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DELAWARE HOUSE
POSTPONES VOTE
ON SUFFRAGE BILL
Adjourns Until May 17 Without
Taking Any Action After
Spirited Debate
ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS TRY TO
FORCE VOTE ON MEASURE
"Bull" MclSTabh Indulge! In
Making Charges of Bad Faith
But Republican Floor Leader
Calif His Bluff; Suffragist
Leaden Will Continue Fight
For Ratification
Dover, Del Msy C Dcspit the
efforts' of anti-Suffragists to forte
rot in tbs lower House of th Dela
ware Legislature today on the resolu
lion to ratify 4 he Federal amendment,
.11 i . ... .;i . r ...
ujournuieni was whi unui muj xi
without any action ou the measure,
Suffrage leaden admitted they seed at
jean inrea more votes 10 pan iu
nu jsure in the House at thie time.
' , The refusal of the Senate, which yes
terday passed the messi.-e, to message
it to the House, and the presentation
of a 'concurrent resolution from the
upper branch calling f a ton days'
recess, created one of th ) most spirited
fig) ts of the special session, charges
being made that the delay was "for
no jfier reason than to buy, bribe and
cajole members of the House into vot
ing for suffrage." The charges were
made by Representative McKubh, Demo
crat, of Wilmington, who declared he
knew of at least one member of the
House who had been approached.
Representative Lyons, Republican
floor lender, challenged McNnbb to
prove his assertions and asked him to
name the, member he referred to.
"While I am not at liberty to mention
his name," declared M Nabb, "I will
do so here and now if he gives me
authority and you assist.
Calls of. "I-et's have ii" came from
the Democratic side, but the name was
not urged and the incident closed. Mr.
Lyons said he did not believe either
the suffragists or an ti -suffragists would
resort to such methods 3 charged by
MeKabb. .
Buff reg'st . leaders . declared tonight
they would .continue their fight during
the reeesj . with, renewed vigor in til1
-sixth State to ratify the nmendmcut,
thereby giving the women of the coun
try the, vote. . i , - - i
GOVERNOR EDWARDS DROPS
HiS HAT INTO THE RING
New York, May 6 Governor. Edwards,
of New Jersey, tonight bcesme an avow
ed, active eandidat for the Demnerstie
nomination for President of the United
Blates. Walker. W, Viek, personal
friend of the Governor, issued Ahe for
mal announcement of his candidacy
find of th krutnin hn of EflwurnV I
campaign kea.lquarter. ,1
uovernor cuwaras mgins ais cam
paign without any political machinery
or prestige lent him from Say source.
Mr. Vick said. "He runs on his record
ns Governor of New Jersey, as its for
mer comptroller and as a man of af
fair in the business snd financial
world of this country for the past 23
rears. His rise ia ,tbe business world
ns a self-made man, as well as his en
tire career, both business sand political
present abundant proof of his symna
thetio regard for the great productive
forces of the country."
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS
HOLD STATE CONVENTION
Kansas City, May Cr-Eight delegates
at large to the Republican National con
vention umnatructed as to presidential
preference wer elected today by the
Republican state convention which ad'
journed (at Joday. . - --
Resolution adopted by. th eonven-
' tion included sections condemning the
League of Nations covenant without
reservations, denouncing the National
- sdministt ration and' demanding that all
laws be strictly enforced. Two of the
delegates at large are women and ths
, night alternates named are an women,
Th eight alternates include one negro
' woman. ,
EMBARGO. DECLARED ON
FRUIT SHIPMENTS NORTH
! Tampa, FlaV May t. Shippers , of
' fruits and vegetables in this State have
been notified, by the American Express
Company of an embargo effective today
, on shipments from this State. The no
tification declares that due to the re
cent strikes of railroad worker ia the
' East and West shippers ia those con
gested sections havs been using th ex
press line to such an extent that there
- is aa acute shortage or express cars.
Th embargo will bo lifted next Monday
or probably sooner, th statement says.
" SETTLE WAGE DISPUTE
. IN ENGLISH FACTORIES
Manchester, England, May ' 6 The
wage dispute in the cotton trad which
involved ' 400,000 ' operatives has been
- settled. , Th . operative have been
granted am increase of 88 1-2 per cent
on the current wages, with sa additional
JO per cent to, male card room, workers.
Ths agreement ia to last twelve months.
Root To Present Btstnte.
London, May 9. Th London Times
k kays thst Elilm Boot has been invited
) to make the presentation of th St.
