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6 OHIO REPUBLICANS LEFT IN QUANDARY Death of President Harding, State’s 1924 Choice, Dis rupts Campaign Plans. special Dispatch In The Star COLUMBUS, Ohio, September I. Ohio republicans still arc resting in; a condition of uncertainly into which , they w'ere thrown by the death of i President *. eitling. Probably in no] other slate “as the death of the X’residint proved so disturbing polit ically. His nomination for a second term had been accepted as practical ly certain and all the plans made for 1924 were centered in that conclusion. All party matters relating to both s national and slate politics were to! be left to the wishes of the ITcsi dent. And the party leaders here; knew pretty well what those wishes j were. Ohio holds no general elections; this year. Only municipal officers i are to bo chosen this fall. Practi- { daily all the considerable cities are i governed under special charters 1 whose provisions are intended to I eliminate party politics in their j elections, hence party activity will bo very much restricted in the more ! important municipal contests. There has been no meeting of the J republican state central committee since the death of President Hard ing. and for the reasons above stated none is likely to be called in the near future. With the exception of one mem ber-representing the second con gressional district (Cincinnati) —• there lias been no expression from the state central committee per sonnel as to what position the state Should take as to the selection of the republican candidate for file presi dency next year. That member, as suming that President Coolidge would be a candidate, stated that Ohio ought to get in line behind him at once. There was no reaction one way or another to this declaration, (oollilge to Keep Hands Off. If President Coolidge intends to be a candidate lie will, of course, not in terfere in the Ohio primaries of next year. Feeling that there is to lie at that time a fair field and no favors for the nomination for governor, re publican aspirants for that honor who have refrained from entering be fore now are making preparations for a contest. There are apparently reliable indications that former Gov. Harry 1,. Davis of Cleveland, who de clined to l«e a candidate to succeed himself last year, intends to try for the nomination next year Representative Fitzgerald of Day ton. Representative Cable of Dima, and Representative Murphy of Steu benville, who, because of remarkable runs made in the congressional elec tions last year, had been boomed as candidates for nomination for gov ernor. were cautioned by President Harding against withdrawing from Congress for that purpose and giving the democrats chances to capture congressional seats. Whether they will feel bound now to be governed by' that advice or not Is un certain. Former Representative Ros coo C. McCulloch of Canton also is expected to become a candidate, and the dry republicans would like to see Representative John <T. Cooper of Youngstown in the race. Pomerene Changes Residence. Former Senator Atlee Pomerene has moved his residence from Canton to Cleveland, where he has made im portant connections in the practice of law and seems to have withdrawn from politics for the time. If he has any intention of being a candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency next year it is not being made manifest. Gov. A. V. Donahey. democrat, was elected without the favor and sup port of the organization element of his party. Practically all of that ele ment was against him in the primary election and much of it still re fused to support him at the regular election. Naturally as governor he has snapped his fingers at the organi zation. and yet. of course, he expects to be a candidate next year for re election. His friends are wondering whether he can repeat his successful performance of last year in a presi dential vear and with the republicans of this republican state lined up as j they usually are in such an election. . prelty squarely along the party line, j Politician* Keeping Unlet. Political quiet prevails in Ohio j pending the local municipal elections, j The two principal parties face each j other with next year’s more im portant political contests in view, each with its own internal troubles, either brewing or fully developed, with the probability that President Coolidge will have the support of the state for the republican presidential nomination, if he wants it, and Goy. James- M. Cox for the democratic presidential nomination —without con test in either case. (ixLBRAITH* UNDERWOOD BOOM STRONG IN FLORIDA Alabama Senator Likely to Get j State Delegates at Primary. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. September 1. —Campaigning is practically a con tinual performance for many poli ticians of Florida. They are busy patching fences when bolding posi tions and out for another or higher office or re-election when the term shows any signs of expiration. Florida had come to admire and even iove the late President Harding. - His personal acquaintance in the state was considerable before his election, and afterwards bis career was very generally approved. Probably few real democrats voted for him in this state —but a number of presumably good democrats did not take the trouble to vote for Cox. At least it looked that way when the votes were counted. Very many people In the state are admirers of President Coolidge, hut when it comes to a question of voting there will be no such feeling as was shown in the last campaign. Power of Republicans. Republican leaders in Florida, while admittedly a power when it comes to federal patronage distribution, have but little influence otherwise and their likes or dislikes do not in fluence many voters. George W. Bean of Miami, most prominent in repub lican affairs, is quoted as being in clined to hesitate when asked re garding the popularity of Coolidge. ! Florida newspapers, mainly inter ested at this time in state politics and discussing candidates for gov ernor—all within. tbs democratic party—talk occasionally of presi dential possibilities and with that abandon, which is characteristic of the four-page weekly, boldly an nounce the candidacy of Henry Ford and relate how this successful manu facturer will lead the country to un limited prosperity. These same editors will vote the straight demo cratic ticket in November, 1924. Underwood Popular. Underwood is certainly a strong man In the south and would be given general support that was not alto gether general in some recent elec tions. Desultory rumbling from Miami suggest that Florida’s new citizen, William Jennings Bryan, is ready to smile and accept the nomination if tendered —but his humiliating dis covery. when offering to be a Florida senator two years ago, that he was not wanted, may prevent his pre mature announcement. UiiCRUE UQXX M’ADOO, GOQUDGE MONTANACNOICES Lead Democratic and Q.O.P. Fields by Wide Margin. Ford Stands High. Special Dispatch to The Star. HELENA, Mont.. September 1. — ; Montana instructs her delegates to na. , tional conventions at a presidential i primary, at which the delegates them j selves are elected. This primary is held in the April preceding the presi dential election. The delegates under the law must present to the conven tion the man the people choose, but are required to stay by him only so long as in the opinion of the delega ; tion, he has a chance to be nominated. lln other words, the delegation need I not vote for the popular choice on ; than the first ballot. Keeping 1 this in mind, here is the political sit | ua Mon in Montana, as this Is written: • w - t»- McAdoo adherents are first In the field. J. A. Davis of Berkeley, ■ calif., who Is said to represent Mc i,, ° jnanagere, arrived here the nild , hit- of August and set to work or | ganizing McAdoo men for the primary ( °t April, 1924. At a state-wide dln tier of democrats here on August 15. Senator T. J. Walsh of Montana for- J mally launched the McAdoo boom, 1 "hich is said to have found wide favor among party leaders present. B. K. Wheeler of Butte, the other senator, has always been a McAdoo maiq it is said. Representative John M. Evans of Missoula, representing the first district, is understood to be for Mr McAdoo also. Judge J. K. Erick son of Kailspell. the democratic state chairman, is classed with the McAdoo men. As Montana supported Mr. Mc- Adoo in the convention of 1920, It Is presumed, therefore, that he Is rather sure of the delegation In 1924. Mr. I nderwood has many friends among professional democratic politicians of liie old type, but he is regarded, justly or not, as a wet, which eliminates him. The voters of Montana are unequivo cally dry. Party managers In both or ganizations are well aware of this. Al Smith is well liked out this way, by many democrats, but his wet affilia tions make his case hopeless, so far as Montana is concerned. Ford Not Considered. As to Ford, he Is not taken seriously as a democratic candidate. I can And nobody who thinks Ford could carry the primary against McAdoo. 