New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1927, Page 10

RITCHIE VS. REED " IGHTING STARTS ‘Democratic Presidential Aspir- " ants Move in Campaign BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of the N. B. Herald) | ‘Washington, D. C., Aug. 3—The battle 18 on between Governor Al- | bert C. Ritchie of Maryland and Senator James A. Reed of Missouri | for the votes of the southern and ' middle western delegates to the 1928 democratic national conven- tion. Both of these democratic presi- | dentlal aspirantd. apparently have concluded that the eastern demo- crats are solidly lined up for Gov- crnor Alfred Smith of New York, and that their hope is to capture | the other two large blocs of votes— the southern and the middle west- ern, both of which are usually con- sidered as opponents of the New York governor. Of course, both | Reed and Ritchie are as wet as Al | Smith, but they are being as quiet am possible about this in the south | and the middle west. Ritchie’s Bait Governor Ritchie has just made his big bid for these two blocs of | 1otse, His bait for the southern dele- gates consisted of his widely herald- ~d suggestion that a “House of Gov- ernors” be established to protect states’ rights, which he and other democrats and New England repub- lcans sec constantly encroached upon by the federal government. His states’ rights protection plan | was very cleverly devised. Without attacking any specific federal law, such as prohibition, federal aid for toad building, federal aid for mea- sures for the promotion of educa- | tion in agriculture, vocational train- ing, and the welfare of maternity and infancy, Governor Ritchie pro- | posed to the annual conference of | | than one week’s headlining to make governors held in Michigan that the | governors of the 43 states organize | an unofficial “League of States” or “House of Governors” to defend the states against federal encroachment. Now. Senator Reed has been barn- storming the south on this very is- sue, attempting to inculcate in the minds of all southerners the idea that he js the intrepid and outstand- ing champion of states’ rights. But he gets specific, and expresses him- sel? in vitrolic terms on certain federal laws. It is very likely that ‘among his listeners’ in the south are those who approve of some of the lawes he inveighs against as cre- ative of a federal bureaucracy. Governor Ritchie made no such jmistake. He did not mention pro- - thibition and—here is a significant 'difference between him and the {fiery Missourian—he did not men- {tion any other laws. He merely de- {clared that half the issues that now ‘eventuate in federal legislation 'could and should be handled by the states. “House of Governors” His proposed “House of Govern- ors” would meet, discuss, consult, and agree or differ on measures it 'considers the proper province of the istates rather than the federal gov- * jernment. In such matters as it agrees upon, the conference of state executives could determine upon uniform legislation in the several states, if uniform legislation would help in carrying out the purposes of the proposed legislation. And thus Governor Ritchie of “the Maryland Free State” was head- lined throughout the country as the champion of states’ rights, while | Senator Reed is getting himself headlined a8 making attacks on this | or that federal law. Tt must be admitted that Governor Ritchie really needed some head- | lining' in the south, if he expected any support in that quarter. He ie not well known in the south. Texas péliticians, for example, are hardly aware of his existence, and have | been exhibiting a rather heartless unconcern with his presidential as- pirations. He recently visited some of the Atlantic seaboard southern states, 'nd is reported to have made a z00d impression there, howevér. Governor Ritchie's bid for the niddle west was equally clever. Out at the governors' conference the | imiddle westerners unanimously de- | ared that farm relief will be a | leading issue in the next presiden- | tial campaign ,and revealed a large | support of the McNary-Haughen | bill, | On Farm Bill | Sa Governor Ritchie got up and | said: | “The government whatever sound action it 1 bring about what is called the cquality of agriculture. i “There are five essential activities of _American life: Agriculture, finance, labor, industry and the railroads. “Government helps industry through the tariff. It helps labor through immigration laws. It helps finance through Federal Reserve Act. It helps railroads through a guaranteed return. Not unnaturally | the farmers ask, 'Is it not time to do something for us?” That is the same line of argu- ment middle western governors, sen- ators and congressmen have been making in favor. of the A\lcN;u'yr; take can to should Haugen bill. When asked