Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1928, Page 4

4 ® THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1928.° GOV, SWITH REPLIES] TOMILLS ATTACK Says Former Foe Misstates Facts in Summary of State’s Finances. .. September 11.—An | eden L. Mills, Un- dersecretary of the Treasury, who two! years ago tried to wrest the governor- | thip from him—drew the fire yesterday | of Gov. Smith in response to a renewed | attack on his management of New York State fiscal affairs. ‘ Smith. in a statement. dociared Mills was “again ensaged in his pet pastime | of misstating and misrepressnting the | fiscal affairs of his own State of New | York." ! s 000 Reduction, Az he pidlv phrased his counter- | sttack. the governor had before him # newspaper clipp'ng of an address in | Utica Saturday. in which Mills eon- tended that under Smith's administra- ! HOSTESSES AT REPUBLICAN HEAI’)QUARTERS HERE \ERMONT IS SAFE | FOR REPUB_UGANS! ‘Hoover Popular Because of| ' Floct Werk—Democrats | | | | | | | | | | Strong in West. | PBY WILL P. KENNEDY, Siafl Correspondent of The Star. | MONTPELIER, Vt. September 11.— | Vermont will be found in the Repub- | lican column at the November election. | It is the only State that has never cast | an electoral vote for any candidate for | 4 the presidency other than for a Repub- lican. Herbert Hoover Is particularly strong on' the east side of the State. On the | west side the Democrats count on carry- | ing Benninglon, Rutland, Burlington and St. Albans, which are the largest | centers of population on that side of the | State. | After the recent flood Mr. Hoover came to Vermont as the representative | of the President and gave valuable serv- | ice as to the work of rehabilitation. He | traversed the State from the north to Three Women to Aid BY MARTHA DALRYMPLE. Associated Press Stafl Writer. ALBANY, N. Y. September 11.— Three women will play the feminine political and ‘social accompaniment to Gov. Alfred E. Smith on his first presi- dential campaign trip. Mrs. Smith, who is admittedly disin- terested in general politics. will be her husband's constant companion and will act as first lady of the traveling en- tourage. Her elder daughter. Emilv. whe is the wife of Maj. John A. Warner, superintendent of New York State po- lice, and Mrs. Caroline O'Day. vice chairman of the Democratic State com- mittee, will complete the roster of wom- en. Mrs. Warner has been very close to her father during his five gubernatorial campaigns. and always has taken an VERMONT PRIVIARY * MAY BREAK RULE tion the revenues nf the State had in- creasec and that there has been neither tax reduction nor a decrease of the P . 1927, to July 1. 1928, the State debt was reduced by $3.- 742.000," Gov. Smith countered. “On July 1. 1928, the total indebtedness of the State was $350.817.000. and to meet the indebtednsss the State had in its sinking fund on July 1. 1928, $100.- 120.027.9° “He misstates the situation when he ore has been no tax reduction, taxcs on real estate were roduced year after year. givinz relief to the small home owner and the farmer The actual reduction is from £32.467.4. in 1923 tn $14435.167 in 1928, a sav fng to the taxpayers of more than £18.000,000 as between those twn years. | “Cut Income Tax." “Not only did we give tax reduction to the small home owner and tne farmer. but we gave a 25 per cent re- duction in income taxes to all the tax- payers in that class during the years 1924. 1925 and 1926, and in the same period by moving up the brackets we Telieved 200,000 people of the burden ©of paying any income tax. “Mr. Mills further says that an in- crease in the ppblic debt has brgn} v | euthorized. Authorized by whom? the people of the State of New York and cannot be incurred out an act of che Legislature, * * MILLS FILES ANSWER. isrepresentation” Is Contained in Smith Statement. Gov. Smith is the greatest spender and borrower the State of New York has ever seen, Undersecretary of the Treas- ury Ogden L. Mills charged today in a formal statement issued in response to a | statement in which Gov. Alfred E. Smith accused Mr. Mills of misrepre- senting New York State finances Mr. Mills" statement, in part, said: & to misrepresentation, if there is | eny. it will be found in the statement izsued by Gov. Smith. For instance, the governor states that ‘from July 1, 1927, to