidge to sweep State with vote nearly equal to Harding's. Donahey appears winner for governorship over Davis. Idaho—S8afe for Coolidge and Borah, though size of pluralities in doubt. Maine—Democrats concede Coolidge plurality of 50,000 to 75,000. Robert R. Rose threatens Senator Warren, Republican. Delaware——Defeat of du Pont, Republican, O. P. confident of Coolidge and predicts defeat of Oklahoma—Davis should have marg{n of 30,000, but Republicans see € saying Walton hurts Democratic ticket. .. Kansas—Given to Coolidge, with La Follette probably second. Paulen appears winner in governor's race. but may elect Democratic governor and entire State ticket going to Democrats. _— —-s - s t-r—mm—mmm e e IOWA OFFERS MIXED EVIDENCE, BUT COOLIDGE RATED FAVORITE Straw Votes Show President Has Slight Lead‘ Over Combined Strength of Davis and La Fol- lette, With Latter Slipping. : through with them. Betting odds quoted in doubtful column. Three-cornered senatorial to indicate Coolidge by 20,000. Both sides confident Stanley, Democrat, to win by La Follette's vote ted for Coolidge, but coalition for for Senate held possible, but may elect governor. Ben 8. to Coolidge and Democrats may lose polls giving Coolidge lead. to win. Present ith 5.000 to spare, expected, though ‘There make 8 one basis on which to prediction. Some eighty straw ballots have been taken throughout the State. Averaged. these give Coolidge about 55 per cent of the vote, La Follette 35 and Davis 10 per cent. With 1,000,000 votes, the estimated ballot for lowa, that would give Coolidge 550,000: La Follette, 330,- 000, and Davis, 100,000. 1t is believed | the straw poll gives Coolidge a ::On\':er vote than he will poll Novem- er Factors for Coolidge. It is believed that Coolidge will carry the State. hecause lowans are primarily Republicans, because busi- ness conditions are improving—the farmers see profits in sight—and con- sequently the merchants see more business coming. Labor conditions are better, proved by the fact that the Sioux City Federal Labor Bureau placed more ‘men on jobs this year than ever before, and there were few- er bank failures. The K. K. K. is strong in Iowa, and that organization backs Coolidge here. Republican speakers enjoved a much warmer reception in all parts of the State than those of any other party. The La Follette flurry seems to have reached its peak with the coming of higher prices and has been on the decline since, and the people fear depression in the period between election and _inauguration should other than a Republican be elected. | Those facts tend, it is believed, to keep Iowa in the Republican column. HARRY H. PAGE DEFEAT OF FLYNN FORECASTINR. . G. 0. P. Ticket Certain to Win, Including Victory for Senator. Special Dispatch to The Star. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., November 1.— The eve of election finds Rhode Island considered by veteran politicians as sure- 1y to be counted in the Republican col- umn as far as the national ticket is con- cerned, though the Democrats have waged a vigorous campaign during the past month. Many leading Democrats concede that Davis and Bryan have no chance whatever here, while both par- ties count La Follette weaker in Rhode Island than in probably any éther State. It is also considered almost certain that Jesse H. Metcalf, Republican candi- date for United States Senator, both to, fill the unexpired term of the late Sena- tor Le Baron B. Colt and the new term beginning March # next, will easily de- feat his Democratic oppongnt, Gov. Wil- liam H. Flynn. Republicans look for Metcalf to run ahead of his ticket, and for his election’ by majorities ranging from 10,000 to-30,000, according to the degree of their enthusiasm It is generally believed that the State Republican ticket will not have quite as easy sailing as the national and sena- torial ticket. The Democratic candidate for governor is Lieut. Gov. Felix A. Toupin, who as presiding officer in the Rhode Island Senate has supported the Democratic minority in that body in their filibuster for a constitutional con- vention, which filibuster has lasted since January 1 of this year. Mr. Toupin has waged a vigorous cam- paign, and has made considerable politi- cal capital among the foreign element. His opponent on the Republican ticket is former Gov. Aram J. Pothier, also a French-American, who 18 70 vears old, the president of a bank and a man of wealth. Political prognosticators, however, feel that even though Toupin and Pothier are figured to be about of equal strength, Coolidge and Dawes and Metcalf can bo relied upon to. pull the State ticket during the past week have averaged about 7 to 1 on Metcalf and about 4 to 3 on Pothier. The vote of the mill work- ers, homw:;r, may