Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1928, Page 16

SMITH HAS SOUTH DANIELS ASSERTS Governor Confers With Farm and Dry Heads—Finishes Acceptance Speech. Dispatch to The Star Y.. August 18 Soecin ALBANY. N tant hibition leaders marked the final week for Gov beginning of his campaign next week Tmpor- with his formal notification Wednesday of his nomination for President on the Democratic ticket. By the middle of the week the gov- ernor had completed work on his not!- fication speech. Before putting the final perfod to the document he waited only long enough to talk for several hours at the executive man: dozen men listed f from various parts of the six of the ten aiso being listed epublic The latter classifica- cluded George N. Peek of Mo has taken upon himself the ip of agricultural support for because of his dissatisfac- he Republican handling of ste talked a long time Then both gave out claiming but neither saving v definite. - That is e governor gives his peech. Daniels 1Is Visitor. The same thing applies to tb hibition question. Senator G t Virginia, Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, Senator George of Georgia and Senator Walsh of Montana were the dry champions who were invited to the mansion on succeeding days to con- fer with the outstanding wet in mod- v politics. now their national standard bearer. < what transpired in ernor's mansion es the drvs conferred with the governor is not known. Mr Daniels alone was talkative, and al- though he spoke freely to newspaper men, it was before his with the governer. Afterward he had nothing to say Mr. Daniels did make one thing very elear which it that in his opinion the South generally is awaiting Gov. Smith's notification speech, especially his words on national prohibition and the eighteenth amendment. with greater intes than has been displaved in any such proncuncemens in a long time In fact. Mr. Daniels left the impression from his talk that a great deal may depend on what Gov. Smith sees fit to say on the subject. The former Secretary of the Navy under President Wilson declared he ern the gov- still regretted the presidential candi- | date’'s bold telegram to the Houston convention, in which he said he hoped | to be able to point the way out of the | present enforcement difficulties. Never- | fheiess. he said, he did not think the Y governor's message amounted to a re- nunciation of the Democratic piatform. South Is Seen Safe. The “solid South,” Mr. Daniels un- @oubtedly told the Governor, judging from his words just before entering the eonference. he believes under current of suggestion that too etrong a stand on 1 or modifica- tion of the prol amendment might easily result in unexpected oc- currences. The feeling has been growing besed partly on the governor’s bold move in telegrephing the Houston con- vention as he did—taking the pro- hibition bit firmly in his own teeth and interpreting the party platform as giv- ing him leeway to Go this—that the notification speech is not going to soften this attitude any and that the | governor may go eéven farther. There is no question of the fact that | his dry visitors saw the governor's speech—it was finished before their visits began. Undoubtedly they dis- cussed together the prohibition amend- ment, but whetler it struck the dry Jeaders or what they told the governor 18 not known. Next Wednesday night have to decide that question. strange train of events this week left both major parties in New York Btate without a titular State head First Lieut. Gov. Edwin Corning placed in the hands of the governor his resiz- nation as chairmsn of the Democratic necessitating absolute rest some time to come, was #nnounced as the reason by Mr. Corning’s physician in & teiegram from Northeast Harbor Me., where the Cornings have their Summer home Morris Dreps Dead. Then, two days later. Georgze K Morriz. Republican State chairman dropped dead in his hotel in New York City. A ccrebral hemorrhage removed him from the political arena just as he was about to enter one of the greatest batties of his career as chairman Mr. Corning’e resignation has not ye been presented, but to all intents and purposes he iz out of politics. This untoward turn of affairs piaces 2 woman in charge of the State organi- mation of parties for th being. The Republican vice chal 45 Barah Schuyler Butler of New York daughter of Dr. Nicholas Murra Butier. president of Columbia Unive tv, politically active for many Ci eratic viee chairman The keenest interest is being d played in the question of who will suc- eeed Mr. Morris. Many hold that fate eppears to have had 2 hand in this 2in Coolidge-for-President” man, even up | Curtis of Kansas, nominee of the party | ngjjy of 1o the last minute. At Kansas City the New York delegation falled to climb, speeches in the State before the 8ep- | nrimary Hoover band wagon until the st minute. This fact, Hoover's ful bid for the nomination and former State Senator and Bing- wspaper publisher we: one of the 1 reasury Ogden L New k. he fought from the begin- ning for the nomination of the Com- merce Recretary. Me is now the logica successor 1o Mr. Morris. many claim take over the heim of the party. in #f the fart that he is slready head of the State Hoover campaizn THOMAS C. STOWELL NEVADA IS QUIET. Ahout 36,000 Register for Zepten ber Primary Specia Dispatch 1o The Bla RENO, Nevada August Sration has lrad of approximately 3,000 two years 8go an_appare Wesnoe Jocated, h2s 8 end of these the Republican party banner Republican count primary there | activity in Nevada EDGAR REINHART. County. registration of 10 This s conferences with farm and pro- Al Smith before the actual to be safe for | Gor. Smith. But still there was the | | here, a oline O'Day of Rye is the Demo- | 18.—Regis- for the September 4 primary just closed and a preliminary com- flation shows about 36,000 voters in evada. with the Republicans having This 1= Diutle change from the registration of the Republicans having | Valley among t nt gamn of mbout 200 voles. | speeks Lhat language in which Reno is 5 | Demoeracy s 7012 are affliated with | the of the Btate 1 be little Sees South As Safe JOSEPHUS DANIELS, THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMA VIEWED ING. 0.P. COLUMN ‘Democrats Hope to Have | Smith 3peak in State to | Aid Cause. 