Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 13

- DRIVE FOR SLEMP SEEN N VIRGINIA Roanoke Resolution Viewed as Booming Him for Vice Presidency. Br the Acencinted Proas. ROANOKE. Va, March 17— What was belicved to be a boom for C. Bascom Slemp as Republican nominee for Vice Pre t was launched at the | | dential primaries in Massachusetts only THE SU \DAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. O. MARCTI 18, 1928—PART 1. IFULLER SEEKS PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY IN MASSACHUSETTS Plea for Special Legislation Is Blow at Butler's plan for Strictly Un- » pledged Delcgatim‘\. Spectal Dispatch to The Star BOSTON, March 17.—With the presi- | with instructions that the voter should write in his choice | " Massachusetts had the preferential | primary system at one time and gave it a month away, Gov. Fuller has sent a|a trial. but it proved to be only & farce. special message to the Legislature ask- | In 1912, when candidates were running ing for immediate legislation to permit | for delegates pledged to Taft and to the voters of the State to express di- | Roosevelt, the preferential stem was rectly their preference for Prosident, | in vogue, and while Roosevelt carried State Republican convention here today. Slemp was formerly secretary to Presi- | dent Cooliage. The boom was in the| form of a resolution urging nomnation | ¢ { of a Southern man for the vice presi- |y dency. No names were mentioned, but | it was conceded that sponsors of lh(’ resolution had Slemp in mind. | Eight delegates at large, with half a | vote each. including Slemp and Henry | Anderson, another outstanding Re- | lican leader in Virginia, were | stlectad by the convention to attend | the national conclave in Kansas City Another resolution flaved the ad-| ministration of the Democratic governor | of Virginia, Harry F. Byrd, as expensive, | Inefficient and undemocratic. | The platform adopted deplored revelation of corruption in high office, but said that vioiations of public trust did not gest that the whole party was corrupt. Relentless prosecution of | the guilty was urged. Another plank called for payment of debts owed the ! United States by foreign countries. Another asked for a definite agricul- tural policy RECORD CAMPAIGN LOOMS. Virginia Faces dential Aspirants. Epecial Dispatch 1o The Star RICHMOND, Va, March 17.—With| the State Republican convention in| session in Roanoke today, and the| larger papers of the State. all Demo- | cratic, devoting many columns to dis- cussion of candidats he pre-presiden- tial campaign Virginia has this week shown an activity which forecasts the most strenuous political fight which Virginia has had for many a presiden- tial vea: The work within the Democra lines is mainly of an “undercover” kind. Leading politicians have shown a disinclination to commit themselves to the candidacy of any one man. The General Assembly adjourned last Satur- day after a sessi of 60 days. steered clear of the presidential situa- tion. The unly resolution adopted, or even proposed, that in the remotest way applie to the presidential cam- paign was an invitation extended, dur- he early days of the session, to G. McAdoo to address the! ory Contest on Presi- on. however, was merely McAdoo being in the city at the ne for the purpose of ad- dressing an Anti-Saloon League gather- ing He declined the invitation. Theie was at one time a movement to have the General Assembly invite Gov. Alfred E. Smith to come to Rich- mond and address the legislators. A resolution 1o this effect was prepared, but was not introduced when Gov. Smith, in a letter to friends here, indi- cated that he would not be able to Jeave Albany. Friends of Senator Reed came here and felt out the situation in regard to having a resolution introduced inviting the Missouri candidate to ad. < General Assembl: They that the Legislature was th so many problems of im- ® the State that penum[ Virginia desired that the presidential campaign be not injected into proceedings of the General; Assembly. | Candicates for State offices ap- parently regard the presidential eam-| paign as so much dynamite which may | expiode with handling. It is known at several candidates governor d lieutenant governor have decided withhold their announcements \lnuli after the November eclection, believing | that an announcement at this time! would require them to openly commit! themseives a&s 1o their presidential} preferences. | Republicans of the State are greatly heartened by the situation in the Democratic party, and prehmlnlr}‘ indications were that the convention in Rosnoke today would be the most largely attended of any similar gather- ing of the party in the last 20 years. A 'w development in the Republican tuation is 2 movement in favor of Col. | Eenry W. Anderson, Richmond atworney | and former gubernatorial candidate, for | the Republican nomination for VI’JQ; Preside; | . C. BARRET. | PROGRESSIVES OF IDAHO SIGHT END OF REGIME. Disbanding of Party Looms, to Lack of National Affiliations. Bpectsl Diapateh w The Star BOISE, 1dsho, March 17.