STRONG FARM PLEA MADE BY LEADERS Five Points Stressed Before G. 0. P. Convention Again Championed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. June 29.—Three practiced advocates of the cause of farm relief swapped ideas outside the room of the Democratic Resolutions Committee last night, then, notwithstanding divergent viewpoints, made a concerted appeal for a strong agricultural plank in the party platform. They were Edward A. O'Neal, presi dent of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, and John A. Simp son. president of the Farmers’ Union. They were given only 10 minutes each and appeared before the commit tee in executive session. They combined forces in order to cover their subject fully, skipping lightly over controversial Issues. Appeal on Five Points. After the session O'Neal said he had championed again the five points on which his organization appealed to the Republicans; Effective protection of the American market through a stabil ized home price and control of surpluses, revision of tariff schedules to give true parity to agriculture, a sound dollar, easily available agricultural credits through development of the farm loan system and Government economy. “Agriculture must be restored before national prosperity can be returned," he told the platform makers. "No fun damental things have been done to solve the economic problem of our Nation. Agriculture is prostrate. Unless it is brought back, this will destroy the Na tion." In connection with credits he said he thought that if the Federal farm loan system did not work, another should be provided. He reminded his hearers the Democratic party in 1924 and 1928; pledged equality for agriculture and1 asked; “Have your elected representatives carried out those platforms or have they been but scraps of paper?” Price Fixing Asked. Simpson urged the party to pledge itself to regulate marketing to fix the price of farm products at or above the cost of production. He advocated the allotment plan for handling of exportable surpluses and a farm relief plank "sufficiently broad to pledge the party to use of the necessary machinery to bring equality to agri culture.” “What we are asking,” he said blunt ly, "is something more important than Democratic success, the success of agri culture.” OPTIMISM GROWS IN RITCHIE CAMP Pleased by Eoosevelt's Inability to Get Two-Thirds Major ity Yesterday. — By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29—A feeling of optimism had spread over the Maryland camp at the Democratic national con vention today as the time for nomina tion of the State’s candidate for Presi dent, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, drew near. Supporters of the Governor were elated after yesterday's votes in the Louisiana and Minnesota delegation arguments and in the election of permanent, chairman. The ballots were regarded by Mary land delegates as a test vote, and in no instance was the Roosevelt-backed ! group able to muster a two-thirds majority. The Maryland Governor is generally credited with being an out standing “second choice” candidate. Mayor Howard Jackson of Baltimore said he believed Ritchie had votes in as many as 19 States. Delegates In a number of them are pledged for the first few ballots, but may feel free to shift if no nomination is secured early in the voting. The Ritchie forces continued to work valiantly yesterday. Democrats Facing Same Wet Question Republicans Settled By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29 —The pro hibition issue today agitating the Democratic National Convention was the same that stirred to frenzy the Republican conclave two weeks ago, with one differ ence. The Democrats' fight was one step farther along. The Republicans struggled over whether to propose submission of prohibition repeal, or of revision. They defeated the former, 681 to 472. The Democratic choice was between submitting neutrally an outright repeal amendment and committing the party flatly in favor of that repeal. Former Virginia Governor Discusses Issues in Radio Address. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29.—A platform, telling the people what the Democratic party proposes to do if placed in power, written in plain words and terse enough to be written on the average billboard, was urged today by former Gov. Harry Flood Byrd, Virginia’s candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, in a radio address over the Columbia network. “It is not enough to emphasize the cavillation and timidity of Republican leadership; we must demonstrate firm ness and courage of Democratic leader ship to inspire and direct the enact ment of a superior program of restora tive and reconstructive measures. The people may prefer to bear the ills they have rather than to fly to others they know not of,” said Mr. Byrd. Issues advocated. Outlining his views, the Virginian advocated: Reorganization of the governmental machinery to reduce the expense of operation, and separation from the public pay roll of every office holder not. elearlv reouired in the public serv Ice to the end that the weignt or taxa tion may be lessened. Adjustment of tariffs to encourage foreign trade and an international tariff conference to negotiate rational tariffs on the basis of reciprocal bene fits and quickened trade, with pro tective duties limited to the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. Just