Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1928, Page 5

GOVERNOR'S RACE -AGITATES INDIANA Republicans Join Democrats| In Effort to Drive G. 0. P. From Statehouse. { | (Continued From First Page) will carry Indiana over Smith by 150,000 or more, and that Leslie will | run not more than 25.000 votes behind | Hoover, defeating Dailey. | Democrats of One Mind. The Democrats claim that they are more wholly together in the present campaign than they have been in years. They are working for Gov. Smith, but it is apparent that thej are straining every nerve to bring about the election of Dailey. Up to the present their greatest effort has been | to elect Dailey. Gov. Smith's visit to the State, however, and the great dem- onstration accorded him here, has given them heart to work for the electoral | vote more vigorously than in the last few weeks. “What's it all mean?” was the ques- | ™ tion asked me by Charles A. Great- | house, Democratic national committee- | man and secretary of that committee, referring to the enthusiasm with which Gov. Smith was received in Indian- apolis, and also to the fact that many Republicans have come to him and said they intended to vote for Gov. BSmith. “It means.” he said. answering his own question, “that there is a real | chance for Gov. Smith to carry this | State.” 1 When Gov. Smith came to Indianapo- 1is for an hour’s visit Saturday a crowd variously estimate at 50,000, 75,000 and 100,000 gathered in the great circular space above the Civil War Monument and gave the governor a wildly enthusi- astic welcome. It was the greatest | demonstration seen in Indiana since the | visit of Marche during the war, it is £aid. The Democrats are telling them- | selves this must mean something. The fact of the matter is, however, that Indiana in recent years has been a strongly Republican State. So strongly Republican that it would re- quire 2 tremendous upheaval to turn sutficlent Republican voters to the Dem- ocratic cause to carry the State for Smith. | 2 State Strongly Republican. i In 1924 President Cooli carrie Indiana with & 330000 1eaq over the combined vote for Davis and La Fol- lette. Four years earlier Harding car- Tied the State over Cox by 185,000 votes. Hughes beat Wilson in 1916 by a few thousend votes, and in 1912 Wilson was the victor, though the combined vote: of Taft and Roosevelt exceeded that) cast for Wilson. The Democrats are basing their | claims of victory in the national cam- | paign on the dissatisfied farm vote, a | &wing of the negro vote to Smith, a re- turn of the German-American vote to| the Democratic ranks and the support‘, fikrzpubutun wellis and Catholics in | e County, usually a strongl; - lican district. 4 e hfinHB Senlt,);;esld:,nt of the Indiana ureau leration, who opposed the nomination of Mr. Hoover, h:g gone over bag and baggage to the Smith cause. The anti-Hoover farmers say ! they are organized in 70 out of the 92 counties of the State. But check-uj by pecial investigators, both Republi- | | been made Six Senators on D. C. Committee Up _ for Re-election Six of the 13 members of the Senate District committee are up for election this November, giving Washington an added interest in these senatorial races. Of the District committee mem- bers who are before the voters this November, five are from the Democratic side and one Repub- lican. The Democrats are Sena- tor King of Utah. Copeland of New York, Neely of West Vir- ginia, Edwards of New Jersey and Bruce of Maryland. The Repub- lican is Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, who was appointed by the governor of his State during the last session following the death of Senator Ferris. “wets” and its wet spots. But, taken as a whole, Indiana has been politically very dry. It has the most rigid dry laws to be found. Furthermore, the Anti-Saloon League has been & power in politics here. Both the league and the W. C. T. U. are working hard for the election of Mr. Hoover and against Gov. Smith. It is the practice of the league to announce its choice of candidates a few days be- fore election day. On the Sunday be- fore election the lists of candidates ap- proved by the Anti-Saloon League are ead from many of the Protestant pul- pits throughout the State. The list this year will carry strong indorsement of Hoover and Curtis. Rev. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Indiana, has just returned to Indianapolis from the shadow of the Indiana State farm, to which he had been sentenced for 60 days because of contempt of the State Supreme Court. He was pardoned by Gov. Jackson just as he was entering | the institution. However,. Arthur M. Gilliom, attorney general, has filed a motion asking the court to make Shu- maker serve his 60 days, notwithstand- ing the pardon. of the governor, on the ground that the governor has no busi- ness to interfere with the judiciary in that manner. The court stood three to two when it sentenced Shumaker, and one of the judges who voted with the majority is up for re-election. In the gubernatorial race it is pos- sible that the Anti-Saloon League will give both candidates a clean bill of health. But