Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1926, Page 5

VOTING IS PROBLEM IN SAN FRANCISCO 40 Proposed State Changes| Deal With Variety of Measures on Ballot. SAN FRA 0, October 30.— | By Consolidated Pre i ) | From the appearance of the sample | ballots which have just Leen mailed |, to an Francisco together | with some 50 pages of explanations | end arguments pro and con, it would | ecwear that the peopie of this city | #nd State have taken it upon them- | selves to enact their own legislation | directly and leave nothing to do tor the law makers whom they elect. When the Francisco vo.er goes to the polis he will he asked to state his_choice of candidates for 37 and ‘national offices and vote intelli gently upon no less than 40 proposed | amendments to ths te constitut -n,‘ voters, statutes and charter amendments. Taxation and Morals as Issues. The candidates range as in other| States from justice of peace to gov- ernor and United States Senator; the | proposed amendments and | many ph of life, Lu concerned with ta “Chis seems 1o b the matter of p morals. One faction ash to put the Bible in the pi Another wants hetiing on legallzed by the State wants the' § ) withdraw prohibition enforcement by repeal the State enforcement act Taxation problen which political economists ‘Woaid require months of ciose study by experts to solve, are placed before | the vo'e 1 numbers, ing till another one oblems for Solution. State propositions include the issue of bonds 1o help ve < build homes and buy farms: ta 1 of transpor- tation companies ation of oleom an inc of gasoline that goes into lowering the tax or short of honds for uni- bu s and exemption of ary schools m taxation; tax | xemption for veterans, and other complicated propositions. Higher sal- asked for Siate and city and the voters are asked to s on d of municipal policy and admunistration. No Political Upsets Foreseen. So far as the California election af- fects the national government, no up- sets are expected. Republican se torial and congressional incumbents expected to be returned. In re- d 10 issues of a controversial n ture holding some national interest, predictions are dangerous, but proh- ably the proposal to put the Bible in the school and to legalize betting on racing will be defeated. The vote on repeal of the State prohibition en- forcement act is likely to he close. Suggestions made in other parts of the country that the direct primary system be abolished in favor of the ol ashioned conventions find no sup- port, but the suggestion Is being made from various directions that the pre: ent ballot be shortened to allow voters to concentrate their attention on fewer candidates and fewer legi lative and constitutional propositions. e TWO STATES HAVE ONLY ONE CONTEST| All But One Congressional Incum- bent in Louisiana and Mis- sissippi Are Safe. By the Aseociated Pr NEW ORLEAN With bue one exception, all Repre- sentatives and Senators from Louls- fana and Mississippi will be returned without Republican opposition in the general elections November 2. All_fneumbents were returned by the Democratic primaries in both States, In many cases without opposi- tion. Senator Edwin S. Rroussard of | Louisiana was _renominated in the | primary and Republican opposition | vanished when Joseph T. Faust, the | Republican nominee, withdrew. The only contested cong post In either State is that first Louisiana district, where O'Connor, Democratic incumbent, is opposed by Gus Oertling, Repub Nean. Loulsiana Dem for seats in the Hc tives, all standing for James O'Connor, I Whitmell P. Martin. John ) Riley J. Wilson, Rolivar k. Ladi: Lazaro and James B. Mississippl Democratic afonal incumbents renominated in the | primaries, none opposed in the gen- eral election, are: John 1. Rankin, | B. G. Lowrey, W M. Whittington, | Jeff Bn . Ross AL » ber Wilson, Percy W. Collie The most heated maries in either St tween Senator Bro and former Gov, ed Y. anders, Senator Broussard is an avowed wet. Former Gov. Sanders. although a dry. de clared himself in favor of a referen- dum_ and supportel by the old regular Democratic wing, a wet or- ganization. October 30.— ssianal | of sandlin, Kemp, race of the pri- as that be- FOUR-YEAR TERM UP. South c,mfl.m VoteAr; to Pass on Constitutional Amendment. COLUMRIA, S, constitutional ot member: Representativ ad of two, . October 30 (&), | mendment pro- | of the ate | for four | present, | 1t South elect amer States Senator | nominate John | the Demo ticket | in Summer primaries, is unonposed Adoption of the amer regard to the legislative 1 result in quadrennial e South Car as, under ments voted two ye officers are elected for four vecrs. A representative and . senator weuld have the same length term. nent with m would | ns an PRIVATE IS HELD SUICIDE.