1 can find only a few who think he might swing the republican primary, but-—- I can find a host who think that If he ran on a third ticket, of any old sort, he would, If the election were to morrow, carry the state. Every one admits the race would he close, Montana, on presidential polls, is normally republican. Hut she loyally supported Mr. Wilson in 1916. He re mains easily the most powerful factor in politics in the state. If Mr. Wilson, ill as he is, were to be nominated in 1024. he would unquestionably sweep Montana from border to border. If Mr McAdoo sweeps it, he may at tribute his victory very largely to the popular belief, that In some dim way, he represents his famous father-in law. This sentiment is peculiar. It is not political. It Is siot confined to am class Montana does not stand, the election of 1920 made plain, with the Wilsonian policies. Ido not think she favors the league, or ever did. Hut for „ r ?. o< ,ow I Ison, the man—Woorlrow W ilson, who took us up on the heights, in those terrible days of 19JS, and showed us God—the love and venera tion iii Montana are truly touching. Not Roosevelt, In the height of ids popularity, had such a hold on the af fections of the people of this state. They spoke of Roosevelt, whom thev deeply loved and admired, with en thusiasm; mention of the stricken gen tleman of S street in Washington, is made with the hushed tones in which men speak of a saint. Sent latent for toolidgr. Scarcely less unusual than this senti ment is the wide sentiment for Mr. Coolidge, which sprang up overnight on his accession. Montana voted for Mr. Johnson In the primary of 1920. There is little likelihood of anv one defeating Mr. Coolidge in the primary ot 1924, The new I’resident just hits the right spot, in the view of almost every republican to whom I ha v e spoken. Even Johnson men seem to feel that the way out of it is to noml ■ nate the President and fight It out on the lines as they now are laid. If the j primary were tomorrow, therefore. Mc- Adoo and Coolidge would have a walk j over. Mr. Ford remains. He could easily t run independent, in the presidential | primary, or on a third ticket. The re quired signatures could be secured In an hour. His support would come, first, from labor; second, from the women; third, from that uneasy mass which wants a change and knows not how to get it. Mr. Ford Is really but a nebulous figure out here. LOUIS M. THAYER. PMIESM IN SOUTHDAKOTA | State Will Be First to Indorse Candidates for Presi dency. Special Dispatch to The Star SIOUX FALLS, S. D„ Sept. l._ South Dakota will bo the first state in the union to express a choice for president in the campaign of 1924. While the choice for president by the voters of South Dakota may have no perceptible bearing on the choice of the nation. It will attract more attention than the size of South Dakota’s vote might reasonably warrant. Ha/s First Primary. The South Dakota primary, at which candidates for President will be indorsed by both parties, will be the third Tuesday l n March. 1924. The state proposal meetings of the Parties will be held next December At these candidates for President ™ d t . f 2 r state offices will be put forth re P u l>licanß and democrats and placed upon the ballots. ana Chance for McAdoo. Present indications are that the Adoo C wW in(lorae William G. Mc (Jme^republlcan9 noubtless will be among several candidates P al<ota republicans were the first, four years ago. to Indorse 1 resident Coolidge for Vice President of the United States, and beclujf "J *t is thought the Coolidge senti ment in South Dakota yet Is strong. Fight Promised. ,^ ran k O. Lowden, former governor snn ll i l e l( U ß ’ii^ n(l . Senat °c Hiram John °f California, also are greatly admired here, and should they enter the field It is certain that one of the greatest pol tlcal battles in the wage r t£ ° f S ° Uth Dakota wIU be «SSS nd.c.M: MU,, Poind.,,,, * 1.144, Hiram Johnson (rep.), 26,301- krank O. Lowden (rep.). 26.98 i: Leonard Wood (rep.), 31,285; James O. Monroe (dem,), 1,906; James W Gerard (dem.), 4,706. Those in touch with democratic affairs In South Dakota assert there is quite a sprinkling of sentiment for Henry Ford, but democrats who are for McAdoo belittle the Ford atrenstb. .ALFRED BURKHOLDER. THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. P. ’C.. SEPTEMBER 2. 1923-PART I. Illinois Politics Complicated By Involved Factional Fights Loivden Expected to Enter Race for President 9 But Strong Opposition Already Is Lining Up. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, September I.—The po litical campaign In Illinois already has opened, and promises to be spec tacular, although the interest in the state and Chicago situation has thus far overshadowed interest in presi dential possibilities. The feeling among republicans that Frank O. lowden will In one way or another be forced into the campaign for the republican nomination for President Is general, and Lowden’s friends have engaged an entire floor of the Con gress Hotel In the belief that the national convention will come to Chi cago. Talk of putting United States Sen ator Medlll McCormick forward as a favorite son candidate has dwindled since the senator announced that be was going ahead with his campaign for re-election, and asked his friends not to embarrass him by going off on detour and booming him for Presi