Gsudeat statute of Lincoln from the
American td th British (peopl, which
is te be unveiled ia June. Th site
of the statue, opposite the House of
.i nuions is being prepared. ... 1
NO RELIEF LEGISLATION
LIKELY BEFORE ELECTION
Democratic , and Republican
Members Look For No
Further Action Now
. Washington, May 6. After a series
of informal conference, Democratic sad
Republican members ef the House
agreed today that there ni a pros
pect of nsetment of soldier relief leg
ialation bfore the forthcoming recess
for the political conventions.
Representative Kautson, of Minne
sota, the Bepublieen whit,, said that
many members felt that the whole ques
tion should go over until after the No
vember election so at to avoid the
possibl injection of partisanship in its
consideration.
BeDresentative Garner, of Texas, Jem
oeratie whip, and members ef the Ways
and Means committee which conducted
extensive bearing on relief legislation
declared sentiment was "rapidly chaag
in.' and that majority of th Demo
crat ia member of the committee were
"willing to let th bill continue to sleep
ia committee.
Much of the chance ia sentimnt, mem-
bers said, was duo to the large number
ef protests against increasing the tat
burden an drU possible effect on the
eoet of living.
RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS
WANT SOME RESERVATIONS
State Convention Disapproves
of Article Ten of The
Peace Treaty
Providence. B. I- May 6.-rDUap
nMtl nf Article Ten wf the covenant
of the League 4 Nation a submitted
by President Wilson to the Senate hut
unmnl nf a lescas of nations that
would conform to the principle of self-
determination for small nations wss ex-
ruil hv the Democratic parry or
Rhode Island in a resolution adopted
t the Rtata convention her today.
Another resolution commended Sens'
tor Peter O. Gerry for his stand in be
half of Ireland as expressed in the res
olution bearine his name thst wss dopt-
ed by the 8enat on March 18, last.
The resolution also ai reeled ine ueie-
rotes from this State to the national
n n 4.4
convention at Ban srnncwco wi
.wnrthinr in their power to the end
that the Irish Hepuwie reeognizea oy
Wi OTersnvBi ui uhf wiku
Th convention also- expressed its sp
provsl of President Wilson and his ad
ministration. . - . ,
Tea nistrueted delegates were elect
A ti the. 'Mtienal convention. Dele
tes Mected included P, H. Qnina, of
West Warwick, who was also re-elected
natienai committeemen for a four year
term. Three womca wero included .in
the delegation. . , ';
The platform discussed th eighteenth
amendment briefly, confining its ree
emmeudatiou to urging an amendment
to the Federal constitution, that would
provide for ratification of amendments
it,, the future by popular vote in the
ttntes. ; . " . '
The convention was addressed y Bcn-
Ator Robert L. Owen, of UKUhoms,
md Mrs. Aintoinette Innk, of Wash-
ngtoa. " ; -, f-i ' i.
PARLIAMENT WANTS TO
BLOCK IRISH PROPAGANDA
Honse of Commons Members
Pon't Like. De Valera'a Cam
, paign In America
London, May 6. The subject of the
nnnort riven to "the Irish republic"
by some persons in the United States
earns ut in the House of Commons
today. Horatio Bottomley asked whether
the government wss swsro tnat appeals
for subscriptions for bonds addressed
by DeValera as president of th Irish
republic, were still appearing ia Amer
ican newspaper sad were supported
by the governor of various states, and
whether Great Britain proposed to make
representations on ths matter to Presi
dent Wilson. . t
Mr. Boaar Law, replying ia behalf of
the government; ald it waa understood
that such appeals were still appearing ia
certain American papers, but he was
not ia a position to ssy whether they
were, supported by any governor. Great
Britain, he added, was not prepared to
mtke representations. '
Captain William wedgewooa uena
wanted to know whether the government
would take step to halt th malicious
camnain which ' he declared ' was de
stroying th friendly relations between
his country snd ths United 8tates. To
this Mr. Bonar Law did not reply.
Robert Burton Chadwick asked
whether Mr. Bonar Law' was aware that
this outlaw" was recently honored with
th freedom of New Orleans and whether
any representations bad bee made to
the United State in the face of "this
deliberate' Insult by aa ostensibly
friendly power. ' ,'
Mr. Bonsr Lw answered that he was
quite satisfied the -good feeling of the
United otates "Was aot represented at
all. by such demonstrations and be did
not believe that any action' th British
gorernraent oould take against them
OBld have any other effect thaa to
males tto relation worse.