| Coroner J. Ram: evitt vesterday {ssued a certi cide in the | case of Pvt. Clyi 3 vears old a clerk at the post exchan: - | ter Reed Hospital, w Friday eve. ning swallowed a dose of potent poison at 6320 Georgia avenue, where | he and his wife, Annie Lyle, 20, were | rooming. No reason for his act («v-xld‘ be found, investigating authorities sald. Lyle and his bride were mar- ried about two months ago. The youth’s mother, Mrs. Effie Lyle of Roanoke, Va., has been notified. | arastic politic | be taken the hands of the otlice holde | & { day whether o R | holder S. VARE. te for the Sen- s expected despite WILLIAM nia_candi ate. His election “slush fund” charg WILLIAM B. WILSO Democratic_ opponent of Pennsylvania. He served dent cabinet. are in Presi- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 31, 1926—PART 1. FRANK B. WILLIS. Ohio Senator who has based paign upon support of admi policies. cam- istration Senator from recovering from Injuries received in an automo- bile crash, answered charges of Klan coalition from his hospital bed. SMITH W. BROOKHART. Stormy petrel from Towa, whose elec- tion is regarded as certain. The Senate refused to seat him at the last session. JOHN BLAINE. Ja Follotte candidate for Senator from Wisconsin. SOUTHERN G. O. P. MOVE PUTS OFFICE HOLDERS ON WARPATH, Republican League proposes to Run Con- ventions Without Men on U. S. Pay Roll as Way to Strengthen Party. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Specia! Dispatch to The Star. o PATLANTA, Ga., October 30.—Un: dentably there are strange political Fumblings in the solid South, Here in Atlanta there has just closed a rather significant meeting of the Southern States Republican League. It was held in connection with a commemoration of the birthday an-| niversary of Theodore Roosevelt. Many prominent Democrats of this section attended the TRoosevelt Qinner and some of the sessions of the league. Down in talke of _divic north Such a n but Republic the populous sular State of eventy commonwealth o )t the solid South. f Republicans of the South full well that they hav t to 1 verse some of the practices of da; gone by and will have to ignore sc of the elements which have wrecked Republican moves in the past. Drastic Political Move. In this connection there was ad- at this Atlanta meeting a 1 move which might up with telling effect ail over the country. It was hoped sthat the of political parties be ta lorida one heard much the State into a a south Florida. ve is still far in the future, ns who have infiltrated juth end of the penin- re having their dreams ablishing a G. O. P. the very tip end realize me voeated irection en out of 5. What ale of a job this would be. And argument for it seems ex Bliusible. The Republ outh particularly holde part heen in power | 1 ex-office hold- ats have ceedingly can party in the has been an office when the G. 0. P. h at Washin, . and ers' party when the Demac | held the reins at the National Capi- tal The revolutionary thought was ad- il “harles UL rdon of anville, Miss., president ¢ publican League. He advoc all pullic officials be disqu; servin ted that jed from | ate or na- ommittees delegates to party conventions, provide greater inducement: Voters to participate actively tical and make both nore ive to the will of the| people. Disliked by Job Holders. This suggestion urally is | majeste to the areat office-holding fra- | tern The office holders so long have held ¢ over both the partie that any attem vears to come. re have been | { murmurs of discontent with this state | frairs | There was, for ir ance, the com-| plaint in 19260 that the senatori or oligarchy, or what vou will complete control of the Repub tional committee, which nomi one Senator, Mr. Harding, for dent. and fully intended to nominate | another Senator, Mr. Lenroot of W consin, for Vice President. As is very | well known by this tim something | went wrong with the Le ot end of | the ticket. The delegates, loosely | irded at the end. got out of hand and nominated Mr. Coolidge, thereby unce u ne a President of the United s debating to- ill run for a third term in the White House. It is difficult to think of any party convention heing held without some office holder pointing with pride and viewin, address, of without some other office heading the committee, to draft the platform, and without a conference of office holders in the back room of a hotel deciding the varieus places on the ticket. Difficulties Are Admitted. Speakers at the Atianta meeting | were frank to the difficulties in the way of Republicans in the South They stressed, however, the desirebil- ity of @ two-party system in Govern- ment and many sound tninking Demo- | crats were inclined to agree with| them. Nor was the pesky tarlff omitted from the program of dsmassions. | Former Gov, David W, Davis of; ) | Graves, with alarm in the key note | Idaho went farther than most of the speakers on this subject, bluntly de- claring that the South has prospered under protection and has suffered under free trade or low tariff. The South, he said, needs protection today more than ever in her history, of the industrial developmen: in progress. He predicted Cox’s Army would move on Washing- ton if the tariff ever was materially reduced. Southern Republ L non-office holding variety are trying to find their way out of the wilder- ness of hopeless minority. ot ALABAMA G. 0. P. WEAK Party Leaders Admit They Haven't Got a Chance. RIRMINGHAM, Ala., October 30 (P)—The general election in Ala- bama Tuesday will be little more than | formality, er belleve, The | major political parties both have full State tickets in the field but the Re- publican party, according to its-own obser [ br leaders, does not expect to make more than a creditable showing. Democratic nominees have opposi tion in six of the congressional dis- tricts, Fdmund H. Dryer, Republ poses Hugo L. Black, Demox the United States ~Senate. 