dent. Senator McCormick is conduct ing a gum-shoe campaign down state and has already canvassed nearly thirty counties. He will he the star tomorrow at a picnic to be held at Rlvervlew Park under the auspices of eleven Chicago wards. More than 20.000 people are expected to attend, and Senator McCormick probably will make a keynote speech. No Opposing Candidate. The opposition to McCormick has thus far failed to agree on a candi date. There Is talk of former Gov. Charles K, Deneen making the race, and it Is conceded that Deneen would be a formidable'candidate. Senator McCormick has the ad vantage of an early start and the enthusiastic support of Senator William McKinley’s downstate or ganization. In Chicago McCor mick has with him more of the vote getters who handled the cam paigns of former Mayor William Hale Thompson four and eight years ago. What is left of the once powerful Thompson-Lundln machine in Chicago is out for Gov. Len Small and Is de termined to defeat McCormick at any cost. They will go to Deneen or any one else who is a candidate against McCormick, if they do not have an entry of their own. The Small-Lundin-Thompson comhl natldn started the political fireworks with a monster demonstration for Small at his home city, Kankakee. KLAN ISSUE ENTERS LOUISIANA FIGHT Parker Backing Catholic Lieutenant Governor for His Own Seat. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, La., September 1. —With the republicans threatening to put a full state and congressional ticket In the Louisiana field, for the first time in more than a decade, and with the democrats flirting with na tional honors for their governor, John M. Parker, who recently won national fame for his fight against the Ku Klux Klan. Louisiana promises to get on the political map as she has not done since oldttmers can remember. The state campaign for governor and all state officers and members of the state legislature, together with many parish and district offices, is just opening. The primary for nom inations will take place January 15. The opening gun in the gubernatorial fight was fired at La Place, in St. John parish, last Sunday afternoon, when Lieut. Gov. V>wltt Rouanchaud, one of the four c/ndidates for gover nor, opened his campaign with an announcement of his platform and declaration of principles and the de livery of his first campaign speech. He is supported by Gov. John M. Parker, who will retire from office next May. Stand of Parker. Gov. Parker appeared on the same platform at La Place. He did not ask for the nomination of Bouanchaud. his first assistant, but he praised him most highly; said he had been faith ful and loyal to his administration, and he openly scouted the idea that a Catholic should not be elected gov ernor of Louisiana at this time. He issued a defl to ‘Those who are damn ing my administration." and declared' that if they continued their attacks upon him and his administration in an effort to make him (Parker) the Issue in this state campaign, that he would meet them on the hustings, that he would get into this state I campaign and In the city of New Orleans fight. "There Is but one Issue in this cam paign," said Gov. Parker. "It Is not Parker or anti-Parker, but It is Klan and antl-Klan. You must bo one thing or the other." I Mr. Bouanchaud came behind him and declared, “I am unalterably op posed to the Invisible empire of the Ku Klux Klan." He charged that friends had urged him to desert the Parker ship; that his loyalty to his chief would mean his defeat in the democratic primary, but he had an swered that when he boarded the Parker ship he had taken no life-pre servers and whether fair weather or foul he would stand by his skipper, and, if need be, sink with him. These mutually laudatory statements of Gov. Parker and Lieut.. Gov. Bou anchaud left no doubt in the minds of politicians, that Gov. Parker would go down the line In his support of Bouanchaud for governor. Aid for Parker Yet it Is not believed that Gov. Parker will go the limit to which Oov, R. O. Pleasant went four years ago in his battle to elect Parker, when he fired old appointees and removed boards and members in order to get hold of the patronage aaff help the Parker campaign. It la not believed Oov. Parker will exercise the executive power In this way to aid his lieutenant. There are four candidate for gover nor now in the race; Mr. Bouanchaud of New Roads, Dudley L. Gullbeau of Opelousas, who opened his campaign at the cotton carnival at Opelousas to day; Henry L. Fukua. manager of the state penal system of Baton Rouge, who tendered his resignation to Oov. Parker the day he announced, and Huey P. Long of Shreveport, chair man of the public service commis sion, which regulates railroads and public utilities of the state. Mr. Long carried on a desperate battle against the Cumberland