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WOOD OUTFIT GETS
srolli:;g
-Senator-Moses,fleactionary
Republicart Boss, Makes .
4 -
WORlCiWlTH MACHINE :
PRECISION, HE CLAIMS
Same Old Combine That "Bust.
. d'; ttxij 1911 Still Xa
' : Good Workiaf Order, Kw
' - HmpiUre Old Guard Leader
AUege; Worldftr How To
-.HeJJLojrdea Oamo;" -
tBr JTfce Aaooeiatod Pwao.)
Ckleagoi DL, Jaao i-PiWono !
-tka - BBpablieaa aatioaal oatcaittea
whick today eiapoood of IS coatotU for
aoata la tbo national ooavaatloa of tko
party - toaigkt, broo(M ! ebarfo" of
atoaat nltJ taUa froia Beaator
, Ifoaeo of Kov Hampahire, who eon
4neto General Wood'i pro-coarentioa
euapiiga im the Boothora atatef. Ha
isaned a lenfthy atateinent. whoao tone
waa la aharp coatraet to tk jubilant
aatea that came froarthe Lowden head
ojuartera. " "' ',
Eideatly a nlatake baa boon nado"
aid Senator lloaea' atatement. "Tha
awaat roller which waa kaed ao effoe
tirely ja tho tonTtnUon ot 1918 and
-with rorh diaaatroua roaolU to 1h party
" UahO retioa following hal not boon
aeranmd after all. It baa merely been
ia the machine ahop for repaira Jiad
for aome w attaeamenta. ..- ;
- Patent Barlatac Apparataa.
-',.Tt mn.t Inpertaat it the latter
" appeari 'rto " bo- -pateat-reTe rain jigTt'
aaratui which eaablea the national com'
', mittoo at will tp diaregard itt prior
formal action in recognition of certain
national committeemen and State chair
mea again whoa orgaaixationa there
hare been tramped op m aefief of fraud
ulent coateata.
- "Tho chain of procedure which , the
national committee formed at it 8t
Ingtoa n eating la 1019 contained throe
linka. The rat connected tho national
chairman with tte recognized, nntioaal
aommitteemea la the atatea, to wnoa
were aeat tho omeial eo'lUt for the ton--waatio
which aaaemblos atzt week.
: The national con0itteeman traaanaittad
ttia fall to the teeognized State chair
Swioa, that Maatltutiag the aeeond link
in the chain. rrr-.:--
LfThe third line, connecting the State
frhalraaa with hia orgahiaation in tha
eeaatiea. Throuah 4ha operation of this
aaeehaaiam delegatea friendly to - Gen
eral Wood hare been elected with en
tire regularity ia orery Southern Btate,
: Bare two. Tho function of the National
eemautte. at thia iunetura ia not to de
termine aualificationa of membera of
tho Nntioaal conrention ; it ia merely
to oatabliah that regularity which en
title! a delegato to be placed upon the
- tWHwranr olU leaina- the ultimate
aoeaUoa of bis tight te a aeat 4a be
- Uetarmiaed by the convention through
U committee on credential. 1
t ' "oY the National commit tec, with
Chairman Hay conveniently absent
.front tho chair, ia assuming to rterMe
the matter ia advance but to decide
it upoa the narrow line of the eom
mittee'a peraonaK preference. t
CMBmlttea Farera Lowdea.
; "General Wood'a friend hare alway
" Wnderatood that. the National commit
tee, aa at present constituted, farored
tho aomiaation of Gorernor Lowden.
Wa hare never - cpestioned their right
to bold eaeh a preference, but w do
queatioa aerioualy and vigoronaly their
'tight to' eolor their doeisiona, which
sa maay of tho present -National com
mitteemen hold their place only in
creases the strength with which wo sow
assail the course whick they are pur
euing. , :-..'."' ,
"Aa a result of tho primariea and
aonTentiona held throughout the Union,
" enbaUatially oaeWrd. Of the..meffiber
of the present aational committee nave
failed ta' ret In tho- eonadeaeo- f the
eonstitaenU snd they will go out of
effieo tho day . ths contention , ad
jearaa, Tet- these repudiated eommit
tteemem in defiance of the popular
judgment already rendered, are necking
to impose their peevish purpose upon
the convention the party and" the coun
try. -.. A,. ..!.!. .
--i--We-Ua4a-,yuid. ....J
Caziaia..iacto. ere euUtaadiai ia the.
eomolication of cre-eonvention eventa,
Chief among these is the demonstrated
. fact that three men have shown them
. seises -to, possess widespread and well
feaaded MDular auDDort among Repub
licans. These mea ia the order of
their demonstrated etrength aro . Gen-
' oral Wood. Senator Johnson and Mr.