settlement of foreign debt, linked with a demand for reduction in armaments. Relief for agriculture through tariff readjustment, an equalisation fee to be financed mainly by the farmer him self, and protection of staples, grains and cotton by prohibiting bear raid ing. Favors Repeal Vote. An amendment to the constitution which will make possible a direct popu lar vote on the repeal of the eigheenth amendment, with the several states voting as units. An income tax with a broadened base | to increase the popular interest in whr.t the government does with tax money. ‘‘The countries of the world must learn to trade together, or they will starve together,” Byrd said. “We cannot forever sell and never buy without los ing our foreign markets. We cannot insulate our Interests in a policy of hard economic insolation and then hope to send out friendly currents that will find response in foreign co-opera tion.” -• That country folk and inquisitiveness has alwavs been synonymous is well il lustrated by Franklin, who tells us that when traveling and wishing to ask his road, found it necessary to save time by prefacing his question with, “My name is Benjamin Franklin, I am by trade a printer. I am come from such a place and am going to such a place, and now tell me which is my road?” ! --— l Committee Asks End of Two Thirds System in Next Convention. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29.—Bare majority j versus two-thirds rule in the selection j of the presidential candidate became ' today a definite issue in the future of I the Democratic party. The Roosevelt forces dominating the present national convention dropped utterly yesterday the intended reversal of a century's tradition, but they wrote into the gathering's rules a recom mendation that the next convention consider substituting nomination by a bare majority for the old requirement of two-thirds and no less. Answers Opposition. There was attached also a declaration that precedent does not and shall not in the future govern the rules of the convention. The recommendation rati fied automatically and without particu lar notice by the party assembly Itself was actually the work of the Roosevelt favoring majority in the Rules Com mittee. Nevertheless it made certain that the question shall be actively con sidered in the selection of delegates from now on. This will answer the chief ar gument of those anti-Roosevelt delega tions which so bitterly oppose abandon-* ment ot the old rule this time. They claimed the proposal was sprung treacherously late, when the rank and file of the party had no chance to reg ister its opinion It will give an op portunity to such States as cling to the near-veto power afforded them by the stringent old requirement, to organize a fight. Text of Declaration. The language of the declaration was: “We recommend to the next national convention of the party that it shall consider the question of changing the two-thirds rule now required for the nominations of the President and Vice President of the United States so as to make the nomination by a majority vote of the delegates to the convention, with the further declaration that that convention is to be the sole judge of its own rules." But for this time “regular order” prevails, and two-thirds of the dele gates. who assembled today to hear an endless stream of nominating speeches, will have to get together on one man before the task was done. F ALSE TEETH Can Not Embarrass Most wearers of false teeth have suf | fered real embarrassment because their | teeth dropped or slipped at Just the j wrong time. Do not live in fear of this j | happening to you. Just sprinkle a little j Fasteeth on your plates. Makes false I teeth stay In place and feel comfortable. Sweetens the breath. Get Fasteeth at Peoples Drug Stores or any other good drug store.—Advertisement. j ZEMORELiEVES frClING BURNING ECZEMA Soothing, cooling ZEMO brings prompt relief in itching, burning skin; even in severe cases relief comes as soon as Zemo touches the tortured skin. Eczema, Ring worm, Rashes, Pimples, Dandruff and other annoying skin or scalp troubles generally yield to this soothing, antiseptic lotion. ZEMO is safe and dependable. AU Drug gists, 35c, 60c, $1.00. zemo FOR SKIN IRRITATIONS Lead Wet Plank Fight Chairman Gilbert N. Hitchcock, fo7 Senator David I. Walsh, for outright resubmissicn. repeal. CALLES IS CHEERED AS WIFE IMPROVES Former President of Mexico Re / ceives Many Congratulatory Mes sages on 55th Anniversary. 3; the Associated Press. EOSTON, June 29 —Senora Leonor :,lorente Calles was making “slow but iteady progress" today, almost, a week ifter an operation for a tumor on the Drain. No official bulletin on the senora's condition was issued but close friends of her husband, Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles. former President of Mexico, re ported her progress. The general made his fourth visit to the sick room since her operation last Thursday. He found her resting com fortably and appeared much cheered on his return to his hotel. The general observed his fifty-fifth birthday yepterday. Scores of congrat ulatory telegrams were received with many expressions of sympathy on his wife's illness. One was from President Ortiz Rubio of Mexico. Henry L. Do herty and Alberto Mascaremas. Ambas sador from Mexico to the Court of St. James, visited him during the day. -•-— Color blindness is sometimes called Daltonism. VOTE NEGOTIATIONS REPORTED BEGUN Feelers Declared Sent Key States, With Second-Place Nomination Offered. