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Senator Carter Glass, 'Games
Scrapper In Congress, Turns
Loose cun
REPORTED CRITICISM IN
VIRGINIA PAPERS BASIS
Special Targets Are Those
."Who Owe President So
Much and Have Eendered
Sim So Little"; Defends
Executive In Stand On
: Treaty
.V . ....... x , ' m obaemi Bureau,
." 03 District National Bank Bids,
. By B. E. POWELL. -.-(By
Private Leaned' Wire.)
. Washington, April S. United State
Senator Cartel Glass, accredited M the
mrrt' wrapper in either brnnek of
Consress by friends aad loea, loamj
took pot that at elaaderer and villi
flora of President Wilson "who ow him
Much aad have rendered mm to in
;tie."
' It was a broadsid fired particularly
t reported criticism of the Presideat
appearing in the Virginia aewspapers
recently. A Washington dispatch, aub
tantially. pictured the Virginia, dele-
gatioa as hostile to the Presideat. Sea-
tor Utah, repudiating tee anggeauoa
in behalf of the enUre Virginia delega
tion, borrows the phrase of Senator
8wanoa to condemn it aa so outrag
eous misreTireientatioa of the Virginia
delegation-" -' - -...'; f
-No teas ran (tie in his denunciation of
those who have recently engaged in the
pastime of "traducing" the President is
(Senator Glass than ho was in his recent
sharp scoring of Bear Admiral Sims.
Muck of his language ia a letter he
cat to Judg Bobert C Jackson, of
Boancke, , brings to mind the terrific
word walloping which the'Varginia Ben
ator gave Mill ' Ears, Bepublieaa na
tional ehairmaa- for .circulating gala
report about . the . Treasury Depart
mciit conduct of the Liberty Bond
campaign. '" 'if-- . .
After informing tjndga Jackson thai
t bo Virginia, members of Congress art
iudignant at the suggestion of their
nosuuty to the President, benatof Glass
write;
r resident Nat Okrilui -
TTh wretched talk about "obatinaeV
of the President over the peaeo treaty
Is purely an invention of adversary
politicians, acquiesced In by a species
of Democrat which baa never avmrjethi-
ed with Mr. Wilson's ideals or his poli
cies, too i" resident aas not eviaeed
on particle of obduracy about the
treaty. Ho negotiated tha treaty of
peaee, which was agreed to by all th
allied ana associated nations in 'war
against Germany, and by Germany alao.
it was not tns President s busines,
when bo brought this treaty back from
Franco, immediately to ioin with Mr.
Lodge aad other Republican haters of
the Presideat in their deliberate con
piracy to tear the treaty to pieces, ia
order that they aad not a Democratic
president, might hav credit for the
great aehievemeat. It . not only was
not the badness of the President to do
this, but for him to hart Initiated. ug-
geeted or assented to changes ia the
treaty which would hay substantially
altered the nature of it, would hare
been a distinct breach of faith witk his
associates of tha peace council. Every
body acquainted la any respect with
diplomatic processes knows this; only
Mr. Lodg and his hand-picked foreign
relations committee, meekly followed by
shallow Democrats, ever affected to
think otherwise
"Chsrgea Silly Lie."
"The silly lie about the Presideat re
futing to permit, the dotting of an 'i'
or eraesing of a V ia the Versailles
treaty has been so often repeated on the
the floor of the Senate aad by partisaa
newspapers, that it baa come to be be
lieved by people- who are not careful
to Inform themselves of the truth. Th
President never said anything of th
sort and those who Invested, as well as
those who repeat, the falsehood, know
it is a falsehood.- Ike President has re
peatedly aaid and written that bo would
accept any reaaonablo reservation that
did not gravely impair the integrity .of
the treaty or actually nullify it, aa doe
the Lodge reservation to article X, which
not oaly renounces all obligations, .legal
and moral. specUle or implied, but in
hibit every conceivable instrumentality
of government in. the enforcement of
any supposed obligation on the part of
this government to carry into effect it
honorable covenant with it allied na
tions ef th world war.