1 | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., | 18.—Unless the Democratic party does | some aggressive campaigning and pours | several tank loads of oil on the troubled | | | | | August | waters of the Sooner State, Oklahoma's | for is votes will be cast |10 electoral That statement Herbert Hoover. made because all of the breaks in State | | politics since the last presidential elec- | tion have been against the Democrats. As A premise. look at Oklahoma's vote in the last five presidential elections 1908—Bryan 122.800 «Democrat) Dry Ieader of North Carolina, who has | Taft (Republican). 110474: Debs (So- told Gov. support him as the Demorcratic choice. KEYSTONE BATTLE WAITS ON MELLON Conferences Planned as Soon as Secretary Returns From Europe. Special Dispateh to The Star. HARRISBURG. Pa. August 18.— Ret; of Secretary of the Treasury from his European vacation is ted to give the Pennsylvania cam- paign impetus for its activity during the S return, a conference is to be held regarding details of the here. It is probable the be in New York. In addi- tion to Secretary Mellon, it is under- e attending the conference nephew, W. L. Mellon, former n of the Republican State com- 1o also has been abroad: Ge: Martin, present chairman: Gov. who has spent a week with + Hoover and National Chairman California, and probably Gen. rbury, national committee- man. and Joseph R. Grundy, who in past campaigns did a large part in rais- ing cempaign funds here. If his health permits, Senator-elect Willlam S. Vare will probably join the conferees. To Discuss Strategy. The amount of the campaign chest and where and how it shall be spent be one matter to be decided. Another will be campaign strategy, not only in direction of the presidential also in conducting the ressional districts where probably be close. There are also purely State problems to be de- cided. For instance, 14 amendments to the State constitution will be mononfl for ratification on November ballots, in- cluding one to permit use of voting machines. whether to complicate by taking a stand for or against any of the proposed amendmenis. mittee, Edwa While Secretary Mellon was abroad, | only preliminary organization work was attended to by campaign managers This consisted largiy of strengthening party lines in congressional districts and advancing party solidarity by obtaining withdrawal of congressional and legis- lative nominees who lost in the Repub- lican primary but obtained the minor pa nominations, possible under the State election Jaws which permit dual nominations. Await Smith Action. Although the Democrats opencd their campaign at Ailentown today. their real plan of campaign will not b~ formulated untii Gov. Smith, following his notifi- cation, reveals how often he will speak in Pennsylvania. If there is but one speech here. it will be in Philadelphia, according 1o present plans, for the Democrats hops to make big inroads there because of the wet sentiment and the Irish and Catholic vote. If he can make a second speech. it will be In western Pennsylvania. which it now considered Smith's strongest section in the State The Democrats hope to be able to prevent the women's vote golng Hoover as largely as now appears likely. A plan has been afoot to have Mrs Nellfe Tayloe Ross, former Governor of Wyoming, speak here in behall of Smith as a means of attracting women to the New York governor. hus far plan has not materialized, but v T. Norton, congresswoman from poke at the nga\lnz rally W/ALTER D. ROOS. CURTIS TO SPEAK TWICE IN MAINE Senators Moses and Watsen Also Will Invade State for 607 Specisl Dispatch to The Star AUGUSTA, Me.. August 18.—It was announced today by Daniel P. Field of Phillips, chairman of the Republican Mr. Morris was a firm “draft- | State committee, that Senator Charles | o ¢i0p over Represel for Vice President, will make two This assurance was after a conference with e John Q Tilson of Con- iairman _of the speakers’ r 7 and 8 have been State commitiee as the pearance of Senator will speak on the first Bangor There is a possibility artis will address & noon- Lewiston speakers who will x:xummm the campaign from the Republican are Senator Watson of In- election ed | tember | annour Repres Senator Moses of New Hamp- Fepresentative Fort of New Jer- | Henry J. Allen of Kansas. iam L. Harding of Iowa ¥in P. Morrow of Kentueky. G Ex-Gov. W E Prof. McE! of Princeton; Ex-Gov. John H Smith that the South will cialist). 21.234 and the leaders will decide | the campaign = TEXANS ACTIVE y of Oxford, England, for- ! (Democrat). 119.156 1912--Wilson Debe Taft (Republican), 80.786 cialist), 41674 1915—Wilson Hughes (Republican) (Socialist). 45.190. | 1920—Cox (Democrat). 215.808: Hard- ing (Republican). 243464; Debs, (So- cialist), 25.600 1924—Davis _ (Democrat). 256,798 Coolidge (Republican), 226,242 Save for the Harding landslide, Okla- homa has been consistently in the Democratic column, but local conditions | which helped the wrnover in 1920 are | apparent again. The Democratic or-| ganization recognizes this and has ap-| pealed to Raskob for men and muni- tions with which to save this border- | 1and between the North and the South. | | The State organization hopes to get | Gov. Smith_into Oklahoma for two or three speeches, the principal meeting | |to be at Oklahoma City during the| | State fair the last week in September. {when the largest crowd that ever as-| {sembles in the State will be in the | State capital. With the personality of | | Smith a factor. men like Scott Ferris, | national committeeman, believe some of | | the wandering Demoerats will return to the sheepfold. Much discussion is heard in OKla- homa of the relative pulling power of | the two candidates for Vice President.