Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1930, Page 28

FOURTH TERM CRY ISRAISEDBY G.0.P. Governor’s Re-Election, How- ever, Is Looked For After Vigorous Campaign. Svecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 1-—Gov. Albert C. Ritchie appears to be the victor in the Maryland gubernatorial fight with predictions being made even among Republican leaders that his ma- ty for the State will be at least ,000 and may concelvably pass the mark of 60,000—by which he won four years ago. ‘The Maryland Governor is running for his fourth consecutive term in a State which never before elected any other man to more than one term as Governor, In 1919 Gov. Ritchie won by the narrow margin of 165 votes. In l;?! his majority was 41,000 and three years later (one year having been cut off his second term when the State government was reorganized) his ma- Jority was 60,000 Should the governor’s majority this year run as high as it did four years ago there is a feeling among Demo- cratic leaders here that Mr. Ritchie's chances for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932 would be greatly cason a last- to give him the benefit of every vote. Marylanders_think that the Ritchie | presidential chances depend on two ings. The first is the size of his ma- jority next Tuesday and the second is the showing made Go Roosevelt in New York. The opinion here is that the Democratic choice has Stands on 10-Year Record. The campaign for Governor has been waged principally on the record made by the Governor during the last 10 ‘The Governor not only has stood record but he has taken pleas- ure in telling about it in each of his speeches, incidentally quoting hational ut.burm-hw‘lmdwutmbeen Ang: | privately, at least, not enthusiastic about fight, but is expected to win. Clark Certain to Lose. One of the Republicans—Linwood L. Clark, from the second congressional district—is certain to lose his seat to William P. Cole, jr, who occupled it from 1927 to 1929. The other gepu.b- chairman lican—] of the on Affairs of of bia—is being so hard pressed that his chances of re- election are dublous. David J. Lewis, former representative the sixth onal _district, It is a question, however, whether his majority in this section of the State ‘will be sufficient to overcome what gains Mr. Zihiman may make in the heavily Republican Countles of Allegany and Garrett. Mr. Zihlman two years ago won by a margin of 10,000 votes, but President Hoover at the same time carried the district by 27,000 votes. With Gov. Ritchie running at the top of the ticket Mr. Lewis' position this year will be stronger. Mr. Zihlman also suffers two liabilities which he did not have in 1928 One is his_indictment for using the malls to defraud, and the other is the business depression and general unrest. Three Sure of Re-election. The Democratic Representatives rea- | sonably certain of re-election are Stephen W. Gambrill in the fifth, or Southern Maryland, district, J. Charles Linthicum in the fourth district, which is wholly within Baltimore City, and T. Alan Goldsborough in the first, or East- | ern Shore, district. Representative Vincent L. Palmisano, Democrat, d by the wet Repub- 1ican, John Philip Hill, is baving a hard time to retain his seat from the third, or East Baltimore, district. But he is now being picked as the winner, al- though it is fully expected that his ma- Jority will not be large. ‘Thus, barring last-minute upsets, it looks as if the Democrats will gain one and possibly two of the Maryland seats in the House of Representatives. It was only within the last few days that it seemed possible for Mr. Lewis to defeat the strongly intrenched Mr. Zihlman and Democratic strategists in Washing ton are counting on a gain in the House of only one from Maryland. e ERLAED DUMB MADE TO SPEAK PITTSBURGH, November 1 (#).— Percy Johnson, colored, was in court yesterday charged with violating an ordinance against peddling on the streets. The cards he was selling gave instructions for use of the sign the ‘magistrate addressed a question to Johnson he motioned to- ward his mouth, indicating he couldn’t except by signs. ) the m-n'-trate, with oze eye on cords, bozm to spell with his net-y - f-f-v-e d-0-l-l-a-r-s, ot t-h-i-r-t-y d-a-y-s.” \u “What 13!‘,7" cri’ed the astonished “Jobnson in . voice ‘that showed no slgns of impairment. KENTUCKY EXPECTS THE SUNDAY STAR RITCHIE CAMPAIGN HOLDS CENTER OF INTEREST IN NEARBY STATES | fitth district, and Col. John Philip Hill sentatives from the third district. Upper (left to right), Gov, Albert C. Ritchie and Mayor Willlam F. Broe- ning of Baltimore, opposing candidates in the gubernatorial race; Representative Frederick N. Zihlman (R.), candidate for re-election from the sixth district. Lower (left to right), David J. Lewis (D.), who is opposing Mf. Zihlman; Representative Stephen W. Gambrill (D.), who seeks to retain his seat in the (R.), eandidate for the House of Repre- DEMOCRATIC GAINS Loss of Four or Five House| Seats and Senatorship Seen for G. 0. P. Special Dispatch to The LOUISVILLE, Ky. . Kentucky Democrats apparently will recover at least four and probably