Hoover. Except ia hla owa State Got-
- rraer Xewde has never sueeeeded in
Ihajuooritdn
any primary. This la not sua in any
ierosatioa of any of Governor Low
lea's msny good qualities. It ia' a plain
atatemeLt of political act to which
the eoustry is not impervious, cvea
r khooah the national eommittee is.
- "There oeema to bo no secrecy about
IhO natioaal tommittee'e -plana. They
khiak by their high handed methods
to. remove rom the Wood column a
nttciea't 'number o .vote t the Lowdea
tetuma te eonalisef the apparent
ttrrngth of these two rivals en tho first
ballot. One hesitated to revive the
araa tanruage of 1912, but tbc-re it
tnly eae word whieb can fitly charae
. . i - ..a v t.
muiiLUUi uimm
..jerise turn jirvicui
it laisitive person to the vocabulary of
sicht vaars aso to leara waai ton
1 . word is.
I "Twice before ia .Repablieaa history
1 kavo similar tactics beea etperieaeed.
T? ta- 1892 at Minneapolis ne attention
. 1 waa paid to the merits of sap con
m. ...... '.
ran virPAnM TnnAY; RALEIGR N. -
AUTOMOBILE TURNS OVr-Rl
KILLING TWO YOUNG MEN
gtat). License Tar Only Menu
of Identlfrinj Bodies Found
Kear StoaeTilla-
Wlato-film. Ja 4. Trtlini
back and oy 6ppfleld, tw young
mea of thb eity, wer killed la aa auto
mobile accident Boar Stoaovillo this
aerntnf b Volook,. Uatil Ihlo at-1
teraooa.tbo Identity of the mea wore
uakaowa, tho only ln wkka W0 fol
lowed ap iueeefifully by tho oer
belac the Btato lieeaaa tif aambor. Tha
machine mi a largeOourinf tmt balong-
ing to Bobert BatterSeld, wao epente
taxi liae here tad for whom Line
back worked. '""'"V''
r.Th twa mea we're eeen to leave we
eily yesterday evening in the ear and
nothing waa heard xrom Btii we re
oert of the accident came to .the police:
A. tern gallon keg and five gallons of
whiskey ' bearing the mark " Henry
eon nty, Virginia, wera found in the
ear. . " .- . . ' . '
-fhfc.aeeldet oeearrei
d-ati. a -Sharp
curve ia the rood, the car turning ever
several times. A farmer living near the
scene said lie heard the boya groaning
and hastened out. having been awakened
abbot i)'eloc v-ewalKa-t
the bora waa dead when he reached the
scene and the aeeond died soon after.
A Dartv - left here thia afternodn for
Stoneville, where the bodies had been
taken, to complete the identification and
arrange for the return of the bodies and
the ear to the city. ' -
PALMER CALLS ON LAWYERS
TO RETRACT STATEMENT
Declares Cliarjeg Made Against
Department of Labor Ab-
solntely False
"TWaahingtonli ZCUBiilXEeacrib::
ins- aa utterly false charges contained
in a report of a committee .of lawyer
te the NatioBal-rapolar- government
league, relative to the treatment of ar
rested alien by the department -of
jnati.B, Attoj:BeXJral.?jjgt. toit3
called on Fein Trankfuster, or; tm
bridge, Maas one of the signer of the
reportto retraet them. i
Mr. Palmer telegraphed . Sir Frank
furter la reply to a telegram from him
and Zaeharia Chafe, of Cambridge.
asking the Attorney . General whether
he wan disposed to prohibit - arrested
alien from having legal counsel.
I am just aow is receipt of the tele-
Jt the attorney general' telegram
T have ot erirlcjse yoiT or any
Other lawyer for appearing a- counsel
for aliea m deportation, caae la any
Pffeedlaga, either before the. Depart-
mettt' of Lsuior or ia court. " My eriti
eiaWwaa directed against the action of
youmlf and other lawyer whose
name were attached to a statement
filed, with the House . committee on
rule and given wide publicity in the
sountry, snaking utterly. ., false charge
against the department of justice and
the, attorney general. a
ANNOUNCE POPULATION OF
NEW YORK THIS EVENING
Population of Boston Will Also
Be Given Out Tonight By .
Census Bureau
-Vi 4f .t,
Washington, June 4. The population
of New York, the Metropolis of the
United States as recorded ia the 1920
census, will be announced tomorrow
night by the Census Bureau. The pop
ulation of Boaton, which in. 1910 was
the fifth largest city of the country,
will be given out at the same time.
