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24 * THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, JULY 29, 1928—PART Y.’ POLIGY N INDIANA Leaders Throw McNary- Haugen Bill Overboard Fol- lowing Talks With Hoover. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. order to readjust their conform to the one the bert C. Hoover will lay July 28 -In rm policy to speech of acceptance. Indiana Repub- | licans have shelved the McNary-Haugen bill and the equalization fes and have started a drum-fire against W. H Settle, president of the Indiana Federa- tiap of Farm Bureaus and one of the national leaders in behalf of farm re- | lief legislation ‘The farmers were told plainly by Fenator James E. Watson. who sup- ported the McNary-Haugen bill. that roover would have none of it and that the equalization fee proposal was out of the campaign so far as the Repub- licans are concerned. but it remained for Henry W. Marshall. publisher of the Lafayette Journal-Courier and Indisna's member of the resolutions mittee at Kansas City, to open the on the of the Farm Unusual significance is attached to Marshall's statement repudiating the McNary-Haugen measure and attackin Settle’s motives because he generally looked on as the political adviser of Harry G. Leslie. Republican nomine2 for governor. Leslic recently had conference with Hoover and it is as- sumed the agricultural situation wa: discussed. and that Leslie and Marshall co-operated in shaping what has be- come the farm policy of the Republic- ans in Indiana. Farm Leaders to Fight. Settle and the federation leaders, who already had indorsed the Demo- cratic plank on agriculture, have ac- cepted the gauge of battle. They con- strue Marshall's statements to mean that they must fight for their official existence as the spokesmen of organ- {zed farmers. They take the positin that Marshall is attempting to drive a wedge between Settle and the rank and file of the organization. and that has federation because its leaders ar 2ct- more far-reach: ed, because of governor. Les be: e N wes a_farmer. bad been looked on by Republicans as their bost asset in the rural districts and they even had count- G on him helpinz Hoover there, but his tatus among the enized farmers now is uncertain. with the chances that he will get little help from the leaders. Marshall's asseult on the equalization fee was all the more surprising because he had signed the minority report of the resolutions committee at Kansas City which indorsed the principles of the McNary-Haugen bill. Because he is a trustee of Purdue Universitv. in- diana's great agricultural school. his attack on orgeanized farmers, to some observers. tends to draw the Congressmen. who voted for the Me- Narv-Haugen mesas're in two of the Congress. These ssmen, 8s well as Senators Watson and Robin- son, largely made their camoaion for re-election two vears ago on their stand for the farm relief measure. Now they sre cut adrift and, if they follow Mar- shall, will be obliged to go before their farm constituents and say they were all wrong in the first place. that the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill is unsound and that they must place their faith in Hoover and “the comstrnetive genius of the Republican party.” Two Factors in Campaign. { t out deliberately to wreck th: ccording | sessions | State committee, followinz the ousting | SENATOR WATSON, | Who has told Indiana farmers that | MeNary-Haugen bill will not get sup- | port from Secretary Hoover. BAY STATE PLACED ON DOUBTFUL LIST Both Sides in Intensive Reg- istration Drive—Liquor Is- sue Wins Support. Special Dispatch to The Star BOSTON, July 28.—The first surveys of the political situation in Massachu- setts_confirm the early opinion that the Bay State must be classed in the doubtful column until the votes are | counted in November. Reports being | received by both Republican and Demo- |cratic State committees reveal that large numbers of voters who cast their | ballots for Coolidgs and Dawes four vears ago are stating they will sup- | % |port Smith ar4 Robinson this year. Scores of lweral Republicans have | |been won over to the Smith cause on | | the prohibition issue. at least tempora- | and, while party, leaders b3leve many of these voters will be back in the fold on clection day, it is not dis- puted that a fairly large per cent may support the Democratic ticket. Registration Drive On. Both perties are in the midst of one >f the greatest registration drives ever | | made in the State and, while the Demo- |crats are unquestionably m: sub- | stantial gains in the cities. the pub- Jlimns are largely offsetting their work | by rural registration. | The Hoover volunteer committee, | | neaded by Gov. Alvan T. Fuller, as | | honorary chairman, reports unprece- | dented enthusiasm and is rapidly com- | | pleting county and local organizations. | |Gov. Fuller, when asked how much | | work he intended to do personally, re- plied: “As little as they will let me do; as much as they demand.” Prank J. Donahue, former secretary | of state and a member of the State Industrial Accident Board, has been | elected chairman of the Democratic | from office of Charles H. McGlue. | {who had antagonized a large wing of | the party. McGlue has been given a sop | !in the form of the chairmanship of the regisiration committee. | Demand Donahue Resingn. { Republicans are demanding that Don- 2hue resign his quasi-judicial State po- sition, or at least obtain a leave of ab- | {sence, but thus far he has refused to ipay any attention t6 the demand. | { " He is engaged in forming a finance | | committee, upon which several well Seeks Farm Vote ! | | Two 2attors now stand uppermost in | KIOWD bankers and big business rep- | this Sta%. One is that the Republicans | - 1 have definitely decided to make a cam- | | paign for the farm vote by appealing 1o the great mass of unorganized farm- | } ers and those who were not favorable to the McNary-Haugen bill and the second is that they will make prohibi- tion. precipitated by Gov. Smith's dec- larati~m for modification of the Vol- stead act, on issue. They are