the dry league is expected to go the route for Senator Arthur Robinson, who is up for re-election this year. Robinson has been a stanch friend of the dry league. opposed by Albert Stump, who came within 11,000 votes of defeating Sen- ator Watson in 1926. But the general opinion in Indiana, both Republican and Democratic, is that Robinson will be the victor. Charge after charge has inst Robinson to the ef- fect that he tied in with the Klan and with Stephenson, but in spite of these charges, Robinson appears to be running strong, and it is said he will| poll nearly as many votes as Hoover on election day. Stump’s campaign is criticized as too wishy washy to have much effect. SHOOTS WIFE AND FRIEND, THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE By the Associated Press. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., October 23.—One man was dead and three other persons were not expected to recover following a shooting episode and an automobile accident near here early today. Sam Campbell shot his wife and a | can and non-partisan, indicate - that | neighbor, Wilbur Carlos, with a shotgun while many of the Democratic farmers | and then took his own life. Elmer are rallying to the Smith cause, the Re- | Carlos, a brother of the wounded man, | publican farmers are standing firm for the Republican ticket. It is likely, too, | sustained a frac car smashed into another automobile skull when his that for every Republican farmer who | as he was hastening for a physician. o2s over to Smith there will be a dry ocratic farmer who will cast_his| the Carlos - husband vote for Hoover. Mrs. Campbell had sought shelter at home when she reported her had threatened her with a Senator “Jim” Watson, still the dom- ' shotgun. inant figure in Republican ‘politics in | this Staie, has taken off h.llmgd and gone to work now for the Hoover-Cur- tis ticket. The Watson organization, which is another way of saying the Re- publican State organization, is working for Hoover as well as for the State ticket. Watson has made many speeches for Hoover. In the Spring prima: Watson defeated Hoover for the presi- dential preference and won a solid delegation to the Republican national | convention. The campaign then was made against Mr. Hoover on the ground | that he opposed the McNary-Haugen farm bill and had been a consistent supporter of the administration in its attitude toward the farm problem. G. 0. P, Wins Colored Voters, Several weeks ago it looked very much as though a great majority of the colored voters would support Smith. But there has been a shift back to Re- publican lines on their part recently and claims are now made with con- siderable justification that half of these voters, at least, will support the Hoo- ver-Curtis ticket, and possibly more. All kinds of claims are made in regard to the size of the colored vote in In- diana, some placing it as high e SPEAKS AT RALLY Attorney to Address Gathering at Mayflower Tonight. Charles A. Douglas, attorney, will be the principal speaker at a Democratic | rally to be held in the garden of the Mayflower Hotel tonight. He will speak on hibition and the Republican Party.” ‘The rally will he held under the auspices of the Women's Smith-Robinson clubs of the District and Mrs. C. F. Taylor, president of the organization Robinson is | THE EVENING | Group in dress rehearsal first annual grand visitation of grand officer: front row, left to right: Mrs. Gladys Crowles, Miss Florence Branson, Mrs. Ira E. Keck, Photograph shows, Thrasher. Back row: STAR., WASHINGTON. Lavada Court. The play will be directed by Mrs. Jesse W. Cowles. N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1928 of a play to be given by Cathedral Chapter No. 14, Eastern Star, in connection with the s of the order tomorrow at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, Third and E streets. | Mrs. Elda Johnson, Mrs. Leola Ferber, Miss Frances Chalk and Miss Hilda Miss Carrie Thrasher and Mrs. ——Star Staff Photo. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ACQUITTED ON CHARGE OF Cabin John-Glen Echo Par- eni-Teacher Group Exon- erates Jewel. Anti and Pro Smith Data Is Recited by Author ‘of Resolution. Charged with espousing the doctrine of secession and holding it justified by the Declaration of Independence, E. G. Jewel, principal of the Cabin John School, last night was tried and ac- uitted by the Cabin John-Glen Echo arent-Teacher Association. Principal Jewel's acquittal consisted of his denying the allegation and defy- ing the allegator and being awarded a vote of confidence by the parents and teachers of his school. Forty or fifty members of the associa- tion met in the schoolhouse last night to go through the motions of the usual parent-teacher meeting. It was time for adjournment when one of the members, 8. A, Strickland, rose and calmly prof- fered the charge against the prineipal. “It seems,” he said, “that in the past two or three weeks there has been noticed about the school here a mark- ed disrespect for constituted authority and for the principles upon which our democracy is buiit, and T am not will- ing for this to occur in the school