all five of the seats in the House which they lost In the Hoover landslide 1928, but whether they will defeat the Republican candidate for the Senate presents another and far more delicate problem in the gentle art of prognosti- “mm that the natural e that na advantage which business recession may be said to give the party out of power is sup- plemented in Kentucky by the effects of a disastrous drought which has not yet been broken. It is true also that United States Benator John M. Robsion, the Republi- can nominee, faces the bility of & certain amount of ection in his own congressional district—the banner Republican district of the State—and that elsewhere, many iblicans are, his candidacy. Nevertheless, to assume that these handicaps are insurmount- able becomes absurd, when all the cir- cumstances are considered. Robsion Better Financed. In the first place, Mr. Robsion ap- , everything, to have an considerably superior to the that of his opponents and he or so = T Although proceeded in 1929 to elect a safe State legislative majority, the Democrats seem not to have recov- ered altogether from the crushing ef- fects of 1928. At any rate, nearly every observer reports that they lack that would be oconsidered absolute! - “”;':r to success. a5 e instance, the Louisville dis- trict, they did not even put a candidate ;tla:molgnm in the 1"md. This is ex- as “strategy,” it is argued it since many Louisville Republu:lmu:'e presumably cool to Mr. Robsion, they will not take the trouble to go to the lis if it is not necessary to do s0 order to insure the re-election of Representative Maurice H. Thatcher. Buch “strategy” as this may be evi-| g;‘::‘c: of cunring, but not of fighting Judge M. M. Logan of the State Court of Appeals is the Democratic candidate for the long term, and Ben & wealthy business man of Germany. Mr. Robsion, Who was appointed b; Gov. Flem D. to succeed Mr. Sackett, 18 running for both the long and short terms. Judge Logan, of course, has the center of the stage on the Democratic side, and whatever may be said about the coolness of many Republicans toward Mr. Robsion must also be sald about the feeling of many Democrats toward their nominee. In Loulsville at least, perhaps the most striking feature of the campaign to date has been the readiness of numerous stalwart Republicans and Democrats alike, in private conversation, to express | lukewarm opinions about their respec- tive candidates. Partisans, in discuss- | ing the two candidates, almost speak | | the :‘:ggunx: o non-pariisans. - This tsi E ing loesn't in Kentucky. oy Race Not Exciting. It follows that the contest which is | drawing to a close cammot, by S | stretch of imagination, be described as having been exciting_ or bitter. Mr. Robsion and Judge Logan have said bitter things about each other, but so | far they have not incited large num- bers of their supporters to violent emotions, although each has loyal friends and vigorous assailants. { Judge has endeavored to cap- | italize whatever antagonism toward Gov. | Sampson may exist in the State, since | the Governor and Mr. Robsion are political allies of the closest sort. Judge | Logan has charged that Gov. Sampson’s reward for espousing Mr. Robslon’s | candidacy, will be appointment as a United States district judge. ‘The | Democratic candidate pledges himself o exert hé';,bms'“"m' it elected, to wa) V. ampson’s supposed }lml?rwlm. - am elected,” Judge Logan has | said over and over again, “the reward will not come to him as I will never vote for his confirmation as a Federal | judge, but I can prevent his confirma- on by presenting the charges made against him by Robert H. Lucas while | they were candidates for the nomina- tion for Governor.” In the Republican gubernatorial pri- mary of 1927, Mr. Lucas, now executive director of ‘the Republican National | Committee, contested for the nomina- |tion and made an energetic, if un- successful, campaign. One of his con- | tributions was the designation of his ;zgflm\mt as “Flim Flam Flem,” nickname is still applied to Gov. Sampson by his opponents. Faction Against Robsion. | Without ing into intricacles of | factional politics, it may be said that, speaking generally, those Republicans who supported Mr. Lucas in 1927 are | the Republicans who are now the least ardent about Mr. Robsion. This _ele- militancy which, in other conditions, | the | mons 1n CLEAN SWEEP HOPE All Ten Representatives and Bailey for Senate Pros- pects of Tuesday Vote. Special Dispatch to The Star. H, N. C, November 1.