what, in his opinion, | will be the outstanding issue of H»r-I next presidential campaign, Gov- ernor Ritchie said: “Fhere is no other way to get the democrats of America except on a platform of general opposition 10 centralizating of authority at Wasli- ington.” ! He refused to state any uprefer; ences for a candidate, and a former governor of Florida was the only one who mentioned Ritchie as a possible PALACE 2 BIG FEATURES —TODAY— BIGGEST COUNTRY STORE EVER HELD 9x12 Rug, 23 Plece Tea Set and other prizes. | identical issues. | and the more impressive personality. | | cal, but he is not lacking in vigor | getting ability are likely to be the {as to the choice of a nominee next | rectors of the Colonial candidate of the democrats. Former Governor Cary A. Hardee declared that Ritchie is “in a strategic posi- tion and would make & better com- promise candidate for the democrats than any other.” Governor Ritchie is from a south- ern state which has prided itself on its freedom and its maintenance of state integrity. The south, however, seems to have a way of thinking of Maryland as an eastern rather than a southern state. It will take more the south sufficlently aware of the Maryland governor to instruct fts| delegates for him. His utterances at the governors’ conterence are probably, however, but the beginning of his campaign. Apparently his champloning of | states’ rights and farm reliet there was carefully thought out, and plan- ned for announcement at a strategic time, at a meeting which would get nation-wide publicity. Had he made his proposals for a ‘House of Gover- nors” and for farm relief at seme local gathering, no matter where, he would not have received the front- page publicity given him as a result of his speeches at Mackinac island. Fight For South | From now until the convention finally selects its candidate in 1928, the battle is on between Governor Ritchie and Senator Reed, with the southern and middle western dele- gates as the prize for which they are fighting. They are campaigning in a different manner for support on | Reed is the more dashing fl]:htrr! Even those who disbelieve in the causes he espouses and doubt his incerity in espousing them never fail to pay him just tribute as an able and admirable fighter. Ritchie is less spectacular and less Oratorl-’ and lucidity. Reed makes friends more easily, and likewise makes enemlies more easily. It is certainly to Ritchle's advan- tage in the south that he has not ! Reed’s record of opposition to Wood- | row Wilson. With both of them running on the same platform, personality and vote- determining factors in deciding which—if either—of these two men will win the south and the middle | west. H (Copyright, 1927, General Press Association). PRESIDENT'S OFFICE SWAMPED WITH WIRES (Continued From First Page) accessible, members of the presi- dents part contended themselves with discussing their own views of the unprecedent development and with looking forward to what bear- ing the statement might have on the remainder of the summer here, There was in Rapid City a gen- eral concensus that yesterday's statement would be all. It the state- ment actually means that Mr. Cool- idge intends to Tetire from the White House March 4, 1929, no mat- ter what presure may be brought to bear upon him, it was held that even so, little information could be expected as to his plans when he would be relinquished from office. While there were some who pro- fessed to see in the announcement a determination to avoid the 1928 campaign, others took the expres- sion of Senator Capper, of Kansas, a White House guest, as their im- pression of the situation. The Kansas scnator drove with Mr. Colidge to the game lodge im- mediately after the statement was issued and just before leaving the Black Hills said at Custer. §. D., that he considered the situation un- changed. “I have not discussed the presi- dent's statement with him,” he said, “but T cannont see that the an- nouncement materially changes the situation. It places the responsibility squarely with the republican party year.” Senator Norbeck, of this state, who was also present at the execu- tive ofices about the time the state- ment was fssued, could only say after he was informed of its con- tents that “I am surprised.” There is nothing here to indicate that the statement will cause any change in Mr. Coolldge's activity n the Black Hills where he exprets to remain until the first week in pr.’ tember. He has planned two more | trips into neighboring areas before i returning to Washington and no doubt will take advantage of a few others should occasion arise. i Three New Directors | For Air Transport Co. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 3 (P)—At a mecting of the board of the di- Air Trans- port, Inc., at which 12 of the diree- tors were present 3 new direciors were added to the board. They are enator James W. W New York, General caid of New York, res e American Hotels company and Col. Lawrence La Tourette Driggs, presi- dent of the American club and organizer of the N rd TFlying service in New York Williamstown Institute Williamstown, Mass., Aux While the reparations problem i solved, it 13 not likely, under Dawes plan, to menace economiic stability or progress in Europe ngi Joseph S, Davis, adviser to the American members of the Dawe told the institut s today. any. he said, is now ems ing from a critical period of | nomic djujstment with imp | eredit and sound busines | | e | Worce o» AN e home card in the window of of Mrs., George Larnier | Ingleside avenue today, saved th | life of Mrs. Larnier when an fceman answering a card posted in thr dow. entered to find Mrs. Larnicr stretched nneconscions on the kitchen | floor while flluminating gas was es {2aping from a burner on the stove earby. 80 the first of its kind ever undertaken. transatlantic postal time is to —NEA Service, New York Bureau Clarence D. 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Another admirer, this one in New York state, wrote that he had no title, fortune or fame to offer her, but would give her all his love and devotion, and in addition a cozy home. A third American who sought the royal hand and heart, said that, hav- ing seen her highness during her visit to the United States, he was sure she was just the girl for him and that he_believed he could make her happier than if she became a queen. Tleana has rejected all these and the other proposals, declaring she will not marry for at least five years. She Is now president of the Young Women’s Christian association of Rumania and plans to devote all her time to betterment of the welfare of the girls of her country. She de- sires also, now that her father is dead, to stay at her mother's side and give the queen all the help and encouragement possible, Although she has rejected the proposals, Ileana has nothing but friendly feelings for the American boys. “I like them for their gallantr and chivalrous attitude tow:id man- kind,” she said today. “They wers all just lovely to me a1 America, especially the cadets.” Geneva Is Stirred by Coolidge’s Statement Geneva, Aug. 3 (A-—The news of President Coolidge's announcements that he does not “choose” to run for the presidency in 1925 was the main topic of discu€sion in the naval con- ference lobbies today, almost put- ting out of the picture the plan of- fered by the Japanesc as an ultim hope of saving the confcrence which president called ‘culation upon possible candi- tes ran rife, but stat ents from be diplomats here could not he ob- tained and the American naval tech- nicians rotorted invariably: “We are vegistered in the Distriet of Colum- ria and ‘the ore have no vote, so iy talk?” Portuguese Police Seize Basket With 33 Bond« Portugal, Aug. 3 P—I% after a pistol battle with for en, today scized a . ket con- tuining powerful bombs of ous dimensi which will | hrown info the Tagus river to avoid r of premature explosions. ur side Hon on information that homb proce on a ontive neighbor- ter the seizure mena Lision var vas made jnst ou cding i severe he adopted against with hombs, arrying the rsons found VIOLINS Hanl e " instruments of citer quality. Perfect grading and adjustment. Guar- Also struments for students, anteed. low priced in- P. 0. BOX 311 Bristol, Conn. K. of C. Report Large Portland, Oregon, Aug. 3 (P—For the first time in 18 years, something besides routine is entering into the election of supreme officers of the Knights of Columbus in convention here. This s because James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia will retire as supreme knight in spite of the insistence of his friends that he re- tain his office. Martin H. Carmody of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., present deputy supreme knight, was expected to succeed Flaherty at the election today. About 12,000 delegates and guests were reported as the 45th annual convention of the supreme council opened yesterday. The only invitation for the 1928 convention thus far received is that presented by Judge Charles Wam Darr from Washington, D. C., with the indorsements of the chamber of commerce and board of trade of the nation’s capital. The annual report of Supreme Secretary William J. McGinley re- veals that the total membership of the Catholic fraternal organization lon June 30, 1927, was 690,732. Of {this number | members and 451,843 associate mem- |bers. The increase in members! |over last year given as 51, | SURELY PUZZLED Goolidge's Statement Comes as Perplexing Foreign Problem London, Aug. 3 (P—British ofli- iclal circles gave almost as much at- | tention today to President Coolidge’s announcement