my children attend.” Then he introduced a resolution pur- porunJ to_show that Principal Jewel recently had, in the presence of le witnesses, stated his position as to the doctrine of “secession. ~ The resolution went on to put the members of the association In the position of asking a public acknowledgement of error by Principal Jewel. Alden A. Potter, author of the reso- lution, moved for its adoption and his motion was seconded. After heated dis- cussion it was decided to defer action until Principal Jewel arrived to defend ‘himself. The meeting continued on again until Principal Jewel arrived, at about 10 o'clock. The resolution was brought be- fore the meeting again and the prin- cipal was called upon to make his de- fense. ‘I deny that I ever said I believed in the doctrine of secession, and I call for the witnesses,” the principal said. will preside. RO led upon Mrs. Humph: R | 0 "R IESS SECESSION TALK E. G. JEWEL. —Star Staff Photo. rey, wife of Dr. J. B. Humphrey, presi- dent of the association, to state whether she heard Principal Jewel's opinion on secession at a recent meeting at the principal's home. “All I heard,” Mrs. Humphrey sald, “was Mr. Jewel and Mr. Potter argu- ing.” Mr. Potter assumed the prosecution, and stated that in a political argument Principal Jewel had made his views clear on ‘secession. This again was denied by Principal Jewel. Then Mr. Strickland withdrew _the resolution, and on motion of W. B. Armstrong the association passed a resolution of con- fidence in the principal. After the meeting Mr. Potter ex- plained that the whole matter grew out of an Argument between himself and Principal Jewel on the merits of Al Smith, Mr. Potter is an anti-Smith Democrat. Principal Jewel is a pro- Smith Democrat. “My stand with Mr, Jewel was,” said Mr. Potter, “that Gov. Smith says he believes in an amendment to the eighteenth amendment which would give to each State the right, after ap- proval by a referendum vote, to with- draw_from the control of our constitu- tional law, and I claim that is seces- sion. Mr. Jewel did not agree with me and there the matter stood.” American_bathing suits have become popular in Peru, (500 B e DR ENSIGN IS AWARDED LIFE-SAVING MEDAL Oscar L. Otterson Gets Treasury | jeaders in Trophy for Rescnfng Civilian From Drowning. A silver life-saving medal has been awarded by the Treasury Department to Ensign Oscar L. Otterson, U. S. N. who is now serving aboard the U. S. 8. New York, for rescuing G. R. Willlams, a civilian of Washington, who had gone overboard into deep water from the seawall of the United States Ncval Academy, fully clothed and wearing a heavy overcoat. In making this an- nouncement today, the Navy Depart- ment made public a letter from Rear Admiral R. H. Leigh, chief of the Bu- reau of Navigation, forwarding him the medal. The department’s announcement said ‘hat about 10:30 p.m: Saturday, March J. 1928, Ensign Otterson, then a mid- hipman, first class, at the risk of hlsl 'wn life, went to the rescue of Mr. Williams. Read Admiral Louis M. Nulton, com- | manding the academy, recommended Otterson for the award. Added interest was lent to the .ase at the time, inasmuch as Otterson had tried unsuccessfully to pass the life- saving test at the academy, then, by his heroic rescue, automatically quali- fled. | | lion souls will accept the verdict. | less” The History of Presidential Elections XXITI—What of Tod BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Author of “The American Government.” On the sixth day of November more than 30,000,000 Americans will cast their ballots for the electors who name the next President of the United States. This will be a mighty army, shoulder to shoulder, a string of men and women 10,000 miles long. From their voting will come a plurality for some candi- date, perhaps of one vote, perhaps of 5,000,000 votes. Whatever it is, a Na- tion of some hundred and twenty l!;lfl- ar- tisanship will be silenced, patriotism will acclaim a new leader of a united people. What will have been decided? To those who say there is very little difference between the two great par- ties of today there is one positive an- swer—someching has caused a great many people to change their party alignments. When there is a large shift, a more or less general bolting of party lines, there must be a cause, an issue, or several causes and several is- sues. Analysis and, study of present facts and historic backgrounds reveal the causes and the issues of today more clearly than do party platforms, those cautious generalities so largely drafted with the knowledge that sugar catches more flies than vinegar. It is not sufficient to say that the difference lies not in the parties but in the candidates. Granting this to be true, the parties picked the candidates, and to some extent they follow the candidates. If the difference lies in candidates, it lies not in their personal appearance, the tone of their voices or the cut of their clothes. It lies in principles which they advocate and ex- press, which become, in fact, the prin- ciples of the parties. Shifting of Leaders Significant. One obvious sign of