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: ing undue notice had it not been for ! son followers believe that Goodrich. . the farmers 20 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 1 DR SEPTEMBER 9, 1928— PART 1.~ Cross Currents Stir Political Camps as Campaign Enters Semi-Final Stage G.0.P.ININDIANA NOW N 4 CANPS Hoover Organization Splits With Watson-Dominat- ed Group. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 8.— Two moves, which may have momen- tuous consequences on the campaign in Indiana, took place this week, and as a result the politically wise are doing a | Senator Continues to Be Big Surprise in North Caro- | lina Politics. \ Opposition to Nominee Up- sets Predictions of | Party Leaders. ‘> | Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C. September 8.— good deal of wild speculation. The first action of import was the decision of the Hoover managers to set up separate headquarters, thus severing | themselves from the Watson-dominated | State organization and the floundering | governorship campaign of Harry G.| Leslie. ‘The other was the decision of a group of Republican farmers to form a | statewide organization known as the | Independent Equality for Agriculture Club, which has for its announced purpose the defeat of Hoover. Several motives actuated the Hoover managers in setting out to make a| Beparate campaign in the State. Prob- ably foremost in their minds was a feeling that if they remained allied with the regular organization and par- ticularly with Leslie, they might be dragged down to defeat. Coupled with that was a plain desire to profit from Democratic votes, which they have Teason to believe they will obtain and which they realized they could not usher into the regular Republican or- Banization. Now in Four Camps. As a result the Republicans of Indi- | ana might be said to be divided into | four camps, all with the same object in view and all working in different ways | to achieve that end. First is the regu- | lar State organization, dominated by Benator James E. Watson, and lead by M. Bert Thurman, national committee- man, and Elzo O. Rogers, State chair- man. Next is the Hoover-for-President clubs, headed by Oscar N. Foellinger, Hoover's primarv campaign manager. ‘Third is the Leslie organization, lead | by Henry W. Marshall, Lafayette pub- | lisher; Alfred E. Hogston, State fire | marshal and former Klan titan; Walter Bossert, former Klan dragon; Bert ‘Morgan, former prohihition enforcement officer, and Beri Fuller, former State oil inspector. Fourth is the more or less independent organization, domin- ated by George V. Goffin, Mearion County G. O. P. boss, vhich is & to bring about re-election of Sena Arthur R. Robinson. The withdrawal of the Hoover people from the regular State organization was done over the emphatic protests of the Watson leaders, who foresaw in | the separation a decided poor tactical | maneuver. ng | tor | The Watson chiefs argued. | particularly after the Senator himself ad done such yfimz}r‘l work tm; t‘llw | cretary, that all the scres of the s:lmurv)canpnign could be healed. th Peated words of Kansas City wow'd be forgotten and all could dwell in hapny harmony under one roof. But Fcel linger. acting. it is said, on direct orde: frem Dr. Hubert Work, thought Hoever | could bs better served if his campaimn | rested in hands that had ben for him from the. start. Consult Commiiteeweman. So the Hoover clubs have headouar- | ters in Monument Circle, s2veral blocks from the Hotel Severin which houses the regular Republican organization, | and associated with Foellinger is Dr. | Harry E. Barnard, Hoover's trusted per- gonal friend of war days and on= of his primary campaign managers. Listed @s an official of the new organization is Miss Dorothy Cunninghem, naticnal | committeewoman, who, it has been no- | ticed, has been consulted at 21l times by the Hoover national leaders in pref- | erence to Thurman, who has been Sen- ator Watson’s trusted lieutenant. | The organization of the Hoover clubs | s a distinct phase of campaign work | might have been done without attract- | the bitter primary campaign waged bv the Watson leaders 2gainst Hoover 2nd were it not furthermore for the fact thet a good many profess to see the | shadow of James P. Goodrich, formerly governor, creeping acress the picture. For years Watson and Goodrich have ‘been political foes and for a good many months reports have been out that Goodrich was seeking to wrest the | State organization away from Watson. Therefore, some of the trusted Wai- who attached himself to Hoover early in the game, is lying in wait and under the guise of the Hoover clubs will step forth in due time to claim the organ- ization. It is noted that the Hoover mple have put Goodrich as far in the | ackground as possible, just es they | did in the primary, but there are ample | evidences that the crafty old politician has a finger in the pie. For example, his secretary, Miss Janet Harris, s in Republican Western headquarters and there is no reason to believe that his laison with Will H. Hays, movie czar, and George B. Lockwood, both high in | the Hoover councils, has been dimin- | | ished. Club to Back Smith. ‘The organization of the Independent Equality for Agriculture Club is pat- ently an effort to capitalize the farm discontent in favor of Gov. Smith. Ostensibly the movement was started by L. F. Shuttelworth of Indianapolis, formerly head of the purchasing de- partment of the Indiana Federation of Farm Bureaus. Shuttelworth is a life- long Republican and once held a Re- Bubiicln county elective office in South akota. George W. Trautmen of Sun- man was named chairman and Claude Rankin of Bloomington, secretary. Both | described themselves. as Republicans and it was said 30 Republican farmers Pparticipated in the preliminary confer- | ence. | It is the plan of the organizers to set | up district, county and precinct organ- 1zations and to carry on an active cam- baign among Republican farmers 2gainst Hoover. It was noted in the first statement issued that Hoover's farm views were attacked. but