that he does not |choose to run in 1928 as they did |to the hurriedly convened cabinet |meeting to consider the Geneva al conference crisis. | The president’s bald statement |was generally interpreted as having some relation to the Geneva impasse, but British officials with experience in American affairs discounted the |connection, One official, who has [had considerable experience in the {United States, expressed the opinion [that the announcement was more [the result of the domes uation | than anything that has happened at | Geneva, Can Not Read Riddle The Star, liberal paper, editorially {x'v\m:\rkfl that the president's an- nouncement has bewildered “the iNew York experts” and that conse- |quently it is not surprising that Lon- {don finds it “very difficult to read Ithe riddle of this Yankee sphinx.” “It seems,” the paper continued, |“that America’s presidents fall be- cause of their virtues and not their vices. Roosevelt, when he became [the trust-buster, was not re-clected; | Wilson fell because he was not able to carry the country and the senate Announcing the Opening of THE PET SHOP AT 6 MYRTLE STREET Increase in Members | 238,889 were insurance | FUROPEANEDITORS with him in his League of Nations scheme, and now it looks as though Coolidge has been ‘knifed’ by the failure of the Geneva conference. “We have no reason to doubt the sincerity with which Coolidge took the initial steps in the cause of dis- armament, but the big navy parties on both sides of the Atlantic have been too strong for him.” Surprise To Europe Berlin, Aug. 3 (A —President Coo- lidge’s announced disinclination to run for reelection will surprise Eu- rope quite as much as America, says the Berliner Tegeblatt, republican organ, especially as he had “not un- dertaken to head off the movement in the United States which regarded his renewed candidacy as a foregone conclusion,” Conference Failure Cause? The paper is inclined to lihk up the president's “change of mind” with the prospective collapse of the tripartite naval conference at Gen- eva, which was organized on his in- vitation, There is no evidence at hand, it says, to show that his renunclation was promoted by internal issues; | therefore it would seem that It was “the result of a pessimistic mood, occasioned by the Geneva impasse.” Prestige Impaired ische Zeitung, another republican paper, believes Mr. Coo- lidge succumbed to pressure from within his own party. Popular an- tipathy to a so-called third term, discontent on the part of the farm- ers’ bloc and the prospective cole lapse of the Geneva conference, | which it designates as “a flasco,” combinedyto convince the president, the papers says, that his prestige as a candidate was impalred. To Influence Congress? The Lokal Anzeiger, nationalist, hazards the guess that Mr. Coolidge, “either actually lost his desire to serve another term owing to the fail- ure of the disarmament proposals, or he may wish to exert pressure on congress, which just before the presidential election will have to pass some very unpopular expendi- tures.” | State Department Ignores Inferences From Geneva ‘Washington, Aug. 3 (A—The sug- gestion made by certain European observers that President Coolidge's statement as to his candidacy might be connected with the situation at the Geneva naval conference has been waved aside at the state de- partment. There could be no pos- sible significance attached to the president’s statement insofar as its Learing on the conference deadlock was concerned, it was said. ALL RESCUED Charleton, Mass., Aug. 8.—(P— Seven people were rescued in their | ntghtclothes when fire early this | i morning destroyed the home of | Simon Fimonoigz in Dodge Villiage. | The damage was $4,000. 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Lacoste was optimistic over his team’s chances of lifting the trophy. He asserted, however, that he was 'very lucky” to defeat Tilden at St. Cloud and added that the American had “hard luck” at Wimbledon, where Cochet beat him, The French team, victors in the FEuropean zone Davis cup play, will meet the winner of the American zone final between Japan and Can- ada. The inter-zone matches are scheduled at Boston, August 25-27. The winning nation will meet the United States in the challenge round at Philadelphia, Sept. 8-10, City Items Members of Emmanuel Gospel church will hold a cottage prayer meeting this evening at 7:45 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos- eph Lopol of 49 Pearl court. The city plan commission meet tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. A regular meeting of A. G. Ham- will 4:30 mond Camp, U. 8. W. V., and the| g0 s smeres Military Order of Lizards will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the state armory. 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