this campaign has been the shifting of leaders from party to party, and where a few lead- ers, made cautious by long political experience, are willing to shift their allegiance, It is certain that many fol- lowers have changed. Another indica- tion, rare in modern history, has been the active participation of religious the campaign. Not in the memory of men now living has here cen & time when bishops and min- isters of the gospel have become the ardent advocates, even from their pul- pits, of one candidate or one party. ‘When Jefferson wrote the Virginia bill of religious liberty, he lald a basis for the conservative clergy of his day to align themselves openly with the | Federalist party and against the “god- Democratic-Republicans. The clerical efforts failed to hold their con- gregations in line on election day. Again, when slavery was an issue, the two greatest Protestant denominations split into Northern and Southern groups, and we have Northern and Southern Methodists and Baptists to this day. Probably with the exception of these two instances there has never been more religion mixed in our poli- ties than there is today. Bolters Assign Reasons. The causes of shifting party align- ments have usually been stated by the bolters of 1928. Democrats have left their party, stating that they will not support a candidate who suggests any possible change in the prohibition amendment or the Volstead enforce- ment act. Some have added that they will not support a New York candidate who is aligned with the Tammany So- jety. Republicans have left their stating that they believe a bet- ter solution for the prohibition ques- tion must be found. Others have de- clared that they see in the greater hope for an adjustnient of the economic disadvantages of lculture. Scarcely a person prominent in polit- ical life has given as a reason for changing his alignment the religious faith of either of the candidates, and few ministers of the gospel, in support- ing or opposing either candidate, have given religion as the reason. This ret- icence to bring religion openly into the contest indicates both a respect for the constitutional guarantees of freedom of mshlfi. and a regard for the historic fact than an attack uj a candidate upon religious grounds in the past won votes for the man attacked. Smith’s Losses and Gains Cited. Gov. Smith has nevertheless probably both lost and gained -votes because he is & Roman Catholic. No man of his faith has ever been elected President. The preachers active in his opposition are Protestants. Mr. Hoover has probably lost and gained a lesser num- ber of votes because he is a Quaker. Those questioning his religious quali- fication for the presidency have not been preachers, but persons moved by the non-resisting belief of his church which has in some cases prevented its members from taking arms in defense of the country. This campaign has seen a material shifting in party affiliation, and the vote may demonstrate a still greater shift among those whose political opin- ions find no expression save in the ballot box. The differences between the to ernment, or have our ?ecter‘:?ud il:lw l‘l sort of est ween rival groups tion as ‘amused, {5 election, and g m“xgn-hn" slon 1o the election, ve e: will of the majority of those who vote. It remains a question whether that majority will be a majority of those who could and should vote. There are & few outstanding issues’ There are many other ‘nvc roblems just ahead. ‘There are well quall and well kno candidates. Here is a Nation, leader of the world in intellect, liberty, wealth, culture. 1Is it going forward through the will of its popusfl!on of today, or drifting on the momentum given by driving forces of a generation past? Are we making our Nation, or accept- ing but the resources and blessings handed to us by nature and by our lurlebnrs? t is too soon to pass any sort of judgment other than temporary on the candidates and the issues of the hour. It is not too soon to realize that un- less our elections are a complete and free expression of the whole body of the people, our democracy is slipping backward. our Republic is in danger. The size of the vote on November 6 will perhaps be il ps as important as its ‘Tomorrow: Election Returns. SMITH'S BOSTON SPEECH ON RADIO TOMORROW Broadeasting Will Start at 9 parties have not been broad. The shift- ing must to some degree be attributed to reasons not fully publicly expressed. As is customary, each party has directed its efforts to three purposes— keeping enthusiasm high among those definitely determined in its cause, win- ning voters from the opposition, and persuading the neutral or negligent citi- zens to vote. Great sums have been conttibuted and expended for each side. Probably the last of the three purposes outlined has had more attention than ever before. A score and more years ago, and back through pur history, the privilege of the ballot was held in high esteem. Every citizen, with few excep- tions, voted at all elections. “Get Out the Vote!” In recent years the practice has been more and more neglected. Theoretically about 60,000,000 people are eligible to vote in the United States. Qualifying 1aws regarding illiterates, poll taxes, early registration and other require- ments cut down this number, yet it is safe to say that if every.