nothing was said in behalf of Smith. Although no connecting link can be detected between the club and the offi- cials of the Farm Federation, who are | openly for Smith, or the Democratic State committee, the three have the same object in view. Inasmuch as the organization seemed to spring from the ground, some observers have recalled the statement of John J. Raskob, Demo- cratic national chairman, that he had &pportioned $500,000 to be spent among of the corn belt States. Generally speaking the farmers who are engaged in winning Republicans away from Hoover admit that their task has been made harder by Smith's so-called wet views. They also admit that they are confronted with a prob- dem among the women, who are said to be ?.E's"i‘i"“ to the go: on prol lon and also many of who; are against him on rehgtou}; zmundT HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER, Chartiy Appeals Broadcast. Appeals for charity broadcast from London every Sunday night have met with good responses. In the past year they brought in a total of $200,000 in known subscriptions, and many other vernor's views | Senator F. M. Simmons at the age of 74 continues to be the big surprise element of the political campaign in this State and politicians of both parties have now abandoned efforts to appraise his activities to date and are wondering if he has anything else in store. The latest surprise has been the report that the Senator will take the stump against Smith. it will pe the first time that Senator | Simmons has done any active cam- | paigning in a number of vears, but will only be one of a sories of actions whicly | have surprised the State generally and | bewildered his erstwhile close associates. | Perhaps all of this surprise, and the | extent of it can scarcely be exaggerated, | has been due to the fact that the State generally and politicians particularly were positive in the correctness of their conclusions concerning the head of the so-called Simmons machine, which has functioned for 30 years without a seri- ous setback. It had never occurred to any one that Senator Simmons would continue to lead where his *“machine” refused to follow or that the Simmons leadership would ever be on any other | path than that of strict pariy regu- | larity. Forms New Alliances. The first surprise, a mild one, came | early in the year when Senator Sim-| mons ignored desertions of a large| percentage of his henchmen in his| fight against the nomination of Gov.| Smith, formed new alliances and with the aid of new supporters, carried his| fight, as far as this Stat> was con- cerned, to a successful conclusion. But during that fight the universa! assumption was that the moment Smith was nominated, Senator Simmons would fall in line, 1n just the way that other Southern Senators have done. Therefore, it was a somewhat bigzer surprise when weeks passed after nomination and no statement of Sena- tor Simmons’ support was forthcoming. But the first really big surprise, one in the nature of a shock, came when Senator ~ Simmens relinquished his membership on the Democratic national committee, a position which he had keenly desired in 1924 and for the re- tention of which very active efforts had been made in his behalf in 1928. Even then, however, the assumption was that Senator Simmons had gone as far as he would go; that he did not wish to participate actively in the Smith campaign, but that he would vote the | straight ticket from top to bottom as he had always done and had always urgsd others to do. Ready to Resign. When the announcement was made that Senator Simmons weuld vote for neither Smith nor Hoover, it seemed that anything that might follow would necessarily b in the nature of an anti- climax. But it has not worked out just that way. The meeting of the State committee two weeks ago was preceded by sugges- tions from several small newspapers that Senator Simmons ought to resign and a rumor was that the meeting would bring forth similar expressions. Senator Simmons let it be known that if the committee wanted his resigna- tion. it could have it, accompanied by an announcement of his candidacy to succeed himself. The net result of that was a record for brevity at the com- cssion and omission of WASHINGTON STATE TO VOTE TUESDAY Piimary to Show Full Effect of | Splits in Major Partie: Spacial Dispatch to The Star. ’ SEATTLE, Wash, September 8.— Washington voters go to the polls Tues- day to nominate the State, senatorial, congressional and legislative tickets, Republican and Democratic, after one of the mast bitter fights ever seen since the primary was adopted in 1907. The major parties are both badly split and | the presidential situation will feel the reaction between the primaries and the general election in November. | The prohibition question is also rais- | ing its head at the eleventh hour in the primaries, due to the action of the Anti-Saloon League in attempting to sclect “dry” candidates, and there is no question but it will bacome the main issue in the Hoover-Smiih contest dur- ing_the next two months. The Republican party is divided into two camps, Hartley and anti-Hartley Gov. Hartley is charging all other State elective officers, some of whom have been in service as Republican officeholders for 25 years, with being “crooks.” He has smeared the entire Republican State ticket, seeking re- clection with this charge. ‘The Democrats are split over A. Scott Bullitt and Judge Stephen.J. Chad- wick. gubernatorial candidates, and this fight is creating factions not con- ducive to a united front on the Smith ticket. This situation, however, is not as dangerous to the Democrats as that of the Republicans is to the Hoover ticket, as the threats of a bolt on the part of Hartley forces if his opponent. Edward L. French. is nominated, are strong. Similar quiet threats are be- ing made by French people. In either event the bolters will tend to swing support to the Democratic national ticket, and the outlook is not cheerful for Republican leaders. MES DeK. BROWN. 