pro- ceeding on the theory that Indiana is fundamentally dry, so they not only g‘r‘vptu to tie up the national ticket t the State candidates as well on the Utah Sentiment for Governor ln-I dicated in Straw Vote. Special Dispatch to The Star SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 28— | A decided swing to Al Smith of those who voted for Coolidge four years ago is noted in a series of straw Frallots con- | dry side. ducted by the Tribune here. This is| But no sooner had the Republicans, | representative and seems to indicate | led by Marshall, who appears to some | that Smith will lead Hoover in Utah. | in the role of a new dictator of policies,| Fred W. Johnson of Rock Springs, | become the exponents of aridity. than| Wyo. was in Salt Lake City Thursday | trouble arose. The patron saint of the and Priday preparing to open Western dry forces, E. S. Shumaker, superin- | headquarters for the New York Gov- tendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon ernor here He left Priday night | ltlfu! and the man on whom the Re- for New York for a brief con.'erenoei publicans planned to rely for the bulk | with Democratic national leaders. of their dry votes, found that he may FRANK P. STEWART. | have 1o serve a term on the State - P == penal farm before election. The Indiana Supreme Court. com- Republicans some worry is the fact| of Republican judges, | that the present Marion County grand ear the contempt action | jury is investigating alleged corruption Reports are out posed ex declined to 1 by which the Anti-Saloon League head | of the last primary had been found guilty of contempt, and | that some of the important links in the ordered him committed to ths penal | machine created here by George | are being cheered by reports of scouts sent into the district. - | have been carefully tilled by the Demo- for 60 days and to pay a fine of Shumaker 1 the United States Supreme but the fact remains that the ntendent’s friends are openly hos- Supreme Court and especial- s, who is up teract that jeaders de- dry for the and to espouss not only the amendment, but the Vol- d the Wright bone-dry law They hope, it seems, 10 be a position o stay the dry drift y from the State ticket at least use of the Shumaker case Evidence that the Republicans intend icipate Democratic attacks on lax ement of the prohibition laws is wonted activity of on squads. They ted raids in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis in the lest weeks, and rumors are out that even greater clean-ups ntertained by the Republicans Ku Klux Klan could rallied nseen adjunct in the campaign received & setback through the cement of Arthur L. Gilllom Fep: n attorney general, that he proposes to continue his suit to revoke L3 charter in Indiana. Gilllom slarted fght against the Klan: be- fore the primary and then became @ candidate for the Republican nomina- tion for United States Senator, only 1o be defeated by Senator Arthur . Rob- inson, who has enjoyed the favor of the hooded order. ‘The attorney general, however to_coun % the Republica take & deposition from D. C. Btephen- son, Indiana’s notorious life-term pris- | oner and former head of the Klan Btephenson, who has been keeping political Indiana in a ferment with frequent boasts that he “wanted o talk” remained mute when Gilllom gave hini his chance to discuss the verdict that sent him to prison for life, but he willingly consented to ..k about the Klan movement in Indiana Politicians breathed easier when the former grand dragon declined to talk, even though they felt that much of what Stephenson might say would be fer from the paths of veracity. They, however, do mot m‘:. (n;:ud with eny pleasure to having gl.wmr =l -»‘imn the Kian invesion of Indiana. ‘Anu'mr situation that s giving the served notice a few days ago that one of his first steps will be to |Coffin. Marion County Republican | contemplating an | boss and now a member of the State | (88 1 (0 ITNCL OUnsCyere stanch | committee, are under investigation. indictments should be returned, | publican leaders admit, they would make Indiana an exceedingly doubtful | State | Wil H. Remy, youthful prosecutor, | who brought about the downful of | Jobn L. Duvall, Klan-backed mayor of | Indianapolis, the ousting of the council | land the indictment of Gov. Ed Jack-! son, is conducting the investigation, | and says he has some startling mlu»‘ rial to turn over to the grand jury, James A. Collins, judge of the Crimi- | nal Court, who had been friendly Inl |Comn, is said 1o have broken with | the chief and has ordered that a| | careful investigation be made A line on the type of public cam- paign the Republicans intend to use | 8gainst Gov. 8mith was obtained in! |a speech made by SBenator Robinson a ! few days ago. He sald that the public | debt of New York State under Gov Smith and New York City under Tam- many hed increased tremendously in | { the iast eight years, while the national administration and the Indiana State | administration had been reducing the {debts and expenditures, Another- remarkable nhase of the ! cempalgn’ s that Republican orators are praising Senator Robinson as hav- | ing been the “only Republican in the Senate who had the courage o de- | fend his party sgainst Democratic at- | {tacks in the ofl investigation” Al though they did not mention the in- (cident. they referred to Benator Rob- | |inson’s famous "birds of a feather”| speech which brought him such a | severe rebuke on the floor of the Benate | The Democrats have been quiet this { Week. although R Earl Peters, State ! chairman, says that organization work {1 proceeding. A good deal of eriti- cism has been showered on the Demo- | | cratic leaders for their refusal to make prohibition an issue, but to stick to! | their demand that corruption in In- | diana must cease. Some of the more | | rabld Smith devotees have read into | it | shunt the New York Governor. Demo- | | cratic leaders assert, however, that | their views will be made clearly known | when the candidates take to the stump (and that no effort will be made to ght Gov. HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. It Re- |15 approved by the dry element hat declaration of policy an effort to | °f SIITH HITS BACK AT POLITICAL FOES Candidate Retorts Sharply to| G. 0. P. Claims and Rans Democratic Bolter. Special Dispatch to The Star ALBANY, N. Y. July 28.