Telephone Company for reduced rates and won a compro mise victory. He h a * no political or ganizations behind him. He is de pending upon the people themselves and is making hla appeal direct to them. Mr. Long opened his campaign for governor on the courthouse green In Shreveport today. He will begin a tour or the state immediately, speak ing on an average of six times a day. A. W. NEWLIN, Mrs. Lila Hayman of Cleveland, mother of a six-year-old child, chose a flve-day sentence in the workhouse rather than give up her husband’s auto for sixty days. • The Illinois primaries are to be held In April, and an early start on the campaign was considered Important. Small and his followers will come to Chicago September 15 and will stage a political demonstration at River* vlew Park, which they promise will eclipse any of the political meetings of tho past, and Fred Lundln has shown himself a Belasco In arrang ing such affairs. Most of the Chicago support of Hmall right now appears to he confined largely to the state Jobholders and the employes of two large Chicago park systems. ftnpport For Small. Former Mayor Thompson Is giving Small hearty support, though hs was entreated by a number of close friends to keep out of tho contest. George P. Harding, who has real es tate offices with Thompson, has been his friend since boyhood, and who knocked Fred Lundln off the throne as chieftain of tho Thompson organi sation, Is out In the open against Small and has signed up with Sena tor McCormick. His followers who were formerly with Thompson are out to get Lundin's scalp. They have become part of a triple-headed re publican faction with Attorney Gen eral Brundage, State's Attorney Rob ert K. Crowe and Mr. Harding as leaders. Harding wants an amalga mation with the I>eneen faction, and the antl-Lundtn Thompson republi cans may be able to present a united front against Small. Unless they do Small Is likely to win a renomlnatlon, and stands a good chance of success If there are several candidates against him In the primary. Small Is evidently stronger downstate and weaker In Chicago than hs was three years ago. The loss of patronage In Chicago was a severe blow to Lundln and Small. The Kmall-Thompson program at first was to rush through an Indorse ment of Senator Hiram W. Johnson for President. The convention adopt ed a platform that promised cures for every political aliment, and there was more talk of going for Senator Rob ert M. La Follette than for Johnson. Undoubtedly the state machine head ed by Small will Indorse some one for President later on, and If there Is a contest between Johnson and Lowden in Illlnlos, the Small-Lundln-Thomp son combination would be expected to take a number of delegates away from Lowden, largely because of the personal popularity Johnson enjoys here. Lowden appeared to be a like ly candidate for governor until the death of President Harding. JOHN R. BUTMAN. WYOMING LIKELY TO RETURNWARREN Veteran Senator Can Have Seat for Asking, His Friends Believe. Bpeci*l Pispsteh to The Star. CHEYENNE, Wyo., September I. The main topic around the hotel lob bies and clubrooms is in regard to the senatorial situation. The question is; Shall, or shall not, the United States Senate lose Its last surviving civil war veteran? b hen Knuto Nelson of Minnesota died this spring Francis E. Warren of Wyoming was left as the only upper house member who saw service In the conflict of sixty years ago. Further more. with the exception of Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, the senior senator from this state was left the only solon able to claim a service of more than thirty-one years. Up until 1918 his elections were by the state legislatures. Five years ago he announced that he would retire from active life, but later there came a demand for him to run. and he changed his mind. After submitting his candidacy to popular vote for the first time he was the victor by 6.000 majority over John E. Osborne, former assistant secretary of state under Wil liam .1. Bryan. Now he Is up for a second test, or at least will be shortly. Will Be Eighty In Jnne. Senator Warren will be eighty years old next June, two months before the primaries. Despite his age, he has been able to keep his vigor, and it Is generally conceded that, unless his health falls materially In the next year, ho will be a candidate. In that event, it Is quite possible that he will not be opposed from within the ranks of his own party. In case Senator Warren should de cide to retire, those seeking the re publican nomination for his place might Include the following: Robert b. Carey, John W. Hay, republican I candidate for governor In 1922; Frank W. Mondell, former majority floor leader of the House of Repre sentatives and now a director of the War Flnanco Corporation; former Oov. B. B. Brooks, William