1f this happens | SIMMONS IS REPORTED READY TO TAKE STUMP AGAINST SMITH NATOR SIMMON tion of Scnator Simmons' name, al- though the business of the meeting was the selection of his successor on the national committee. This present weck has brought forth the most definite expression from Sena- tor Simmons and it has set tongues to wagging as they have not wagged bzfore. Senator Simmons wired to Frank R. McNinch, Charlotie lawyer, that he wished to express his “full sympathy with the movement to organize and consoliciate anti-Smith sentiment,” adding “I shall be glad to co-opcrate in_this behalf.” It was later stated that this co- operation would take the form of ap- pearances on the stump. Presumably these appearances, if they | materialize, will be made with Mr. Mc- h has here- minence to oppesition to the “Simmons machine.” R. E. WILLIAMS. IAINE WILL CAST VOTE TOMORROW Republicans Are Expected to Ro'l Up Usual Majority. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., September 8.-—The voters of Maine wiil go to the polls Monday for the bienniai Stat> elecdon, and teking everything into considera- tion, the results will not differ greatly from what has transpired in previous elections in this State in the last 10 vears, In other words, Maine is safely Re- publican, by 50,000 or so. Maine voters cast their lot wich the Republicans as a rule in presidential years and with a united party, Col. William Tudor Gar- diner, Republican candidate for gover- nor, and Col. Frederick Hale, Repubii- can candidate for United States Sen- ator, will poll a tremendous vote. The largest vote polled by a Republi- can candidate for governor was four years®go when 145,281 voters cast their ballots for Ralph O. Brewster. His Democratic _opponent that ycar was William R. Pattangall, now an associate justice of the supreme judicial court, Wwho polled 108,626 votes. It is expected that the Republican candidates at the head of the ticket will poll approxi- mately 150,000 votes this year, while it is not believed that the Democrats will cast as many as they did in the last presidential year, four years ago. Both Gardiner and Hale had pri- mary contests on their hands and the organizations which both built up will stand them in good stcad on election day. In other words. Republicans in Maine are organized while Democrais are not. Edward C. Moran, jr., of Rockland, Democratic candidate for governor, has made a_ very active cam- paign but the party has been without funds. It was expected that the Demo- cratic national committee would con- tribute quite liberally to the Maine cam- paign, but it is understood that it sent but a small amount to this State, con- tending that it would be money wasted as the State would go Republican any- way. Although Gov. Smith. Democratic presidential candidate, has quite a fol- lowing in Maine, vet those who say they will vote for him in November, that is a majority of them, aver that they will vote for Gardiner for gov- ernor. ‘The Democrats seem to have centered their efforts in the second district, where Albert Beliveau of Rumford, for- mer commander of the Maine Depart- men:, American Legion, is making a fight for Congress against Wallace H. White of Lewiston, Republican incum- bent. Although the district elected Daniel J. McGillicuddy to Congress three times. it was years ago before the women voted. It would require two or three tornadoes, say those who ought to know, to make the second district Dem- ocratic. Carroll L. Breedy of Portland and John E. Nelson of Augusta, Repudlic- ans, will be re-elected to Congress with- out much difficulty. The fourth district will elect Donald F. Snow of Bangor to Congress. Mr. Snow defeated Ira G. Hersey present Representative from that district, for renomination in the Re-’ publican primaries last June. A feature of the campaign has been ! the changing to the Republican party | of Judge William R. Pattangall of the ! Supreme Court, for many years the leader of Democracy in Maine and the party’s candidate for governor in 1922 and 1924, and his wife. Mrs. Gertrude | M. Pattangall, who, for eight years served as the woman member of the Democratic national committee from Maine: Mrs. Pattangall in a statement today declared that she is opposed to Gov.| Smith for the presidency because he is wet, because of his Tammany Hall con- nections and because of his lack of fa- miliarity with national and interna- tional affairs. J. CLEMENT MURPHY. Special Dispatch to The Star. OMAHA, Nebr, September 8.—In- formation that Gov. Smith would make his first siop on a speaking trip across the country in Omaha, acted like a spark to powder ~t the annual confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Nebraska, for the ministers at the first busine:s session, held at Kearney, with- out referring the resolution to a com- mittee, unanimously voted that Smith's election as President would be a “moral | and political calamity.” | The minist-. - resolved “in the defense of constitutional government, we pledge ourselves to do all we can to secure his defeat and we urge all good citizens everywhere irrespective of creed or party to_join with us in this effort.” gifts sent direct to the charities con- cerned cannot be computed. The ap- peals last five minutes and different charities are given turns. S The resolution was sponsored by Dr. H. P. Fox of University Place, Nebr., a Repuhlican, =0 explained that he re gards the n?mm tion of Alfred Smith Nebraska Pastors Aroused as Smith Announces Opening Speech in Omaha “an an affront to the intelligence and in- tegrity of the American people.” If Gov. Smith opens his campaign here he un- doubtedly * ill have a great effect upon the voters of this section, who will be on the farm issue. Gov. McMullen this week seemed to renig a little on his Hoover support by issuing a statement praising the atti- tude of Senator Robinson on farm mat- ters. Many believe the governor is feeling his oats after the big vote he received for delegate to Kansas City and sees a | way to the United States Senate follow- ing the tactics of Senator Norris. Senator Norris is expected in Nebraska early in October to take part in the campaign. Senator