—The prospects are that North Carolina, now represented in the House by eight Democrats and two Republicans, will of | send 10 Democrats to the lower House ‘William of Congress and elect Josiah Bailey, who defeated Senator F. M. Simmons for Democratic nomina. tion for the United States Senate, by & normal jority, which ranges in off years from 75,000 to 85, ‘The only district now regarded as at all doubtful is the ninth, in which Representative Ch-orles A. Jones, Re- publican national committeeman for this State, and Maj. A. L. Bulwinkle, who represented the district from 1921 to 1029, are repeating their 1928 con- test. The general feeling is that Jonas, who has been rather successfully on the alert to further the interests of his dis- trict, is stronger than his rny, and that Bulwinkle, who gained and lost followers by his activities as principal champion of the cotton mills in the strikes of last year, is weaker his party, but to a lesser extent. Confident of Bulwinkle. tion would undoubtedly be re-elected despite fact that the Democratic majority in the ninth is usually larger than ‘!hh‘:c in three other districts in the But neither of these conditions pre- vail and qualified observers who have traveled the district are confident of Bulwinkle's election. “The fact that Gedrge M. Pritchard, other Republican Congress member from this State, is running for the United States Senate instead of for re- election has been regarded all along as a tacit admission that the Demo- crats would win in the tenth district, an impression which has been strength- ened as the campaign progressed. Brownlow Jackson, former State chair- man, and the nominee in the tenth, has strength, but hardly enough to de- feat Zebulon Weaver, who was in Con- gress for 12 years until swept out by the anti-Smith landslide. The Republican Congressional Com- mittee has sent funds into these two districts and into one other, the seventh, where the Democrats think they have solved the problem created by the re- cent death of Representative W. O. Hammer with two nominations, putting up Walter Lambeth, well known busi- ness man for the regular term and glving the short term nomination to candidate is known, but a tireless campaigner. Little Doubt in Others. The other seven districts are regarded as_practically free from doubt. Mr. Pritchard in his campaign for the Senate has devoted himself almost exclusively to an effort to win the ele- ment which supported Senator Sim- Democratic primary. If he has made headway it is not per- ceptible, although Senator Simmons himself has not only refused to say anything for Bailey and quickly brand- cd as “unauthorized” & statement by one of the Simmons primary campaign managers, who in introducing Mr. Bailey to an audience declared that he thought Senator Simmons wanted the whole Democratic ticket elected. However, Senator Simmons based his repudiation entirely on the ground that he was able to make his own state- ments without help from another and apparently has done nothing to influ- ence his followers to vote elther way. There will be individual defections from Bailey, but there is no trace of the organized effort which led to Hoover's carrying the State in 1928. And the only serious question about Mr. Bailey's election is the size of his majority. e with no clmm:t but to lul;cept Mr. Rob- slon as the party's nominee. Last Sum:n it was Mr. Robsion's fate to sponsor a candidate for the Re- publican congressional nomination in the eleventh district who encountered the flercest kind of opposition within the party. The Robsion candidate, Charles Pinley, was nominated and will be elected in November. But Demo- crats hope that the bitter enmities evidenced in August may hold down the Republican majority in the sena- torigl nominee’s own bailiwick. Democrats are also hopeful as to the situation in the tenth district, long the stronghold of the Langleys, while Re- publicans say they have reason to be- lieve that in the normally Democratic fon district, represented by a Re- landslide, publican since the Hoover ous | they will hold the ground gained in 1928. Taken as a whole, Kentucky pros- pects seem to resolve themselves to this: It the country is in & mood to rebuke the Hoover administration at the polls to any considerable extent, Kentucky very likely will go along with the rest, for the conditions making for discon- tent exist in this State. Evidence that this discontent will take expression at the polls in votes for Democrats has not been hoping to nip Mr. Rob- sion’s senatorial aspirations—tl have obvious yea been several ap-rg ew's Te- and Mr. Tor Beriin left them T k| been as clear in Kentucky as in some of the neighboring States, bute the very silence of the voters may an omi- nous sign. OF . C. DEMOCRATS WASHINGT DEMOCRATS GAIN IN WEST VIRGINIA Expected to Furnish at Least | One Representative and One Senator. Bpeoial Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. November 1. ~—Aside from detecting a feeling of cer- tainty, which seems to be general, that West Virginia will elect a Democratic United States Senator and at least one Democratic Representative, there are too many doubtful angles involving the other contests for any one to venture, with any sense of accuracy, a predic- tion of what will happen in Tuesday's election. Democratic Trend Noted. ‘The trend, throughout the State, ap- Be:n to be abnormally favorable to the mocrats, but their success will de- pend upon the size of the vote cast. If the vote is large, Democratic chances will be increased proportionately. If the vote is small, everything will be more favorable to the Republicans win- ning five of the six congressional seats and also maintaining their majorities in both Houses of the