furnish some urprises next ay, particularly with regard to the State ticket. ‘WILLIAM ROBINSON. Eel Too Slippery for Bass. Polk Walker, a farmer nea® Moun- tain Home, Ark., tells a new Isaak ‘Walton story that on second thought is not so hard to believe. It is of a bass which tried to swallow an eel, but failed because the eel was too slippery. The eel's tail passed through the bass’ mouth, slipping out the left &ill while {ts head slipped into the right gill and out. e " Cigarette Waste Is Great. Although cigarette sales in. the United States run into the billions anpually, the actual consumption is not more than two-thirds the number, according to tobacco st ticians, o ticke! ;‘.ln‘y?utn that %'Hl hands will at least a third who are pointing to the waste in smoking. The waste is equivaleat to about 330,000,000 per billion ciga- rettes, as most smel throw away OKLAHOMA RATED AS DEEP MYSTER Confusing Factors May Throw State Any Way. Walton Hurts Party. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. OKLAHOMA CITY, /Okla., November 1.—Oklahoma ought to go for John W. Davis by 30,000 votes, but the strength of the La Follette move- ment is 50 bitter that the Republi- cans really have ground for their statement that they have a good chance of carrying the State for Coolidge and Dawes. J. C. Walton is the cause of all the trouble for the Democratic party. The cam- paign in Okla- homa is really Klan and anti- 'K;:n, with Yoy hody voting prej- J. C. WALTON. udices. Indica- tions are that Walton, the impeached governor, will lose the Senate race to W. B. Pine of Okmulgee, Republi- can nominee. Walton's attack on the church element and ministers, his ap- parent approval of anti-Klan tickets lin various counties which are vir- tually a desertion of the Democratic party, will be big factors in his de- feat, it it is accomplished. La Fol- lette is drawing his support largely from the Democratic party. His vote in Oklahoma is estimated variously at from 50,000 to 100,000 votes. If the La Follette wing polls 100,000 votes, 75 per cent Democratic, there is a real danger of the State remain- Ing in the Republican column, where it was found after the Harding land- slide of 1920. HARRISON. COOLIDGE AND BORAH WILL WIN IN IDAHO Representative French Faces Fu- sion Candidate and May Lose Seat. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOISE, TIdaho, November 1.—The general political tone in Idaho on the eve of the general election indicates that Idaho is safely in the Republican column. With the national ticket Senator W. E. Borah and Representa- tives Addison T. Smith, the only ques- tion is matter of plurality. Repre- sentative Burton L. French is facing a_ Democratic-Progressive fusion in his district and many believe that his re-election is doubtful. Although there is a geperal feeling in Republican circles that Coolidge will carry the State with a margin of 20,000 votes, the Literary Digest poll allowing for the same percentage of error made by the Digest returns in 1920, would give Coolidge a plurality of only 13,000. Figuring on the basis of the Digest returns and using the total vote of 1920, Coolidge will re- ceive 56,000 votes, La Follette, 43,000, and Davis, 18,000 votes. Gov. Moore, Republican candidate for re-election, is expected to have a | plurality of 15,000 over Samuels, his Progressive opponent. This plurality will be 5,000 more than the governor received two years ago. Senator Borah, many believe, has lost 15,000 votes during the past week because of his statement that he turned $450 of Republican senatorial campaign money over to the progressives to help instruct the Progressives how to vote for him. The Progressives have no candidate against him and have indorsed him. But this money for in- struction will probably help defeat Representative French, who faces an opponent in his district indorsed. like Borah, by two parties. Borah, how- ever. will be re-elected and Repre- sentative Smith will have a large plu- rality. The entire Republican State ticket is considered safe, despite a Klan fight on in three places. JEROME BARTEL. —_— . G. 0. P. CONNECTICUT MARGIN TO BE HUGE Coolidge and State Ticket to Go Over by 50,000—La Follette . May Run Even With Davis. Special Diapatch to The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., November 1.