- Ban 8Calld Leader.
f ' "The suggestion thai the1 President
hat never consulted the "wishes el the
Democratic leader in Congress" may
meaa something or nothing, according
to the viewpoint. There are eo-called
Democratic' 'leader in Congrcs . who
bar never consulted the President
bout anything and have never follow
ed him, except when, by force of public
sentiment, they were obliged to. There
are so-called , Democratic ledsrs , in
Congress who have never led anywhere,
bat have always held back and abstract
ed and joined- witk th Bepnbliean
ia fighting every measure of impor
tance that the President e or present
ed to Congress. The President baa neve
been much encouraged consult 'lead,
era! of this type, nor ue I-imagine has
very high regard for their- opinions.
I "Everlasting gimme."
'- ''What an everlasting shame it is that
tlii great citizen, -who tfee baa lead
lus party to 'victory aad under whose
rcigme more lrgislation vital to the
public welfare has beoa enacted thaa
' '"(Continued ea Page Two.)
Sittinar: Left to ririit. Dr.
right. Mrs. II. K. Mclntyre, Miss
Instructs District Attorneys To
Consider Complaints of
. : ; ' Profiteering ;V ,
Wasbrngtoa, Afril S. Federal district
attorney wr WitneUd todkr by At-
toraer Gea(r1rTslmer to receive and
Consider oatva-s-Asbt pronteertng 14
bitutnlaoM eal wkkk tnf krbm. U
vour district nnderJlhe Lersr aet,"
Mr. Palmer' telegram ra prepared
after som bi to miaou coal Operator
had stated publicly that the new wage
sal axreed on under the term of
the ward by the coal strike settlement
commission would result in aa increase
of from 93 cents to 1-23 a ton on coal,
Pointing out that the total increase
in wage had been estimated at approxi
mately 4200,000,000, Mr. Palmer said,
that if this entire eoaat were "added
by the operator to the price, it would
only make an increase of 40 cant
ton." ' ' I
Mf. however, the operator absorb
the 14 per cent increase which became
effective ia December,'1 aaid the Attor
ney General, "there will be left only
97100,000 to be passed on to the con
sumer, in this event the increase ia
the price of eoal at the mine should
amount to 20 cents ton.
I understand - that aa exaggerated
estimate of "the demand lor export eoal
it affecting the market - price, particu
larly from 'Illinois east, this demand
having been estimated at a much si
lOO.OK'OOO tons. But I am advised that
our port facilities are only ' adequate
for the export of -30.000JOQO . per an.
aum. that ia to any. oalv 6 ner ceat of
ear total prodnettea. . This should not
bs made aa excuse for raisiag the price
for normal consumption. It is probable
that, normal conditions will be shortly
ertored aad fair price will follow.
In the meantime please receive and eon
tider complaint of profiteering which
may srise la you t district nnder the
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SENATE GETS READY TO -
TAKE UP MILITARY BILL
Measure Differs Widely Trom
That Passed Jn House ; Tight
1 - -Is Expected ; '
Washington, April , 3v Ths Seaate
eleirad tha r tndav for eonaidsration
of kgitlation -proposing th eetablmh -
meat of a definite military polky.. De
bate ea the .army reorganization bill
framed by th Seaate military commit
tat is to icgia Monday aad ita passage
la about tea day' or tw week is pre-
dietod ty beaate leader.
The bill differ radically from thel
Eons tt-Mumre passed March IS, in that
it provide for compulsory military
training, consolidation of th National
uard, regular army aad reserves, com
posed of trained men, into one eitisea
army -and alao for a general staff eligi
bility or it em similar to . that ia the
frenek army. ' The House bill left th
eompni-eery military training issn for
senente' legislation and ' retained ; the
general leatnrea of ' the prat; aray
erganiisrion-wltk provisions for :m Tegu
lar osttiblishment of 100,000 enlisted
en antl 17JX)o orncers com pared with
ZSOrJO aad 14.000 respectively in the
8rtaUlill. . ... - " . -
The military trsnTing provision is ix-
peetod to caas n fight in the Beaata,
although1 leaders predicted anal ae-
eeptaaee- by that -body which would
traasfer the battle to th confer nee
of th tw kousea. ' V " K ,- ""
Second Annual Pinehnrst tforsa fihow
Taeedsy all day.. Annual Spring Tw4
Mile Steeple Chase and 1'1-M:, Mile
Flat. g500 ia purses. Wednesday, at
PinchursU ' " . V." -1 Adv.)
PALMERACTSTO :
' KEEP COAL DOWN
, N.