Legislature. This view of the situation is reflected in statements issued by the Republi- | can and Democratic State chairmen on | the eve of the close of the campaign. “We will win if the normal Repub- | lican votes goes to the polls,” was the view of Charles G. Carrigan, Republi- can campaign chairman, expressed in & statement issued at headquarters today. . Democratic Chairman Confident. R. Finley Dunlap, Democratic cam- chairman, spoke with more as- surance. He predicted a majority of not less than 40,000 for former Senator M. M. Neely of Fairmont, candidate for the United States Senate, over his Republican opponent, James Ellwood Jones of Switchback. The Democratic chairman added: “If present indica- tions of a landslide mature, Neely’s ma- Jority may soar to record heights.” As viewed from here, three days be- fore the election, the situation appears to_be about as follows: United States Senate—Victory for former Senator Neely appears almost certain, due to his personal popularity, his strenuous campaign, the support of organized labor and no opposition from coal operator sources, as against the obscure nality of Mr. Jones, his opponent, faflure of Republicans to show united enthusiasm for their candi- date and fear regarding reports of the use of money by the Switchback coal operator to have himself nominated. G. 0. P. Strong in Race for House. House of Representatives: Pirst district—] sentative Carl G. Bachmann of Wheeling, Republican, ap- Beem to _have the advantage over his 'mocratic o] ent, R. L. Ramsey of Wheeling, as re have been no indi- cations of break in this strongly Re- publican section, although the normal Republican vote may be reduced. cond district—Jennings Randolph of Elkins, Democrat, is new to politics, but has conducted such an aggressive campaign that he has attracted the at- tention of the whole State, and is re- ported to have reduced the prospects of his Republican opponent, Representa- tive Frank L. Bowman of Morgantown, 80 that their chances are nearly even, with the advantage leaning to Bowman. Third district—This contest is said to be about even between Representative John M. Wolverton of Richwood, Re- publican, and Lynn S. Horonor of Clarksburg, Democrat. Fourth District Contested. Fourth district — This contest has been a matter of much speculation throughout the State for several weeks and observers are pointing to a likely victory by L. R. Via of Huntingjon, Democrat, over Robert L. Hogg of Point Pleasant, Republican. Via 15 reported to be especially strong in his home county of Cabell, which has the largest vote in the district. Hogg also is the Republican candidate for the short| term in the fourth district, to succeed the late Representative James A. Hughes of Huntington, who died last March, over Mrs. George W. Johnson of Parkersburg, Democratic nominee. It is believed that the only chance Mrs. | Johnson will have will be in the event | an unusually large Democratic vote is polled. Fifth district—Representative Hugh | Ike Shott of Bluefield is popular | throughout the southern counties of the State and his chances of re-election are | regarded generally as much better than | former Representative T. J. Lilly's of Hinton, his Democratic opponent. Smith Re-election Predicted. Sixth district — The re-election of Representative Joseph L. Bmith, Demo- crat, of Beckley, is predicted by ob- servers, who assign various reasons for the failure of Fred O. Blue, Charleston lawyer and former prohibition commis- sioner, to strike a popular note. The campalgn has been unusual for an off-year. In 1922, the Democrats, some- what unexpectedly elected Mr. Neely to his first term in the United States Senate, sent four out of the six Repre- sentatives to Washington and elected a majority of the House of Delegates. | tion in all sections is taken by Demo- Since then, however, the Republicans have regained more than they lost, un- | til now they are in control of every| important public office in the State, ex- | cept one congressional district. Fear | of a repetition of 1922 brought the Re- | publicans into the campaign with all| they possess. While they brought in | outside speakers, including members of the cabinet, to address the voters and | appeal for support of the national ad- ministration, their main fight has been centered on the legislative tickets, par- ticularly in Kanawha, Logan and Boone Countles, where Walter 5. Hallanan of Charleston, Republican national com- mitteeman; is fighting for his political life in secking re-election to the State nate. Jones Meets Opposition. Mr. Jones became a candidate for the Senate nomination last Spring after Senator Guy D. Goff withdrew, giving ill health as his reason. Mr. Jones was very little known outside of his own county of McDowell, except among the coal industry. is announcement im- mediately brought out the knowledge that he is a man of great wealth, and this, coupled with'the little that was known of him, started reports of the use of money. These reports became so persistent after his nomination that the Nye Senatorial Campaign Investigating Committee sent its agents into the State to make