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Smaller Units Proportionately Low Priced Drive Out Early Today DEMOCRATS HOLD HUGE ADVANTAGE IN ARKANSAS With Only 2 of 75 Counties Re- publican, Caraway and 7 Repre- sentatives Look Winners. By the Assoclated Pres: LITTLE ROCK, Ar October 30.— With only two counties out of 75 Re publican ~ in ntiment, Arkansas Tues is expected to return to of- fice Senator T. H. Car: y, Demo- crat, and ven Democratic Repre- sentatives. | Senator Car: is opposed by | Mayor R. A. Jones of Hot Springs, | Republi . Representative William A. Oldfield has an opponent, J. L. McKimey of Imboden in .th rond district; Representative John Till man is opposed by Hardy Kuyken dale in the third district, and Repre-| entative Heartsill Ragon by H. M.| Williams of Little Rock in the fifth. The other four Representatives are unopposed. Little interest has been manifested in the election, and it is expected to bring out only a slight percentage of the mormal vote. All State officers were chosen October 5. shion's latest wearing of rubber e: ht colors, says the Dearl pendent. for the nted in orn Inde 604610 9th St. Dail, $7 rooms. $6 week $13 with 1ailet. shower and t 2'in room, 50% more. Rooms Jike N.W o 10 Mother's. 2 Z 2 L7277, HALLOWEEN Toll-House Tavern BURNT MILLS ROAD SUPPER—_DANCING SATURDAY—MONDAY Woodside 2 162 o<l PERATIVE P odrdealrrdepolreelbeleed doadhede Qe eeods alpde In an B R AR radeed> ool el oo Total cost $7,600 Office Oxford Bldg. Main 9394 REALTY COMPANY USUAL SOLID SOUTH - RESULTS EXPECTED Major Interest Centers in Senatorial Campaign in Kentucky. By the Assoclated Pr ATLANTA, October 30.—The “Solid South,” with few exceptions, was ex- pected to return to political office its | usual solld Democratic political repre- sentation when final count of Tues- day’s vote has been made in Southern States. In Kentucky, major interest centers in the senatorial campaign, in which the incumbent, Senator Richard P. Ernst, Republican, is opposed by Al- ben W. Berkley, Democratic nomi- | nee. { by concer g record of Senator Ernst, and the de- fense of his record by both State and national spe ers. ghteen congressional candidates, {ncluding two women, Mrs. John W. Langley, Republic wife of the former Representative from the tenth district, who is now serving a two- vear sentence in the Atlantd Federal Penitentlary for conspiracy to violate the prohibition aws, and Mrs. William {11, Mason, Republican, will receive i the verdict of the voters. One Louisiana Contest. With one exception, all Representa- th enators from FLouisiana E ssippi will be returned with- out Republ n opposition. The only conte that of the first sf where Jame: | *connor, : incumbent, is opposed by ( Oertling, Republican. The Alabama election will be little more than a formalit ‘The major political parties hoth have full tickets in the field, but the Republican party. | according to its own leaders, does not | expect to make more than a creditable i showing. Chief interest In the Tennessee race centers In the gubernatorial contest 1 which Gov. Austin Peay, Demo- ! t, is opposed by Walter White, Re- publican. Gov. Pe: | first third- Civil W it re-elected, will be the rm governor since the Gov. Peay signed tha anti-evolution hill when it was passed by the Legislature, and Mr. White was prosceutor in the Scopes case, first test of the anti-evolution law. The Republican_ and five Demo- cratic nominees for Congress are without opposition, while in two dis- tricts the conpgressional seat is con- tested. Georgia Interest Wanes. Polit interest in Georgia has waned since the Democratic primary, in which nemination is equivalent to election. Senator Walter F. Georze was over whelmingly victorious in his contest for renomination against an anti- World Court opponent, and Dr. L? G. Hardman, governor-nominate, heads the Democratic ticket Twelve Representatives, 10 of them incumbents, other State officers and members of the General Assembly also will be elected. Conspicuous as an absentee from Georgia's delegation to the Seven- tieth Congi will be William D. ardent prohibitionist, who ated for renomination by L. 50 a dry Although Republican candldates ap- pear on the Florida ballot, it is gen- ally conceded that Democratic nomi- nees for major offices will be return- ed to