July 1, 1928, the State debt was re- duced by $3,742.000 Any one reading these words would conclude that the debt of the State of New York had ac- tually been reduced during that 12 months. and the statement was un- doubtedly intended to give that impres- sion. What are the facts? During the year 1927-1928 the gross net increased by over $18,000,000 and the net debt Ly over $15.000.000. What Gov. Smith had done is to give the figures of the bouds retired from the sinking fund as con- stituting the debt retirement, but he has failed to give the figures for the new fund issued during the same year, which vastly exceeds in amount those retired “What are the facts on which I based my statement that there has been neither tax reduction nor debt reduction? The total revenues of the State of New York increased from $76.000,000 in 1918 tc $218,000.000 in 1928. Total expenditures for general purposes increased year by year, ex- cept during the two years when Miller ‘was governor. from $73.000.000 in 1918 to $212.000.000 in 1928. Total taxes increased from $69.000,000 in 1918 to $184,000,000 in 1927. | . . . . . . o “Turning now to the debt question.” | Undersecretary Mills continued, “we, find that the net State debt in 1923, when Smith became governor the sec- ond time. was $181,000.000, or about what it had been in 1918. By 1928 it | had grown to over $258.000,000. But this does not tell the whole| story, for under Gov. Smith's leader-| thip during his last two terms of of-| fice $465.000.000 of bonds have been euthorized. * * *” i MARYLAND DEMOCRATS | T0 BANQUET TONIGHT | Leaders of Rival Plan Harmony Session to Open Cam- Bays Factions paign in State. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN. Md.. September 11. —Democratic leaders wiil open their ac- | tive campaign in western Maryland here tonight. when the Junior Democratic Club of Western Maryland holds its banquet. Leaders of factions which have op- posed each other for more than a dec- sde will gather in the cause of party harmony. E. Blair Lee, recognized Democratic leader of Montgomery County, who has been inactive since he was defeated in 1916. will be one of the speakers. Senator William Cabell Bruce, | #eeking re-election. and David J. Lewis. | candidate for Representative from the gixth district. both former opponents of Mr. Lee. will also speak. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie will sound the Rtate keynote speech. Emory L. Cob- lentz, who is being acclaimed as the 1930 bernatorial candidate of the party, will be the toastmaster. The committee in charge includes: Augustine S. Mason. this city. chair- man: Alton Y. Bennett. Frederick: Stewart Hamill. Oakland: Wilbur Wil- son. Cumberland, and Robert Peter. jr.. Rockville. Fuller Barnard. ir.. of Cum- berland, president of the club. will call | the meeting to order More than 100 members of the Fred- | erick County Club will attend. accom- panied by a band are expected from Montgomery. Carroll. Washington, Garrett and Alleghany Counties. GOOoD SEE.S VICTORY. Main> Results Foreshadowed No- vember Win. He Says. CHICAGO. September result of the Mnine election yvesterday indicates 10 James W. Good. Western manager of th> Republi campaign. “a Republican “In the past tions have been found unfailing barome- ters of public opinion in the eountry. In Davis by a 3-to-1 vote. Available re- turns today show the Republicans lead- | ing by 4 to 1. which would indicate a Republican vear.” Quinn Gets Smith Post. ST. PAUL. Minn.. September 11 (#) -—Willlam J. Quinn_has chairman of the central committee to accept on Gov. Alfred E. Smith's eommittee. Hubert D'Autremont, uth, e State central committes. advisory Large delegations | 11 (P).