Delia Dixon-Carroll And Mrs. Palmer Jerman. Standing: Left to
Susan Iden and Miss Elsie Kiddlck. , v - '
r.TAriDATE IS ONLY
Report; of Gen. Harbord Does
Not Recommend That Amer
ica. Accept It
Washington, D. C April S. While
tkr AmerieaiVntiaslo . under ;jJW6r
Oenersl Harbord "which tavestigatcd
cohdttlong in ia Ksf East Ust year
Aid not reomna:tnai th Vaited
Slates Aeeept A taandst nr th for
mer Ottoman emplrl, ' 0 aeral Harbord
In hi report aaid om power beold
accept mandate as the oaly aolution
f tb Turkisk problem.- ' "
- Constantinople, ke , tail, should be
Included ia the mandatory territory, but
he disapproved several mandatories for
different portion of Turkey
v The much discussed report of th mis
sion wa transmitted to the Senate to
day, by Presideat Wilson- in
- response
to second resolution ef request adopt
ed several week ago after th Benate
had failed to bear from th White House
concerning ita first resolution adopted
ia November.
While estimstes of th number of
troop required for a mandatory vry
from KflOQ to HW,000 General Harbord
declared that in km Judgment 09,000
would be needed for- the first year.
The eost of the mandate was estimated
it 275,000,000 f or the first year, in-
eluding 18800,000 for the army and
navy, and $756,000,000 .'or the lint llv
years. - ; - ' j - ' .
Thirteen XeMon for It.
Thlrteea argnmetits ia favor of. the
United State ecopting . a mandatory
and thirteen (gainst , aeeeptanes wers
contained-in -the report. Th principal
argument1 in favor wr that -the Unit
ed State wa on ef th chief eon
tribatart IS tk fermation of the League
of NatUn. wns morally" bound to ae
cept,"-that lt mandatory would insure
peace at tha world erosiwayii that the
building of railroad would offer oppor
tunities for American capital and that
there would.be .great trade advantages ;
that' intervention would definitely stop
further massacres ' ef Armenians and
other Christian Sd girs justice to the
Tnrks, Kerbs, Greeks, and other people
aa that unless the united Btate ss
sum responsibility in, this region, in.
teraatioaal jealousiae ' ' probably wquld
result In' the eontiaauneo of the un
spesksbU mlstul of the Turk.' '
' ArgamsaM Against. -
The prinslpsl argument against an
American mandate were that th Unit-
d Btate hsd prior and: nrer foreign
obligations: thst there was every likell
hood that ambitious nation would eo
tinne to maneuver to tehtrol this re
gion that a maadat would weaken
th .American position relitlvr (o the
Monroe 'Doetriaar that ' th ' United
Bute would be brought lata th politic
f the Old World eontrary. to its tra
dltional policy ) that it -would be put to
grest - expeass involving probably- an
increase of the army aad 'navy; that In
tervention, would rob it of it trtegl
advantage given by the Atisntio ocean;
that Its iliae of communication to Con-
itsntinople would v be it . the mercy- ef
the ether naval power, especially Great
Britain, and thst . peeee r and imtle
wsiild -be aas red nnder. any other- ti
Jthe grct-foer!, 5:.vy''t"5j' - Ry v:
General Harbord s report Wtl dated
October 9, 19U, and consists ef 4 dotet
typewritten volumes, with sepstaie f .nd-
m Ia.m mimW wt- Mmi ..1.,
ahts,' somcof whom kidethe Ainerlesfl
peace eommlasioa at Pari.-. .
Hearing ConUanM. ' S
Paw Paw. Mlch 'April ' 8. Pfelimi.
asryi eisminstion "begun yesterday; bf
Mrs. 1,' Tsbor, held i connection .with
the ' death of -'her daughtr,'-S'audg Tu
ber Virgo, was continued - today until
next TueMay. Ths 80-yesr-flld respond
ent was allowed I.' erly on her wa ree-
fniianc. ..... .; ....... ... .i- i
TURKISH SOLUTION
PASSMEASURETO
CURB iSPECULATIQN
BilrToProhlbitxcessive Eor-
rowing Sent To President
By. Senate ,
' Washiadnf"Ap-t
(ration- meaQY aaderkfyi tae.f'edtf
era reserv board hvpe to' effectually
check speouJsUon was passed today by
th Seaate, $ni new foe to th Pre-
Under the bin discount rate at eeeh
of th twelve reeerve bank with the
"approval review aad determination of
the Fedora! reserve board may be grad
uated or progressed on the basis ef
amount of ndvaneea aad discount ae
commodation extended by th- Federal
reeerv bank to th borrowing bank."