Indications are that when the New
fork City census is announced it will
show a total population larger than
the laet available figurea 'for London,
Tho race for largest city in the world,.
however, will be. undecided until Lon
don's official census of -1921 is aa
aouneed.
' While bo official intimation has beea
given aa to the growth . of New York
during the last 10 years, a will be
shown by the enumeration made in
January, estimates of thf eity proper
place-the total population at about 6
100,000 and for the metJtopolitaa district.
Of New lora, consisting ot Ue city
propei and .ths territory 10 mile from
ita boundaries, at about 8,200,000. These
estimates are computed oa the Census
Bureau's method of arithmetical pro
gresses shown by experience ' to be
nearer in accuracy la. the majority ol
cases than sny other formula. ' Statis
tics for the city proper will be the first
given -out; the figure for the metro-
i-MMftil Am tima later.
London population, according to the
latest available statistics which ars esti
mates for IB17 give the population far
Begistrstloa London, the London for
eeDSus ': purp0lM,'-"tt"'4,)MlBdj;'f
Greater London, comprising "the city
aad mstropolitsa police district and
covering a radius of 15 miles from
Charing Cross, as 876,753. k
AT VERSAILLES PALACE
Versailles, June 4. (By; The Asso
ciated Press, The treaty of peace
witb Hungary w signed 4b the grasd
triaaon palace here at 4:25 o'clock
this afternoon.
Ths Hnmrarian -treaty was the first
of the treatiee framed by the Pce
conference to be ligned ahead ot time.
Premier Millerand of France was one
of the- earliest arrivals at the palace,
being followed Shortly afterwards by
Hugh C. Wallace, the Ameriesn sm
basatdor.' ' ' '
--- Lloyd Prevoot Fowad Gailty.-----Mount
Clemens, Mich, Juno - 4.
Lloyd Prevost was found guilty of the
murder of J. Stanley Browa by a jury
ia circuit court here tonight. "Th jury
waa out approximately three hoar. The
verdict returned was "guilty of murder
ia the first degree.
lilMIIFORCESINSClii
iiTrii a iit Mnnn ATAr-'vji Tniuwsm
' iiiiirirttit tiitttfij in nin in ; , jii
icago. ml;;
Annex Twenty-five Delegates
To Their String wnne wooa"
. - - Forces Lose
-fiuv
NO SPLIT DECISIONS
' Wi
- MADE BY COMMITTEE
Henry Lincoln Johnson, Atlanta
Ne jroXrelaTHiirDelegation;
1 Seated; South Carolina Con
tesi Bringing Up Bace Issue
Stira ? Up Fieworks" and
Vaudevillo
Chcag llkh, Jaaa 4.-At lu
night scasloa he committee con.
t tinned aeatiag theearyTXncola'
- Umu. iwrlrt-JtUntMfna.
Crfia.- Thoaa from the lhlrefaar
foarth districts were aeated oa the
....first veto,. '
The contesting delegates from the
sixth Georgia district were aeated
- by aaaatmaaa vote. The committee 4
decided there waa as. evldeace a
legal coaveatloB had beea held by
the Henry Llaeola Jobasoa "Bef-
.1.. futU.1! '
r Chieagor llH JBB" "
aocisted Press.) Lowden
km. j
fo -
ed twenty-five delegates in their column
as the result of today a aeeuions ei
contests by the Bepubhcsa National
committee. The Wood loreet, in lorn,
lost an.eaual inumber- which would
hav been unt4f or. ihein. lb4 Jhe
pending eontcats been sostatned.
All attempt at split decisions were
lost.,. While ' various committeemen
Drofested to aee behind ths arguments
jMaitJmnmi:.Xk2S .ad.
eated a reflection ol personal viewi
Lowden and General Wood,' the. CC4B
mlttee i repeated roll calls refused to
make compromises and preceded to
make decisions on the evideace of party
regularity - in the local and district
machinery.
Start Wiaatag Btreak. -
Lowden forcet started off en a win
ning streak by Winning the -contests
in the eisrht concreimional district of
JiSSipL''('Ttf emini nil iiifav urtge
gates. They won a half vote in ut
ecbnd congressional .district of Ufem-J
pirn. wwn snr , .) ". ,
half ote also by seating of lr. Hiich
Scott, of Holdenville, and Albert Krllv,
of Bristol, respectively Then the
Lowden chiefs elsimed another addi
tion of support when, the committee
.voted to scat . the . regularly . reported
delegatea from South Carolina led by
National Committeeman TolGert. The
tenth District of Tennessee, wenf to
the regularly reported delegate Bobert
Church, a 'negro, of Memphis, but that
was claimed by. none of the varicus
manager.- - ,
The spectacular decision of the day
was the hard fought and long delayed
contest from Georgia where the dele
gates headed by Henry Lincoln John
son, at Atlanta negro, who, it was tes
tified before the . Senate committee
Investigating ampatga expenditures,
received 19,000 for. the Lowden cam
paign fund, were resisting the attack
of a et of contesting delegates admit
tedly organized ly Frank H. Hitch
cock aad counted for the candidacy
of General Wood.