STRIKE AGAINST HARD
BOILED SHIRT COLLARS
Chicago, HI- May tWToday snarked
th second day of the 20 day "strike"
her against starched shirta and col
Ifrs. Th "strike leaders.! called 1JMQ
workers ia th business district joined
the movement th first day.
John W. Champion, secretary f th
Chicago chapter of the Bed Cross, chief
'agitator' t said strikers' soft shirts
might be any color except white.
lie added that the strikers- had
bees a step forward effectively ia dres
sing by having collars attached to shirts
tbns eliminating time spent searching
for button and attaching th col
lar. ' v , .- ..,' I"
BENSON HAD HARD
JOB KEEPING SIMS
STRAIGHT IN WAR
Admiral Had Propensity For
Showing Undue, Friendship
For Great Britain
ADMIRAL BENSON NEVER
HAD ANY ILL FEELING
Head of Naval Operations Had
To Vie Strong; Language To
Impress Viewpoint On Sims;
Doesn't Remember Words
But Merely Meant America
Should Show No Partiality
Washington, May 0. Denying that he
had any feeling; against the British
Bar Admiral William 8. Benson de
dared before the Senate naval invest!-
satins committeotodaV that he had been
done a grave injustice through Bear Ad
miral Sims', interpretation of iustrnc
tions received before going abroad.
to Admiral Benson saia n couia not re
call whether ia his final instructions to
Admiral Bims he hsd said "don't let
the British pull the wool over your
eyes; we would as soon fight them as
the Germans," but added that if he had
used sueh langusge, it was for the pur
pose of impressing upon the Admiral
that the United etates was still
neutral.
The witness told ths committee that
he had aot only cautioned Admiral Bims
on that occasion but twice during the
war not to let his friendship for the
British unduly influence him. He dif
eussed the matter with th officer first
in London, ho said, and later in Paris.
Ha explained thst a was prompted by
what he described as a feeling growing
in the United States that Admiral 81ms
was permitting his friendship for th
British to influence him unduly la using
American destroyers to protect British
shipping.
On neither ' occasion, ' said Admiral
Benson, did be use the language at
tributed to him by Admiral Bims.
Give Bias Every Censlataatloa.
Admiral Sims, the witness said, hsd
th entire confidence of th Department
and his recommendations .were given
"every consideration consistent with the
general policy of giving all possibl aid
to th allies. Asked .by th chairman
why. If this wr true, all of Admiral
Sims' recommendations wrt not imme
diately followed, th witness said Ad
miral Sims tvat not; charged with Anal
responsibility and the Department's acta
had to be based on the general situs
tion.t . .
Examination of Admiral Benson will
be continued, tomorrow.
Asked by Chairman Hale what instruc
tions he gave Admiral Sims before th
officer first sailed for London, Admiral
Benson said he cautioned him to be
wry careful of his conduct in. view of
th -delicate situation and to, remem
ber that th United States still was
neutral.-
fl gave him very earnest instructions
along that line," said th witaess. "I
felt very strongly regarding th situa
tion and probably used very forcible
language to impress on him the serious
ness of the situation, but what words
I used I cannot recall. ?
Admiral Benson added that if Sims
said he had been , told not to let th
British pull th wool over his eyes it
would "have to go at that.' u
"You do not deny it!" asked th chair-
"I cannot deny it under oath, re
plied Admiral Benson. "I do deny the
interpretation that has been placed or
attempted to be placed on it. I don't
think anything could have been more
confidential than my conversation wits)
Admiral Bims.!
"How could yon say that w would
as soon fight the British as th Oer-
maasf asked the chairman.
-"Merely as a figure of speech to In
press on him the : seriousness f lis
task," wss th reply.
No 1U FseUng Toward British.
Admiral Benson said that late ia 1917
a feeling; had'sgrown ap in th United
(Continaed Pag Two.)
CARRANZA REFUSES TO v
VACATE THE PRESIDENCY
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Report Received In Washing
- ton Say He Ia Preparing To
Evacuate City -
Mexico City, , May tt (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Befusal to abandon the
preidency in th faee of the, menace
of rebellion featured . manifesto Is
sued yesterday on the .occasion of th
national holiday by President Car
ranxa. . .''',, '
IA th manifesto ... President Car
rans adeclared it would be impossible
to bold th Presidential election which
had been, set for July 4th. He also trae
4 th events In Mexico which he ebsrg
ed represented a plot by Jhe followers
of Generaj Obregon to" gain th presi
dency by means of violeae. ' : .'