— Connecticut will give its seven elect- oral votes to Coolidge and Dawes and will elect the entire Republican State ticket. Both branches of the General Assembly - will be Republican by sub- stantial majorities. Four of the five Representatives will be Republicans, E. Hart Fenn of the first district, Richard P. Freeman of the second, John Q. Tilson of the third and Schuyler Merritt of the fourth, all members of the present House, being certain of re-election. The doubtful, district is the fifth, represented by Patrick B. O'Sullivan, Denfocrat, who deteated James P. Glynn, his present opponent in 1922 by 294 plurality in a total vote of about 55000. In a presidential year the chances favor Glynn, although O'Sullivan has the advantage of being on both Dem- ocratic and La Lollette tickets. Glynn ‘was elected by more than 11,000 in 1920. Coolidge's plurality should not fall below 50,000 and may be much more, the chief problem being the magni- tude of the La Follette vote, which will be well up with that for Davis in the cities and may not fall far behind in the State at large. It seems to be drawn chiefly from the Democrats, although both parties will suffer to some extent. Both Coolidge and La Follette will benefit by the feeling of resentment against the Democratic party on account of its falluré to nominate Gov. Alfred E. Smith. The Republican State ticket will have a plurality nearly as large as the Cool- idge-Dawes margin. Connecticut elects no United States Senator for & regular term this year, but will on December 16, elect a suc- cessor to the late Senator Frank B. Brandegee. H. 1. HORTON. ‘Wheat Brought From Nile Tombs. F. S. Jolinston, a farmer at Morton, ‘Wash., is pointing with pride fo a wheat crop which he says originated from seed taken from & burying phace in ‘the Nile Valley. He says he started his experiment four years ago and that the grain from his present crop is “white and very hard, the straw short and the heads prolific.” Some selentists dispute the claim, saying that seed so long dormant, as it must have been if it came from the tomb, would not grow. A New' Orleans lawyer who makes the study of American history his hobby ' has - visited the graves of all the Presidents of the United States similar pil- of all the COOLIDGE’S IDAHO LEAD ESTIMATED AT 20,000 Trades Between Followers of Davis and La Follette Turn Demo- crats to President. Specisl Dispatch to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, November 1.—Calvin Coolidge will carry Idaho at the gen eral election next Tuesday and will lead La Follette by at least 20,000 votes, aceording to the opinion of the more conservative leaders in the' Re- publican party. Realizing that John W. Davis has little chance, many Democrats are swinging to La Fol- lette as a result of local trades to beat Coolidge. However, realizing this to be the situation, many con- servative Democrats will vote for Coolidge, and careful estimates indi- cate that the Democratic lay-down {before La Follette will not exceed the Democratic drift to. Coolidge by 5,000 votes in Idaho. Betting in Boise is 3 to 1 on Cool- idge and 2 to 1 on the Republican candidate for governor. The soli- darity of Republican ranks in Idaho was well indicated In 1912, when Taft beat Roosevelt's Progressive electors by 7,000 votes, although Wilson car- ried the State by over 1,000. In 1920 Harding received nearly twice as many votes as Cox and won with a plurality of 42,000. JEROME BARTELLS. WASHINGTON SEEN LEANING TO 6. 0.P. State Claimed for Coolidge by Not Less Than 15,000 and Possibly 35,000. Bpeeial Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., November 1.— The presidential election prospect is that Coolidge will carry this State by a plurality of more than 15,000. Four of the five congressional districts are conceded to the Republicans—the first, second, third and fourth—while the fifth, now represented by a Demo- crat, is uncertain, with Sam B. Hill, incumbent, having a slight edge over J. Edward Ferguson, Republican nom- inee. Washington's huge silent vote is unusually clamlike this year. All predictions are based upon reports of | political scouts of all parties, plus |straw ballot results. Seldom in past years has there been a campaign wherein the majority of the voters were 8o close-mouthed. Silent Vote Deeisive. If this silent vote breaks evenly be- tween Coolidge and La Follette Cool- idge will carry the State by better than 35,000. ‘The extremely heavy registration_is in Coolidge’s favor. In western Washington, where a ma- jority of the vote lies, labor forces have not aided La Follette as strongly as expected. The World War veter- ans have -stemmed ‘the La Follette tide among their fellows and the bulk of this vote will be Republican on na- tional issues. The hard times argument has halt- ed labor's inclination to look favor- ably upon La Follette. The wet ar- gument in this notoriously dry State has hurt the La Follette movement among the women. Offsetting this somewhat is the drift of Democratic | votes to La Follette, but the last few days has aroused the Democrats to a danger they face of losing their di- rect primary standing