inquiries. These agents caused the spread of reports that the com- mittee itself would come into the State to hold hearings, but they did not materialize. At any rate, the reports had their effect, apparently to the injury of Mr. Jones’ candidacy. Another charge brought against Jones was that he was the father of the so- called “Yellow Dog” contract, having used it in the operation of his mines to prevent the employment of union labor several years ago. Mr. Jones did not deny the charge, but in & state. ment issued recently he asserted tha the contract was invoked in order to fl_rrotect his property from damage by esponsible persons who were at that time trying to bring about civil war in | ters West Virginia. At any rate, organized labor has used the “Yellow Dog” con- tract argument as its reason for oppos- ing the McDowell County operstor. Two_years ago, when Mr. ly was a cur'fldr:u h'::l mceed hi in the Senate, he open Tt of & mmummm&omu FIGHTH VA DISTRICT RACE 1S APATHETIC Politicians See Complete Re- turn to Normal Demo- cratic Control. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 1—A| complete return to normal Democratic political control in tis section s secn| v politiclans previewing the general State elections which take place Tues- day. Total lack of interest in the elec- crats as an admission of defeat by Re- publican and independent candidates, and the two Democratic color bearers are expected to gain an easy victory, although a light vote will be polled. The Democratic nomination until 1928 had always been regarded as tan- tamount to election, and this condition | is viewed as having returned. Although the State and this city went Republican during the Hoover-Smith campaign, no| test was had in regard to the congres- | sional elections, as Senator Claude| Swanson and Representative R. Walton | Moore were unopposed in that election. Congressional Race. Howard W. Smith of this city, winner in the hardest fought Democratic pri| mary in this section in the memory of | living politicians, is o d in the race| for Congress in the general election by | Dr. F. M. Brooks, Republican, of Fair- fax County, and John M. Daniel, an independent, of Stafford County. Re- publicans do not seem to be flocking to Brooks, who has carried the party's banner in previous elections without success. Daniel is not known outside| of his home county, and is expected to poll a very small vote. The vote here is not expected to ex- ceed 1,800, and may fall somewhat be- low that figure. In the August 3,825 votes were polled, but it was only after the hardest kind of work and be- cause of the closeness of the contest' that so many were gotten to the polls.| Estimates of the expected Republican| vote vary, with the figure set by several at about 600. ‘The heaviest vote anywhere in the eighth district is expected in Arlington County. The county is normally Re- publican, and it is thought that many Democrats who supported State Senator Frank L. Ball in his race against Smith for the nomination will not support Smith at this time. The former Circuit Court judge, however, is expected to| carry the county by a good majority, since he has a great many friends in that section. County Ru. Fight. What will bring out the vote in Arl- ington County is the local question of whether or not & county manager form of government is to he adopted, and, if 80, whether the representatives are to be elected at large or by district. Voters who will come to the polls to decide this question will increase the con- gressional and senatorial vote. Senator Carter Glass has two oppo- nents in his race for re-election, but| neither is_expected to give him much | trouble. There is no Republican candi- date in the field. At the Republican convention, held in Roanoke, it was decided to leave the question of an op- ponent to Glass up to the Executive Committee of the party, and no one was placed in the field by that com- mittee, Opposing Glass are Joe C. Mor- gan_of Fairfax County, Socialist, and| J. Oloyd Byars of Arlington County, | running on an independent ticket. | Byars has been consistently unsuc- ul in past attempts to win political offices. He was once a member of the Democratic party, but left the fold, and has sttacked Glass on the Federal | Reserve System and other issues. Mor- | gan, the Socialist candidate, is also considered to have no chance by pum-} fcal writers, his party never ha | been strong in the State. Lax in Fairfax, Too. The lack of interest in the elections| is also apparent in Fairfax County,| even though Dr. Brooks is a resident| of that section. He is expected to poll a considerable complimentary vote, as| he is well known in that county, but Smith is expected to have little trouble in carrying the county. The elghth congressional district is composed of Arlington, Fairfax, Fau- quier, Prince William, Culpeper, Orange, Stafford, Loudoun, Louisa and King George Counties and Alexandria city. | Smith is expected to have no trouble in | the rematning portions of the district in adding to the majority he will receive | here and in the two nearby counties. | In the primary election he