})erwn eligible by Midsummer would qualify for voting, there could be 50.000,000 ballots counted in November. If more than 30.000,000 people vote, it will be the greatest num- ber in history. Students of government see a great danger in this neglect of the ballot, and partisan workers see in it the op- portunity to increase their party show- ing and win the decision. Will the pub- lic this year respond to the joint cry of patriotism and of partnership, and take part in the election? Will the women of the Nation accept the duty and privilege conferred on them after a long struggle through the nineteenth | - amendment, or will but 35 per cent of them participate, as in the recent past? Will America come. to consider they were only a pair of honeymooners . .. young and foolish like the rest of us. .. looking for World's End . . . exploring from valley to valley the mysterious Smokies ... the land of the Sky-Blue Mountains . . . with only their faithful Studebaker to share their secrets . . . when suddenly She spoke as wives from time to time have always spoken, “Henry, you forgot to fill up on gas when we went through Old Fort”. . . Henry confessed 0’Clock, Eastern Time, Over ‘WJZ Network. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 23.—Gov. Smith’s address at Boston, tomorrow night, will be broadcast, starting at 9 o'clock, Eastern time, over WJZ and a network embracing WBZ, § Mass.: WBZA. Boston: 0 more; g ;: WLW. Cincinnati; A Chicago; KWK, St. Louis; KPOK‘SIWH Francisco; KGO, San Prancisco; KOMO, Seattle; KFI, Los Angeles; KGW, Portland, Oreg.; KHQ, Spokane; WSM. Nashville; KPRC, Houston: WMC, Memphis; WSB, Atlanta; KOA, Denver; KSL, Salt Lake City; A Superior, Wis.; WRC, Washington; g’mM; Dallas, and WOAI, San An- 0. More stations may be the National Bmdczsflng %‘:‘;‘u‘d‘w — DARROW FOR SMITH. Democratic Nominee More Progressive Than G. 0. P. DICHICAGO, oe:ober 23 (#).—Clarence rrow, noted lawyer, yesterday was named chairman of the Dlinois branch ve uuuey!or 'Al Smith of the for President.” Prank alsh _of New York is general chairman of the Says * * We did not mention in this little story above how the bride was so immensely impressed with Henry’s knowledge of the road. Yet, as a matter of fact, Henry had planned his bridal trip with theconnivanceofthe‘Standard”™ Touring Service and a carefully marked “Standard” road map. This service is yours for the asking. Free. Write Standard Touring Service, 26 Broadway, New York, N. Y., for informa- tion and maps to guide you on your trip. as 120,000. There is no doubt but what the loss of practically all the colored vote would be a serious blow to the Republicans. They lost a good part of it in 1924, when Jackson, the so-called Klan candidate for governor, was run- ning. lx’}g‘! Ku Klux Klan has been thor- oughly discredited in this State and none of the candidates are anxious to tie up with that organization, openly at least. Efforts have been made to re- vive the Klan in some parts of the State. The Klan paper, the Fiery Cross, has appeared again for an issue or two. It was the Klan domination of the Republican party and administra- tion and the revelations of the extent of that domination that helped to give Indiana its black eye in the last few he had and was forgiven . .. ‘but what shall we do?” she cried . . .“I just know we are almost out of gas”...and Henry smiled —a slightly superior smile — as is the manner of young husbands, and said . . . “don’t worry, dear, just around the bend there will be a B.R.S.P.x”. . .“what’s that?”. . . she cried . . . “you’ll see in a moment” said Henry . . . and sure enough, just around the next bend, right beside the crossroads and the general store, stood Henry’s B, R.S. P. % | CHARACTER FURNITURE —is more than the name—it’s the very rudiment by which it is sold—Character of man is the very back- bone of his existence—so it is that Kaufmann’s has grown to the magnitude of 21 stores—21 cities. D. C. Stephenson, now serving a life sentence for the murder of a young girl, was the Klan leader when the or- ganization was at its height in this State. His word was law and politi- cans fell all over the‘msslve;lm {ur':rs‘s support in their campaigns. e story D(pgan control in the politics of Indi- ana iz one of the ugliest that has ever smeared the annals of American polit- fea! history. It was Stephenson's boast when he was in_command that the Klan had more than 400,000 members in Indi- ana. It was recruited largely as an enti-Catholic organization, and while the Klan has been discredited and its membership has fallen low, the senti- ment which lay back of it has not evaporated. Religious Issue Felt. The so-called religious issue is mak- ing itself felt in Indiana as in other States. But Chairman Rogers of the Republican State committee insists that his organization has given it no countenance; that he has told every ome it must not be encouraged. 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