—The Pro-! e party in 1daho is desperately whet its future po- tical acUon sh be-—whether it shall ssolve #nd disband. its members | merging into the Lo major parties, Re- | publican and Democratic, or whether it #hall aitempt 0 m its inde- | pendernt status and continue to operate | seperziely with & Ucket of candidates | in the field | It can be safeiy said now that the| Progressive party. as a_political organ- | izstion, is tarough in ldaho. What the | influence o members may be within | ibe olner partles is & matler of con-| Jecture. Ha bal power 50,600 Due Blate, casting over L one time, the considerable r of patio many they lenge out that of ihe rs and lurgely WOrk, b ant i the in t ot the oonter nerd-nended ©1 pRrties expre oufifent that it § ot tiw end end that OrgEniZRLON gRDIOL conlinue intact witnoul either Lauonel or Blete o tor H A LAWE JUDGE KILLITS TO RETIRE. CHICAGO Meren 17 (A Federal Judge John M K of Yoledn, Ol yetire from neh Ot Unger the Feder » Fedrre) judge wio B werved han 10 yewr wid whio Jetire wilk Judge ¥ benen e Biate W 1eke 84 (e ' e nea Iy e cur more old may | vention, 1f such legislation Is enacted. it will de- | the State by a wide margin. Taft ob- feat plans of the administration Jeaders | tained most of the delegates —The headed by Chafrman William M Butler | Preferential feature was speedily re- ¢ the Republican national committee | Pealed for a strictly unpledged delegation from chusetts to the Kansas City con- as the delegates would the secretary of state expires morally bound to respect the majority | Tuesday. = The Republican at large choice of the-voters, | slate, headed by Mr. Butler, s not op- “The rank and file of the member- | posed. but several battles are shaping ship of the political parties have little | up in various districts where avowed or no part in the selection of their | Hoover candidates are opposing those party candidate for the presidency.” de- | Wh v they are unpledged and wiil clared the governor in his message. | Not re their preference in many They have no part directly for the |cases. This latter group is believed to selection is made for him by delegates. | represent the support for Vice President ey have part indirectly only to such Dawes, extent as m:.mms of the delegates may | While the Republican situation is perchance reflect the:r preference. | somewhat confused. the Democrats are “Under the present law, unless a dcle- | 811 headed one way. They are all for gate declares his preference or a presi- GOV. Smith of New York, and the only ential candidate has permitted the use | question in the delegate contests is who of this name, the voter has no oppor- | is to have the honor of going to Houston tunity of expressing his choice. Legis- | and voting for him. In most of the lation that provided such an oppor- | districts a merry scramble for places is tunity would be in accord with the prin- | R0iNg on. but no opposition has ap- ciple” of the public opinion act which Peared to the at large slate of eight has obtained fn Massachusetts for many candidates. although “the method of vears,” © | the choosing of th»se eight has come sm. { Massachusetts, with whatever plens for Politicians Puzaled. Politicians generally are scmewhat at a loss to understand just what the gov- ernor is driving at. He has expressed himself as favoring the nomination of Herbert Hoover, although there is a movement under way among a number of candidates for delegates to vote for Fuller as a favorite son candidate. The governor refused to head the at large delegation known as the “big seven™ selected by the Republican leaders, In public speeches he has declared that the voters should demand to know in advance who the candidates for delegates intend to vote for before elect- ing them. John Richardson of the law firm of Ropes, Gray. Boyden & Perkins, an in- timate friend of the Secretary of Com- merce and who is looking after Mr. Hoover's finterests in Marrachusetts, states that he believes the governor action constitutes the most significant step that has been taken in the State since the governor first announced him- | self for Hoover. Mr. Richardson, along with other Hoover supporters. would welcome a State-wide vote on their can- didate, believing that he would sweep Massachusetts by about eight to one. This feeling on their part. however, | does not take into account the possi- bility of a Fuller for President move being launched throughout the State just before the primaries, not by the governor's friends, perhaps. but by those Who are opposed to Hoover and who would seek this means to prevent him from “any overwhelming victory in effect such a vote would have throughout the country coming {rém President Cool- idge's home State. Asked for Purpose. ‘The governor was asked just what he had in mind after