carried this city and every county except Arlington, home of Senator Ball, and Orange, home of De Jarnette, ano party candidates for the nomination. Pluralities in every county for Smith will not be unexpected in this election. The polls open here and in other sections at sunrise Tuesday and close at sunset. There are six voting places, one in each ward here, and judges and tellers have already been named by the local committees was sald, felt under obligation to him for the work he performed in con- nection with the defeat of John J. Esch and Cyrus W. Woods, President Cool-| idge's nominees for the Interstate Com merce Commission. The defeat of these two men, West Virginia operators be-| lieved, was essential to their welfare in the prolonged fight which has been going_on with Pennsylvania operators | over differences in railroad rates. Neely was credited with having been respon- sible for the defeat of Woods and Esch, and the operators gave him their sup- port. After the 1928 election, which re- | sulted in & victory for Senator H. D.| Hatfleld, although with a majority of less than 10,000 as compared with & majority of 110,000 for President Hoover, the coal operators are said have felt they had paid their debt to Mr. Neely. So this year they have not supported him openly, but it is under- stood many of them are supporting him privately, The operators are said to admire Mr. Neely's oratory and his ability to deal with other Senators in & crisis. These are attributes which the operators cannot give to their fellow- industrialist, who does not pretend to be a speaker and is familiar with few of the ins and outs of politics. It is regarded as rather an unusual circumstance here to see Mr. Neely with support of organized labor and of the coal operators, many of them at any rate, at the same time. Neely Decidedly Favored. These are some of the reasons why many believe Mr. Neely will win a de- cided victory over Mr. Jones. His campaign has been aggressive and he has met with large audiences through- out the State, while Mr. Jones, unable |ing to make speeches, has had to content | himself w’puc‘e being introduced at Re- as publican meetings and, for the most part, to permit others to talk for him. There have been no indications of & “landslide” vote as suggested by Mr. Dunlap in his statement, but it is be- Mflhfleflutltflflflkelmdfi victory t- ing to any more than the election of Mr. Neely and Representative Smith. The Democratic' campaign has been girected by Mr. Dunlap from headquar- here. His party’s speeches and literature have concentrated on the business depression, for which the Re- publicans have been blamed, and as for the legislative ticket, the Democrats have waged their fight against charges of waste and extravagance in the con- duct of the fure and the State government. | candidates, and Mr. | the so-called reactionary group that to | ceded in mmz Upper (left to right), Senator Carter Glass (Democrat), Judge Howard W. Smith (Democrat), Dr. F. M. Brooks (Republican), Congressional candidates in the eighth district. Lower (left to right), Representati ve Jacob A. Garber (Republican), Rep- resentative Joseph C. Shaffer (Republican), Representative Menaicus Lankford (Republican). BRATTON VICTORY BELIEVED CERTAIN Moses and Steiwer Both Visit State, but Neither Credited With Giving Aid. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., November |1—The election in New Mexico this| year has been enlivened the visit to the State of Senator Oet;r"z- H. Moses |of New Hampshire, chairman of the Re- publican Senatorial Camj Com- mittee, and Senator Frede; Steiwer of Oregon, vice chairman. They came to the State, evidently at the call of the Old Guard Republican leaders, to see what could be done to- ward helping elect H. B. Holt, Repub- lican candidate for the United States Senate, who is opposing Senator Sam G. Bratton, Democratic candidate for re-election. they were interested in the re- election of Albert G. S8imms to Con- gress, who is opposed by Dennis Chaves of Albuquerque, Democratic nominee. Silence has followed their visit, but from information that has leaked out concerning their conferences they sre reported to have left the State dis- couraged over the Republican outlook in New Mexico and the tactics of the Old Guard leaders in the State. Also. there developed some conflict between the Benators themselves, Mr. Stelwer, who is supposed to have charge of the States west of the 1ppl. being surprised that Mr. Moses had come West to look into the political | H! situation. Remember Moses Statement. His feeling may have been due in some part to the fact that he found the State recalling that Mr. Moses was the individual who referred to some of the Western Senators as “sons of wild jackasses.” The visitors found State had not forgotten Mr. Moses" ence, and his visit did not help in pacifying a rebellion in the ranks the Republican party against the Old Guard leaders in this State, which has caused the insurgents in some counties to effect fusions with the Moses, than Se: known that Senator Moses attempted to bring Progressive and Old Guard Republicans together