| upon the Oklahoma vote. The strength | of Curtis on the G. O. P. ticket on the | northern half of the State is largely | giscbunted by the appreciation of Joe Robinson on the east side. Impartial observers count the viee presidential | weight a stand-off here. | ere are five newspapers in Okla- {homa which may be sald to have & statewide influence. They are all for Hoover. The Tulsa Tribune and the| Oklahoma News were the first of the big dailies to go for Hoover. They had | been Democratic heretofore. The Tulsa | | World (Republican) is not enthusiastic | for Hoover, but it Is lukewarmly sup- | porting his candidacy. The biggest surprise of the month was the bolt from Smith of the two largest newspapers in the State, the Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma City Times. Heretofore these newspapers have been consistent- ly Democratic in _presidential years. | having supported Bryan, Wilson. Cox |and Davis. They base their change of intarast to the liquor issue and Hoover's Palo Alto speech standing for enforce- ment. These two capital city news- papers have been a _powerful factor in| pomlu heretofore. Their open declara- tion for the Republican nominee is a bitter pill for Democrats in Oklahoma | to swallow. WALTER M. HARRISON. - AGAINST SMITH Love Quitksd Rfin;Off Race to| | | Keep Followers From Specta) Dispatch to The Star AUSTIN, Tex. August 18.-—Resist- | ance of Texas Democrats to Gov. Alfred E. Smith was changed from passive to | active during the past week, when Thomas B. Lofe. State leader of the bolting Democrats, withdrew from his run-off primary race to permit his fol- | | lowers to stay out of the primary and | | called on them to concentrate their | efforts in organization to_defeat Smith electors in November. This was countered by “regular” Democrats vigorously, in & | meeting in Austin today of the central (80~ 148.113: | the recently-formed State | committee of the unofficial body formed a week ago to keep the voters in line. This group, working with Gov. Dan | Moody, plans a_vigorous campaign ex- tending _through until November carry the Democratic ticket President to constable.” The sudden | withdrawal of Senator Love from his | race for lieutenant governor was one of | the big Democratic upsets of the year {in the State. He had declared before the first primary his purpose of bolting Gov. Smith and he received more than one-third the total vote of that pri- to | “from | mary, presumably one element of the | | pro-bolting strength, the other element | being the one-third of the Btate's Dem- | the pledge-bound primaries. This move has disconcerted the Sen- | ate race, in which United States Sen- | ator Earle B. Mayfield is fighting in the | second primary campalgn for renomi- Marlin. Love's withdrawal and | bid for his followers to stay out of the ator Mayfleld in a more dif uatfon, since the pro-Klan voters who | elected him six years ago are regarded | as the anti-Smith element now. The Republican State convention this ! week nominated a ticket of inconsplc- is belleved to mve&n:ltns:‘r:-. ocrats who refrained from going into | tive Tom Con- ! {uous candidates for State offices, with | | W, H. Holmes of Amarillo, the nominee !for governor, the Republicans indicat- |ing they will make no fight in the State for any offices except for prest- dentia) electors The bolting Democrats | have agreed to support the list of Re- | publican Hoover électors 8. RAYMOND BROOKS (SOUTH CAROL.INA FAILS TO RAISE SMITH ISSUE New Hampshire, now Assist- ant Postmaster General: Eugene Dunni Tabor Department at Washington: resentative Hale of New Hampshire Jepresentative Hooper of Michigan. and James H. MacLafferty, formerly | Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 8 | nd of Hoover, personal frie Davis, Becretary of Labor, James J. may be one of the speakers if he re- turns from Europe in time. Represent- Monast of Rhode Island will | in the St. John River |parly, State and he Prench people as he | it s taken for g ative probably work Smith of New York, Although Gov the candidate for dency New York a redio messag for Maine voters on the eve of election | Republ ember da 10, J. CLEMENT MURPHY. Bepy commissioner of conciliation of the | Rep- presi- | will not visit Maine prior to the |dates will be the governing force in Siate election, he may hroadcast from especially | no M?uhllfln primaries and so_far no ican candidate for any ofice haz | Special Dispateh to The COLUMBIA, 8. C., August I8 significant fact that in the Demo- , |cratic primaries which are now draw- .iing to a close, and which generally have been heatedly contested, not once has the candidacy of Gov. Smith for the presidency been made an lssue. Y who enter the primaries are | boina by"rule"33 of the constitution of { the Democratic party in this State that they will support the nominees of the ational. Therefore, nted that all candi- | amtes will support the ticket nominete | at_Houston The personalities of the local candi- the Democratic primaries. There are eppeared on the horizon FITZ HUGH McMASTER. h It s | | STAR, WASHINGTON, QUICKENING of activity everywhere in the presiden- tial campaign has been no- ticeable during the week. since Hoover's speech of ac- ceptance. The Republicans are go- ing forward with & new confidence and the Democrats, with equal en- thusiacm, are awaiting impatiently the sigaal for the formal opening of their national campaign, which will come with Smith's speech of accept- ance Wednesday. The campaign will soon be in full blast on both sides, according to the latest dispatches to The Star from its correspondents in the various States. Outstanding in the political dis- cussions in every State during the last few days have been the iiquor question and farm relief. ‘The laster issue. which seemed in danger of dying a natural death for a time after the national conventions, has been given a new lease on life by the Hoover spsech. Many dis- gruntled Republican farmers are re- ported to have been placated by the program of the Republican presiden- tial nominee. Some of the more radical farmers of the corn and wheat belts, counted as Republicans in former years, are still, however, said to be looking with hope toward Smith. Their ultimate position will depend largely upon what the New York Governor says on