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. CHICAGO. June 29—The trading Is on. How many votes in exchange for ! a vice presidency? How much is bid? Something like an auction is in prog ress here. The Roosevelt management needs about 140 votes to make the necessary two-thirds to obtain the i Democratic presidential nomination. So thev have, through their numerous representatives, sent messag.'s direct or indirect feeling out the various dele gations that hold the balance of power j in this convention. If California and Texas would switch from Garner to Roosevelt, it j would mean a gain of 90 votes, which is a sizable start toward a band wagon. Such a break would cause de fections in the anti-Roosevv’-t camp. So, if Speaker Garner would like to take the vice presidency, and if Texas wants the honor of second place on the ticket, the Roosevelt forces are willing j to make it possible, provided they get the 90 votes. William G. McAdoo con trols California’s 44 votes out of that 90 so he is naturally the man to whom the Roosevelt forces look for aid. They point out that he is in an unnatural alliance when he trails along with his foe of Madison Square Garden days, Al fred E. Smith. They declare that he be longs with the Roosevelt side of the fight. Reward Held Out to White. Somewhat the same argument is be ing made to the Ohio delegation where the vice presidency is being held out as a reward to Gov. George White, if he can swing the Buckeye State’s 52 votes. Sensing the maneuvers of the Roose- [ velt managers, former Gov. Smith called in separately the leaders cf the various favorite son and anti-Rocscvlet delegations last night and early today and told them that if they would stick through the third ballot he would then release his delegates to go to any of them; that he himself had no ambitions and no preferences as to candidate!. Can the Roosevelt fo'ces make enough gains on the first three bal lots to start a bandwagon and push their candidate over? Many obs:rvers here think they car., for the simple rea son that the anti-Roosevelt forces arc not cohesive. But this has been a con vention of surprise moves. The two thirds vote controversy is a case in point. A management that can make that mistake might make others. The platform fight may open cleavages. The differences of opinion that have developed between the extreme repeal ists and those who want a modification of the Volstead act. so as to get "beer now” Instead of waiting for the lengihv processes of repealing the eighteenth amendment, do not as yet reveal a Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt battle line, as did the three other issues on which tests were taken Tuesday. Roosevelt Outlook Brighter. Senator Carter Glass cf Virginia, and McAdoo have always been closer to the dry rather than the wet side. They will not wish to see the party members in Congress committed either to repeal or retention. They would like to see the eighteenth amendment submitted and they would not like to see the pro hibition plank in the Democratic plat form cluttered up with the Volstead act complication. It looks as if the Roose velt forces will have to divide on this question so that the final result will not disclose anything as to the new strength of the Roosevelt army. The outlook for the Roosevelt nomi nation has brightened considerably since the three test votes. If 626 is taken as the Roosevelt maximum be- j cause of the intensity cf the fight, in which Jouett Shouse was defeated for ! the permanent chairmanship and on ; the supposition that the opposition mustered all that it could, the assum tion today is that the Roosevelt man agement is after 144 more votes to make the necessary two-thirds, but is | trying hard to get immediately 50 to 90. to show a material increase on the first three ballots. If there is no gain beyond the 626 figure, or the 658 Roosevelt total, which was polled on the Minnesota credentials contest, the opposition will be encour aged and the Roosevelt delegations may begin to break away to other candl dates. The fact that the Rocnevelt generals held their ground staunchly through three gruelling tests, however. Is indicative hi the fact that they have their own delegates well in hand. It is the opposition to Roosevelt which to ol iy has cause for worry about holding its lines. Neither side has any re serves as yet, but trading is still going on. WITHDRAWS FROM RACE Williams Not to Seek Re-election From Texas. DECATUR, Tex.. June 29 iVPI.— Guir.n Williams, Democratic Repre sentative in Congress from the thir teenth Texas district, yesterday an nounced his withdrawal from the race for re-election. He said th° present lengthy con gressional session had prevented him from campaigning his district thor oughly and that his physician had advised against an active campaign. Williams is completing his sixth term. i - - . .. . ENJOY THE A TH WHERE IT IS COOL THE NEW MT. PLEASANT HOTEL OCEAN CITY, MD. OFFERS $15 z-4 VTA SPECIAL GREYHOUND BUSSES CALL METROPOLITAN 1S1J RESERVATIONS NOW ! nngginncBannnnnnannarHnnHncnaPaaaHnongoc raj • | Our Big Treat for Tomorrow! j | Bing Cherries i * * [ Itfs hard to believe but its true! 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