he sent his special message to the Legislature. didhriul believe in the so-called prefer- i formerly existed in many States and still exists in some States, where the names of the candidates who will give their assent would be printed on the ballot. He said his plan was to leave a blank space on the ballot, together He said he | rimary for the presidency as it | in for some sharp critic ! Slate Is Announced. Charles H. McGlue. chairman of the Democratic State committee, announces the at large slate as follo United States Senator David I. Walsh of Fitch- burg. Former Mavor James M. Curley of Boston, Gen. Charles H. Cole of Boston, Joseph B. Ely of Westfield. Mrs. Colin | W. McDonald of Boston, District At- torney William J. Foley of Boston and lReprcsentnnve Edward J. Kelley of | Worcester. It has been charged that these | choices were made by Mr. McGlue and | Charles F. Riordan, treasurer of the | State committee, without consulting any of the other committee members | and without asking the committee as a whole to ratify the selections, as is done in some States. It has been fur- {ther charged that by hand picking this slate some of the most prominent Demo- |crats’in the State have been slighted |and considerable resentment has been | aroused. | Whitfield Tuck, who long_has been jan ardent worker in the Democratic | ranks, has publicly rebuked McGlue | for his action. Tuck is a “dry” and he declares that the entire at large slate is made up of “wets,” which he declares i to be a tactical blunder. He also points lout that while Senator Walsh heads | the Massachusetts slate, both Senators |in New York refused places on the | ticket, stepping aside to give some of the {“brown derby Democrats” a chance. | He further states that the woman voters {have not beén given a square deal in | that their numbers entitle them to more {than one place out of eight. In this | connection he calls attention that the Republican “big seven” gives three places to women, adding that “it is no wonder the Republicans are making steady gains among the women woters.” Regardless of the little squabbles that are breaking out among the Democrats ,the party as a whole is so solid for Smith that all differences will be ironed out when the right time comes. And if Smith is nominated the party believes he will swteg Massachusetts against any candidate the Republicans can name, | not excepting President Coolidge. WENDELL D. HOWIE. BLAINE ON STUMP FOR PROGRESSIVES Senator to Tour Wisconsin in Behalf of La Follette Delegate List. . Special Dispatch 1o The Star. MADISON, Wis.. March 17—With Senator Blamne back from Washington 1 make a speaking tour of the State on behalf of the La Follette Progressive candidates to the Republican national convention, the delegate campaign | reached its most intensive stage during | the past week Senator Blaine is to go back to Wash- ington the first of the coming week and immediately after his departure Senator La Follette will return to Wis- | consin to take the stump in behalf of the Progressive delegate candidates. ¥ will remain until shortly before the election April 20. Blaine Is Quizred. When Benator Blaine arrived in Wis- consin the early part of the week, I was confronted with four questiol asked him by A. B. Fontalne, Sta hairman of the conservative delega candidates. The conservatives ha been condemning the Progressives be- cause of their indorsement of Benator Norris of Nebraska, who they allege i a dry and who voted for the World Court, while at the same time the Pr sives have opposed the World rt and have inserted in their plat- form a plank favoring 275 per cent beer While one of Mr. Fontaine's questions concerned primarily State lssues, lhe other three were asked In an attempt 10 nhave Senator Blaine explain his sup- port of Benatwr Norris of the conservatives asked Blaine these questions o “How do you reconcile your anti- world court stand with Benator Norris pro-world enurt stand? 2 Hyw 0o you reconclle your pur- ported friendiiness wel cause with your present indorsement of & dry sdvorate, such as Norris has been? Dry Stand Scored. What manner of deal have you enaies you o oask Wisconsin's ort of Norris” wtor Blaine hos fgnored tions. and In his speeches truck 4 8L the conservatives denouncing them beeause the conser delegate candidates wre not 10 support any presidential and i cleced, would go W ention uninstructed Senstor charglng that Ui conservative are waiting until they yet orders from e party bosses w City before they select thei for the dentisl nomina ntends that these candi- s 0 the hands of machine ises Cily Heed Gains Btrength, I Democratie clrcles, the spotlight as largely been turped from Gov 1 oof New York o Benstor Reed of sl who is coming W Wisconsin U speak stortly before the presidenttal primayy Although Benator Reed has 10 delegate candidutes i e field, he enitin)l preferential wre prediciing ory for bim i Wisconstn naton fued bims wlwiys been poji ler i Wisconsin sad when e entered e geee i thle Btate and 11 was #n poneea thet he Jeak here w who could thess date Vo ws v of Democre! « have heen counied ax Smith poortere immeaiutely raliied 1o the port of Feed Thie ehange of sentl wtnt precente & eumion entiely dil | The chalrman | HOOVER IS CHOCE OF NEW HANPSHRE Republicans Win Solid Dele- gation—Smith Picked by Democrats. Special Dispatch to The Star. | CONCORD, N. H, March 17.