Howell, who has al- ways been a radio enthusiast, is making campaign speeches with a portable radio set that may be heard 15 miles, GEORGE r‘naflzn. locking for something more in detail | Summary of National Deve From The Star's Sp S the presidential campaign enters the semi-final stage, political cross currents are everywhere churning the surface of affairs to such an both major parties are wondering. in something like bewilderment, what is actually happening in the depths to cause all this visible disturbance. They are using every available means cording to the latest dispatches to The Star from its special political writers in every State in the Union. If a ground swell is already set- ting in_toward either Hoover or But there are indications—far too numerous to be overlooked by either side—that man and woman voters all over the country are profoundly stir- red by the liquor and religious issues at the end of the campaign than to- day. In the definite form in which they have appeared this year the religious and liquor questions are in a presidential race. Conservative observers have no precedents to guide them in forecasting results. Many dry and Drotestant Democrats are deserting to the Hoover camp. but ably not be known until the votes are counted in November. The same is true with regard to wet and Catho- lic Republicans, many of whom are swinging to Smith. and Staff unusual extent that managers of to ascertain the exact situation, ac- Smith, it has not yet been detected. and that the foment may be greater new and virtually unknown factors the extent of the defection will preb- * ok % x While these two issues remain far in the forefront, there are evidences that farm relief, the tariff and pros- perity are having effect in some States, aiding cee party or the other in different localities. Organized labor in several Eastern communitics, where it has usually been out in the open for the Democratic national ticket, is either keeping hands off this year or swinging toward the Re- publicans, because of faith in ths economic views of Hoover. On the other hand, Smith is dis- tinctly gaining in some Midwestern agricultural States. and several hith- erto rock-ribbed Eastern States are reported to be on the verge of go- ing Democratic because of strong Smith sentiment in some of their big industrial centers. * ok ok n the East, recognized by both parties as the greatest battle ground, the intensity of the fight is tacreas- ing. Matine voters will go to the polls tomorrow to elect State officers and congressional representatives. That State seems sure to go Repub- lican as usual by a big majority, ths size of which, as compared with the vote of former years. will be looked upon as an index of the situation in the rest of New England. New Hampshire, still regarded as de- batable ground. with the Republicans leading slightly, will hold its pri- meries Tuesday. Massachusetts remains the great- est New England enigma, the Re- publicans there being frankly wor- ried and the Democrats enthusiastic over Smith's prospects. Rhode Is- land is another political cross-word puzzle, with both parties seemingly confident of victory. Republicans are more confident than the Demo- crats of carrying Connecticut. ® ok k% Neither side will concede anything in New York. Smith ms confi- dent that his home St will stand by him and is planning to run the campaign there in his own way, as he has done in his governorship con- tests. Meanwhile the Empire State Republicans insist that Smith will find that carrying the State for President and governor are vastly different. Hoover’s decision to speak in New Jersey later this month has lifted the Republicans there out of the uneasiness they experienced after the big Smith turnout at Sea Girt last month. Pennsylvania, regardless of Phila- delphia vice disclosures, scems safe- ly Republican, but the Republicans of little Delaware are having local troubles. Prohibition is cropping out as the main issue in Maryland, de- spite Democratic efforts to push farm relief and alleged Republican cor- ruption to the front. Because Gov. Ritchie, a national wet leader, has three times carried Maryland, the IN POLITICS lopments Based on Reports ecial Correspondents Writers. Democrats are hopeful of Smith suc- cess there. * ok % % Coldness of Gov. Donahey to the campaign of Smith is giving the Re- publicans the best of the “break” in Ohio, but Indiana Republicans are badly split over campaign manage- ment. Illinois is reported debatable, with the Republicans having a little the better of the situation. Minne- sota Democrats have been greatly cheered by the announcement of ex-Senator Magnus Johnson, Farmer- Labor leader, in favor of Smith, fol- lowed by a similar announcement by J. F. Reed, president of the State Farm Bureau Federation. Rural parts of this State, however, report strong Hoover scntiment. Methodist ministers, meeting in Ncbraska, have declared against Smith, but Gov. McMullen, who recently indorsed Hoover, has since spoken favorably of Senator Robin- son's views on agriculture. The zovernor is suspected of playing politics in an effort to come to the Senate. Some botting commissioners in St. Louis are offering 2 to 1 that Smith will carry Missouri, but Demo- crats outside of that city are less optimistic. The Anti-Saloon Leagu® is apparently planning to aid Hoover in South Dakota, while news comes from North Dakota that the Non- Partisan League has refused to in- dorse the Republican nominee. e Democratic hopes of carrying Wi: consin are high because of the wet sentiment there. Michigan, Iowa and Kansas seem to be leaning. as usual, toward the Republican side. Republicans in West .Virginia are becoming more moderate in their claims and Democratic stock is rising there on account of Smith sentiment among the negroes and foreign-born voters. Kentucky seems close and both sides hope to carry it. Tennessel another doubtful border State, scems at the moment to_be leaning a little toward Smith North Carolina continues to fur- nish most of the surprises in the “solid” South. The latest report is that Senator