office. * One senatorlal race and four congressionsl campaigns hold chief interest. o, ade soap 2,000 f: The Gauls ago from goat beech tree: ¥ pendent. vears and the ashes of the Dearborn Inde- 7-Stone Diamond Cluster Laoks s Like olitaire — | Ilinois-Sterling 17-Jeweled Adjusted and Guaranteed Army Offers $1,500 For New Infantry Marching Ballad By the Assoctated Press. Those famous old Army ditties, “You're in the Army Now,” and “The Infantry, the Infantry, With the Dirt Behind Its Ears,” seem to have lost their savor for the modern doughboy. The War De- partment announced today a $1,500 cash prize contest for a new In- fantry marching song. It must be simple, singable, stirring and full of spirit, but free from “jazz.” The Infantry Journal is running the contest. 6. 0. P. PUTS UP STIFF BATTLE IN FLORIDA Observers Agree Democratic Candi- dates Are Sure of Elec- tion, However. By the Ascociated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 30. —While political observers agree that offices are assured of election next | Tuesday, Republican candidates for | Florida State offices have qualified | and their names appear on the ballot. | Chief interest in the election cen- | ters in one senatorial race and_four | congressional campaigns. _ United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher will be opposed by John M. Lindsey, We: alm Beach, the State delega- tion convention candidate and by W. Al, the regular party nominee. H. J. Drana will be irst district by Ora . Chapin State del : and Allen E. Walker, Winter Haven, regular, Republican. = Representative R. A. Green, second district, has oniy one opponent, A. F. Knots, regular Republican. In the third district, Thomas A. Yon has only one oppo- | neny J. H. Drummond, regular Re- pubffean. Represen ive W.J. Sears, who beat Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the late Willlam Jennings Bryan, in the June primary, is opposed by W. C. Lawson, regular Republican. r opposed D. C. TO PAY MORE TO ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL IN FUTURE __ (Continued from First Page.) take over this $10,000,000 plant to- rd the cost of which the District has paid nothing. A recent ruling .8 that something of depreciaton and replacement could be figured into the per diem rate charged the Dis- tric With the Veterans' Bureau with- drawing its patients there would re main in the institution, besides the District patients, a few from the Civil and Spanish-Ameri s those from the active military service As the old vete ong, and with the militar led in accordance with the policy of Con- gress, the Fede Government patients in St. Elizabeth's will be steadily growing fewer. With the con- ut, and in recent years, very great growih of population here, it is in- evitable that the District patients in St. Elizabeth’s will continue to grow in numbers. Already they are half of the whole. Officials argue that it is sound busi- ness to believe that before man years the District must take the en- tire plant over replacemnt val- uation of $10,000,000 on this property is very conservative. There are 803 acres in four parcels—one on each side of Nichols avenue, Anacostia; one in Congress Heights, and one at God- ding Hall, named for a former super- intendent. This is one of the future costs that District Commissioners must consider. GOV. the campaign. REPR MILL Republican H is defe TENNESSEE RACE QUIET. Governorship Feature, With Only s 2 AL SMITH 0f New York, whose fight to retain his office for the fourth term has been Democratic nominees for the major |nne of the most exciting events of ENTATIVE OGDEN L. candidate for governor. Two Congress Contests. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 30 (%), cong —With two tri only nessee race. Gov. Austin Peay, Democrat, is op- 3 White, Peay signed the anti-evolution sed by the legis lature and Mr. White was the prose- , first test of posed alter Gov. bill when’it was pa cutor i the Scopes the anti-evolution law. Two Republicans and flve Demo- sured election to In the third district Represen- ynolds, Democr is opposed by F. D. Copeland, ind pendent, while in the fourth distri Cordell are gress. tative Sam D. McR Representative crat, is opposed by Thompson. Thirty Wrapping twine is made from the pulp of pine trees by a Southern pa per compa s in the State cont in Tuesday's general election in Ten- centers in the gubernatorial cnal Republ Hull, Mrs. ve per cent of the world's railroads are under Government con- dis- sted, interest Con- Demo- Wilson KANSAS WATCHING DAVIS' COMEBACK Efforts of ex-Governor Hold Spotlight—Texas and Oklahoma Quiet. By the Assoclated Pross. KANSAS CITY, October 30.—The unfinished history of the 1926 election in the Southwest has been turned over to the voters and the final chapter will be written at the polls next Tues day. No clear-cut fssues stand Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas, ular interest probably cente the attempt of M. 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