. . Seat Johnson Delerste.
Before the committee adjourned to
continue in a night session Johnson'
big four the delegates at. large had
been seated, on the ground of organ
ization regularity in their convention
proceedings and the first and second
Georgia congressional district also had
been voted the same way. The evl-
donee in the six districts remaining in
eonteit was said to be 'much of the
same nature.
South Catolina and Georgia, contests
brought the race issue and tho eolor
line into the deliberations of the com
mittee despite all efforts to keen them
out, The contest over the Tolbert
delegato from South Carolina brought
up .the. a?uch - discussed . question - of
whether the Bepublican party in the
ooiuneca plates would-d bette Hh
out association With the nco-rn.
The contesting delegates in the South
Carolina case stirred" no a row in whiith
the lie waa frequently passed, charges
of "machine, rule" to perpetuate "an
office holder trust," and further charge
that conditions wsre such thst tho Re
publican vote had been reduced by the
madew
The hearing furnished fire works and
vaudeville. Gales of laughter, roars of
cheer, wave of applause swept the
committee room- "Js'stionsl Committee
man "ToTbert became so enthusiastic in
hit description of hi Bepublieanitm
that he actually did a dozen steps of
jig end pranced up and down the
aislei Negro witnesses supporting the
claims - of 'the 'contesting delrastlnn
teeWljiBrto their inabiHty -to take part
iff the Tolbert faction eonveatioas de
clared they bad been threatened with
death if they attempted to attend them.
Stacks of affidavita presented ia sup
Tpott of the claim of the regularity
of the Tolbert delegate, they declared
had been "cooked up" since the con
vention and there were broad intima
tion of how the signature might have
beea obtained.
The committee decided, however, that
so far as the evidence before it went,
Tolbert had the evideaira of regularity
in. the South. Carolina convention pro
ceeding and seated Tolbert's delegate.
Benewed pies for a special decision
cam with tho ealline of the Georgia
case. National Committeeman Jackson,
ei oeorgis, wao ia retiring Horn the
committee, made a special plea that the
National committee establish " harmony
among the factions there and preclude
, (Contused on Page Two.) v
G7?Ttfcrll
-ln.it.tt,.
tin L&Miylj
Railroad Measure i- 7
tejjislation Desigiw' re
- Restore Peace
ITS ADJOURNMENT BEST H
THING DONE, SAYS DIAL
Senator From South.' Carolina
ZlS&yiliv Made Colossal Fail
:, ure of Peace Treaty and AQ
War Legislation; Same
Banch Will Control In Chl
- c&go, He Predicta i - "
603 District Natioaal Bask Bldg.
"By K, at. KWELL :
T7r (By. Jpjajjjjiaaed ,?f)t2
. "WaahiBgt6B,JUBe 4 -Congress ad
jtiarn tomorrow and most of theT ma-
jori ty member will leave oa ftcrnoon
min fit Chicago to attend the auctioi
ewie of the Bepqbliean preaidentlal aoin
ianlioa. ":: '
"It is the beat thing it baa done Mace
it has beea ia session," laeoniraMy ctb
i rved Senator Dial, of South Carolina.
today JtLKQoaatnf; to. a query xrom
asmtorJm. - fe..e'. whether of mot
ins Douta varouaa- afUKi aia mvn
feel guilty of contributing tv a rad
deal whea'he voted for adjonrameat,
"It would be easy to put dn the
(liings that Congress baa aecomplisbed
slb'o it sas called her now aiios: a
Itnr ten to -tackle post vrnr kglatt
snd to mske peaea. It is far more difd-
cult tu recount what it hast failed to oe
for the jit tint, ..-jib almot eont'nttou
one, hae prodused but one single niece
of legislation-rthe railroad bill do'gn-
ed to restore ieaea -aad --.-tetent -the
Play Partisan reUtic
"It has made a eolosear failure "tsith
the fc.iee treaty and every piece vi vrar
leg'shttion whicn It tackled. The Hotue
cf Kepreseatativea, bavins long ago far'-
li-very-vetige of decorum, hai
plavca the bitterest kind of partisea
politic and tpent the moat or its tune
ipplsading tons assault on, Pretideitt
WliSOtli
i am) oeustg, m inn atT viwir.j
the conduct of business, ha preveai 0
deadly a fee to anythLaa: besidae re-
motmr the political fortunes of tho Re
publican party first and of its daMtt or
to presidential candidates of that party
cci-nd.