Simmons, long Demo- cratic leader of the Tarheel State, will take the stump against Smith. The speaking campaign in Virginia 15 in full cry on both sides Thore is a lull in the activities of th> anti- Smith Democratic bolters pending the return from Europe of Bishop James Cannon. * k% Other States of the South seem safely Democratic, despite the ac- tivity of anti-Smith Democrats in most_of them. The vigorous efforts of Senator Robinson, Democratic vice presidentizl nominee. to keep the South in line for Smith. regard- less of his wetness and Catholicism, are apparently having an effect. A special effort is being made bv the Democrats to make sure of the 20 electoral votes of Texas, where the anti-Smith sentiment is very strong, especially among the women. Democrats of the inter-mountain States are elated bscause Smith is planning to invade that territory and speak in his own behalf. The Re- publicans of thos> States, relying on {he fact that they have gone Repub- lican more frequently than Demo- cratic in recent years and on the popularity of Hoover with the drys, Protestants and the woman voters, refuse to be downcast. Apathy is reported in Colorado, which will hold its primary Tuesdav. The liquor issue has been flatly Joined in Montana, with the Demo- crats taking the wet “cnd.” Repub- licans are declared to have an ad- vantage in Wyoming which it will be hard for the Democrats to over- come. o e Y Th~ Progressive Party in Idaho, while maintaining its separa‘e organ- ization, has decided to put no ticket in the fleld and its rank and file are leaning toward Hoover, Both parties are badly split in Washington. where a State primary will be held Tuesdav. Prohibition, religion and farm relicf are th~ chief issues there, as in Oregon, where the Democrats have been alarmed by the report that organized labor in Port- land fs anti-Smith. California seems to be leaning toward the Republicans as does New Mexico. The Democratic chances are better in Arizona, (Copyright. 1928.) SMITH SUPPORTED BY MINNESOTANS Magnus Johnson and Farmer Lead- er Come Out for Gov- ernor. Special Dispatch to The Star. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, September 8.—Smith supporters scored heavily in Minnesota this week and Republican leaders were obliged to call on reserve stores of optimism when they conferved yesterday at the opening meeting of the new State central committee. The first Smith tally was made when Magnus Johnson, fermer United States Senator and still a Farme:-Labor lead- er, announced his determination to) support the New York governor. John- | son conferred at Democratic head- quarters for some {ime before issuing his statement, which was based on a comparison of the platforms of the two parties and the statements of their candidates on the farm relief question. The Farmer-Labor party is officially neutral in national politics, but its voters are in a position to decide the result in Minnesota. The Johnson statement is expected to have consid- erable effect on them. though his in- fiuenca in the party is not as strong as it was Then came J. F. Reed, president of | the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federa- tion and one of the leaders in the fight for the McNary-Haugen bill. He an- |nounced his resignaiion and said that he was quitting his farm bureau post in order to campaign for Smith. Mr. | Reed attended both national conven- | tions to plead for indorsement of the | equalization fee principle, and, on re- turning from Houston, said the Demo- ! cratic platform was entirely satisfac-| |tory. He did not come out flat for| Smith until this week, as the federa- |tion’s policy has been to keep out of politics. It is known that most of his associates in the federation councils are for Hoover and there have been internal quarrels over his position, which are ended by his withdrawal from the or- ganization. Mr. Reed is to head an independent committee of farmer supporters of | Smith. He always has been Republican lin polities. On the other hand, reports from most jrural districts of the State at the Re- | publican committee meeting alleged a friendly feeling for Hoover, Even in the more radical counties of western Minnesota, where wheat is the major crop and the demand for the McNary- Haugen bill has been most vociferous, there were many reports of Hoover strength among the farmers of Scan- dinavian descent, who form the bulk of ths population in that section. CHARLES B. CHENEY. DEFECTIONS FOUGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA to the National Ticket. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBIA, S. C. September 8. Democratic leaders in South Carolina are tieing up the members of the party in every way possible so that there will be the least possible defection in the general election. Democratic pri- maries are past and except where thors are run-overs, the nominations for th» various offices in the State have beexn made. This is in effect election, and to the general election. This year every effort will be made to have all who took part in the pri- maries to vote in the general election so as to insure election of the Demo- cratic electoral ticket. No one will be permitted to have his name on this ticket who docs not swear to vote for Gov. Smith and Senator Robinson. The prohibitionists, through their leader, D. W. Robinson, attorney, Co- lumbia. have declared that they will have nothing to do with the “Hoover Democrats,” who are led by E. J. Hisev of Charleston, State secretary of the Junior Order of American Mechanics This order is much divided over the issue. The head of the order, A. B. Langley of Columbia, has declared for Gov. Smith, but the secretary. E. J Hisey, is attempting to organize *‘Hoover Democrats.” He has been able to gather a few followers. In the meantime, prominent persons in the State are making their prefer- ences known. It is rarely that a decla- ration is made for Mr. Hoover. the most notable lately to declare fo: Gov. Smith is Rev. J. E. Tillinghast. 