Eanetmeat of this measure as an
enactment t th Federal Toservo law
ws recommended - by Governor Hard
ing, of th. Federal reserve board, in
hi annual 'report. - .,v ---
Governor Harding in ki annual re
port said that "in this way it would be
possible to reduce excessive borrowing
of -member bank and Induce them to
hold their own large borrowers in eheek
without raising the basic rate. Th
Federal reserv bonk would then be
provided with an affective method of
dealing with credit expansion more
nearly at the source .than is now prac
ticable, and without, unnecessary hard
ship to bank and borrower who are
conducting their affairs , within th
bounds of moderation. , "
Th expansion of credit set in mo-.
tion by the war must be checked, he
said. ,"Credit must be brought under
effective control .and its How be once
more regulated and governed with cares
ful regard to the economic welfare of
the country and tbe aeew Of its pro
ducing jeduatris."
RAILROAD'S OPPERATIONS .
NORMAL AFTER WALKOUT
All of 12,000 K. AW. Men Will
Have Returned To Work By
Mondaj Morninf
Boanoke. Val AprQ 3 Witk the re
turn to work today and. tonight of most
of the ,12,000 employe en the Norfolk
ad Western railway, who hav been on
strike , for. the pact, week, operations
en the road tonight were described by
official a, practically- normal. : It wr
aanonneed that all employe who wnlk
d but wiU havf .rcsumedqrk
aay morauig. - -. - -
While railroad . omoial , and . .union
tti&t today. -ess tinned their silence as
to . th t term - under, which the trik
wa aettled, following a 'ten-hour eon
fetene which concluded - early today,
Itw , learned - from-. reliable aoarce
Untghl tlmt. "important . Mucessions"
were mads by both sides, in connection
with the demand 'of "tha, railway -clerk
that two non-union employes discharged
becaus of .alleged Insults- to a young
woman. ' la- addition to provision that
th two - clerks be transferred from
their -.present, position, to- another de
partment,, it was leaned that th union
heads agreed that in the fntare organ
ised employee on. the road wiU,aot walk
out -wit hoot' ubmittingUo-ifa "thorough
InvestifMtion of, their grievance - -,
-. W. T. Divers and Amos Hesdler. th
lira s-kc Beer and clerk whose- discharges
were demanded by the railway clerks,
declared tonight that no-officisl notice
of a transfer from the present position
had. been received. ; '.. . . , -. t
' ' Kafa Fleming Dead.' J'
"Washington, D. ' C. Anril . -Buf ut
of Detroit, Mich, American Consul at
tdinburg, died .there today 'after
prolonged Illness, ths state department
wss adviied. - He formerly was-man
sing editor or tns Cincinnati Time
i -r. . . . .
Lull! DELEGATES
ELECTED IN VAKE
Ccunty Democracy Makes Bow
To New Day and Absolute
Harmony Prevails
FIYE WOMEN WILL GO
TO STATE CONVENTION
Chairman 2d Hugh Lee Is Ee
elected To Head County
Demotratie Executive Com
Snittet; roDowinr Ooarea-
tion, Women Organise Worn-
'; an's Division
' Wake county Democracy made is bow
to the new day yesterday whea five
women were selected delegate from the
county to the Democratic State conven
tion Which ensembles here April 8.
Ja meeting almost exclusively de
voted to organization and the selection
ef delegates, the county Democrats put
ts shame all prophets of diseord. With
Women and mes sitting in equal aum
bera harmony bubbled from all fac
tions) quarters.' It was a day for tha
women. They wanted fire delegates to
tbe State convention aad by resolution
were authorised to nam th five. More
than this .they did not seek, but the
delegate from tbe fourth ward, first
division of 'Baletgh preseated a woman
as aa alternate,
The five who will lead the way of
Wake county women into the Stat
councils of th party and who hav th
honor of being th first named In the
history of the county to attend a Demo
cratic Stat. convention sret Mrs. rtl
ascr Jermen, Balelght Dr. Delia Dixon
Carroll, Balelght Mis Elsie Biddick,
Raleigh; Mis Susan Idslt, Baleigh, end
Mrs. H. K. Mclntyre, Swift Creek. The
alternate delegate efaseea by the fourth
ward, first diviaioa, i Mrs. Will X
Cokr. Balaigk. v
" Ornwlie Waaaaa'a Mvtssaa.