—A solid Hoover delegation was elected by the New Hampshire Republicans and a delegation pledged to jov. Smith of New York was named by the Granite State Democrats in the first presidential preference primary of the 1928 cam- | paign The seven Republican delegates at large elected were United States Sen ator Moses, Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding, | former Gov. John G. Winant, Thomts Rice Varick, Thomas P. Cheney, chair- man of the State Republican com- mittee; Mayor Arthur E. Moreau of Manchester and Albert Hunt of | Nashua. The Republicans did not name a woman delegate List of Delegates. The eight Demoerats chosen to ai- tend the Houston convention with half a vote each, include O'Dowd of Manchester, former Mayor Eaton D. Sargent of Nashua, Henri T. | Ledoux of Nashua, James F. Brennan of Peterborougk., A. J. O'Connor of Manchester, Joseph A. Seymour and Miss Mary Connor of Manchester, the latter the only woman candidate to win a place on either ticket, Senator Moses went to Washing.on after re- celving the returns in Manchester. He { will make arrangements with National Commitieeman Estabrook for the trans- portation of the delegation to Kansas | “The Nashua committeeman, who is retiving this year, after a_long period of service, will handle the Granite Btate group’s affairs at the 1928 convention The only candidate for the office is former “Councilor Albert Hislop of Portsmouth, The cholce of committee- man is made by the delegates Manchester'’s support went 1o the even Republican candidates for deles gate at large who were elected at the sidential primary Coolidge Man Barred. e the Republicans showed « that they wanted n solld Hoover delegation, ‘They buried Ever- ot R Rutter of Derry, vho ran #s a Coolidge candidate, and the finel count thowed him at the very bottom of the standing. ‘The woman candidates 1an well but were defeated. Frederic A Burker of Nashus, practically unknown i New Hmahspire politics, but running us o pledged Hoover didate minth in the list, just n few votes b ter than Mrs. Remick of Concord ‘The candidutes who bind the indorse ment of the Anti-Baloon League made i exceptionally poor showing and Ma) Fobert Juckson, chairman of the Demo- cratic Blate committee, ran only slight- Iy better Bupporters of Goy, Bmith went to the polls 0 droves wnd voted first for those candidates who were actuslly pledged W their candidate )0 MCCARTHY L of about two months ago, when 3 was freely predicied that Hmlth would have no dificulty in get g abcolute contiol of The delegation from Wisconsin The Jteed hoomm veceived wn sdditions) Impetus i Wisconsin when Senator Blalne. b w speech i hehall of Henator Horpis expressed the hope that Reed sould get the Demociatic nomination l President WILLIAM T EVJUE. ferent from 1 Sherift John T.| | | the upper hous: | League | of the candidates for delegate to the NATIONAL POLITICS TINGE SMITH ACTS Governor’s Eye Turns More and More to Houston, Observers Believe. Special Dispateh to The Star. ALBANY, March 17.-—~With the sum- ming up of accomplishments, results and activities of the .928 Ilegislative sesslon At hand—adjournment is less than a weck away-—-comes the realiza- tion that New York State has been en- joying since January probably the most natlonally minded session in its history, as far as pure politics are concerned It had to be, with Alfred E. Smith, out- standing candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, in the gov- ernor’s chair, and a Republican ma- jority controlling both houses of the Legislature. Yet this is in the face of oft-repeated avowals on the part of both execu- tive and legislative branches that the governor and legislative leaders have had_their_eyes solely on the business of New York State and have never thought of June conventions or Fall elections from a national angle. The attitude on the part of the legis- lators has been fairly obvious. Never has there been a greater disposition to steer clear of controversial subjects which might redound to the credit of Smith. As for the governor, he several times declared in substance “1 have given my time this year olely to the job of bsing governor, and do not intend to do anything but hat.” National Angle Scen. there have becn several things up during the session that seemed to have a national political flavor, and the governor’s backers ap- parently have been permitting no grass to grow under their feet. The governor's first message to the Legislature two months ago did not