93-year-old Episcopal minister. He voted for President Buchanan 71 years the nineteenth Democratic that he will vote for. Gen. Willie Jones, treasurer of the Democratic executive committee for about 25 years. some weeks ago callerl on the people of the State to con- tribute $25.000 to the Democratic cam- | paign fund. So far he has received something more than $1.000. In one county in the State, the oath requiring support of the national nominees of the party was not required and the State Democratic committee refused to throw out the votes from that connty by a vote of 16 to 8. In many of the other counties. many stayed away from the polls and refused to take part in the primary because of the oath requiring support of the na. tional Democratic nominees. But the numbers of these were small. FITZ FUGH MCcMASTER. nominee | der Gov. | sistent rumors before the investigatioa | prodding by the Association Against the | enforcement. Democrats Seek to Tie Up Voters| heretofore little attention has been paid | One ot ! ago and says that Gov. Smith will bn | PHILADELPHIA GANG PROBE APT TO AFFECT KEYSTONE ELECTION| Some Feel Graft Exposure Will Offset Tammany Bugaboo. Pinchot Says He Will T;ke‘ Stump in State for Hoover. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, September 8.—The effect which the widening investigation of vice, gang warfare and alleged ir- regularities in city contracts in Phila- delphia may have upon the presidential campaign is the most absorbing feature of the Pennsylvavia political situation today. Recalling the part which William S Vare played in starting the Hoover landslide at Kansas City, it is probable the revelation of corrupt conditions in | the city he dominates may have the national effect of offsetting the dis- closures of corruption in New York un- Smith's backer, Tammany Hall. No deliberate purpose of that kind, however, has been suspected in the present probe. With the political mo- tives still somewhat obscure, it is under- stood to be the opening move of rival groups in Philadelphia for political con- trol now exercised by Vare, with the | immediate object of eliminating Mayor | Mackey as the most likely successor to | leadership. The phase of the investigation which is most perplexing to political leaders is that there is no way of knowing as yet what result, if any, the probe and the likelihood of political warfare will have on election resuits in Philadelphia. In the city which normally can be count- ed as certain to give close to 250,000 Republican majorities, there were per- that leaders of some wards would be held in line for the Republican nationa ticket this year with difficulty. Ther have been more recent reports that in | wet and foreign sections of the city election day orders would permit.trad- ing votes for Smith, but supporting the Republican State and local ticket. The Philadelphia complications, plus known Smith sentiment in the Pitts- burgh district and the coal regions, have completely reversed the usual | dependent counties. This year the rural GIFFORD PINCHOT. Normally. those districts furnish huge Republican majorities. and can be ig- nored largely while the campaign is concentrated in the rural and more in- counties, because they are dry, appear likely to furnish less trouble, but the normally Republican strongholds are all doubtful to an extent because of the depth of wet sentiment and the large proportion of Catholic and foreign voters. While prohibition and tariff have been spoken issues, and the re- ligious issue scarcely whispered, an anaylst this week calculated that on the basis of the votes of 1924 and 1926, if the solid Catholic vote were added to the Democratic vote of those years, Hoover would have only 39,000 ma- Jority in the State, without allowing for any party changes due to prohibition. Former Gov. Gifford Pinchot during the week announced that he not only will support Hoover, but that he will peak for him. Pinchot’s willingness to crusade for prohibition might have made this a foregone conclusion were it not for the fact that Pinchot fre- quently has refused to be regular, and that he clashed with Hoover over elec- tric power development plans. His su| port will help Hoover in some dry set tions and in Western States. where he has close connections with the progres- sive element. WALTER D. ROOS. PROIBITION SSUE HOLDS MARYLAND Goldshorough and Bruce Stage Contest Over Senate Seat. 3pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 8.—Prepa- rations going forward for the campaigns in Maryland ot the two presidential as- pirants shared interest last week with the fight over one of the State’s seats | in_the Senate. Phillips Lee Goldsborough. after much Prohibition Amendment, stated his at- tiiude on the liguor question. Except that he stands shoulder to shoulder with Herbert Hoover on this subject, th> Republican _senatorial candidate said little. Mr. Goldsborough explained that he is opposed to repeal of the eighteenth amendment, to the return of the saloon and to “any modification of the liquor laws which are calculated to nullify the Constitution” and that he favors law Although in some quarters his state- ment has been described as a “straddle,” the anti-prohibition association voted to indorse his Democratic opponent, Senator Bruce. While Mr. Golds- borough's stand may not be clear cut, it is sufficiently definite to make him the champion of the dry side of the question, political observers believe. Prohibition Vital Issue. ‘Thus the prohibition issue is joined in Maryland, in the senatorial campaign as well as the presidential fight. Despite the efforts of Democratic leaders to push farm relief and corruption forward in the counties and Republican leaders to point to the tariff and prosperity as the issues in Baltimore, prohibition in this State is the all important issue. With Maryland’s reputation and the fact that Gov. Ritchie, national wet leader, three timcs has carried the State, it would appear at first blush as though Senator Bruce'. re-election is as- sured. Such, however, is not the case. The chances that Gov. Smith will carry Maryland are three es better at this writing than those of Senator Bruce to