—The| entire 1924 Coolidge won over Du- was named to succeed Quinn on Mrs, Williar Lewis, heen who call on Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice cha | Cloman, Mrs. M. M. Caldwell, Mrs. W. FOUR STATES PICK zona Voting—New Mexico | Helds Convention. By the Associated Press The electorate of three far Westcrn and Southwestern States was charged | | with selection of National and State | candidates in primary elections today while choice of Republican candidates of a fourth State was left to a State nom- inating convention. | Colorado. Washington and Arizona held State-wide primaries. while dele- | zates to the New Mexico Republican State convention gathered at Albuquer- | que to name party candidates. | | * The Washington primary. where con- tests were manv and campaigns spirited, | held chief interest. with general apathy | | being evidenced in the other elections | { because of lack of contests and out- | standing issues. | Poindexter in Race. | In Washington, selection of party | { nominees for Uniied States Senator, five | Representative other State el to draw out a heavy vote from the 000 registered voters. Miles Poindexter, Republican, sceking | governor and ve offices was expected | after several years' absence as Ambassa- dor to Peru, I=d as his chief opponent Kenneth Mackintosh. C. C. Dill was| ulnopposed for the Democratic nomina- | tion. | E. L. French opposed Gov. Roland H Hartley, seeking re-election on the Re- | publican ticket, and Judge Stephen J.| Chadwick opposed A. Scott Bullitt for | the Democratic nomination. | Many of the candidates resorted to radio hookups in their campaign. Colorado Quiet. ‘The announced settlement of -inter- party strife over selection of a State chairman. a new primary jaw which compels the voter to declare his party afMiiation on registration and few con- tests had robbed the Colorado primary of color or interest. | Colorado Democrats had two con- gressional contests to decide, the Re- publicans one. William H. Adams, Democratic gov- ernor, was unopposed, while William L. Boatright, attorney general, and Clar- ence P. Dodge, Colorado Springs sports- man and philanthropist, sought the Re- publican_nomination. . Gov. G. W. P. Hunt, Arizona’s tra- ditional governor, was apposed by James H. Kerby. The incumbent, who has served six terms, expressed confidence he would be renominated. James H. Udall, Judge John C. Phillips and Celora M. Stoddard sought the Republican | nomination. United States Senator Bronson M. Cutting, filling out the term of the late Senator A. A. Jones in New Mexico, and Gov. R. C. Dillon were unopposed for the Republican Senator and guber- natorial nominations, respectively, un- | less floor opposition develops at Albu- querque. Possibility of several aspir- ants for the Representative nomination held the only promise of a contest there. ;WOMEN PLEDGE AID | | 'TOG.0.P.CANDIDATES | Arlington County League to Try to Get Out Big Vote for No- vember Election. Special Dispatch to The Star ! CLARENDON, Va., September 11.— | The full strength of the Arlington | County League of Republican Women | was last night pledged to the Arlington County Republican committee in- its county campaign in the interest of the candidocy of Hoover and Curtis. It was decided that the women could best serve the cause by takinz charge | of the camprign to see that all voters | in the county register within the pre- | scribed time. giving special attention to | residents who moved into the county after January 1. and who, under the new voting law, will not be required to | pay poll taxes A membership campaign was started by the organization, setting the goal at 200. All present agreed to serve as mem- bers of the membership committee. | The next meeting will be held in the { town hall of Potomac the second Mon- | | day 1n October. Thessaly has now 160 miles of rail- HacCracken. wife of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Avi: n their duties today as hostesses at Republican national headquarters. They ‘Advenlisl " Or PARTY MEN TODAY Colorado, Washington, Ari-' to regain his old seat in the Senate race, where T. Price Dale and Robert S. ‘Opportunity way_tracks. AUCTION | FUTU Public Sale ~SOF — ALES. AVS. { Pure Bred Guernsey Cattle I will sell at auction to the high- est bidder at the cattle shed on =""""| The Fair Grounds Good szid. “Maine elec- | Upper Marlboro, Md. Thursday, Sept. 13, 1928 At 10:30 AM. '| 12 Head of Young Guernseys [| peSonsisting resigned as | Democratic State | a place | These cattle are bred richt. lnok rigl and are alse tested far tuhereulnsis, A. W. Bean, 1. Uppar Marthors, Md. and her mother, Mrs. N. M. receive visitors and delegations Mrs. MacCracken, Mrs. Sidney Star Staff Photo. an By the Associnted Press. The view that the church “should hold tself entirely aloof from poli- ties” is expressed in an editorial to appear_in the coming issue of the Review and Herald. official organ of the Seventh-day Adventists, it was made public today by the church authorities. ‘Campaign Opens About Sep- i tember 25—Ritchie to Go “Th> Scventh-day Adventist ’ to Chlcag?' Church does not seck to dictate to | & it mombers as to how they shall | vote," the editorial says. It adds | 70 AUSesed Press that the article is being published in response to many inquiries from its members regarding iis stand in man. in charge of women's actl Left to right: Butler and Mrs. E. W. Speed. Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, chan- man of the Democratic National Spea the political controver: |ers' Bureau, yesterday gave out itin: | aries for more than 30 of the 250 promi- nent men and women for whom he is artatging speaking dates all over the TWO STATES HOLD |5 LOCAL PR'MARIES The speaking campaign will open gen- crally about Scptember 25, and within a few days all itinerari completed, Senator Tydings said, Gov. Ritchi § Il spoak at a city-wide Democratic mass meeting in Chicago October 10, the Senator an- nounced. Fi Louisiana and Mississippi Choosing Democratic Slates for Legislatures N and Judgeships. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS. September 11— Democratic primarics in two coast States today drew voters to the polls to settle district and local contests only. Major attention in Mis: ippi cen- tered in the sixth disirict conaressional 13; Warsaw and Petcrsburg, Va.. tember 14: Roanoke, September risonburg ard Staunton, Va.. Sep- tember 17: Newport News and Norfo /a., September 18: Suffolk and Ports- mouth, Va., September 19. Former Gov Ross. Senator Tydings said, also will speak in West Virginia September 20 {21 and 22: Kentucky, September 23 26 and 27, and Tenncssee, Septem: 28 and 29. Speakers whose itineraries were given ou’ included Senators Tyson of Tennes- sec, Bratton of New Mexico, Sheppard of Texas and Copeland of New York. Hall engaged in a run-off primar; In Louisiana’s regular primary con- |25, gressional interest was drawn to the |ber first district, upstate, where James ‘Connor, incumbent, met cpposition in J. A. Brulard The seven other mem- bers of the Louisiana House delegation were renominated without opposition. North Louisiana voters also were called upon to decide a second district judicial contest for the Supreme Court | between Asosciate Justice John R. Land | u:"Caddo and J. E. Reynolds of Bicn- ville. South Mississippi voters likewise ex- pressed their choice in the second jud cial district between Justice W. incumbent. and Chancellor V. A. Grif- fith.of Gulfport for the Staté Supreme Court.« Democrats Name Educator. NEW YORK. September 11 (#).—~Ap- pointment of Harrison Randolph, presi- dent of the College of Charleston, S, C., as a member of the advisory commit- tee of t College League for Alfred E. Smith. was announced yesterday at Democratic national headquarters. will have heen | 15: | the south, visited the flood areas and came in contact with many of the voters |of Vermont. Naturally his interest in | the problems won the high personal re- | gard of the people. |~ On the other hand Gov. Smith rend- | ered assistance to the State. He sent two national guard airplanes to the State Capitol, when that city was prac- | tically shut out from the outside world {and placed them under the control of | Gov. Weeks. They were used for a few days for' the transportation of mail [nnd other emergencies. Gov. Smith also sent truckloads of blankets and supplies | with instructions to offer the Governor {of Vermont any amount of supplies he | might ask for. part of the Governor of New York. is | being urged by the Democrats as a rea- | son for support of the Democratic can- | didate. | The first congressional district com- prising the countries on th~ west side «f the Sta‘e and contiguous to New York |is not as bone dry as the east side countles. In the congressional cam- paign of 1922, James Kennedy, Demo- | within 200 as many Democratic votes a: Frederick G. Fleetwood. Republican. running on a dry platform. Of course 1922 was an off year and may not be a true barometer of the result this year, but it is certain that the Democrats with Jeremiah Durick of Fair Haven as a candidate will wage a strong fight and the claim is openly made by them | thet they stand a fair show of winning ‘The Republican State committce is alive to the whole situation and will | conduct a campaign in every section of | the first district, with the expectation that Representative Brigham will be returned with a safe margin. WILL GATHER IN SOUTH. Republicans to Meet in Johnson JOHNSON CITY. Tenn.. September 11 (#).