this subject in his Wednesday speech. Al reports indicate that the drys, professional and otherwise, are satisfied with Hoover's pro- nouncement upon prohibition. Dry Democrats continue to express their opposition to Smith's liberal views on this question and are going ahead in some States with their plans to organize against his elec- tion. Indications of Smith senti- ment in the large citles among wet Republicans are still being received * x Definite steps are being taken by Republican managers in many States to organize woman voters, regardless of party, for Hoover, with prohibition as the special appeal To offset this, Demecratic leaders are organizing Smith clubs among Dem- ocratic women. Both sides appear to realize the importance of the woman voters in this campaign. ' Meantime, the religious issue has not been downed. It has broken out in a more definite form than ever in the South. espécially in Ala- bama, where a prominent Methodist evangelist has cast aside subter- fuge and come out squarely at a meeting of anti-Smith Democrats against any Catholic in the White House. He has promised to make 100 speeches for Hoover in Alabama. Cheering news, however, for the Democrats comes from Arkansas, which has heretofore been reported as likely to go Republican on the religious issue. It seems that the race issue has once more been effec- tively injected into the situation there. as in some other Southern States, and that fear of dominance of the colored voters is bringing many prospective Démocratic bolters back into line. A strange feature of this strange campaign, as reported in the latest dispaiches, is the problem of the colored voters. who have always osen put in the Republican column #s a matter of course in former campaigns. Now it appears that many colored voters in the larger cities or border and Northern States are looking with faver on Smith. whose wetness they approve and for whom they have a fellow-feeling on account of the attacks of the Ku Klux Klan on both Catholics and the colored race. o Massachusetis Hampshire still reported in the doubiful column, interest in New England for the moment centers in Maine and Connectfcut. Both par- ties are making a whirlwind cam- paign in Maine in order to pile up as many votes as possible at the State eiection September 10. The election of the Republican State ticket, re-election of Senator Hale, Republican, and the sending again of four Republicans to the House seems to be a foregone conclusion, but the size of the Republican and Democratic total votes may be re- garded as an indication of the way the political wind is blowing else- where. Senator Curtis, Republican vice presidential candidate, will speak in Maine. and Gov. Smith may broadcast from New York a special message to Maine voters. Connecticut Democrats are bend- Ing their efforts to bring about har- mony at_their convention next month. They have chosen a com- mittee of five, headed by Prof. Nicholas Moseley of Yalé, to draft a State platform that will not con- flict with the Democratic national platform. Nutmeg Democrats are reported to be in a very hopeful mood, but not quite so confident at this time as the Republicans. The sure-fire Republican State of Ver- mont is busy with a primary cam- paign for State officers, and no new developments of importance are re- ported from Rhode Island. * o ow o In New York attention centers for the present upon Albany, where Smith has been holding conferences with farm and prohibition leadeérs from other States before .actually opening his campaign with his for- mal speech of acceptance Wednes- day. The outcome of negotiations beiween S8mith and George N. Peek of Tllinols, who s expected to round up cultural support for Smith, will probably not be definitely known until after the governor's views on tarm rellef are announced in his acceptance speech. The same situ- ation applies to the prohibition question. = Southern drys who Have been Smith's guests are apparently friendly, but are in most Instances withholding definite statements until after the speech. New York Republicans suffered a loss in the sudden death of George K. Morris, State chafrman, just as he was about to enter upon one of the greatest political battles of his reer. The liveliest interest is ng displayed in his successor Among those prominently men- tioned for the post is William H. Hill, Binghamton newspaper pub- lisher and former State Senator. who was one of the original Hoover sup- porters in the Empire State When Secretary of the Treasury Mellon returns from Europe. he is expected to participate in a confer ence of Pennsylvania Republicans to determine the amount of the cam- paign chest and how the mopey shall be spent. Democratic plans in the Keystone State await word from F-)mun regarding his plans to speak there. In the little State of Delaware there is an unusual political rum- pus because of the bolt to the Demo- cratic party of Plerre 8. du Pont and suggestions that Irenee and Lammot du Pont may follow his ex- ample, However, Senator Coleman du Pont and his son, Frank V. du Pont, are still loyal to the G. O. P New Jersey Democrats plan to open thelr campaign with a whoop when Smith speaks there soon after his Albany addvess, while Jersey Repub- licans are making ready to enter the fight In earnest in September. ] During a temporary lull in Mary- With and New Will Put Campaign Into Full Swing THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. land both sides are speculating about the colored voters, of whom there are about 30,000 registered, 25,000 being in Baltimore. Reports indicate that the rural colored voters will “go Republican” as usual, but some of the colored lead- ers of Baltimore are already work- ing for Smith. Both parties have held State con- ventions in West Virginia. Senator Neely, an ardent dry, sprung a sur- prise by his warm indorsement of Smith in the Democratic keynote speech, although he ecarefully re- frained from mentioning the liquor issue. The Republicans pledged their hearty support to Hoover. ‘There are rumors of unrest amongz the usually Republican colored voters of Ohio, Indiana