, "A on Democratic leader in Con
gress remarked today, the Bepublican
leadership in Congreaa haa, 'attempted to
discredit the President, unds hla great
work, belittle hia efforts to serve human
ity aad, bedaub his escutcheon with the
infamy of impned wrong by methods 1
more contemptible thaa any ever at
tempted by any similar organization of
political buccaaeer and free hooter in
the- history of the Bepublic'
"With thi record to meet at tho polls
in November,. Jhe leaders in Congress
have packed their bog for Chicago there
to take part in teh most high banded
exhibition of political corruption over
known in the history of the Amoricoa
republic. . ' , .
Same Baach ia Chicago.
"The Bepublican convention ia going
to be controlled by tho same leadership
that made the record of the Congress.
If Senator Hiram Johnson and hia 'hell
roaring' tactics win at Chicago, ho will
win on a to called platform of Ameri
canism whieh the most gullible delegate
in the Windy City will know is bank.
His opposition to the League of Nations
wss the cornerstone of his candidacy
and but for the support he received
from ths President's arch CBemiee aad
a small group of week kneed Democrats,
he would be standing in a "wilderness
of hi own creation. ' r - .. .
Instesd this same ."bell roaring"
Hiram is not many hours before the
convention meets the most formidable
candidate in the field, human enigma
to the Old Guard bosses and a. most'
unwelcome party to the holders of ring
side teats around the auetioa block. Tho
question 1 not "who ahall we nomin
ate l"--but it ia "what ahtll do With
.ffiroml!,.. .- ...t., ,LmZL
The failure, however, of Hiram to
sweeo Chicago off its feet last night
is proof positive enough that tho Senate
campaign investigating , eommmes
ought to move itt sessions over ' to
Chicago in order to. get anywhere) near
the scene of modern activity. Tho dele
gates that Johnson loses between their
arrival in Chicago aad the time the
iwUtiliiKIll
are going- to be awoyea by a power
that won't move mountain exactly, but
belongs alone in that category Of mute
tblngthich really talk. .'.--.
'-- The expose of ..-tho -bugfuad. need
by Wood snd Lowdea is generally ac
cepted by, the commentators already
at the convention as of aufflcient hurt
to eliminate either a serious conten
der. The logic of a aituatioa which
ka a alang.feran f raughX itbnaj
cial difficulties has led a great many to
conclude that the crown will be passed
to a dark horse Who has becB, or will
be. shrewd enough to, raise tb ante
before the suetioneer knocks tho prize
dOWn.' :' "L" " - .
Urgo Race Eqaslitv. '
An Thtercstlng : sidelight pa the blow
dealt to the "lily. whito,r element of
the Bepublican party is furnished the
Washington' Herald today by a special
correspondent, who writes:
'"As a direct result ef the political
conditions . in the Bouth, brought : to
light in the hsaruiga of contesting
delegations to tne Jfepubiieso National
convention before the National com.
mittee, race equality was urged in a
resolution adopted by. ths committee
today. The purpose waa ter bring; to aa
end the innumerable disputes and i6B
tests of rival factions south of the
(Ceatinned on Page Two.)
ITS
i i t . J.
QH-fCFeatur TVovi-i' Con-CTeea With "A
'S .iemove Comptroller General from Office,
TKinlu, Is Unconstitutional;. In Sympathy With
- ,bbo 4-PretldeBt . Wll-
eloceTThr tot MUbHabraf
dget systesa Bad ta amaue
empt was ado la the House
u measure over hi Vote. The
veto v 17S to 103, or nine less-than
the required two-thirds asajority. Thirty-
five Demberata joined with in
cane ia voting to pass the measure.