—The ver- bal fireworks have begun to snap their warnings of the approach of a presi- dential campaign During the past week Gov. “Al" Smith, Democratic hope and standard bearer, paused long enough in the preparation of his speech at his formal notification of nomina- tion to answer attacks from both Re- publican and Democratic sources. Optimistic statements from Scnator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, head of the G. O. P. campaign in the East, were met with brief scorn by the Democratic candidate. ~ When Sena- tor Moses predicted a breaking up of the solid South and the carrying of New York by the Republicans, the gov- ernor merely remarked that it was an old story—that he was used to Repub- lican predictions of all sorts of things before election and was not at all con- cerned over this latest of the crop. Retort to Owen. A member of his own party drew a more formal and more biting retort. | This was former United States Sena- tor Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, who | came out flatly for Hoover for Presi- | dent. The governor was all set for | newspaper men in their daily confer- ence th> next day with a brief mimeo- | graphed statement in which he laid Senator Owen's action’ virtually to “sour grapes." | Senator Owen's expressed hostility | to Tammany Hall, according to the governor, appeared to furnish basis for questioning his sincerity. In 1924, the governor declared, when the Ds-mn-i cratic national convention was dead- | locked in New York City, Senator | Owen asked Gov. Smith to use his | influence to swing Tammany Hall be- hind Owen as a compromise candidate. Another display of the governor's | campaign fireworks came in his charge that the Census Bureau of Secretary | Hoover's Department of Commerce | was playing politics for effect in the | national clm‘)nlgh. This display came with the publication of an analysis of | New York State expenditures, made by the Census Bureau, showing a huge in- | crease since Gov. Smith first took of- fice. The governor declared the fig- ures “garbled” and added that “who- | ever got them up must have done so for the purpose of making political | capital. without bothering to get the facts straight.” With the date for his formal notifica. tion settled as August 23, the gover- nor got down in earnest to prepara- tion of his notification speech. And Albany got down in carnest to prepara- | tion for handling one of the biggest | crowds in experience and another epoch-making event in the history of | the old Dutch city. Until then the governor's campaign strategy calls for | abeyance of an active drive until after | his opponents have fired the opening ns. The governor’s plans call for an un- | usually late start of campaigning. His | notification takes place 11 days after | | Hoover's and four days after that of | the Republican vice presidential can- didate, Senator Curtis. The late | start, however, is characteristic of the governor's campaign methods. He usually prefers to let the opposition | “shoot its wad” first. { The Republican campaign in the; East got definitely under way during the week with the establishment by Senator Moses of headquarters in_the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York | It was marked by harmony to be | Senator Moses | was not explicit as to his exact duties | in the coming campaign. but sald that| one of his aims would be to “pry out! of their seats” the seven Democratic Senators up for re-election in the Sea- board States. 3 THOMAS C. STOWELL G. 0. P. IS CONFIDENT | OF WASHINGTON VOTE| “Farm Revolt” Talk Is l)incmmtedl After Check-Up by Party ¢Workers. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., July 28.—Republic- an party officials, who have been hear- | ing rumblings that all was not well with | the Hoover-Curtis ticket in the grain- growing sections of eastern Washington, These find that the so-called “farm revolt” being carefully encouraged and aided by non-Hoover and Democratic | rty leaders has petered out. Novem- | r will find a better-than-normal Re- publican vote cast in‘ the grain coun- ties, which, since the State convention, crats in the hopes of weaning away | Lowden followers, Mayor Walker of New York visited tle Wednesday, was entertained by | Republican leaders, met the Democrats en masse, heard them pledge him the State for Smith in November. Walker refused to talk on politics, other than to predict that the Nation would vote | wet if given a chance. Political interest | is centering around the congressional | and senatorial contests. | In the fifth district 8am B. Hill, Dem- | ocratic encumbent, will not be dislodged, ! according to reports at this time. me is true of Senator Dill, Democrat. Dill is bitterly op) d in his own party | because of his Smith attitude, yet he | will hold the support of the Republican | dry elements, as neither Miles Poindex- tes nor Kenneth Mackintosh, the two leading Republicans in the pr!m;:?; th | are labeled wet. JAMES DE K. BROWN, MONTANA PRIMARY VOTE | IS POLITICAL PUZZLE, Special Dispatch to The Btar HELENA, Mont, July 28.