and, alarmed by this, an eleventh-hour drive is be- ing made by members of the party outside of the party organization to hold the Democratic vote to Davis, Hope of La Follette, Eastern Washington, where several counties have been hard hit by crop finds the La Follette senti- ill strong, but these counties cast small votes. ' They have small registrations. The east side is| the large hope of the La Follette peo- | ple. P Southwestern Washington, the third congressional district, is certain to give Coolidge at least 10,000 plurality. Seattle and Kithap County will raise this to 15,000, while the northwestern tier of counties are expected to Swing something like 5,000 more plurality to Coolidge. The fourth district will pare the Coolidge lead somewhat, but Repre- sentative John W. Summers will be elected easily. The fifth district is the dangerous onme. Here it is ex- pected that La Follette will carry by something like 5,000 plurality. Even if La Follette does carry this district, Ferguson has a fighting chance against Hill The Republican gubernatorial can- didate and the entire State ticket seem assured of election. The Legisla- ture will be Republican, as there are not enough Democrats and Farmer- Laborite followers nominated to give ! the combined minority parties a ma- jority in either house. Davis, thrown overboard by the Democratic party organization, may be third in the race, with Nations ot the American party fourth and Fos- ter, Workers' party, fifth. JAMES DEK. BROWN. DEMOCRATS CERTAIN TO WIN ARKANSAS Voters More Interested in Selling I Cotton at High Price Than Voting. . Special Dispatch to The Star. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 1.| —All Democratic candidates to be voted upon in Arkansas at Tuesday's presidential election will win by large majorities unless the miraculous occurs. Democrats outnumber the Republicans in this state more than three to one. There has been less interest mani- fested in the coming election than any in the memory of oldest poli- ticlans. All Democratic candidates for senator, congressman and presi- dential elector have opposition, but none of them has carried on an ac- tive campaign. " The La Follette Wheeler Independent Party has presi- dential elector candidates on the ticket, but conservative estimates give them but a few thousand votes. Labor leaders in Arkansas will sup- port the Democratic ticket. Senator Joe T. Robinson, Demo- cratic leader in the Senate, will be re-elected by an overwhelming ma- jority. His opponent is Charles F. Cole, Republican, United States at- torney for the eastern district of Arkansas. - All the - seven present members of the House of Representa- tives have been venominated, and their election Tuesday is conceded, although all have Republican op- _ponents. 2 3 The Republicans have been waging & campaign the past inree weeks through the newspapers, but there has been no “stump speaking.” State officers. were _elected October -7, all 'Democratic candidates winning in a landslide. . f As a result of the little interest WISCONSIN G. 0.P. NOT DOWNHEARTED Election of Democratic Aid Among Possibilities—La Follette Confident. Special Dispateh to The Star. MADISON, Wis., November 1.—Elev- enth-hour movements in tha cam- paign indicate that the La Follette- Blaine organization—Iless polite com- mentators style it a machine—is be- ginning to realize that it is in a real fight in Mr. La Follette's own state Mr. La Follette's lieutenants profees not to Worry about the result on elec- tion day. But they do like big, smash- ing majorities. This year they want it more than ever before, Upon a decisive majority depends Mr. La Fol- lette’s prestige in his own State, and the fortunes of the third party move- ment in all states. The La Follette lieutenants will go to the polls headed by an army of 6,000 to 8,000 organized workers. The Coolidge trenches will be manned by a force of equal strength, There is & Ereat popular iuterest in the outcome. ) In Madison, a city of 40,000, more than 3,000 new voters registered. A similar heavy registration is r ported throughout the State. Big Stay-at-Home Vote. To wake up the stay-at-home voters —-there are approximately 750,006 of them, more than half the qualified electors—has been the task of he Coolidge managers. These voters, bgm lieved to be mostly conservative, are. thought to have absented themselves from ‘recent elections because they, could eee no hope. They were dis- heartened by feuds in the conserva-y tive leadership and disorganization in the rank and flle, which permittad’ the La Follette wing, an apparen? minority, to win victory after victory “If the voters come opt in suf- ficent numbers, Coolidge and Dawes will carry Wisconsin,” is the declara- tion of