and Illinols, all of which adds to the uncertainty of the situation in those States The outstanding feature of the week's news from this tier of States, however, was the overwhelming size of the Republican vote in Tuesday's primary election, as compared with the total cast in the Democratic primary. For the Republican guber- natorial candidates the total vote was about 550,000, while the total vote for the Democratic candidates for the same office was only about 175.000. with apparently just as much at stake in both contests. Some observers are wondering whether this means that the Ohin Democrats for some reason are not taking the interest in this campaign they were expected to take. The figures are somewhat baffling to both sides. A preliminary canvass in Missouri is reported to indicate that some 40.000 dry rural Democrats intend either to vote' for Hoover or not at all. Meantime Smith continues to pick up support among wet Repub- licans in St. Louls. Iowa Republi- cans, who have been angry ever since the Kansas City convention turned down the McNary-Haugen idea, are reported to have been at last won back into the fold by Hoover's ac- ceptance speech. In Nebragka sup- porters of Smith began sooner than the Republicans to form clubs, but the Republicans are making up for lost time by organizing Hoover Clubs all over the State especially among the women. Many influential Ger- man voters, who usually vote the Republican ticket. are reported to be apathetic in Nebraska this year. * ok ok Republicans in the Dakotas are reported as pleased with Hoover's promises with regard to farm relief, while the Democrats are finding en- couragement in a claim by Mrs. Anna C. Struble, Democratic na- tional committeewoman for North Dakota, that the heavy Norwegian vote in the northwestern tier of States is leaning toward Smith. Re- publican leaders say there is no real foundation for such a claim. With the situation temporarily quiet in Michigan and Wisconsin, word comes from Minnesota of a drift toward Hoover since his ac- ceptance speech. But in that State much depends upon how the rank and file of the Farmer-Labor Party will vote for President. In num- bers this party is second in size to the Republican Party, and ite lead- ing member, Senator Shipstead, has declined to commit himself to either Hoover or Smith. There is no longer much doubt in the minds of Demoeratic leaders that the normal Democratic vote will not be cast for Smith in the solid South, but there are no definite prodictions by responsible leaders that the anti-Smith movement will produce any Southern electoral votes for Hoover. In Virginia and Ala- bama the religious issue is coming more into the open and promises to be the principal topic of debate. “Hoover Democrats™ are boldly an- nouneing their position. In South Carolina, Georgia Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana the religious issue is being kept more in the background. North Carolina Democrats ~have been chiefly interested In the visit of Josephus Daniels, Raleigh news- paper publisher and Sécretary of the Navy in the Wilson cabinet. to Gov Smith at Albany, and his statement that the South will support Smith. The anti-Smith Democrats of the Tar Heel State are deférring their organization until after Smith's speech of aceeptance o owox While the opposition to Smith among dry Protestants of Arkanses is as great as éver, the race issue seems likely to keep them for the most part in lne. The passive re- sistance of Texas Democrats to Smith has now become active, how- ever, as Thomas B. Love, leader of the bolters, has withdrawn from his run-off primary race for leutenant- governor to permit his followers to stay out of the primary. He has called upon them to concentrate their efforts in the recently-formed State organization to defeat Smith for President. The Democratic regulars are planning to combat this move with all the vigor at their command Kentucky and Tennessee have heretofore been reported as deb: table ground and the situation there rémains little changed. The latest report of anti-Smith _sentiment comes from Oklahema, which is de- clared by observers to be leaning strongly toward the Hoover-Curtis ticket. Religion and liquor are thé big 1ssues there, while thé popularity of Senator Curtis, Republican presidential nominee, who is Indian, with the Indian voters of that State is having its effect. 0 Both parties are still having trou- ble in the West. Chairman Work of the Republican national committee n?peu in his home State of Colo- rado on his way back East a few days ago in an effort to patch up Republican factional troubles that seem likely to make it difficult for the Republicans to hold that State 1daho has been engrossed in local primary elections. ~ California R publieans have been giving Hoover rousing receptions on the eve of his return to the East A preliminary compilation of registrations for the September 4 primary in Nevada shows about 36,000 voters in the State with the Republicans having about 3,000 lead The State 5 reported as doubtfui in the presidential race, with the Republicans having a slight advan- tage. Both parties are fighting for Utah While no important new developments are reported from New Mexico or Arizona, the na- tional campalgn is to be opened formally in Montana Monday, when the Republicans meet in State con- vention. Montana Democrats are still endeavoring to settle their facs tional differences and present a solid front for Smith In Washini both parties are split nto factions and differences of opinion over prohibition enforce- have further complicated matters. The farmers of Oregon are ters. The farmers of Oregon are reported to be of two minds regard- ing Hoover's speech of acceptance, but apparently his farm plan b brought back into the Republica camp some of the big wheat grow- ers who had been talking about, vot. ing for Smith. Many of Ahe more A DEMOCRATIC VOTE - SLMPSIN OHIO '6. 0. P. Polls 550,000, While Opponents Register 175,000. | 8pectal Dispateh to The Star COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 18.