--Analysis | of the recent primary election of Mon- | tane gives neither party much cause | for self-congratulation and affords both | ground for considerable misgiving. As every one predicted, the results are ex- tremely mixed and the only safe con- clusion to be drawn is that both parties face more or less serious splits, with almost universal ticket-slashing, next November, 1t liquor figured an lssue, an ex- nedlnclal acute mind would be re- quired discern the evidence. For nyowed wets beat avowed di and ayowed drys lambasted avowed wels All other issues seem to have been overshado d by the titanic battle be- tween friends and adherents of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co and the factions controlled. in both parties, by the interests grouped about the e he late Senator W. A, Clark. One the whole, the Anaconda com- pany men were victorlous, but by a 'ma o T vfi"fl"%u nr;d I.d. the mfill:c“ ut,ntm. y W. A, ik, pr con- tinue the battle, the election ia certain to be mfi%nufi narily would not have identlal year, Lovuls 4§!z‘c_zr‘p Preliminary Skirmishes Foreshadow Har B.0.P. SHIFTSFARM THE WEEK IN POLITICS | Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. HILE the formal opening of the presidential cam- paign s being purposely delayed by party man- agers in many States until after Hoover and Smith deliver their speeches of acceptance next month, the battle is already joined in other sections in a manner whose fierceness augurs a contest of ever- increasing intensity right up to elec- tion day in November, according to the latest dispatches received by The Star from its correspondents in all parts of the country. From widely separated communi- ties come reports that Smith is making big inroads among normally Republican voters in the larger cities, where the wet sentiment is strong. and that in the rural sec- tions many dry Democrats are turn- ing to Hoover: No signs have been detected thus far of a landslide in either direction, and observers in many States frankly say that the situation is too complicated and in- formation too meager to permit of an accurate analysis at this time. ¥k ok % Managers of both parties are sending out scouts to discover and investigate “dangerous spots.” so they can prepare to do their hard- est campaigning there later. Straw votes in several States still show de- fections from ooth parties. The anti-Smith revolt in the South con- tinues to spread., but even those Democrats who take the most simistic view of it have not v tured to suggest that any State of the solid South will actually go Re- publican, even though Democratic majorities may be greatly reduced. No new issues have appeared to subordinate the liquor and religious questions, which are reported to be influencing as much as cver the rank and file of the vots regardless of the efforts of the leaders to lay stress upon farm relief, the tariff, cor- ruption in government and similar questions. These other fssues are apparently leaving most of the voters cold, except iu several Middle West, States, wher> farm relief re- mains a live problem. * ox ok % In New England interest centers for the present in Massachusetts. Recent surveys are reported to con- firm early indications that the Bay State should be classed as doubtful Both Republican and Democratic State committees have received in- formation which is said to reveal that large numbers of voters, who cast their ballots for Coolidge four vears ago, are now planning to vote for Smith. Scores of liberal Re- publicans in this Republican strong- hold are declared to have been won over to “ith because of his wet- ness. hepublican managers believe this, if true, is a temporary condi- tion and are laying plans to win them back. The extent of the de- fection is not known and observers are vefraining from making predic- tions. Both parties are in the midst of one of the greatest registration drives in the State's history. Mrs. Getrude M. Pattangall, for many years a Democratic leader in Maine and former member of the Democratic national committee, has furnished a sensation by announc- ing that she wiil bolt the Smith ticket and vote for Hoover and the Republican candidate for governor. She objects to Smith's wetness. While no important developments at this time are reported from New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Ver- mont, word comes from Connecti- cut that the Democrats have started the campaign there by opening headquarters in New Haven. Realiz- ing that they will have a hard time to ‘make inroad on the normally big Republican majority in that State, the Democrats are going after the new voters and relying on the Smith sentiment in the indus- trial centers. The Nutmeg Repub- licans, although less active, are or- ganizing for the fight. o ox % Verbal fireworks, mostly furnished by Gov. Smith, nave been the fea- ture of the week in New York State. Smith has rather scornfully + ught to belittle various Republic- an claims regarding the Empire State and other parts of the country as “old stuff.” The governor Is showing a disposition to answer crities tartly, not only in the Re- publican party, but in his own. With other things Moses declares speech fixed for August 22, the Democratic nominee is settling down to put his views in writing. With the opening of headquarters In New York City by Senator Moses of New Hampshire, assistant chairman of the Republican advisory commit- tee, the Republican campaign in the East has begun (o get under way. Among other things Moses declares he will try to “pry out of their seats” the seven Democratic Sen- ators up for re-election in the At- lantic seaboard States. New Jersey Democratic leaders are promising a monster gathering at Seagirt August 25, when Gov. Smith Is scheduled to speak. “Smith day” at Seagirt is to mark the formal opening of the Democratic campaign in the State, and a rous- ing campaign along old-time Demo- cratic lines is promised. The Re- publicans expect to wait until Sep- tember before unlimbering their big guns in New Jersey. Preliminary Republican plans to roll up the usual big majority in Pennsylvania are expected to be complete by August 10, The Democrats hope Smith will speak in the State and help them to increase the Demo- cratic vote in the 1adustrial sections. Both sides are making ready to fight all along the iine for Maryland, where the result 15 admitted by both parties to be doubtful at this writing. *oxox ¥ The Ohio situation continues to be very uncertain. For the moment the State primary contest over- shadows natlonal issues, but prohi- bition as a factor in the presidential campaign seems to be increasing in importance. Many Democrats claim, and some Republicans are fearful, that Smith will carry the larger cities on the wet issue. A siraw vote still shows Smith leading in Cleveland: and the Democrats are confident in Cinecinnatl, But the rural sections continue to