The President said that Baaer the
bill TCongreta Wdtrtd -bBWBtlnrrity to
remove the comptroller general from
ctfiee.and thai thia authority should be
reserved to tho cxecuUvo dcpsrtinont. -
Notifying COngres that he- waa re-
tnrning the bill without hi algnarars,
Preaideat Wilaoa ia U veto, message
midr
rXlnftBrhV'tte-- grealeet-Mfvet,
I am ia. entire sympathy with the eb-
eta of this bill and would gladly ap
prove it bst for the fact that T regard
ons of ths pfovitlons contained in see
tioa ' 203 aa Bneonstitutional, .Thia h)
the provision to the effect that the
comptroller general and the assistant
comptroller general, who ire to be ap
pointed by the President with the ad
vice aad consent of the Senate, may be
removed at any time by a concurrent
rosolutioB of Congress after aotJeo and
hearing, whek la ther' judgment, the
comptroller general or assistant comp
troller saeral is Incapacitated or ia
(Oeioflt or hae beea guilty of ategleet
of duty, or ef BUlfeasaneo of office or
of aay felony or eoaduet iavolving
moral turpituda, aad for no other eanss
except either by ImpoMbmeaV
The effect of thia la to prevent the
oBoval ot tbse office for any cause
exectpt either by impeachsaent or a soa-
enrreat resolution of Congress. It has,
I think, alway been tho accepted con
struction of the Constitution that the
aowor to sppoiat offleora ef thia kind
carries with- it,- aa aa incident, th
powcrJULreaav
Candidates For President -Vie
With Each Other In, Getting
Ear of Public-;
. Chicago, m4 Jnno - 4. Presidential
booms of General Wood, Senator John
son aad Governor Lowdea today held
tho spotlight of convention eity and
shadows of potential "dark horaoa" were
reported., with growing frequency.
Lowden forces were jubilant" over
natioaal committee decisions in dele
gate contest which they " claimed to
add 25 delegate to tho Lowden column,
with a like loss to General Wood s.
General Wood also gav out state
ment declaring CoL William Cooper
Procter aad Frank H. Hitchcock, his
managers, were Working in : complete
harmony and 'loyalty, .'"; The" lOeoeral
vigorously denied reports that Colonel
Procter was being subordinated to Mr.
Hitchcock.
Talk of "Dark Horsos." -From
other quartern of the Sepubli
can paddock came Increased talk of
"dark horse" eBtriea.IVesmo with the
arrival of more aational leaders and
also many delegatea.
Presidential row also got another
tenant in arrival today of Senator Poin
dexter, of Washington, snd ' word was
received that Senator Harding, of Ohio,
and Senator Sutherland, of West Vir
ginia, would reach here next Sunday.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, of New
York, is due tomorrow. v; '
In the "dark horse" discussion names
figuring prominently included Gover
nors Coolidge, of Massachusetts ; Allen,
of Kansas, and Bproul, of Pennsylvania
All discussions continued te range about.
the Senate committee e investigation of
campaign expenditures.
. Kepedtstee Hia Delegate, . .
Governor . Lowden gave out another
srtatenwirt- -rcpndintrng' - delegatea from
Missouri receiving Lowdea fund and
said there was a movement to have them
denied convention seats.
- Improved prospects ef tho Johnson
candidacy were claimed and often con
ceded ia some opposition quarter. Ia
the latter, it was frequently aaid that
the . Johnson movement "appeared to
be growing" and that although behind
in instructed dskgaUs. Lib Senator ap
peared to be formidable. Opponents of
the Califoraian, however, were equally
confident that he would not captnro the
convention by storm.
In dhsrussions of selection, a agaiest
eleetioa of . aome candidste, not now
prominent in the race, the possibility
of coalition between leading candidates
(Conttaasd on Part Two.)
RETURNS FROM
Bcdnrni'-from-tha - IMswide -
CHICAGO BECOMES
POLITICAL MECCA
oa a screen in front of the rew ana UDserver Duuaing ronignt.
Th Newt and Observer has msde arrangements to secure information
as to the resalte of ths primary in sll parts of the State aad ita friends
are cordially invited to come and e the bulletin displayed.
r By means of the News and Observer ' leased wire to Washington, .
Tar Heels in that city vill be given the news ef the primary. They .
are invited to call at the News aad Observer bureau, 603 District Na
tional Bank; Building, or telephone franklin 3132.
Owing 10' the Bccesslry for sll possible quiet and order in thk
handling of tho great number of telegrams which will come to the
paper- the office will be - closed to the public, and those
desiring to get tha ratnraa ara respectfully, requctted Jte wait for them -
to be thrown on the screen. ,
"l am' convinced that tho Congress
is wiUt eoastltwtioasl power to lissit
the appointing power Bad ita laeident
power of semoval derived from the oa-
stitutlon.