T.'P, Abel, Republican chair- man. The reply of Eric Onsted, the La Follette manager, is that politics wil be as usual—that Mr. La Follette's electors will win a 2-to-1 victory. Democrat Runs Strong. The Coolidge-Dawes campaign re volves to some extent about the can- didacy of Judge Martin L. Lueck, the Democratic candidate for governor. Gov. John J. Blaine and the other Tl Follette candidates occupying places on the Republican ticket have all re- pudiated the national Republican ca didates. Most of them have been o of the State campaigning for Mr. Li Follette. This has roused the ire of the regu lar Republican voters. They have been further attracted to Lueck by his attack on the La Follette pro rosal to amend the Constitution vest in Congress the review of judi cial decisions One by one the promi- nent Republican leaders—Senator I. T. Lenroot, Roy P. Wilcox and W. A Ganfieli—have indorsed Lueck, and they have been followed by scores of local leaders. Lueck will receive the Coolidge vote and the Davis vote. He will also receive a considerable Dem ocratic vote that will go to La Fol lette for President and other vote of Republican texture that Blaine ha. lost during his four vears in office With so many elements of strength Lueck has become the most spectacu- lar personality, next to Mr. La Fo lette himself. in the Wisconsin can paign. It would take a bold man to predict his election, and yet the would not be greatly surprised if h were. J. C. RALSTON. KLAN REPORT DISTURBS LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS » Republicans Claim Some Strength and Both Parties Seek Full Vote. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, La, November I —Louisiana will vote on presidential electors, one United States Senator, eight Representatives. members of the Supreme Court, judicial officers and 13 constitutional amendments, next Tuesday. The State election for gov- ernor and State officers came in April of this vear. Loulsiana will go for Davis and Bryan. The majority is a question Republicans have no candidates for the Senate or House Republican leaders declared today that they eéxpect to poll & new rec- ord vote in Louisiana next Tuesday. Demodcrats deny these claims. They believe Louisiana will remain in the Democratic column by easily 30,000 majority, perhaps more. Four vears ago President Harding surprised Democratic leaders when he polled 38,500 votes in Louisiana, of which total 18,000 were cast in the City of New Orleans. Disquieting reports have been reaching Democratic leaders for 10 days that the Ku Klux Klan, which is powerful in north Louisiana, will knife Davis and will support Cobl- idge. Gov. Fuqua, at the State capi- tal, and Martin Behrman, chairman of the Democratic State central com- mittee in this city, immediately got busy with wires and letters to Tea ers throughout the fourth, fifth eighth and sixth districts, where “the Klan is recognized as strong, to 1éax nothing undone to get out- the Dav vote. They bnlu-'v\el lheyfl hEre counteracted the Klan ~ in ces against the Democratic ticket, m ever existed. 3wl United States Senatér Joseph”“E: Ransdell, Democrat, will be retarfie without opposition, for & -fuH' six- year term. Seven of the eight Sery ing representatives will be returned: Only in the sixth distriet will *fHeére * be a new face, where Bolivar -E.' ° Kemp of Amite City will be ele€tel 17 place of George K. Favrot. *19vee A. W. NEWLIY. ot HEAVY VOTE FORESEEN IN NORTH CAROLIN - Majority for Davis Likely to Be - Cut by Desertions to La = Follette. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, . November 1 - Prospects are for & heavy vote in North_ Carolina_next Tuesday. - The State will go Democratic, as -usual, though the majority for Davis and - Bryan will probably be cut sdowm some by the La Follette vote. -~ The Democratic majority .in.-1820 was 70,000 and. the most lberal esti- mate for La Follette this year is from-: 30,000 to 40,000 votes. - The vote-in- 1920 totaled 440,000 and it would-not be surprising if the vote this year did not go to half a ion, as the women are more active this year than they were in that year. Labor is by no means unanimous for La Follette. Davis is going to got a good block of this vote. It-is . hard to break the force of habit and | the faet that La Follette is a Re- publican is not forgotten. s In addition to the State and Na- PR s3c shown. in the coming . elaction, Arkansas: probably _will. poll the smallest. vote. cast in. many year Farmers are busy gathering their cotton, to get it out while ) the price x igh. LULU HANNA. tional tickets there are several con- stitutional amendments -to. be voted well .as- a proposat to issue 000 in .bends-for building port .JQBN% A U‘VINGHOE terminals.