show strong Hoover sentiment. The big question before Ohlo politiclans Is whether the dry farmers and vil- Ingers can by thelr votes overcome the Smith strength in the big cities Definitely shelving the McNary- Haugen scheme of farm rellef, the Indiana Republicans have started a heavy drum-fire against W. H. Set- tle, president of the Indiana Farm Federation, who Is responsible for the directors of that organization indorsing the Democratic farm lank, The federation's officers Enve accepted the challenge and the battle is on. Republican members of the House and the two Senators who supported the McNary-Haugen Al are left in a peculiar ition, but are saying they have faith in the “constructive yenius of the Re- publican party.” The Indiana Demo- crata have been qulet for the last few days, but as Uu{ procesd with their organization Are en- deavoring to ‘lvn_ll'm: iquor issue. ‘The Ilinols campaign s opening | with both sides confident. The Re- | publicans are depending on down- state counties to overcome Smith votes in Chicago and Cook County Across the Mississippi River in Mis- souri politics are seething Wet Republican sentiment in St. Louis continues tn encourage the Demo- crats, but they are becoming more fearful lest they sustain heavy losses in the dry rural sections Democratic candidates for Congr and State offices, most of whom are running as drys, are having a hard time explaining 0] es. Most observers at this time put Missouri in the doubtful column. Schisms are reported to he weak- ening the Farmei-Labor party in Minnesota, where interest in local conditions for the moment over- shadows the national = campaign. Signs are increasing that the North Dakota and South Dal ta Republic- ans will conduct the campaign on the liquir issue, balieving that most of the voters are dry. Except for the usual primary contelts, there is Republican harmony in Michigan in the farm beit States of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, the Repub- | licans are growing more confident that the prohibition sentiment and | faith in Hoover's desire to solve the | farm problem will give them the | victory. Opposition to the Repub- dean party, because of the ditching | of McNary - Haugenism, however. | has not died out. | A | Both parties, as usual, are taking | much interest in the border States | of Kentucky and West Virginia, | and also Tennessee, which in recent | years has come to be considered as | a border State, too. There is re- | ported to bs a spreading revolt | among Democratic women in West | Virginia, which is encouraging the | Republicans to claim a big victory. The Democrats there are concen- trating on local issues. In Ken- tucky the liquor and religious issues are said to be making the State doubtful. Tennessee Democrats are wrangling in a vrimary campaign, but so are the Republicans. Re- ports indicate that neither Smith nor Hoover stock has moved in that State. Most of the Old South remains in a ferment over the liquor and re- liglous issues, altaough the Demo- cratic leaders are almost all out for the Smith-Robinson ticket. The wholly unexpected resignation of Senator Simmons, pre-convention foe of Smith, as national commit- teeman from North Carolina. mav it is thought, cause dissension to break out anew in the State execu- tive committee when it meets to recommend a successor. The Re- publicans there have shown they mean business by choosing Stuart Cremer, prominent textile manu- facturer, as financial director and presidential elector at large. ey Democratic bolters have begun their campaign with public meetings in Virginia, opposing Smith on the liquor and religlous issues, but thus | far no Democratic leader of promi- nence has come oul against Smith. Arkansas, where the religious issue | is paramount. is reported as likely nevertheless to remain Democratic, | with a remote chance of Republi- success, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Missis- d Louistana are counted safe by the Democrats, even though the drys and the anti-Catholics are very active. Utah Democrats have been made fubilant by a decided swing toward Smith as shown In straw votes. Little new is reported from Idaho, Nevada, Montana, California. Texas. Arizona and New Mexico. Hoover's visit to his home State has been the | chief news from California. | * * % | In Oregon the Anti-Saloon League | the accustomed majority | in presidenial elections. | which Mr. | members o HOOVER VICTORY - SEENINILLINOIS G. 0. P. Leaders Certain of x Usual Majority—Democrats Also Confident. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, IIl, July 28.—Confidence rules among Republican leaders of Illi- | nofs from Senator Charles S. Deneen down that Secretary Hoover will win which the State generally gives their candidate ‘This major- ity four years ago was upward of 60 000 for President Coolidge. The optimistic view of the Repub- licans does not coincide with that held by Democratic leaders, who are de- ciaring that Gov. Smith's vote in Chi- cago and Cook County may be suffi ciently great *n overcome any lead Hoover will have in the downstate counties. George E. Bren- nan, local Democratic leader and two | vears ago candidate for United States | Senator, assured members of the State central committee a few days ago that the State was at least “debatable.” Both Republicans and Democrats have a popular candidate for governor and the battle for this office would be sure t6 bring out a tremendous vote in itself if the presidential office was not figuring in it. Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson, the Republican candi- date, got a higher vote than President Coolidge four years ago. Justice Floyd Thompson, who has just resigned from the State Supreme Court m order to make the gubernatorial race on the Democratic side. is conceded to have great popularity among members of both parties over the State, Republican national headquarters, with former Congressman James Good, Western campaign manager, in charge, have just been opened heve and | a busy time is assured from now until | November. | Former Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas, Mr. Good conferred with publicity chief for Hoover. and a big | campaign of publicity has been agreed upon. Gov. Allen refused to discuss campaign 1ssues while here. Downstate farmers, according to the Legislature outside Cook County who drift into Chicago | almest daily, declare that the agricul- turists have not made up their mind | on which presidential candidate they will support. It is said they are wait- ing to hear what kind of statement | Mr. Hoover (Pum out concerning their interests and that they are holding their decisions in abeyance until that time. It is said that as matters stand now they prefer the Democratic plat- form and that Mr. Hoover will have | 1o say something definite to change . B. ROURKE. their minds. C. REVOLT REPORTED IN WEST VIRGINIA Democratic Women Said to Be Turning Against Smith. G. 0. P. Claims State. Special Dispateh to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va. July 28 The roseate prediction is being made by some of the Republican leaders that Hoover will defeat Smith in this State Ay 100,000, which would be a doubling timism is based on the spreading revolt among the Democratic women against Gov. Smith and the evidences that ) | | | { | | the Anti. | the wet | State candidates and managers are not | working in_concert. } Senator Neely has opened headquar- | ters in his home city of Fairmont and is preparing the keynote speech to be de- | livered by him at the State judicial | convention of his party at Clarksburg August 15. There is much speculation relative to this offering by the senior Senator, for it is felt his adroitness will | be severely tried in the light of past | excoriations of Tammany and its dis- tinguished member. Four years ago | the Senator thought it would b= better to hold the national convention in | Hades than in New York under the | baneful influence of Tammany and Wall Street. It is indicated the Democrats will concentrate their efforts in behalf of | the State ticket and keep the presiden- | | tial contest as much in the background | | as possible. Senator Neely is a genuine dry and so is former Representative J. Alfred Taylor, who is running for gov- | | ernor. If so inclined both would find it | difficult to unsay bitter words uttered !in the'past against the standard bearer lof their party, and it would not be | eharacteristic of either of the men for | them to recant. M’NARAY_HAU(;E'; PLAN‘ The political spice of the week was has adopted resolutions declaring, in effect, that it will “lay down” in the fight to elect Hoover unless the Republican candidates and National Chairman Work come out squarely for prohibition entorcement. The ieagne has sent (his demand to Hoover, Curtis and Work, from whom no response had been re- ceived At last reports. Mavor Walker of New York., who has been touring the Pacific Coast, got a big reception in Oregon and sald he found a surprising amount of Smith sentiment there. Republican scouts have brought back reports from the eastern grain- orywing part of Washington that the Republicans there are not slip- ping into the Democratic camp, as had been reported. These scouts reported that the “farm revolt” in Washington is dying out. The Democrats are still doing their best to inject life into it, however, and are fighting on in the hope that they may possibly be able to win this normally Republican State for Smith. the refusal of Rev. A. J. Gearheard. | of the Pirst M. E. Church {them being : | Senator Explains Attitude on Farm | Relief Problem in Public Address. OPPOSED BY BORAH Special Dispatch to The Sta | | BOISE, Idaho, July 28.—While/| United Statss Senator William E.| Borah is spending his vacation in his home town, Boise, meeting and! | migling with his fellow townsmen and i his constituents, he is keeping in close touch with political affars and on sev- eral occasions has expressed himself | pointedly and in lnnzunr that no one could misunderstand. In one of als| more recent addresses at Caldwell he | made clear to his farmer constituents | why he is opposed to the McNary- . Haugen form of farm relief legislation and why they should be against it also. | In_ his address at Caldwell Senator | Borah made clear his attitude on the farm relief problem. He riddled the | McNary-Haugen Wil saying in part: | “1 favor and h favored the crea- | tlon of a board to enable it to deal with the farm ques. tion, to take control of marketing as cordiny best business principles the surplus which we produce. I think | this marketing board should be given a | revolving fund sufficlent to enable it to do its business and to meet the situa- tion according to sound business prin- ciples. ' “1 want to see the question solved. {and 1 believe it can be, and still leave the farmer a free moral and fl'nnnm!cl agent. I perfectly cere and able men advocate t ciple, But to me it seems like taking away from the farmer the right which | belongs to every other citizen, and that i to choose his own method of doing business “The proposal to leave the farmer to | his discretion and his judgment was: rejected. This plan now Is to give a | bureau at Washington the power to fix the fee, the amount and the power Lo dis of it. This is a board which the individual farmer has no volce in and no Powr to control. | " ‘hll;! it would he dangerous | power, might become a most op- pressive power and there s no way Sicane "from’ 11 except %‘T" pol "o . of the law." are that sin- ! his prin- | | pastor \DRYS IN SOUTH | ORGANIZE AGAINST SMITH | | tion South of this city, to permit a semi- poiitical meeting to be held in his church, Mrs. J. Walter Barnes, presi- dent of the State W. C. T. U., was to tell about the dry conference at Ash. ville, which she and a number of other West Virginians attended. “It is not <0 important to know who is President | as it is to know who is Christ crucified Rev. Gearheard asserted in refusing *he use of his church for political diseus- sions. LYNN KIRTLAND. DM(OTA W. C. T. U. and Anti-Saloon League Plan Sharp Campaign on Liquor Issue. Special Dispatch to The Sta SIOUX FALLS, 8. Dak, July 28— There are increasing signs that so