'' Washington, p. C.,: Msy 6 Bobel
agents her tonight announced receipt
of a telegram from Mexico City say
ing th President of the municipality
was organising a civilian guard "for
th purpose of protecting the city in
the ovsnt of its evacuation." : -
Th information, the agents said,
was construed by them to mean that
Carraaza had . determined to abandon
the capital sine the organization of
such a fore probably would not be
undertaken without his consent and cer
tainly not without his knowlcdgs. "
ml "m
TO MEXICAN COAST
FROM MEXICO CITY
President of Mexico Said To Be
Headed Towards Vera
Cruz During Day
WASHINGTON DOUBTS IF
HE'LL TRY TO ESCAPE
Rebel Representative In Amer
ica Think H May Try To
Oather Force To Enable Him
To Transfer Seat of Govern
ment Instead of Fleeing from
The Country ' '
El Psso, Tex., May .President 'Car
ranza was scheduled to leave Mexico City
for Vera Crua som time today, ac
co'i'iEg to n telegram received from No
Kales. Ariz., tonight by Ia Pstria, a
Spanish language wspper published
here. ' V " '.
The massage was signed by A. Almada,
head of the Revolutionists department
of information and propaganda at
Kc-gales. ,. ,'.(. r, -
In view of reports received earlier in
the day that the railroad Mrrtee from
Mexics City to Vert. Crua had been
suspended some doubt was expressed
here as to th probability, that th
Mexican chief sMoativ hsd been able
to depart. It waa pointed out, how
ever, that as a result of th critical
situntion of th Federal government a
spveinl effort might havs been made to
run n special train for President Car
ranza. Th text of th message relat
ing to Carranza received by L Pstria,
follows:
"Carransa, accompanied by ministers,
leave today for Vera Cruz. Some days
aao he sent his son-in-law, Candido
Aa-uilar. ahead to Vera Crua with aa
advance guard. . v
Puebla, one of th largest titles or
Mexico was reported to have been cap
tured by revolutionary forces under Gen.
Pablo Gonsalss in another message re
ceived by th newspaper. , .
An advane detachment of Gen. Angel
Flores, revolutionary commander In
Sinaloa, has driven Federal forces
toward La Cms, where another engage
ment i expected, Jws said.- v,
miSt. CARRANZA MAY TRlT '
. TO TRANSFCK TBI CAFrTAlc
Wash in ft on, May eV-Cosos'ntration'by
Carranza of troops at Mexico City csused
rebel repreaentativea her and some
American army officers to believe today
it misht indicate th President s de
termination to gather a boot him a force
sufficiently strong to enable him to
transfer bis seat of government.
The obvious reason for such concen
tration, it was explained would be th
defense of the capital, but, according
to military experts Mexico City is so
difficult, to defend that Carranza might
b oxpected to employ th sam tactics
he did when Villa gained th ascend
sacy in 1914, sad again set up hi capital
at Vera Crux.
Revolutionary agent hero agreed it
would be possible f or . Oarranxa so
utilize a comparatively small force of
loyal troops for a stand somewhere out
aid th capital, and that it might even
be 'possible for him toefore Jiis way
to his old temporary capital at Vera
Cms and from there direct a counter
movement. .' .