Immediately following the convention
the women remnined In th onrt room
and organised th Wake County. Demo
crat! Women's Division witk the elee
tion of Mrs. Palmer Jerman presideat.
nd Miss Elsie Biddick, secretary. The
object of the organisation, aa expressed
by Mr. 3. W. Bailey in a resolution, 1
to further th aim of th Democrat!
party among the women of the county.
Likewise it will work ss a a nit toward
ratification of the suffrage amendment.
Members of the executive committee
of the new organisation will iaelude
representatives from every precinct in
tbe county. Th following were named
yesterday t
First Werd, First Division, Mrs.
Chios P. Bis lock: First Wsrd, Second
Division, Mrs. John Park; Second
Ward, First Division, Mrs. Clarraee
Johnson; Second Wsrd, Second Divi
sion, Mrs. J. W. Bailey; Third Ward,
First Diviaioa, Mrs. W. A. Lpehureh:
Third Ward, Second Division, Mrs.
Louis Cohen; Fourth Ward, First Divi
Ion, Miss Minnie ' Bagwell ; Fourth
Wsrd, - Second Division, Mrs. Alfred
Williams; Outside West, sir. Clareace
-Shore,
From the county the following were
named and the representative in esek
precinct will b completed by the exe
cutive committee t St. Mthwf, aire,
Josephine P. Sallingsr: Swift Creek,
Mrs. 1, M. Mclntyre: Berton Creek,
Mrs. Kenneth Gsntt j Msrk's Creek, Mrs.
Edc BiehardsoB.
' -. r A Nerve Convention.
' It wss a nervously expectant lot of
delegate who cat in th county court
room ihortly after noon ycaterday when
Chairman Ed. Hugh Lee, of the county
Democratic executive committee, called
the convention to order, aad summoned
John Brsy to set a temporary secre
tary. Th roll call disclosed thirty-five
of the thirty-eight preeineta in tbe
county represented. -
The women weren't spread ever the
court room. -They herded together ia
one section, almost filling it. while th
men took the oppoeite side of the udi-
The women had been variously
assured that the utmost harmony would
prevail in the 'convention, and that tbe
bitterest of political clashes would split
the assembled Democracy. So they just
waited, smiling assurane but sxhsling
excitement.
' A Secretary Bray called th roll, the
met waited expectantly for th femi
nine voice that would aanoune repre
Dentation ia five precinct. Non came.
The women having safely arrived at the
convention were not disposed -to brag
bout their presewee.
That Harmonising Not.
Ths ball started rolling whea "Armt-
tesd Jonee nominated W. C. Douglass
ss chairman ef the convention had took
on a decided boaaet.when J. W. Bailey,
from the oiber side of wax Democracy
seconded the nomination, v '
'Before the delegate bad aeeomedated
themselves to. thie -forerunner of har
mony, Mr. Douglas aad complimented
the convention en it good looks, bad
extolled the greatness of the Democratic
party, bad fixed hie own Unbroken al
legiance, and had put op organisation
and harmony as the two accessary ele
ments for eoatiatted power of th party.
"If yon hav your, individual . opin
ions, I urge yon to surreader them to
the great Democratic majority," aaid
Mr. Douglass, and the convention was
t 7; (Continued on Pg Two.) , i-, 1
THESE COUNTIES NAMED
WOMEN TO CONVENTION
Coasty. K.
CaUferd X
Daraam IS
Wshe .'. I
Bnacembo 4
Sampson S
Meatgaeaory, ae many a deatr to
attend.
BUNCOMBE GIVES
WOMEN RIGHT HAND
Democrats Welcome Them
Gladly and Name 4 Women
Delegates To Convention
: Aaheville, April S. The nnterrified
hosts of democracy ef Buaeombc
county at the county convention this
afternoon welcomed witk open arms, as
it were, th first women who ever at
tended a political convention her to
take part in its affair, urged them to
ipeak, then voted to seat all present as
delegates to th county aad elected four
county delegate to the 8tate con
vention, which will be keld at Baleigh,
April a i .-r-
Not oaly this but the convention en
thusiastically endorsed a strong r
lution urging the North-Carolina ffJea.
oral Assembly at " the next feemion to
ratify the Fedt ral Coast itntioaal amend
meat granting equal suffrage ts women.