—The outstanding feature of interest to people outside the State in the Ohio primary elections of this week 1is the over- | whelming size of the total Republican vote cast as compared with that cast in the Democratic primaries. The total vote for the Republican candidates for | governor was about 550,000, while that cast for the Democratic candidates for nomination for that office was only about 175,000, There was just as much at stake on both sides of cast in the Democratic primary election the party line and the comparatively low vote | can only be accounted for by lack of | interest this vear on the part of the | | Democrats. publican State, but not by any index as this such The total Democratic vote being so0 small, the result must be assumed to be Of course. Ohio is & Re- | the result of the work of the organiza- | tion, and here the hostile attitudesof | | the Democratic State organization fo- ward Gov. Donahey again s shown. | With_one exception, every candidate | | for Democratic nomination on the State ticket who had the support of | Gov. Donahey was defeated. That | exception was Charles V. Truax. the | | governor's | who defeated George White, who managed James M. Cox’s campaign in 1920, for the nomi- nation for United States Senator to run against Senator Fess for the long term Pickrell Is Defeated. George S. Meyers of Cleveland. un- known to State politics, defeated W @. Pickrell of Dayton, who was ap- | pointed lieutenant governor by Gov | Donahey to fill a vacancy in the office. for nomination for election to that | office. Graham P. Hunt |nm1 for election to that short term i | the Senate. Representative M. L. Davey defeated elected lieutenant ticket with Gov. | Donahey. and who resigned when Mr. | Locher was appointed Senator. to ac- | | cept Locher's place in the Donahey administration as director of commerce. | | Daniel E. Butler of Toledo defeated | J. H. Kauffman, who was a member of the State auditor's staff for eight years Donahey was at the head of that department, for nomination for of Dayton defcated John H. Newman, for- merly State librarian and regarded as vernor. for the nomi- | Barl Bloom. who | governor on the when Gov. State auditor, and Carl W. Smith indorsed by the | nation for secre! And even long-term Senator of State. ponent, | White, assumed, of his chief, this, however, than to the governor. is nothing new the | disposed party in the State and the feeling is fully reciprocated on the part of or-| The coldness has all | since the governor has manifested only a very remote interest in the candi- ganization members. | evidently not been tempered at dacy of Gov. Smith. Shows Skill in Primary. Truax, who will be Senator Fess | opponent in November, is a young man, | never a candidate for an elective office | | Defore and with but little to offer in the | | way of qualifications for representing | the State in the upper branch of Con- | 1l | gress. However, he did show skill in | | presenting his candidacy in the primary | and evidently counts on his friendlv re- | lations with the farmers of the State and the possible disafféction of the Re- publican farmers toward Senator Fess to enable him to win tion. | dropped when the superintendent the grounds was dismissed nomination for re-election. who was un opposed, nor that Burton. party dential primary campaign tack made upon Mr. Burton by the adjusted compensation up fully by accessions sources it looks from to an Mr. Burton-—certainly as able | in the Union may present. Dry Influence Wasted. Anti-8aloon League in the cause of & sehism in the erganization The State superintendent and organt sation editor stood for Myers Y for governor Begg. Atty, Gen. Edward C. Turner. | ning with a continuous attack | alleged. patrons, made A mise it seems reasonable fact to to attribute clzing his opponents viclously 1t may take the official decide finally whether Mr | M, Repub'icans. count Begg ot On the unofcial figures | jority and it would Republicans in a Dbetter these figures should stand. J. H. GALBRAITH. position radical farmers of the State, how- ever, do not find the Hoover farm plan acceptable, and seem ready to ?o over to Smith, if he has anything 0 offer in that line that pleases them Dbetter. That portion of Smith's acceptance speech which will set forth his views upon agri- culture seems certain to have a wide effect upon the radical western ‘mers, who are reported (o be awaiting it with the deepest Inter- oat, 1928 (Canyright secretary of agriculture, the vetersn politician. of Cincin- nati, a young attorney. apparently has defeated Cyrus Locher, whom Gov. Don- ahey appointed United States Senator | fill the vacancy caused by Senator Willls’ death in the contest for nomina- Truax’s nomination for st be looked upon | as due rather to the vigorous campaign | he made and the rather aloof and dig- | nified attitude toward it that *his op- | tormer Representative George | favor All Gov. | | Donahey has never seemed favorably toward organization of his As anticipated, the influence of the primary election was almost wholly wasted be- Cooper for the Republican nomination and a mafority of the executive committee for Representative who was the third important candidate for the nomination for governor, run- upon the Anti-Saloon League because, as he it _had helped the utilities of the State to take advantage of service le showing, but | tion September 11 the the rather unfortunate char- acter of campaign he had made, criti- to Cooper has been nominated by the | @pecial Di | cipal subject of debate. | Suffers Setback Sp MARYLANDERS EYE THE GOLORED VOTE Democratic Leaders Hopeful of Aligning Race for Gov. Smith. 1a1 Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, August 13.