It would be possible for Carranza to
take with, him to Vera Crux or; to some
other point the officials of th suprsms
court and a considerable quantity of
supplies and money, but observers as
serted bis position then would be no
stronger than that of Villa, or any other
leader . conducting independent opera
tion. Th possible success of such tac
tics, they ..declared, depended wholly
upon a raaicai enanr in popular odu-
Information bated on new Contained
lis tit Mexico I'lty newspaper, of a
recent date indicated that carraaza was
preparing to send General Mura-uta south
into th stat of Puebla. at th head of
a considerable force to attack th rebels
that have been gathered there under the
command of Gen. Pablo Go n sales who
recently joined the revolt. Tho Federal
garrison in the city of Puebla is re
ported to havs withdrawn- Monday upon
tho approach of Gonzales' and to have
taken refuge la Apizaco, Tlaxcala. f
; Other reports from Mexico City were
that the legislature of th stat of
Mexico- had .declared ia favor of the
revolution and that Gen. Do La Torre
had been sent to recapture Tolnea, the
tat eapital. Oaxaea, capital of th
tat rOt th asms name, Tuxpam, and
Panuco, near Tampieo ar town now
claimed by - the rebels whoso reports
ar that th same federal garrison that
recently waa reported to have withstood
th attack of . Gen. Maauel ' Palaez's
men had now joined the revolt, . The
catting of railroads continued, accord
ing to official and nnomeiai reports. The
best information available indicated in
terruption f trafflo ever th railroads
between MexieoCity and Vera Cruz,
Puebla and Pachuca, and the main lines'
north fo Torreon and west to Guadala-1
iara. 1 ' ' v
CARRANZA FACES FAMINE -
IN BIS CAPITAL CITY 1
El Paso. Texas, May ' Facins
famine in bis eapital city. President
Carraaza baa sought to effect a eompro
miae with th revolutionary forces, ac
cording to a sUtemcat issued todsy by
T. R. Beltran, commercial agent for the
Liberal Constitutional party at El Paso. :
Th short g is aeeessities bas reached
a serious stag is capital," on of
tho statements mid. "The discomforts
being experienced by th population are
so intense that a number of .labor
bodies have addressed themselves to
Carranza. asking him to take .step to j
remedy th situation by establishing
tCentlased en f age Two.)
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And here is the saSk manager, Dr. A. C. True. Through seventeen hundred
country agent and one thousaad horn demonstration agents he peddle the
Agricultural Department's product eervic to nearly every farm and fireside
of the nation " r.
Attorney General's Warning of
Threatened May Day Vio
lence Attacked
Washington, May 6. Attorney Gen
eral Palmer's , warning, of , threatened
May day violence snd announcement of
steps taken to prevent' it wer assailed
before fhe," railroad, labor board today
by Timothy- JJealy, .president of the
Brotherhood of Btaunary Firamea anl
OOauL as a part of what h character
ized- as "a despicable) - propaganda
against tabor." , - . ; '.
Hueh propagsnda, Mr. Healy said, was
Started within less tkaa Si hours after
ths sif aing of th armistice and wae de
signed "to poison the minds of th pec?,
pie to such an extent that the profiteers
could sua turtner increase prices sad
place th blame on labor.
While not naming the Attorney Gen
eral directly, Mr. Healy told the board
that tb "crusade" Of a "high govern'
ment official," against radicals waa ua-
doubtedly for the purpose of aiding in
th campaign of certain employers of
ths eouatry to secure lawa establishing
involuntary servitude ' Be referred to
sedition laws proposed in Congress and
said that while framed 'ostensibly to
eradicate Bolshevism, I. W. W.'ism and
Aanarchmm," they would have tied la
bor "hand and foot."
The Attorney General's warning of
May day violence and murder of Fed
eral and State officials was character
ized as "the most flagrant instance of
this most despicable crusade to inflame
the people against the workers.
"But the plans of th intriguer who
sought to add further stigma to labor
went wrong," said Mr. Uealy,t adding
that May day passed off a peacefully
as any other day or the year.
Mr. Healy concluded with the state
meat that" if "Government official and
Congress had given as much attention to
limiting the.profits of profiteer a they
did to pounding sna Bounding wage
earners the cost of living - would have
decreased to figures within reason."
After Mr. Healy completed his state
ment, Bert M. Jewell, president of the
Railwsy Department of the American
Federation of Labor, presented the wage
demands of the railroad shop workers.
H furnished statistics oa th increase
ia th cost of living sad asked the board
to grant such aa advane as would en
able the shopmen to live at th accept
ed American standard. ( r
PRESENT LONDON TRIP ' '
T0 BISHOP OF DIOCESE
Episcopal, Convention ", Gives
Rev. Mr. Osborne Handsome
Pnrse On Birthday
Charlotte, May 6. Notabl incidents'
which featured the last day of the Epis
copal convention today, wero th , pro
testation to Bev. E. A. Osborao, upon
the occasion of his 83rd birthday, of
1200 in gold and to Bishop Cheshire; a
trip to London to attend the Lambeth,
or Pan-Anglican convention which meets
there during the summer. Mr. Osborne
is on of th oldest men in service ia
the Episcopal church in the State, the
only other oMer. being Bev. Dr. -Ingle,
of Raletfh. . "Colonel" Osborne, as he is
always called in Charlotte, as he wss
a eoionel in the Confederate army, 'and
one of the bravest, wss ordained a min
ister -of the' Episcopal church 43 years
ago. H was bora and reared in the
Presbyterian church, his aneestorlieing
of Mecklenburg Scotch-Irish. 11 stock,
Adlai Osborne being th first of the
asm in Mecklenburg,,
Colonel Osborne Was a ruling elder in
th Presbyterian church at the time be
began studying for the ministry ia the
Episcopal church.' . Another' incident
thst added to Colonel Osborne's hap
piness on his birthday, waa tho grant
ing of, his request, of the convention,
for a eottagea - nursery aa it were
for children thre to six yeers old, and
th naming ef the building th "Edwin
A. Osborne Cottage." -
PALMER ASSAILED
BY LABOR LEADER
RELATIONS SERVICE.