far as the South Dakota Republicans are concerned, their State campaign will be conducted chiefly on the prohibition ssue, as they belleve this issue will be effective In carrying South Dakota for Hoover and the Republican State and congressional tickets. Recently officers of the South Dakota W. C. T. U. have been very active in organizing new branches of the union in towns which heretofore have not had such organizations, and this is belleved to be preliminary to much ac- tivity on the part of woman voters in the Fall campaign to do what they can to prevent Smith from carrying South Dakota. The South Dakota Antl-Saloon League, whose organiza- has been kept intact throughout the uational prohibition period, also s said to be preparing to make a hard :!lullztt against the Democratic national oket. Democratic State leaders continue hopeful of nrr{.m( the State for Gov. Smith and Willlam J. Bulow, their can- ™idate tor re-election to the governor- hip Realizing they are handicapped what by the fact that not more on 20 of the more than news- nan oa in South Dakota suj Demo- f prineiples, some of Demo- ' leaders have started a move- ment to establish a new paper in Sioux Falls State organ. | Sees Hoover . ictory | tically j SENATOR DENEEN, Of Mi:nis, who expects G. 0. P. candi- date to\poll usual majority. DRY THREAT MADE TOHOREGON . 0.P Anti-Shioon League Demands | That |Prohibition Be Made | Ussue in State. | Special Dispatch to The Star. PORTLAND. Oreg., July 28.—The | presidential election in Oregon will be | in doubt ‘'hnless Herbert Hoover, Charles Curtis and Dr. Hubert Work, Republican national 'chairman, acknowledge that prohibition is the principal issue in the campailny, declares the Anti-Saloon League ©f Oregon in resolutions ad- dressed to the Republican standard bearers ;and the campaign manager. The league resents the statement of | Dr. Work that prohibition is not an issue, and in resolutions demands that Hoover, Curtis and Work issue a strong | staternent along this line and attesting | their dryness. | Without such assurances the league | officers state that the members of their | organisation will be indifferent in the | campa¥en. and that dry Republicans | will nob/enthuse over the party ticket. Intimate Smith Victory. The dry plank in the party platform | and_the statement of Hoover to Senator | Borah ate not considered sufficient by | loon League of Oregon. | Gov. /llfred E. Smith may capture the electral vote of Oregon through failure cf the Republican leaders to make even more emphatic their present | attitude toward law enforcement, the| league in‘gmates. No. ac!inowledgment has been re. ceived from Chairman Work or Hoover | or Curtis iln answer to the threat of the | dry forcesy of Oregon to “lay down" ! unless prc hibition is conceded to be the | leading is: pe. ‘The lerigue considers that the Re- publican leaders are temporizing with tlement in their party, inti- that the leaders are pussy- the | mating | footing inktead of taking a bold stand like Gov. Smith and Chairman Raskob. The attitiide taken by the league has caused cc nsiderable surprise. Mr. Hoover comes to Oregon for a day next week, visiting three towns close to fhe California line while on his fishing trip. Efforts are being (made to have him delay long enough {to attend the State convention of the the .normal party advantage. The ”p_;Ameflrnn Leglon. Welcome to Walker. There will be approximately 2,000 Leglomnaires at the gathering, among the younger and more active litical element, and it is con- sidered’ that Hoover will strengthen himself with the ex-service men if he attendst and makes a speech. Jimmy Walker, mayor of New York, who sa his visit to the West Coast is a holi day and not a political mission, was welcomed by a crowd larger than Port- land has turned out except for a presi- dent or Lindy This weloome was interpreted as a demonstration of sentiment for Smith, as Mayor Walker is a political pro- tege of Smith and a Tammany man. Members of the Walker party said they were astonished at the great amount of Smith sentiment found in California and Oregon, where little had been expected, and that the ex tent of this sentiment was not real- fed in New York. While the colored population in Oregon is not large. it has hitherto been urswervingly Republican. This year the colored leaders say the vote will go solidly for the Democratic ticket, and they add that in so doing they are following the example of col- ored voters generally throughout the North. OHN W. KELLY. WRANGLES DEVELOP IN TENNESSEE FIGHT Both Parties Face Internal Strife Which May Affect No- vember Vote. Spectal Dispatch to The Star MEMPHIS. Tenn. July 28.—While ‘Tennessee Democrats are wrmg\u;g over the warmest State campaign in years, the Republicans this week turned down ‘the peace proposal of Representa- tive J. Will Taylor, and Hoover stock has not moved. Mr. Taylor brought the two candida nomination for governor together, R. 8. Horkms and Judge John T. Raul- | ston, in an effort to persuade one to withdraw so the nomination could be made without a contest. Judge Raulston presided over the famous Scopes trial. The opposition to him, in MNterature circulated through- out the State, urged his defeat because in November Hoover would be pictured with a nsonkey. He flatly yefused to withdraw. The Democrats are in the stretch of the primary eampalgn. In- terest In the race between K. D Mc- Kellar and Finis Garrett for Senator is unusually keen. Senator McKellar has vote of his home city of Memphis, and the Memphis organization is loyally supporting him now. Mr. Garrett has warned the Democrats of a possible senatorial investigation if questionable tactics are used in Mempl It known that he referred to the practice of the Memphis organization, begun lw'n; years ago, of permitting negroes to vote. ‘The result of the Democratic primary will have a decided effect on the na- tional election in November. While all the candidates have spoken out and are squarely on the Democratic platform and for the ticket, It is some partisanship has and it will require much suavity to pla- cate some of the