behind the candidacy of Mr. Holt and suggested numerous combina-~ tions to be supported by both factions. ‘This effort proved futile, and in some quarters Senator Moses is being charged with making a bad situation worse and the outcome of the election even more doubtful for the Republicans. u?rom visiting Senators called on Sen- a strongly for Repub! candidate for United States Senator, It has long been known that New Mexico's junior Senator does not reactionary olt was one of launched a bitter fight Sena- tor Cutting. The situation mw the visits of Senators Moses and Steiwer, so far as known, remains unchanged with | Senator Cutting. Bratton Is Popular, Senators Moses and Steiwer are re- ported to have been considerably per- urbed about the attitude of the Old uard leaders in the State at their conferences with them. They are said to have discovered, and been virtually told that the Old Guard in the State was more interested in electing their candidate for Governor, Judge C. M. Botts, than in the success of either r. Holt for the Senate or Mr. Simms for the House. And so they left with- out thnvlnx brought about an agree- ment. They found, however, that Senator Bratton is extremely popular in New Mexico and that his re-election is con- quarters, even privatel by some Republican leaders. H::mmz ative Simms ran next to the lowest on :he kfiu{:}lc%\hsuwuuek:‘!n two years g0, and Mr. Chavez is waging a stron fight against his re-election. * The trend is apparently Democratic in New Mexico, always a close State. ‘The Republicans are centering all their efforts to elect Mr. Botts Governor, but Arthur Seligman, Democratic nominee and for many years Democratic national committeeman from New Mexico, is conceded to be a strong candidate, with a strong following in many normally heavy Republican counties. Democrats are claiming_ they will elect their entire ticket. Republicans are making like claims, but with many of their leaders admitting they cannot hope to pull all candidates h. The issues are Old Guard domination of the Republican party, extravagance in the past two and Hlxhwndy Department scandals of an B , do mnot in the campaign as much u!:n'u?uu 1ssues. CIGAR OUTPUT GROWS ‘TAMPA, Fla, November 1 . —Of- clals of several Tampe cigar announced yesterday that overtime work had been ed and that the output. for October would chow & large iber’s totcl. time work the normal ity out. overl ‘worl e capac out- put is bei ‘made. 52,478,882 here. 16,000,000 over b O e Prohibition m tor being on record HITCHCOCK GIVES NORRIS REAL FIGHT Former Senator’s Campaign Develops Spectacular Race in Nebraska. | | Special Dispaten to The Star. OMAHA, Nebr.,, November 1.—Demo- crats have a chance to win in Nebraska next Tuesday and to return to the Eitohoook ' place et ‘Benator Georgé e w. Nm-m.m et e ‘The con! ween these two me: the former leader of the trea uhz& the Senate for President Wilson, and the latter an opponent of war at that time, has developed into & spectacular engagement. Mr. Hitchcock, on the one side, has his fight largely by radio, with only a few set addresses. He has cham- party regularity, and has based talks on bad economic results of high tariff laws to the Midwest. When on the few occasions he has mentioned Senator Norris, he has criticized him only from the standpoint of a non- party man, whose obstructionist tactics and un;ivmu-mm Y‘: the ugmrml.m- tion o ‘nmen! les awa; from the Yoters. B " Norris More Personal. Senator Norris, on the other hand, in sonal. in Wi and has charged that his return would mean bowug to the party bouell o Roused open espousal of Mr. Hitchcock’s cause by numerous ub- lican leaders who have formed Hitch- cock Republican Clubs, and by the un- volced support of many other Republic- ans, Senators La Follette and Borah have come to Nebraska in the last days to Senator Norris’ ald. of the Senate Cam- paign Funds Committee, under Senator Nye, who claimed to have traced oppo- sition to Norris to the so-called “power Bt S ip's to s sesior Sensvor. Irish Hold Power. Norris won the primary in & bitter mfl. by 38,000 votes. Tuesday's decision depend on whether the Irish Demo- crats, who may want to compliment Norris for his one speech for Gov. Smith two years ago, stay with Hitch- and ~ vher.hzrd C::mln-A‘mrtcm voters, a large an gorun 3 will swing away from Norris mm clent numbers. Norris managers claim his ion is a certainty, while th’: under way that may unseat mbr 40 years of public service in Nebraska and Was! Election of four, and possibly five, Democratic Representatives seems sure out of six in the State. John Morehead, Democrat, will be re-elected in the first district; in the second it is a close race between Malcolm Baldridge, Republic- ‘an, who defeated Representative W. G. Sears in the primary, and Edward R. Burke, Democrat, an outstanding can- didate. Representative Edgar Howard, Democrat, will win in the third district. Former Representative John H. Norton, Democrat, probably will defeat Repre- sentative Charles H. Sloan, Republican, in the fourth district. Former Repre- sentative Ashton C. Shallenberger, Democrat, 1s expected to defeat Repre- sentative Fred Johnson, Republican, in the fifth; and Robert G. Simmons, Re- publican, will be re-elected in the sixth district. Gov. Arthur J. Weaver, Republican, who has aligned himself with Senator Norris, is expected to have a close race with former QGov. Charles W. Bryan, Democrat, many observers claiming that Bryan will win. NO G. 0. P. CANDIDATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA Democrats Will Send Byrnes to ‘Washington to Succeed Blease in Senate. Special Dispatch to The Star. C., November 1.