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Committee Representing All In
terests To Control Rail
road Operations
Paris, May 6. Th strike of railwsy
men, which has now extended to the
miners and dockers and to tho metal
workers in tho Paris district with the
threat of n possible general strike, has
caused th -'government to hasten Its
promised plan of reorganisation of ths
railroads forecast In th Chamber of
TJasiis n February II. but.- .. "Su
It is considered that this plan. img
control of th transportation systems
to a committee representing U interests
will 'furnish the probable basis for s
settlement of the strike, wnicB is I
continuation of th May Day demon
strstion with th nationalization of the
railroad aa its chief object.
Unofficial details of the government's
project show that it provides for n con
trolling council committee eompoeed'of
delegate representing tb technical and
aeministrauvo personnel or . to rail'
roads, the vcorkmen. Chambers of Com
merce, parliament and th government.
Under the plan this council would have
authority to order improvement and if
necessary, have the work don at tb
expense of the companies. i t
Theoretically, the companies would
retain and operate their proprtie but
they would be merely msnsgers. One
of the most striking ideas is thst of
compensation, which, under tho scheme
would be based upon tbo mileagelo ears
and tons moved by the roads so thst
their interest would be markedly in tns
direction of full efficiency of equipment
uid rapid movement of freight. -
.Money fo- finaaneing improvements la
expected to be found through the gov
ernment's guarantee of railwsy bonds,
although whether this money should be
raised by: each company separately- or
by Joint aetioa throojrh the controlling
council is said to be not yet determined.
Premier Milierand when . the railroad
men announced nationalization pf the
roaas weir siris Pror. uf I
. . ... . i .i.-.j
that the. reorganisation measure
WOSWOn
be presented to the chamber or deputies
when Jt reconvened on May 17.
There is a possibility that tho measure
will prove unacceptable to th general
Federation of Labor, which is directing
the strike or the railway men.miaers and
dockers. After th first heat of labor's
nationalization daman d had passed, ths
general federation issued, a statement
in which instesd og insisting upon im
mediate control of ; transportation by
cither the public or working personnel
as some of the newspapers construed
the labor program it wss said by' ths
Federation: .'''.,"." v.
"It is not n question of obtaining
automatic and spontaneous transforms
tion of the roth plicated working of the
transportation and mining systems.' We
wish, however, that formal guarantee
be riven for a complete transformatioa
of aa economic system thst cannot but
aggravate th existing social unrest. '
HOOVER UNCHANGED IN
HIS OFFICE ASPIRATIONS
Kew Tork. Msy Herbett Hoover,
candidate for tfae Bepuuiean f residen-
tian nomination, in a statement issued
here tonight declared his attitude toward
the nomination was not changed by the
California primaries and that ho will
aot omnia a csmpaia-n, nor "have my
supporters raise a great campaign fnad
sad then s ertg ge my soul ia advaaee
ia order to. attain tho eleetioa."
"I believe thst the people have n right
to elect their President without having
someoa put over on them," he said.
"I have certain definite ideas regarding
eednomie, social and international prob
lems, I believe that these ideas are, in
many ware ia accord with the idea of
the great majority of American citizens.
"I can orly repeat What I nave said
before.''' h .added, "and that is thnt I
bare ncter had any personal ambition
ia this thing. My interest is only that
of any other eitiren who wants to see
the sovernment reflect th spirit of its
IN FRENCH NATION
topi'"' . ' ..... .
WILSON IGNORES
flflj
President Nominates New York
Lawyer To Interstate Com
merce Commission
SOUTHERN SENATORS
FEEL MUCH AGGRIEVED
Friends of Allen J. Maxwell
Particularly Disappointed
Over Failure To Name North
Carolina Man To One of
Three Places; May Hold Up
Confirmation In Senate) ,
SOUTH IN NAMING
MENTOVACANCIES
The Kews and Observer Bureau,
603 District Rational Bank Bldg - '
1 By B.'. POWELL.1-
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Wsshington, T. U., May .'When .