Buncombe representative ia th Uen
.oral Assembly , wer Instructed t vote
for suffrage and, the 'delegate to- th
8 tat a convention from this ceuaty war
pledged te urge- th Htato convention
to endorse equnl suffrage. , .
It wa a full aad complete victory for
the -women and th politician a, old
timar sad you eg member, fell ever
eaek other ia eateriag to th Womea
who attended.' . ' -'
In the resolution Introduced by Judgs
H. B. Stevens, But Senator from Bua
eombc county, th following worn
wer officially chosen ae delegate from
Buncombe county t the Btate oave
tioa: Mrs. Chsrles M. Piatt; .Mrs.
Charles A. Webb, Mm May Jones, for
mer secretary to Governor Craig, aad
Mia Exam Clement, member of the
local bar. It was voted that all ether
women who attend the Stat convention
from this , county will be seated as
delegates.
The presence of the womea aad their
part la th meetings featured the ses
sion, which lasted two hours asd wss
aa old-time Democrat! love feast.
Although in poor health, former Gov
eraor Craig attended aad made what
many consider the best speech for sev
era! year. He wa warmly greeted.
his acknowledgement of the rise of the
women waa on of the aign lights of
th meeting, whea, approaching Mr.
Piatt, leader of the local suffragists.
ke exclaimed i "lea ar hsrs, dear
sister, and I welcome, yon to tbe fold.
although I do not claim, any credit for
bringing yon here, for I wss agaiast
yon, but now that th agony is over, I
welcome yon heartily aad extend to yon
the" glad naadTof fellowship." This
remark was greeted witk the greatest
applause.
The eojiveaUon voted to recognise
end to aeat at the State -convention all
Democrats who eared to attend nnd
pec isl car, may be two, will leave her
Wedneeday moraing for Baleigh. J.
Bv Sullivan, a local railroad man, wa
recommended to the State convention
ss a delegate from the Tenth district
to the . national convention. On the
motion of 8. G. Bernard th eon van tion
agreed to ask the district convention nt
Baleigh to send four delegates,- with
half a vote eaek, a at Baltimore, rather
thaa two delegate with n rot each.
CATAWBA DEMOCBATS WANT
7 SUFFRAGE TO BE BATIPIEO
Hickory, April Ij Catawba , county
Democrat ia convention at Newton to
day not only went n record in fnvor
of wemaa naff rag, bat adopted a reao
Intioa presented by frank. A Header-
en, ef Hickory, argiag Governor Biek
ett to call special aoasioa f th Gesersl
Assembly to ratify th suffrage amend-
ent. One -woman; Miss Ion Mebane,
wa a member of tb convention aad
received a warm welcome.
ADMIRAL WILSON TO
GO ON STAND MONDAY
Commodore) - Cooke Testifies
Fletcher's Administration
ICnch Like Wilson's
Washington, April 2. Admiral Henry
B. Wilsoa, commanding the - Atlantic
fleet, will testify Monday before the
naval board investigating Bear Admiral
William 3. Fletsher removal from the
Brest command by Tic Admiral ' 8ims.
Admiral Wilson was' Fletcher's .imme
diate successor ' at "Brest ia October,
117, aad held that command through
out the remainder' of the war.
Convoy operations of Fletcher s com
mand "might ave been improved" if
the Admiral had laid "down a geaeral
doctrine ia writing. Commodore H. D.
Cooke, commander of eae of th yachts
t the Brest squadron,-testified today.
Ho . added,- however, thst ' only rone er
tw important element of operation
covered .a the doctrine later promul
gated by Admiral Wilson bad not been
prescribed in verbal conferences during
Admiral Fletcher' dmiaitrtioa- t
WOMEN DELEGATES
AT CONVENTIONS
Three Score or More Named As
Delegates To Attend The '
State Conventions
GUILFORD COUNTY LEADS
WITH DELEGATION OF 25
Durham County aires Women
Delef ates Glad Hand and
KVUVVIUU, n GlbVlUB, U,1U
With Seal Jojp- SeYeral
Counties Adopt Xesolntions ;
Deelarinf Against Suffrage .
Three (core women duly accredited ;
by Democratic county conventions in
North Carolina will attend th Stat .