C. Darn ing, president of the United Stated . Civil Service Commission, and Kepre- I ssntativo Charles E. Winter. Democratic riaaa. As for the democratic side, there do not seem to be. this early In the game, nearly as many possibilities. When Senator John B. Kendrick was re turned to office last year by a ma jority of 9.000 It was largely on ac count of his personal popularity and his personal machine. He Is the one outstanding figure In the ranks of Wyoming democracy. With him safely In office for another six years, this machine probably will not be as strong next year as It was last. There Is even talk that the election will be allowed to go virtually by default, with only a nominal candidate In the running against Warren, inasmuch as the two senators are close personal friends and never have been known to engage In mud-sllnglng and like features of tho ordinary campaign. If, however, an energetic campaign sis decided upon by the democratic leaders, or If there chances are en hanced by Warren’s withdrawal and a consequent possibility of factional bitterness In the ranks of the opposi tion, any one of these, or all of them, may seek the nomination: William B. Boss, governor: P. J. Quealy, na tional committeeman: N. B. Corthell, attorney, and P. J. O’Connor, former state senator. At this writing, neas9y a year In advance of the primaries and more than fourteen months before tho elec tion, the general opinion Is that Warren can have the oenatorshlp again if he wants it. F. L. BABCOCK. 25,000 AGEES FOE VETS. About 25,000 acres of public land situated In Mohave county. Aria., were thrown open to homestead entry by former service men of the world war yesterday by the Interior De partment. Veterans may Hl© upon the tracts after September 24 at the local land office In Phoenix, Aria., and will have a ninety-day preference after which the unentered land will be opened to the general public, close of 1920 was 61 cents an hour. Miss Beulah Bear, In charge of the Information desk at the New York customhouse, helps thousands of vis itors to fill out their applications for passports. i WISCONSIN BOOSTS 2 FAVORITE SONS Lenroot and La Follette Will Both Have Republican Delegates. Special Dispatch to The Btsr. MADISON, Wls, September I.—-It looks like the preliminary republi can presidential fight In Wisconsin will be between two favorite sons— Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, who In this part of the country Is rated as a conservative, and Senator Robert M. La Follette, radical leader. It Is possible that this program will be varied by placing a stralghtout Cool- Idge delegation In the field, which will have tho backing of Senator Lenroot. Whether this will be done depends on the strength developed by the new President no ' v and April, when the presidential pri mary will be held. Unless President Coolldge, now little known In the west, gains rapidly the chances are that tho Wisconsin La Follette dele gates will bo opposed by Lenroot del egates as tho most available method of wresting doubtful districts from the radicals. In the 1920 national convention Senator Lenroot was slated to re ceive the nomination later given to Mr. Coolldge. Mr. follow ers here regard him as presidential timber. If they place his name on the presidential ballot the purpose will bo twofold—first, to promote the Lenroot candidacy as far as possible, and second, to send to the convention delegates who will turn to some other candidate than la Follette in event Mr. Lenrot’s candidacy should fall. Strength of L* Follette. The La Follette presidential candi dacy has recurred regularly every four years since 1908, and it will figure again next year. Judged by the situation as it was developed in last year’s election. Mr. La l< ollette stands the better chance In the ma jority of the congressional districts, each of which elects two delegates to the convention, and the same Is true of the four delegates elected at large. But In no convention have his opponents permitted him to have a unanimous delegation, and they will try to break his slate again. No one knows Mr. 1a Follette’s plans. He sailed for Europe just a few days before the death of Presi dent Harding, and he will not return until October. So far as could bo learned, he was then a candidate for the republican nomination. It was thought that he might be the only candidate about whom disaffected elements could gather and that with the whole field to himself he would carry slates he had never been able to capture. May Dire Up Fight. The death of President Harding has upset the schedule. Tho La Follette men hero believe it will result In numerous favorite son candidacies in territory they hoped to win and that it will bp Impossible for Mr. La Follette to overcome the factor of local pride. Some of the more pes simistic of the