"The seetloa referred to not oBly for
bid the exeeutivo to remove these o in
fers but undertakes 'to empower the
remove aa officer appelated by the
President wlth the advice aad consent
of the Benate. I can find ia the eon
St itutioa BO warrant ' for the exercise
of thi power. bythe.CangresB. There
is eertaialy wo expressed anthority ooa-.
ferred and I em ansble to see that au
thority for the exercise ef this power Is
implied ia any expressed arrant', of
power. Oa the contrary I think Nits sx
ervise 1 clftxtX WJT'Ljil!L?.
or Article xu iui aecuoa, arier pro
viding that certain eaumerated officer
and alT offieera whbsO appolntmsnta ire
not otherwise provided forBhaH "bo
appolated by 7 the President with;- the'
tdvke aad consent ef the Senate pro
vided that Coagres may by law vest
the appointmeat of auch inferior offl
eer aa they think proper ia the Presl
dent alone in the course of law, or ia
the heads of department It would have
beea within the constitutional power of
ths Congress, ia creating these officers
to have vested the power ef appoint-
meat ia the Preaideat alone la the
President with tho -advlss aad co aseat
of the., Senate or even ia tho head of
a department, : Begnrding a I do the
power of removal from office a . aa
essential incident - to- tho - appointing
power, I cannot eseape the conclusion
that the vesting of thia power-of
oval, ia the Cottgrsss-is neoi
tional aad therefore I am naable to
approve tho bill.
.I t m returning t the . bill at the
earlieet possible moment with the hope
that the t;ongrets may find time Jbcfnre
sqjonrnmeq'i te .remedy thi
V1NDUPSH0RTLY
:.J.,
Committee Investigating Cam'
paign Expenditures Cleaning
- Up Loose Ends - -
WsshlngtoB, Jane 4. While the Sea
ato committee Investigating campaign
expenditures completed its pnpared
program tonight with tho examination
ot Warren Gregory, manager ei the
campaign made for Herbert Hoover in
the ...California preaidentlal primary,
Chairman Keny on -annou need that, .it
would continue to function until it bad
eleaaed up aome loose ends in the evi
dence already submitted. Col. E. H. K.
Green, sob of the late Mrs. Hetty Greea,
hat. bee nsummoned for examination
about the eeleetion of delegates to the
Bepublican National convention from
Texas.. : L 1:
A subpoena also bad been issued for
Willism Loeb, Jr., secretary of the bate
President Boosevelt, who, it has been
testified, collected $223,000, from New
York men to help finance Major General
Wood's campaign. .The committee has
been told that Mr. Loeb started on a
trip several days ago before bis name
came into tho inquiry.
The books of Senator Johnson's cam
paign organisation ia California alto
are being awaited. '
The queatioa of extending the auth
ority of the committee to inquiry into
expenditurea ' in the presidential and
congressional campaigns ending in No
vember is expected to come before the
Senate tomorrow. Senator Pomerene'l
resolution authorizing this inquiry is be
fore the contingent expense committee
with the understanding that will be re
ported out at that time for a vote,-
Didn't Try to Dodjre ,
Horace 8- Stebbins, eastern treasurer
of ths Wood National campaign commit
tee appeared today, after being vainly
sought by tbe"8eaatB -agent. - He .flatly
denied -that be- had tried to -avoid sub
poena service explaining that he was ia
the Canadian woods, sixty miles from
communication during ths search.
From his books, Mr. Stebbins read
statements of expenditures and receipts
accounting for over $400,000 in funds
but declared that nearly all of thia waa
included in the accounting of 1 1480,000
ia expenditures made by A. A. Sprague,
freMurejj
Chicago. Ths exact figures could not be
ascertained by the committee on this
point,' Mr. Stebbins explaining that the
two set of book would have to be com
pared.. J Senator .Pomerene,'"JDemoerat,
Ohio, suggested that if (224,000 were
added to the 8prgue total the full ex
penditure of the Wood Nstional com-
(Continued on Page Two.)
THE PRIMARY
PeBseeTatSe - primary .willythrewa-a
SETbATE probe to
PRIMARY ELECTIO.,
r
VOTE OVER STATE
Three Gubernatorial Candidates
WindUaLfunpaigrvEach -.
Claiming Victory; . . "
SECOND PRIMARY WILL' -'
PROBABLY BE NECESSARY
Whfle Oorernorship Offers Most
Zxciting Conteat, Other Nora'
Inatloni ProTlde lnteresting -Jidclllght1rrMay7.Be
Last
Heetion For Men " Only Ia
Korth Carolina -i, .'
. t . , r , ;." .
of sunrise and T
unset today, voter' of North Carolina
JW epeter Jhelr shoicpf ominee
for. their respective parties in probably .
thi i last Stitewide "primary Ja the State
open tcr men only. While the Demo- - ?
erats will vote on almost n complete
State ticket, with scattering judicial aad '
songressiousl tickets, and full county :
tickets, the Republicans will figure only ;
tii presidential preference between
Hiram Johnson aad Leonard tWood, aad
two congressional son tests. -
'SUftinJ out is a slow bolilical vr.
with many oftb principal State o'-es
euparentty going to present ho
without contest, the campaign hat. P -veloped
Into one of the most sp..
ever held. Prom the governonhit
its trio of candidate. ia the Demi. V
ranks, through the Stats Auditot
with its five contestants, aad the W
ciste. Justice rsc with seven asp .v
WILL DRAW HEAVY
U .tsjniiga;iiat:js4 many, ramifica- . '
tioss and til the indications point to a j
vote between 100,000 aad 125.CW0 strong.