Tim mm A. ; annrVAn fJdwt 1nnar1m
in Baleigh to partieipat in it de
liberations. Guilford's delegation ef-SS woman
will head the list in lis, but for beauty
snd charm Wake will put her delega- 1
tioa ef five Democratic women up
against the world.
. Dnrham'a ilftaanwomaadalanatea.lo.
the State eoaveatioa sat in th county -
convention ' yesterdsy, participated in
it deliberation and heard the eloquent,
praise ef General Julian 8. Carr, who
deeUred himself glad to hav llvd t
see th day.
Buncombe' four fair delegate will
com dowa with the full ndorment
of former Governor Locke Craig ring-?
ing in their oar. Buncombe' Democ
racy received th women with lner
and eordu.1 welcome and th hosts ef -Democracy
ia tbe - mountain bulwark i ,
fully approved aad loudly applauded the
Former Governor when he declared thst
he sur rendered fully and nncondltiea- .
sAjp aad without regret. !
Old Alamance in rissinK rolatiat
called upon the Governor to call sw
extra session of th Legislator to fir .
th wemea th right they dessrr. d
Catawba Democrat accorded women,
their full right Democrat to lit ia
. contention, Ssmpeon didn't reeolute -
but named three delegate w tae but
cenvenUoa aad Montgomery ' without
partiality named both mala and fsmsl
Democrats, who desire to attend the
State convention, to do so.
Pitt. Martin and Wilsoa counties wer
smong those that ar dead agaiast equal
suffrsgs new aad adopted resolution-'
dec is ring emphatically against it. So far
aa report indicate practically all tha
other eounties took no action.
After a hard fight the Nash eoaven. '
tion voted down a .resolution declaring
agaiast wemaa suffrag and in Beaufort
resolution declaring against waa laid
ea th table. , A resolution declaring
for it waa voted down in Harnett, '
TANCE CONTENTION FOB -
BICKETT AND WILSON. -Henderson,
-; April a. No mention
whatever waa made f th woman enf
fraaw amendment in the Vane county -
Deanoerati convention her today. Th
national administration nnder Woodrow
Wilson and Stat administration of .
Governor Blckett wer adord and
oeskrrs commeadiag the revaluation
act were greeted 'with applause. - Ten
delegates aad ten alternate to tn Stat
convention were ebosen. : , .. - -
FOBSTTH CONVENTION IS
, STB0N6 FOB MB. MeADOO.
Wiastoa-Salem, April 3. Th Demo- .
eratie convention for Forsyth county
met this afternoon nnd elected delegate ,
to Stats and CougresstoBai eonvantioa.
While the committee w t work a .
somber of talks were made by prom
inent Democrat, among them H. O.
Chatham, who commended the party for
f ulflllmeat lverypromia mad
before the rein of government cam :
into it hands.
Ex-Judge E. B. Jones declared that
th possibility for Democratic victory,
ia eouaty, State and nation wss never
brighter. He declared that Hoover ka '
tied himself outside as a Democratic 1
Doasibiliry for President and the men
tion of William G. McAdo precipitated
storm" of applause. Though -pledged
to one of the three mentioned for Gov-.
ernor Judge Jones commended nil th
candidate before the primary and hi"
statement ' that, kowever, the -primary
came out North Carolina would roll ap
a handsome majority in the election be- (
cause of ' unity in the patty . received '
CABTEBET DEMOCBATS IN '
HABMONIOUS CONVENTION
forehead City, April S. Th Couaty
Demoe ratio convention held today - in
Beaufort ws .ths most largely attend
ed convention keld in recent veers.
Delegste to the Stat convention were
elected, the sehisvemeats of the admin-.
1st ration in Stat and Nation sulogised,
snd the record of Senators F. M. Sim-
i - nnd Ls , 8. Overman, a long .
recognised leader i the Vnlted Btate
Senate, aad Ue ability aad integrity ef
Coagressmsa 8. M. Briason and his ,
record in Congress was endorsed. The
eaadidacy'ef Mr. Luther Hamilton for.
Stat Senator waa -eaderssd and reeom
mended '.ta 'th district aa worthy and
well auklified, to fill the effice witk
honor nnd credit. ' ' '
Besolutlon were adopted 'endorsing
ft candidacy of Mr. Stacy W. Wade,
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