— be s last-minute entry there will be no opposition to the Dem- ocratic nominees for national, State and county offices in South Carolina November 4. ‘The entire South Carolina delega- tion to Co) as it now is will be re-elected, with the exception of Sena- Coleman Livingston_ Blease, who was defeated by former Representative James F. Byrnes UE.: good majority. Senator Blease announced it he will be in the race again two years from now, when Senator Smith's term expires. It would be breaking the rule of more than 40 years for Senator Blease not to run for some office, un- less he already was in office. He has been elected one time or another to office m:or ‘which he has run from its chai and slso Republican State Advisory Commlf tormso;nh Carolina. B..0.P. FACES L0SS OF TWOVA. SEATS Congressional Race In Old Dominion Held Not Promis- Ing to Republicans. Special Dispatch te The Star. RICHMOND, Va, November 1~ Loss by the Republicans of at least two Representatives in Congress as & result of the election to be held mext Tueseday is indicated by the situation existing at the close of the Fall cam- paign. The Republicans now have thres members of their party in the Virginia delegation in the National 1928. Two of them, most likely those representing the seventh and ninth, are expected to return to Democratic custody, as & result of the approaching election. Main Fight fn Second. The congressional battleground in Virginia is customarily the ninth dis- trict, comprising that large section of the State known as Southwest Virginia, but this year the main fight has been in the second, a district composed of the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suf- folk and South Norfolk and s small group of counties in Southeast Virginia. There Joseph T. Deal, Democrat, 18 seeking to wrest from Menalcus Lank- ford, Republican, the seat which the latter captured from the former in 928. For 10 years Mr. Deal and Mr. Lank- ford have been ovgonnx each other in the congressional fights in the second, and the former was always the { two years ago. is ncycllse that well informed men on both sides admit that the result is in doubt. _Although the district 18 mally Democratic, Mr. Lankford is & it personal p?uhmy and he is backed by an element of business men who contend that their section will secure more favors from the Federal Government if it is represented a Republican than it would if the dis- trict’s seat in Congress were held by & Democrat. Mr. Deal’s candidacy is suf- fering to some_extent from a fight be- ing made on him by unions that de- clare that his labor record is unsatis- vt seion point £ the tremen will be the victor o dous reaction from the 1928 Republi- can landslide that was shown in the vote given John Garland Pollard for Governor last year. Ninth Distriet. 1In the ninth district where John W. Democrat, is opposing this progress my damaged Republican prospect in the district for this year. ‘“Hoover sperity” and the effects of the tarift fi'."u been Lheimnl&ll.-uu in the ninth district campaign year. In the seventh, a valley district which includes the cities of Harrison- burg and Winchester, Jacob A. Garber, cumbent, is opposed gE 0 Eigéag & laid by Great Britain an Virginia apples as bein other districts. In the eighth, the trict touching the Distriot of their nominee is Dr. F. M. Howard W. Democratic mnmbuunmn:w.io Columbis, . trouble. In the third, or Richmond district, . Representative Andrew “independent Republican opposed giothe ‘b?jsaes in both " W. A, we, independent, is op] e sentative 8. Otis Bland, g‘mu whl the first, a Tidewater district which includes the Eastern Shore. Montague and Bland will win easily. Three Democratic nominees, Patrick H. Drewry, in the fourth; Thomas G. Burch, in the fifth, and Clifton A. ‘Woodrum, in the sixth, are without op- position. Drewry and Woodrum are in- cumbents. Burcn defeated Representa- tive Joseph Whitehead in the Demo- cratic primary. The voters next Tuesday will return Carter Glass, Democrat, to the United States Senate. He has nominal ~ sition from J. Cloyd Byars, independent, and Joseph C. Morgan, Socialist. Prohibition is cutting lttle figure in the campaign, although Deal, in the second district, is regarded as a wet and Lankford, his opponent, is looked upon as a dry. Brett, in the third, has declared for repeal of the eighteenth m‘mec :Amdmenué,egut '.hj people in that dis- up alo; not on the wet and dnr; m P e lumbia by the mayor of the l":‘:hnlnnnn of Lh’e chnmo Lg::' f:t”oum‘nE me! Joseph W. Tolbert, who formerly ;ls Lgemdlmué of Rapgbuun pa- recently elected State e | |