THOMAS FAUNTLEROY. final Ry 1o serve as tlmr'd More than !I“.M'fl.xl) worth olu‘ll: BURKHOLDER the United Statea laat year, | confident of success. for the Republican | d-Fought Political Campaign ALABAMA PULPITS INWAR ON SMITH Ultra Drys and Anti-Catholics Urge Voters to Support e, Hoover. "% . Special Dispatch to The Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 28->» Rumblings of unrest among uitra-drys and anti-Catholics in Alabama are be- ginning to attract the attention of Democratic leaders, Although prace leaderless, there is inereasing evidence that the fight being waged against Gov. Smith from the pulpits in th> State 15 gaining mom~ntum During the past week four outstand- ing party leaders who have been prom- in°ntly identified with the prohibitnon campaigns in the past have come out in no uncertain tones against the attacks on the presidential nominee selected at the Houston convention hese leaders represent the Methodist, Baptist and Presybterian Churches. ‘The attack so far on Gov. Smith has been confined principally to charges by ministers and Ku Flux Klan leaders that the New Yorke: is wat and that he is a “Tammanyite.” Leaders Not Alarmed. Just what strength these churchmen can muster against the ticket is un- certain, but thus far cld political lead- ers do not seem to be alarmed. Lay workers in the three denominations above mentioned who have expresced themselves are appealing to their for- mer allies in prohibition fights to stand by the party which, aided by Tam- | many, has always bzen the friend of | the South. There is only one chance for the vote to be close in Alabama political observers point out, and that = for the Democratic forces to become too Ordinarily Ala- bama polls only about one-half of the voting strength in presidential elec- tions. The State is so overwhelmingly Democratic that thousands of voters do not take the trouble to walk to the polls. If this condition prevails in November this year the result will be the closest contest since reconstruction days. G. 0. P. Campaign Plan. Among the elements which are mak- ing this campaizn different from others is the fact that the Republican party is maneuvering to reduce local friction to a minimum. In only a few counties have candidates been nominated to op- pose Democratic nominees. In thes it is pointed out. the Republicans ha always d a fighting chance and on eral occasions have been successful. The plan of campaign is pull as many Democrats as possible from the ranks to support the Republican electors, let- ting the State and district offices 3o by default. This policy has been de- viated from to th= extent of naming an opponent to contest the seat now held by Judge O. A. Steele, the first Alabama jurist to santence hooded floggers. and. | another to meet Representative Miles | C. Algood on the stump in the sev- enth congressional district. Long before the Houston convention | the Alabama W. C. T. U. began a cam-- | paign against the Democratic party Since the nomination local units have been busy securing pledges for Herbert Hoover as the friend of prokibition In this warfare many ministers have taken up the battle cry of “Never Yet | Voted Wet.” Soeveral of the country | weeklies have joined these forces and som= of the dailies which opposed the | nomination. while professing aflegiance { to the D-mocratic party. are insidious- Iy snreading provazanda favorable to | the Republican eandidats. Organization Not Complete, Organization of a commi a campaisn for the Demo: | awaits further 2 committee. It is claimed a few ferences have been held by leaders, but no definite line of action has been worked out. On the othor hand, lne Republicans are quietly allowing the protast ministers to create Sentiment for Hoover. ATTICUS MULLIN MAINE DEMOCRATS . STIRRED BY BOLT Mrz. Pattangall's Declaration for Hoover Furnishes Surprise in Campaign. | Special Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA. Me., July 28.—The s sation of Maine polities the past w was the announcement by Mrs. Ger- | trude M. Pattangall, formerly member of the Democratic national committee | and the wife of Justice Willlam R. Pat- | tangall of the Supreme Judicial Court jand for many years the Demoeratic {leader, that she would boit both the | National and State Democratic candi- | dates and vote for Herbert Hoover for President and William Tudor Gardiner of Gardineor. While hor | Democratic main objection presidential candidate is that he is wet, Mrs. Pattangall also | condemns Gov. Smith's connectio: | with Tammany Hall and takes to task | Edward C. Moran, jr. of Rockland. Democratie candidate for governor, for his stand in opposition to the exporta- | tion of watervower. Both Gov. Smith lon the prohibition question and Mr Moran on the waterpower qusstion have disregarded the party adopted at the National ar | ventions, she asserts The big Republican central meeting for Hoover or Curtis should either candidate come to Maine for the cam- paign the last of next month, will be beld at Lewiston, if the people of that city take an interest in having it J. CLEMENT MURPHY GREATER POPULATION IS ISSUE IN FLORIDA to the G. 0. P. Camdidate Offers Salary, if Electted, in Dri Imamigran Special Dispatch go The Star | _JACKSONVILILE, Fla, July 28 Firtng the opening gun in the cam- paign for the Republicans in Fiorida | At Daytona Beach Wednesday svening | Willlam J. Howie of Howie-in-the- { Hills. made an address in which he of- fered to match his salary. if elected Rovernor, with four others to form an | advertising fund of £200000 to bring more people to the State. W. C Lawson, who appeared as can- didate of the Republicans for Con- gress in thy fourth district, talked of a high protec tive tariff as the salvation of the truck and fruit growers, who h; sa!dt.«\;n‘ in :‘Ierrlhlr way for lack of protectin . He is opposing Ruth Bryan Owen . daughter of the |‘§u Wil- Ham Jenriings Brvan, Democratie nominee. *The evidence of unusual Republican activity in the State this year is brijging Democratic leaders to call for a greater vote in November than ever hefore. of the Republican cam- e for