accomplish the same result. As things look now, the senatorial contest will be in doubt until the last vote is counted. Senator Bruce has never been strong in the counties of Maryland and this vear he will do bad'y in them. He may come out of the counties in better con- dition than Gov. Smith because the re- ligious aucstion will react in that part of the State against the latter. But Smith will pile up votes in Baltimore, it is generally believed. Unpopular in Ci The Senator, however, is not popular in Baltimore. There he has never been popular with the machine politicians, with a few exceptions, of courss. If it were not for his sianc on prohibition and the friendship that Frank A. Furst holds for him, Senator Bruce would not be the candidate this year. The service men of the State are ex- pected to vote | creat numbers for Mr. « Isborough because ~f the stand Sen- ator Bruce took in th: Senate against granting an honorabl: discharge to a Spanish War veteran, who had stoien two turkeys. Still others will vote against him because of his stand on the water pow~r quections, which arose in th> Senate. It is clear, however, that if Senator Bruce is re-elected, it will be because of his stand on prohibition and because of what might become a Smith landslide in Baltimore. SWITH STOCK RISES [N WEST VIRGINIA G. 0. P. Drops Predictions of | Swanson to Introduce Nom- ince at Richmond Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 8. —Vir- ginia Democrats are planning their big- gest rally of the campaign for Monday when Senator Robincon, the part vice-presidential nominee, delivers his Richmond add: The sp2aker will be introduced by Claude A. Swanson, senior senator from Virginia All members of the State Democratic central committee and of the State Democratic executive committee will meet in Richmond Monday afternoon to discuss the campaign situation in V. | method of campaign in Pennsylvania, |Sinia. It is planned also to have at this meeting every chairman of the va- rious county and city Democratic com- mittees of the State. Altogether it will be the biggest Democratic pow wow held in_Virginia in many years. The speaking campaign in Virginia is in full cry and both of the major parties have corps of spellbinders bisy in nearly every section of the State. On Monday of this week, Joseph C. Shaffer, Republican nominee for member of Congress from the ninth district, opened his campaign with an address at Pulaski. On next Monday his Demo- cratic opponent, W. H. Rouse, will open the Democratic district campaign at Jonesville. The ninth is always a doubtful district, owing to the fact that most of the Republicans of the State are grouped in it, but there is less Democratic defection in it than in any other district of the State. The Republicans now have congres- sional candidates in five of the ten districts of Virginia. In the fifth, they have nominated Taylor Vaughn of Ga- lax, to oppose Representative Joseph Whitehead of Chatham. Earlier in ‘ns campaign, they nominated J. D. Bassett of Martinsville, as their candidate in the fifth, but he declined the nomina- toin owing to the fact that he is in bad health. Mr. Vaughn is his son- in-law. In the second district, Menalcus Lankford of Norfolk, is the Republican nominee who 1s opposing Representative Joseph T. Deal of Norfolk. J. A. Garbsr of Harrisonburg is the Republican who is oppesing ‘Tnomas W. Harrison of Winchester in the seventh district. M. J. Puinam of Clifton Forge is the Re- publican candidate against Representa- tive Harry St. George Tucker of Lex- ington in’the tenth district. s There has been somewhat of a lull in | the anti-Smith campaign of the bolt- ing Democrats. This campaign is ex- pected to take on new life when Bishop James Cannon, jr., leader of the bolters, 50,000 to 100,000 Hoover Majority. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 8. —It is noticeable that Republican prognosticators are becoming more mod- | erate in their views on the presidential issues in this State. Predictions of a| Hoover majority of 50.000 to 100,000 are | no longsr being made, the range now being from 25,000 to 50,000. A mean ' satisfactory to the exuberant prophets | would be the plurality Coolicdge had in 1924 over the native son candidate— | 31,403 Smith stock unquestionably is on t. rise in West Virginia as a result of the disaffection among the 65,000 colored | voters and the groups of foreign-born | citizens—notably Jewish and Italian— | which have been almost solidly Re-| publican in the past. To what extent the loss will be retrieved through the heavy revolt of Democratic women, and In much smaller number the ultra- | dry and anti-Catholic men of that party, is onc of the puzzles of the| campaign that makes present forecasts of little value. Straw votes in Demo- cratic weeklies show about the same number of Republicans voting for Smith as Democrats for Hoover. In these straws, however, the women are not participating with much numerical strength. Branches of the Independent Federa- tion of Negro Voters are being formed among the voters of that race and the memberships reported are imposing The Democratic national committee has taken cognizance of the situation and is sending organizers into the State, One now on the ground is Isaac H. Nutter, colored lawyer of Atlantic City, N. J., and brother of Attorney T. C. Nutter of Charleston, former member of the State Legislature. The visiting Nutter states that on his trip over this and other States he finds “more colored persons learing toward the Democratic party than ever before.” Gov. Smith aiso henefited this week | by a radio address by former State Senator Clyde Beecher Johnson of Charleston, who led the anti-Smith forces in the primary campaign and | was elected delegate at large to the Houston convention. Mr. Johnson was as laudatory of Smith in this address as he was derogatory in a similar broad- casi in the pre-convention campaign. In the later address he made no apol- ogies for his former stand, but said that he bad wrestled with his deep- | seated prejudices against Tammany Hall and had reached a