La Follette leaders are intimating that Mr. La Follette may even abandon the contest for tho republican nomination. They are reviving the third party talk with which Senator La Follette's name was closely linked during the last presidential campaign. All this speculation Is without warrant of Senator La Follette himself, who. so far as known, has communicated hU views to no one. Even If Mr. La Follette decided next year to take the third party plunge, it is doubtful if he would re linquish the delegate fight in the re publican primary In Wisconsin. He would probably inaugurate the new party by sending hla delegates to the republican convention. demanding the adoption of his platform and then utilizing tho rejection of t his views as the ground for leading a new political movement. Power of A1 Smith. The shadow of Gov. A1 Smith of New York hangs over the presidential delegate campaign. If Mr. Smith's name is filed on the Wisconsin bal lot Senator La Follette stands to be a loser. The wet issue is a live one In Wisconsin. In recent primaries Senator La Follette has been the beneficiary of diseontent resulting from prohibition. Under the open primary, however, there Is nothing to prevent wet voters, who have been voting in the republican primary for La Follette In the past two elections going Into the democratic presidential primary and voting for Smith delegates to the democratic convention. They are likely to do this, and In two or three congressional districts the loss of their votes may be distinctly felt. Mr. Smith's opponent In the demo cratic primary will be William G. McAdoo. The McAdoo men have been more active so far than Gov. Smith's friend*. They have captured the democratic state organisation and are maneuvering to get the lead In the delegate campaign. While the demo crats are not Courting a revival of the wet and dry Issue, the alignment shows that the dry democratic vote will go to McAdoo, while the wet vote will go to Gov. Smith. Unless Mr. La Follette Is able to give satis factory assurances, tho wet demo, cratic’vote for Smith is likely to be supplemented by many republicans. Senator Lenroot's close Identification with the drys leaves no other place for them to go. J. C. RALSTON. CURLEY ADVISES IRISH BOYS TO STAY AT HOME Five Shillings Daily Means More Joy There Than $lO in U. S., Says Archbishop. NEW YORK, September I.—Arch bishop Curley of Baltimore, arrived on the Berengarla today after a five week visit with his mother In Athlone. Ireland, and deplored the emigration of Irish boys to America. "Five shillings a day In Ireland buys more joy and happiness for a boy than $lO In America,” he said. Conditions are more peaceful In Ire land now than they have been for years, he said. Scouting the Idea of any religious antagonism In south ern Ireland, he said: "There are more Protestants holding office in southern Ireland in localities where the Catholic vote predominates than anywhere alSc In the world. They were elected because they are good and capable men, and their friends and neighbors, regardless of creed or teachings, voted for them. That Is how it is and how It should be.” STEFANSSON SUPRISED AT WRANGEL TRAGEDY By the A»soci»tc<t Press. LONDON, September I.—Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, today express ed a»tonlshment and grief over the fate of Alan Crawford and his com panions In the bleak expanses of Wran gell Island, as reported In Associated prese dispatches from Nome. The famous arctic explorer, who was largely Instrumental In dispatching the relief boat with assistance for the little expedition, was of the opinion that with guns and ammunition any one could live on the island for three or four years, subsisting on the seals, wal ruses and bears with which tho place abounds. "Crawford’s death Is terribly tragic news," said Stefansson. “I heard noth ing myself direct from him for a long time. I knew the situation of the party was critical, but 1 did not expect this sudden end.” He concluded by paying tribute to the courage of Crawford and bia gal lant American companion*. WASHINGTON SHOWS JOHNSON STRENGTH Froffreuire Group Planning to Back Californian for Presidency. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., September I. With tho election of a representative net for the near future int he fifth dis trict and efforts made by democratic leaders to bring William Gibbs Mc- Adoo Into the state to campaign for the democratic nominee, politics has started to warm up. There Is a strong movement among the old progressive wing of the re publican party to bring out Senator Hiram Johnson as the republican standard bearer, while the republi can party machinery Is swinging to ward the Coolidge camp. On the other hand, the farmer-labor people urge that President Coolldge Is a strong "anti-union man.” This faction will swing to Johnson In the republican party and to Mc- Adoo In the democratic party. Mc- Adoo today Is assured of the demo cratic delegation to the national con vention from this state. The democrats are confident of electing a representative from the fifth district. Even the republicans acknowledge the possibility. This is largely due to local conditions at Spokane. Judge Hill, the democratic nominee, almost defeated Stanley Webster in 1922, while the republican nominee. State Senator Charles E. Myers, is making his first campaign outside of his legislative district and Is not well known. The_ election of Clarence C. Dill to the United Ktale.s Senate to succeed Miles Poindexter was mainly due to a general apathy on the part of the voters and certain local conditions In Poindexter's home town, where he was opposed, actively, by strong re publicans. The Dill vote when an alysed shows that he was elected to the United Slates Senate by 17 per J r s.jr:r:ri3eKS':: srs max lies,:: ■. :::m f J Comparison Convinces—Therefore We Say, “Compare” Splendid Variety—Low Prices—Easy Terms at Washington's Newest Furnkure Store. 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CAIRO, Oa., September I.—Three men were killed today when an en gine and train of the Kelly Clark Lumber Company of Gradyvillo went through a trestle and plunged into tho Ochlockneo river, about nine miles southeast of here. The dead: Mile Gray, engineer; Charlie Houck, fireman, and Ed Battls, negro, flag man. Recent heavy rains had swollen the Ochlockneo to such an extent that the trestle was undermined so that engine** way under tho weight of the cent of the registered voters of the state. Farmers In eastern Washington who have for the last three years had crop failures, this year have bumper crops and the history of the state has been that when the farmers have bumper crops and the logging camps and mills have successful seasons, i huge republican landslides are to be I expected. The mayoralty election in Seattle j next spring promises to have a mark- ! ed beating upon the general election! In tho fall. The precent Incumbent Kdwln J. Brown, was formerly a so cialist. He is now taking an active part in democratic councils. If he seeks re-election next spring and is re-elected, which appears doubtful at this time, It would indicate that the radical element In Seattle still holds the balance of power. If on the other hand he Is defeated for renomination ■ and election, he is planning on mak- 1 Ir.g the race for Congress or for the ! governorship as a democrat. Brown’s I close advisers are urging him to run for Congress, and not attempt the mayorallty race, but to swing into the McAdoo band-wagon, swing what | support he may have to Col. George | B. Lamping for the mayorallty and | Jn return draw Lamping’s support. \ former progressive, in his race for ! Congress. Lamping la on# of those who is ( looked upon as a strong Johnson man. I JAMES DE K. BROWN, i MAYFIELD TO FIGHT FOR HIS SENATE SEAT Texas Senator Doubts Opponents Will Get [Republican Aid on Party Lines Alone. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., September I. —Earlo B. Mayfield of Austin, junior United States senator from Texas, will go to Washington for the opening of the new Congress in December, prepared to fight the prospective battle over his being seated, "all the way down the line," he announced. Opponents of Mayfield, In the general election race of 1922, when he defeated George B. Reddy as candidate of inde pendent democrats and the republican state organization, have filed a contest which will probably be heard during tho opening days of the new session. Attorneys who represented Teddy in | numerous court attacks during the po j lltical campaign, in attempts to keep j Mayfield’s name off the general elec ! tlon ballot and to get Teddy’s on tho | ballot, will probably lead the fight be fore the senate committee. Charges of spending sums beyond those fixed by the Texas law, limiting campaign expenditures of senatorial candidates to <IO,OOO will be pressed against Mayfield. Republicans of Texas, who will Join tho attack on Mayfield’s right to hold the office to which he was elected, will attempt to draw a parallel between the | Mayfield race and the Newberry elec j tion in Michigan, which, through Now- I berry was sustained by the senate, I later resulted in his resignation and j caused the election of the first demo ! cralic senator in Michigan for over j half a century. I Mayfield declared here that he is not worried over the outcome of tit*; oon | test he knows he will face. He will jexhaust every legal means to defend I his right to the office, he declared. Ho predicted that his opponents are largely overestimating support they will get I from republican senators based simply i on party lines. S. K. BROOKS.