Preaident Wilson today sent to th
Senate the nomination of Mark W. Pot
ter, of New York, to be a member of th
Interstate Commerce Commission his
sction eaused much indignation on th
part of Southera Senators who hav
begged -for som recognition ' to th
Southeastern classification ' territory.
A few days ago ths President ap
pointed a professor of polities from ' .
Princeton and a gran it cutter from
Massachusetts to tho existing vacancy
and one of the new berths on th
commission and his failurs at that time
to show recognition of ths claims of the ,
8outhern porta and middle-west eitie
brough many cloak protest from Sena
tor representing these section. - ,
Patter New York Lawyer.
With th nomination today of Mr.
Potter who ia a New Tork lawyer and
president of th Carolina, Cllnehaald
and Ohio, Xallroad, th Southerners and - ,
their colleagues from th West conclud
ed that their only, hope of salvation lie
in rejection of the. three nominations.
It was freely predicted this would b
done when they ar considered by th
Interstate Commere committ of tb
(senate.
Particularly displeased are the friend : '
of Commissioner A. J. Maxwell of th
North Carolina Commission. . whos "
showing is generally conceded to havs "
boen fla a any mawrtd sttr
President. It was indicated mor thaa
ono ia this correspondence that the
President wonld select Mr. Maxwell for
on of th thre berths on th higher
bod naless he reached out and pulled
in com man who had) received so pub- '
lis mention in th connection Thi
ho did.
As a matter of fact, little Is known
of the two men ths President aomlna
edaj;ew days ago. They ar not con
sidered by members of th Senate a -me
with sufficient vocational training . -for
th job they hav been tendered. -On
has been a professor of politics "
st Princeton, where President Wilson
was President before being ' elected
Governor of New Jersey. This msn i
Henry Jones Ford.
James Duncan, th other nominee of '
few days ago, is n nativs ef Scotland
and n former vice preaident of tb Am
erican Federation of Labor.
His grade hss been thst of a graait
cutter and his experience in the com .
mereisl world hss been confined to edit
ing a trad journal. .
The only thing I can say about
these men,' Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, ssid today, "is that they ar
both preeminently unqualified for tho
job. I do not know anything about
Mr. Potter but I can tell you that th
South Ind the West will fight his con-
firmation.. I shall vote against all
three. V' - , f
, T Make Vlgoron Protest. -
Tigorons protest sgainst th appoint- '
meat of the three will be made in com-
c.-., D .
. T k ' .. . . . . . rs
ing Democrat on the Interstate Com
merce Committee said. Benator Pmith
waa not as bitter la expressing his in
dignation as were other Southera Sena
tors but tise general feeling is thai
tbo boutheahtern territoTf has been giv
en a decided slap ia the faee.
"X expee. to vote against them and'
to n.ake a fight against them Senator
I r Overman, of North Carolina said.
'The three men appointed all com
from the section that seems bent oit
delivering a body blow to the export
trade of Southern porta and middle
western cities. I do not think the Pres-r
ideat scted wisely in making his selec
tions." ., ,
Simmons Disappointed.
Senator Furnifold M. Bipimons waa
equally displeased with the latest ttom-.
inatlon. M bad held out hop that th
President, in filling tb last vacancy
on the Commission, would choose Mr.
Maxwell certainly some : man with
tho endorsement of the territory which
so badly needs representation en the ,
Commission., Delegation after delega
tion from North Carolina, Florida,
Georgia, Tennessee and other slates in
terested in the development of th
southerns ports and in a mor equitable
adjustment of freight rates in their
respective trading radiuses.
"I am- very much disappointed and
regret that our territory baa not re
eeived recognition" Congressman God
win, representing th port city of Wil
mington, said.-"However,' I feel thst
th South hss fared pretty well at the
hands of the administration.' '' , '
, "I hoped that on of the new com
missioners would come from a south--eastern
state" said Senator W. 3. Harris
of Georgia, "as the great interests ef
fivo southeastern ports, together with
th new freight rates from th middls
wt, make our position vital,, r
naturally I wanted, to see a Ueor
rian appointed." th junior Georgia -
Senator added. "We must be alert in
fighting to preserve our advantages and
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