contain any new recommendations, but it did go into an exhaustive survey of his claims of accomplishments during his three previous terms. “Clearly for national consumption,’ was the Republican comment. Two or three matters have very re- cently been handled by the governor in a way which is taken to mean that at least he is not blind to Houston. pos- sibilities. One came out just this week at the time of the passage in the Sen- ate of four bills to broaden materially the field of authorized investments for savings banks in New York. The Democratic floor leader of the Senate, Bernard Downing of New York City, spokesman for the governor in started out by raising objections to the bills when they came | up for debate. He voted against three | of the bills but switched to an affirm- ative vote on the fourth—a bill de- signed to permit banks to invest in the securities of certain municipalities. Of Interest to Nation. It was understood generally that the governor was responsible for Senator Downing's change of heart, and the significant fact in connection with the incident was that this bill was of particular interest to various com- munities throughout the United States. Another indication of Gov. Smith's attitude of at least having an ear to the ground for national rumblings was seen in his handling the eriminal charges made agaist Mrs. Florence E. 8. Knapp, former secretary of state, in connectlol with her conduct of the 1925 State cen: sus. The district attorney of Albany County had dropped the charges, al- leging four felonies, virtually with the acquiescence of the governor. But when & surprisingly bitter storm of public protest came against such action, the governor quickly called upon the at- torney general to present the evidence before a grand jury. The Republican State Committee pub- licity bureau has not been slow in emphasizing every possible contrast be- tween “Coolidge economy” and “Smith extravagance.” It has frequently been pointed out that Lhe present $337,317.000 State debt is largely due to abandon- ment by the State under Smith of the Republican pay-as-you-go policy for the Smith program of bond fssues for per- manent public improvements, Friends Defend Budget. But If the governor is mum on finances from a national viewpoint, there are many close to him who are cor- respondingly active. They are prepar- ing to show that although the State's budget has doubled under Gov. Smith, this s not & sign of extravagance, but a brave facing of inevitable growth of expenses with growth of the State's activities. Most direct reference to national pol- itics here was the recent statement of Controller Morris 8. Tremaine that he at least of Smith's administration expects to deal at length in the course of the next six or eight months” with Nevertheless # comparison of nationat and New York State finances | THOMAS C KLAN-DRY FACTION IN WAR ON SMITH Alabama Bloc Voices Fiery Opposi-| tion to New Yorker -His | Sponsors Unmoved. STOWELL. | Special Diapatch 10 The Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 17.— Alsbama friends of Gov. Smith are complacently watching developments, while the opposition continues fighting fancied issues In an effort to hold lnes which are slowly but surely slipping The original fight in Alabama Demo- cratic ranks was fostered by the Ku Klux K but the spotlight of pub. licity precipitated a scramble for more effective cover than afforded by the mask. With the Klan organization in such a chaotic condition, politically speaking, leaders sought protection be- hind the skirts of the Anti-Saloon As o result the Klan-Prohibi- | flon combination is endeaVoring to cap- ture the Alabama delegasion to the Houston conyention on the platform of “Unalterable apposition to Al Smith " Friends of the New York Governor nre not worrving, according to political observers, No name 18 on the Alabama ticket as & presidential candidnte. Some convention are unpledged for or ngatnst | any candidate These are classed by the Klux-Prohibition combination as wets for Smith Two dally newspapers in the State are holding up Hmith as the persontf- cation of the open AIoon ik over- zealous - method —of campalgning 18 W the conservatives, but not by the masses, who no man in the President's - can repeal Alsbama prohibition et I8 un+ certaln The big fight will be to un- horse Btate Chalrman Oliver D, Street us party chieftaln in Alabama Interest s divided between Hoover and Lowden al . the adminis feation forees in ia lately switeh Ik from Dawes Lo the Secretary, while e outa are supporting t ATTICUS MULL] Other Political News on Pages 15 and 16, KAUFMANN'S Kaufmann’s Character Furniture VOeILUE Beyond All Comparison R [ e Wil | Designed for Individuality m Your Living Room Unusual charm, Juxuriousness and genuine serviceability have been built into this fine three-picce suite in accordance with Kaufmann's specifications. 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