conclusion that Smith should not be held accountable for the sins of that organization. The radio address, Mr. Johnson informed | this correspondent, was for the special benefit of those who had followed his leadership in the primary fight. Incidentally, Mr. Johnson is credited With originating in his former speech the phrase now being extensively used of “Tammanyizing the Federal Gov- ernment.” LYNN KIRTLAND. Golf Links for 7Arerodrome. So_enthusiastic over aviation have become the members of the Uranga Golf Club of little Uranga, Australia, that they are proposing to turn the | golf links into ‘an aerodrome. They have had several landings and take-offs from the site and have invited Capt. Leggatt, chief instructor of the Sydney FRANKLYN WALTMAN, Jr. Aero Club, to indorse the feasibility of the plan. Nevada’s Primary Fails to Indicate Outcome of Election in November Spectal Dispatch to The Star. RENO, Nev., September 8.—Nevada's primary election is over, but it does not seem to have resulted in anything on which a prediction might be based un the outcome in November in this State. There was only one contest in the Democratic party, for the nomination for State treasurer, and the so-called party leaders appear to have been re- buked by the voters, for they nominated a man other than the one chosen by the leaders to run. The vote was extremely light, and this was the only State-wide contest of a partisan nature. About 13,500 votes re cast, of which the Democrats ap- parently cast about 5,000. The principal contest was for the Supreme Court, a i | non-partisan office, and District Judge Clark Guild led his principal opponen:, Chief Justice J. A. Sanders, by aboat 300 votes. ke returns from Europe. R. L. C. BARRET. ' DELAWARE G. 0. P. SEEKS NOMINEES scex County Claims Right to Fame Gubernatorial Choice. £u WILMINGTON, Del, September 8.— Almost on the eve of the Republican State convention, Republican leaders | are up n the air as to whom will be 2 | the nominees for United States Senator and governor. For the latter ofiice it appears 2s if the fight would be be- tween I. D Short of Milford, George S. Williams of Milsboro, and C. Douglass Buck of New Castle County. The Re- publican politicians of Sussex County are claiming that the lower county shouwd have the right to nominate a candidate. New Castle County leaders are disputing this. The strongest opponent of Short in Sussex is Mr. Williams, who is president of the State board of education. During the week tie names of three other men have b2en mentioned in connection with the gubernatorial office. They are Wil- liam J. Swain of Bridgeville, former Federal prohibition administrator for Delaware; former State Senator Oliver P. Newton of Bridgeville and George A. Hill, Federal prohibition adminis- trator, who lives near Bridgeville. The organization people are claiming that Mr. Buck will be nominated. However. there is a strong probability that the nomination will go to Sussex County and that Short will win out. However, the opposition from this part of the State may be so strong that the Sussex delezates to the convention may be forced to take another man. If a Sussex County aspirant is named it means the United States Senatorship will go to New Castle County. Former United States Senator L. H. Ball is the strongest man in this county—at least he is making the hardest fight for deleaates and his frionds claim that he will go into the convention with 15 or 20 fom rural New Castle Connty. His op- nonents sav that he will not have more than 8 or 10 at the most. & If the nomination should come to this county and Ball is not so strong as his friends say. an effort will b> made to name former Representative William H. Heald. He is not so pooular with the organization but it is believed that he would be preferred to Ball. ‘The organizetion insists. however, that Ruby Vale of Sussex County will be named. This is based upon the as- sumption that the gubernatorial nomi- nation will go to Sussex. — {DEMGCRATS CLAIM EDGE ON BALLOT POSITION Party Entitled to First Place in South Dakota—Szes Gain in Votes. Special Dispatch to The Star SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak.. September 8, Democrats of South Dakota, in their efforts to carry the State at the Novem- ber election for Smith for President and Cov. William J. Bulow for governor, | claim they will have a decided advan- taze over the Republirans so far as the plaring of the party tickets on the offi- cial ballots is concerned The nosition on the ballots. under the State election laws. is fixed by the vote cast at the last pric: election. Two ars ago there was a revolt of Reprib- lican voters of the State agamst their candidate for governor. and accordingly thousands of them voted for Bulow, Demo-ratic nominee, who was elerted. The Democrats having cast the highest vote for governor two vears ago are en- titled to the first column on ths elec- It is expected that there will be some | actual campaigning for the nationai' tickets next week. ~ Senator Oddie has | returned to Nevada and Senator Pitt- | man has been here for a week. Oddie ex- ' pects to devot= most of his time cam- paigning_for Hoover here and in ad-| joining States, while Pittman will be | kept at home {o a large extent, because | he has a fight of his own for re-election 8o far he has been making claims that | he always was a supporter of tariff bills ' in which Nevada was affected, and thic, | 1t seems, will be his campaign slogan during the present Fall in his ownl i EDGAR REINHAR' State, R tion ballots this year. They claim that this favorable position will alon= bring them thousands of vot: largely of those who are afraid of aking mis- takes in marking their ballots, and who accordingly will, Democratic leaders figure, take the first column of names on the ballot and place an X at the top. thus voting for the Democratic national, congressional and State tickets. The Republicans dispute these claims and say the position on the ballots will cut no figure whatever when voters are marking their ballots at the November election. ALFRED BURKHOLDER.