—With a lull in political activity in Maryland during the past week, speculation of political leaders of both parties cen- tered on what the result of the col- no more thought was given to it red vote would be next November. In Maryland in the past, as in all he Southern States. the colored vote vas placed in the Republican column it the beginning of the campaign g‘\]d t a3 the woman vote this year has taken on an importance that it never has GOV. DONAHEY Of Ohio, whose slate of Democratic candidates in Ohio. with one exception. was defeated in the primary election last week. RELIGIOUS ISSUE had before. virtually the only solid bloc left in this country. s0_has the colored vote. Although the colored population in this State is approximately 200,000, or about one-eighth of the fotal popula- ation. the registersd colored persons Il number in the State only about 50.000. Just 25.000. about one-half of this vote, er is in Baltimore. 1t is generally assumed hers that vir- tually all the rural colored voters will BARED IN VIRGINIA Bishop James Cannon Leads “Hoover Democrats™ in Battle. spateh to The Star. OND, Va.. August 18.—The religions issue is coming out in the| open in the Virginia campaign, and from now on promises to be the prin- | Bishop James | Cannon of the Msthodist Episcopal | Church South, who is the leader of the Hoover Democrats” in Virginia, has issued a statement referring to alleged | rough treatment given an American | missionary by Mexicans led by 2 Roman | Catholic priest. He calls this “Specifi- | cation No. 1" and promises further | specifications. Democratic leaders, virtually all Prot- estants, at a recent conference in Rich- mond received repqrts from every sec- | tion of the State to the effect that the RICH! | real fight on Smith in Virginia was on He is not invul- | nerable, however, for the oné scandal | eonnected with Gov. Donahey's long ad- | ministration concerned the agricuitural department under Truax's administra- | 1t concerned the buying of shrub- bery for the State fair grounds in which competitive bidding was dispensed with and outrageously high prices allowed. Graft was admitted, but the matter was | of Neither the vote for Senator Fess for for Representative | who was very vigorously op- | | posed by Chief Justice C. T. Marshall | of the Supreme Eourt. former United | States Senator Charles Dick and others, | shows the effect of opposition in the growing out of the bitter presi- If the at- the Legion because of his attitude toward legislation made any serious cut in his support in that quarter, it must have been made other On the face of the situation unblased observer as though. as the resnlt of the elections in | November, Ohio should be represented | in the U‘r;l:ed ‘Stflu Senate after No- | vember 15 next. by Senator Pes ! Tnitsd States ; i Poss :‘r:g‘mr United States Senator, will go o imittees plan to begin the campaign scholarlv representatives as any State jeurdb the gangsters and the criminal t Begg seems (0 have it by & slender MmA- | ox mevemphasts. mo the robably place the | enforcement only of 1) laws. account of his religion. They decided | to accept the challenge and- to mxke‘ their campaign a defense of the doc- | trine of religious liberty. | So far all the speech making in the | State is being done by Bishop Cannon | and his supporters. They are holding | meetings which are largely attended | and at which much enthusiasm is dis- | played. The Democratic speakers ha not taken the stump and are not ex- | pected to do so until after Smith has | made his acceptance speech at Albany. | The regular Republicans are apparent- Iy inactive and seem content to let the Cannon men bear the brunt of the fighting. Democrats profess to see advantage for them in the campal which the bolters are making and which they de- | claré will defeat itself by reason of its | very bitterness. They claim that the intolerance shown by the bolters has caused many Virginia Republicans to | declare for Smith, and say that Bishop | Cannon is helping Smith to election, just as Senator Heflin helped him to nomination. But leaders in the Democratic organi- | zation do not discount the Cannon campaign. and are preparing to meet the bishop with an organized corps of | workers at every precinet in the State. | Hostility of the bolting: Democrats is | not confined to Smith. Stickers on | their automobiles show that they are | also opposed to the candidacy of Sena- | tor Robinson and are backing Senator | | Curtis. | | ~ Virginia Socialists have - nominated | | John G. Bowman of Winchester to op- pose Claude A. Swanson, Democrat, for the United States senatorshij | R. L. C. BARRET. MISSOURI TICKET HINGES ON SMITH | State Candidates to Rise or Fall With Qutcome of Na- | tional Race. Special Dispatch to The Star KANSAS CITY. Mo.. August 18. The Democratic State ticket in Missourt will rise or fall in the general election next November with Al Smith. Although virtually all the State and congressionai nominess are dry, there will be no concerted action on the part | of the Democratic organization to alibi | for Smith's opposition to prohibition. Definite campeign plans have not been made yet, s the new State committee does not meet to organize until Sep- | tember 11, but party leaders are quite 1 generally agrsed that the national and tate campaign in Missouri shall be conducted together Charles M. Hay, aridly dry nominee | Albany next week to the Smith notifi- | { cation meeting in search of campaign | arguments to use in behalf of the pres- | | idential nominee among the dry rural | Democrats. The senatorial nomiee | will seek from Smith the latter's ideas | | concerning the best methods to meet | the arguments of the dry Democrats, | who insist now they will vote for Her- bert Hoover or remain at home. From | a preliminary canvass, it is estimated | about 40,000 rural Democrats may ! classed as anti-Smith To Convert Rural Drys. 1t wili ba Hay's principal job in the | | Approaching campaign convert the rural drys to_ Smith, a did for Sen- ator Harry B. Hawes two vears ago In the Democratic State platform to be drafted at the candidates’ conven- Hay desires a reaf- | firmation of the dry plank in the Dem- ocratic national convention rather than Smith's personal plank for modification of the Volstead act. The senatorial) nomines belie ks the State platform should place emphasis on the enforce- ment of all laws. espécially those to This would seek to prevent campaign on the prohibition | The present plan of Democratic Iead- |ers is to have the new State committee ——m——— | organization | 1 Lk r:;;a;rr-te closely with Tegiona uarters, pre- sided over by S!nlh'r‘m“!