—Sam R. Sells, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, announced vesterday he had received word from H. A Mann, Southern campaign man- | ager for Herbert Hoover, that arran, ments were being made for an “all Southern conference of Republican stategists here on the evening of Oc- tober 6, following the presidential nomi- here.” ference in which Mr. Hoover will parti- cipate in the South, the “pow-pow” will be designed to draw together Southern party leaders as well as those Demo- cratic followers, who have announced | their, intention of supporting Mr, Hoov- er's candidac; BISHOP ORDERS PRIESTS | TO SHUN POLITICS Illinois Churchman Sends Long Letter to All Pastors in Spring- field Diocese. By the Associated Press. TAYLORVILLE, Tl September 11.— Al priests in the Springfield diocese of the Catholic Church are commanded to keep out of politics by Bishop James A. | Griffin. 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By the Associated Press. MONTPELIER, Vt, September 11.— Interest in today’s primary centered almost exclusively upon this State's | 90-year-old “mountain rule,” by which | it has alternated in dividing guber- | natorial honors between the east and | | west side of the territory divided by | {the Green Mountains. i And for the first time in years it seemed as if tradition might go by the | board and Gov. John E Weeks, stand- | ing for renomination on the Republican | ticket, again head the ticket. | Mayor Edward H. Deavitt. however, {opposed the governor. basing his cam- NEW YORK. September 11.—Senator | crat, running on a wet platform. had | pajon upon the tradition of half a cen- |tury He was hopeful that the custom of years standing would hold true to- | day and that he would win the nomina- | tion. | The Republican nomination for gov- ernor and United States Senator is | equivalent to election. but, netwithstand- |ing that. the Democrats have placed {a full ticket in the field with Harry C. Shurtlefl. an attorney of this eity. | unopposed for governor. Fred C. Martin of Bennington for United States Sena- tor. and Jeremiah C. Burick of Fair- haven and Harry W. Witters of St. Johnsbury. candidates for the two con gressional seats. On the Republican side, Senator | Frank Greene was unopposed for re- | nomination. as were Representatives Albert 8. Brigham and Ernest W. Gib son. 2 | Japan will appropriate nearly $5.000.- \ (;flfl for subsidies to Japanese airship ines. Smith on Trip active part in the work. At the time ot the notification ceremony in Albany she placed herself at the disposal of the national committce and campaign managers, saying she woiild help in any | way she could exéept to speak in publfc. | Mrs. O'Dav. who Is leader of the| Democratic women in her home district of Rye. N. Y. is just completing a! State-wide stumping tour in behalf of Smith. She will return to New York City this week end in time to board the special train. Invitations from leading woman poli- ticians as well as society leaders in all the States where the governor will speak are being received daily. Which of these the covernor's wife. daughter and political ally~ will accept has not been decided. but Mrs. Smith has an- nounced herself readv to do anything party leaders deem expedient. * APPROVE DRY ISSUE. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. September 11 (4 —The Memphis Pastors' Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church South went on record yesterday as believing that prohibition is an issue in the pres- ‘rnl presidential campaign and that | ‘the preacher who takes this question into his pulpit is entirely with- in his rights.” A resolution adopted ‘“deplores and condemns the unprecedented effort that is now being made by many. both of the press and the political arena, to silence, intimidate and discredit the ministry of the church in this hour of moral crisis.” ital | “The Heart of Your Home A “CERTIFIED” NO More—often With a “CERTIFIED" heal SMITHUNDISTURBED ABOUT MAINE VOTE “Never Was Optimistic,” Candi- date Tells Newspapermen, in Commenting on Results, By the Associated Press. ALBANY. N. Y. 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