Weather sonditions, apparently. nn f ,
favorabloin proepectr vrill- probably
hive eoanderablo effect in reducing the . -
expected vo'e, but with the hett;d cam- .
piigB en;erTng3ouT IK goveTBSrship, "' "
snd the wore or lass tnterestinr race
all along th line, even the weather will
hardly eut the vote to tub-normal pro ;
portioaa.
Open 4:17 A. M.J CUee TilT P. U.' ...
- Tb voting place open this oraimr
at 4:57 and . - -ot. DurUg i
thst time, I . i-i'D
Will have '.','t-.-r- -:r
the gener -
melnirBH-' ' 1 ,M''-
atalleeri " .-.; . 'c-.j, ..
wilne -4 . '.;. i 'M' ":
tioa 'for -- --' ,.
candidate fir the governors ui . , t
ing aomination ia the first primary, the
certain claim of the other two for the
final -victory, and the general view of r
aa unprejudiced observer-lend U the
almost certain eonclusioa that njecend - J
primary will be necessary, not only to
determine the gubernatorial nominee,
but to de'ermine the nominee for State'
Auditor, and perhaps for Associate Jus
tice of tho Supreme Court. ' y'
"nnal -atatsmentajstued lat night
from the headquarter." br the threw fc--gubcrnatoriaLeandidate,
O. Max Card-
BerCamoroa Morrison, and. Bobert N.;
Page are uniformly encouraging to
their respective supporters. - - ,
Gsrdner Statement. I
Judge! J. Crawford Bigg, manager
for Mr. Gardner, Issued this tatement.-
"Max Gardner has closed th cm- -paign
thi week in a great wave of ea-'.
thusiasm aad unprecedented demon- ;
stration of popular approval la'" Wil
mington, New Sera, Greenville, ,Kin
ton, Snow Bill, Bayboro, Monroe, Albe
marle i and Winston-Sslem.
"Hit nomination in the first primary
is assured This statement ia based ;
upon reports from, all section of the
State.
"Mr. Gsrdner will lead in from sixty .
four to sixty ix eountie aad he will -have
a clear majority over both op-. .
ponenta in at least forty eountie..
"He will lead in seven -.of the ten .t ..j
Congressional districts.
"If n large vote ,i polled, a now
seem probsble, I estimate his vote at
60,000 -His friends and supporters are -thoroughly
organized throughout the
State, and enthusiastic, and confident
of victory" ,
Morrison Senses Victory, --Without
going into details, Mr, Hrr
fof ClBrkstfiC manager for the Morrison . .
earn pain mado'hir "statement svwsnis;,,-,
"In tbs final days of the contest I
want to express my sineere appreela- ,
tioa of, the L".yal and unselfish work -J,
done by Mr., Cameron Morrison' man-7
ager and an army of herole support-
srs. In sixty days all over our beloved
Btate there bss sprung to the standard '
of Mr. Cameron Morrison a band of
patriotic workers from every walk of
liV" Thi' mn liiTi but. a sinffls 'rinr-""fc"-'
pose to see that merit is rewarded i Bni
that the Democratic party selects its
best lssder
'Mrf Morrison is the ideal candidate,
all ea units nn Jum... He. is the best
fitted to meet the Bepublican nominee.
He has had bo combination of men
against or special class of men for him,
but men of all classes ara his ardent
supporters. Bis record is aa open book.
twenty eight 'years unselfish rdevotioB
and party service, without ever seeking '.; .
a State office. ". y ;" :
EnoVing the great work Mr. Morri
ton did in, redeeming the. State, I am
B volunteer in his great 5 army of en- : '
thutiastic and untiring workers, I have -been
her lixty ayr working eeventeen - -:
hour a day Sunday excepted. I ask no -man
to do what I will not do myself,
and I appeal to the men who are for
Morrison to beat tha polls at sunrise
and stay until the sun sets. Let n
big Boise or Goliath Boise disturb you.:
Get your friends and neighbors out,
work aad work. Cameron Morrison will
be the next governor of North Caro
lina. To your tents 01 ItraeL" :
- Gaberaalortal Fight Lead. .
Principal intcrett. centers today' In i
the contest for the Gubernatorial nom-
.(Continnad ea Pag Twe4
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