& &Ih headquarters will be in St. Louls. Some of the candidates. among them Francis M. Wilson, nominee for governor, have insisted on plainly furnished headquar- ters, much less arnate than the Demo- | cratic headquarters at the Jefferson Hotel n 8t. Louls four ysars ago Plan Aggressive Fight. State leaders dn not view the revolt” sgainst 8mith to be suf- ficlently alarming to necessitate a soft | next | dential preference will be made | delogate g support the Republican candidate this year as they always have done. is. however, a great uncertainty as to what r There the Baltimore members of the ce will do. Smith Boost Seen. The importance of the situation lies in the fact that if the Democrats are successful in splitting this bloc of votes in_ half, they have gained for Gov. Alfred E. Smith what might be a sizable majority, approximately equal to the majority by .which President Coolidge carried the State in 1924. The Republicans insist that this can- not be accomplished and there are many impartial political observers who refuse to believe such a thing is pos- sible until they actually see it happen. These whe are hopeful of this resuit, ‘however, base their contentions on arguments that have some weight It is a fact that Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. in each of his three cam- paigns for the office of executive, has bored to some extent into the solid Republicanism of the colored vote. In addition, William Curran. Democratic candidate for mayor in 1927, received a good sprinkling of colored votes and had the support of both coloréd news- papers in Baltimore in his campaign. Moreover, Tom Smith, sometimes called the “Colored Mayor of Balti- more” and one of the most influential persons in the city with members of his race, is registered as a Democrat and is openly working among his people for Gov. Smith. Another factor is that the Afro- American, one of the important col- ored papers of the East, has withheld its indorsement of Herbert Hoover and there is a chancs that it may support the Democratic nominee. The other Baltimore colored paper, the Common wealth, has indorsed Mr. Hoover. Oppose Dry Law. That is the general sttuation which is peculiar to Baltimore. The other side, which according to reports from the South is widespread, is that, re- gardless of party affillation, many col- ored voters prefer the New Yorker to the Republican nominee and that many colored persons feel offended by Re- publican efforts to make party ergan- izations in the South “lily white." A large number of Baltimore colored voters are opposed to prohibition, and that sentiment attracts them to Got Smuth. Again. the New Yorker, being & Catholic, is symbolically for the negro, an enemy of the Ku Klux Kian, which is opposed also to them. That 13 one instance where the Smith re- ligion may have a favorable reaction ‘What has been called the “persecu- tion” of Perry Howard, colored Repub- lican national ecommitteeman from Mississippt, has been ussd as the basis of several attacks on Mr. Hoover by colored speakers in Baltimore. In past weeks large crowds of colored persons in several instances have been told that they may expect better treatment from the Democratic party than from Re- publicans The situation as it exists in Marv- land is giving Republican leaders some worry. To offs all of this, howsver is the traditional allegiance of the col ored voter to the Republican party. the knowledge that in the past the Repub- licans have rewarded with jobs worthr colored party workers and the Hoover order abolishing segregation in certain of the bureaus in the Department of Commerce Added to this side of the picture is the fact that Mayor Broening, a Re- publican, has named for the first time in the history of .the city a colored man as an assistant State's attorney and has placed several on non-paving municipal boards. Colored men also have been employed as laborers in de- partments previously exclusively white. Whether the considerations on one side of the situation will outweigh thise on the other will not be known until November, but it has given the Democrats soms hope. che Republicans some worry and has created & new and ;n ‘(n(rrnllnfi phase of politics in this tate FRANKLYN T. WALTMAN, Jr NEBRASKA CAMPAIGN TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1 Special Dispatch to The Star OMAHA, Nebr.. August 18 —Botk: Re- publican and Democratic State com- about September 1. ‘This applies so as the official record goes, ;filmamé\:‘-’ ally candidates have been in the field for weeks. Following a trip by Republican com- mittee executives to Chicago for a con- ference with Chairman Work and J. W. Good. Western manager for the Hoover interests. club activities have been be- gun with especial attention to organiz- ing_woma supporters had the jump on the Republicans in club orria- ization They started a Stats orge= - tion under direction of William Rit jr.. the week after the Houston ccn tion, and have 18 regional districts out of & proposed 25 in the State aqu'nped With campaign machinery Apathy among the German disinclination to get into the 1 A meeting of the to name a delegs vention where a dectaration on prasi- uninstructed. Local Gar have bsen working (or the rank and file is re- man leade Hoover, but | ported to be hanging back. Numerous influeniial Democrats who have been listed as are supporting the modification an. | SR QEE! P _FISHER wet views in the aj Bt gressive fight for Smith as well as thelr own State candidates. ching cam- It is unde the Denocratic headquarters will aid in an ag- Another candidate formerly aligned | with_the Woodrow Wilson-Hay rural organization has been placed on | DeLaocratic State ticket in the persan i or“.muv George Robb Ellison of Mary- | vine | tee this week selected | yacaney the comumit- Ellisan to Al & caused by the death of Judge W. Qraves. w +d candidate for upreme Court judge. who csohm 7. C. ALFORD. The Democratic Sta pedaling of the presidential nominee's ths primaries. N S