J . jr cloudy Fawdaf and Vedneday ; Colf Wed nesday, '. j ve httmn miktnn w4 ;VOL. CXII. NO. 90 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. : 5 RALEIGH," N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, - SEPTEMBER 28, s 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CDJT3 VOTE OF LABOR TO V DECIDE ELECTIOiI OVEMBER SECOND Headquarters xof, Both Parties " Convinced Labor Vote To-, - y Be Deciding Factor ; ? "; GOMPERS WORKING FOR ELECTION OF GOV. COX i Powerful Committee of A. T. of i L. and Plumb Plan Commit. ' Aee :. ProTisf Great Factors ' i ' la Democratic Campaign; j John ,. Wanam Jser Praises ; Daniels ' Newt and Observer Bureau, ' ' ' , ' 03 District Natl. Bank Bid. (By 8peeial Laaed Wire) '..",t , , Washington, Sept 27. Th labor wot will decide tha Presidency for th Drat tim ia historyThat la "reported to bo ( tha, conviction, at the, headquarter- of both th groat parties.' -Th situation ;i without precedent U a presidential '.' campaign; for - Barer before ha labor 'k entertained ' aueh a daSnit political ' elate consciousness. ', .: i It wa nerer - strongly ' aligned. There wer sever offered each, eon . tt viaeing reason why it ahoald rot as .': it is cellared it will rot oa November - 2nd. -. , i .' . " " '"v. " To be aure, labor la divided between Cos and Harding, bat the division is heliertd to be very.aaequal and the .. Demoerais are counting on their belief la this ; aaepual divialoa in - their - favor to pall then 'through. They any that . aeither straw vote aor betting odds, 1 neither ' Bepublieaa eoaSdeae, .' nor the hae and cry that the country wants to change to a Bepublieaa ad ministration are taking into account ( tba way the labor vote will b east. ' t Te Caat ., Vote. 1" Labor, it 1 estimated, will this year post 9,000,000 votes, 3,000,000 of them Jielng women and the force of this vote lie la the fact that the great majority will aot vote for the on or the other " of the great parties, but for or against tbe attitude of those parties on que-. tions of labor. " Two -ye ago Will Hay had sensed 'this situation.. H perceived that the Republican party had mora and more alienated the labor 1 elements of the , coantryv or rather that the Wilson ad ; mmlitratioB Bad ' captured thee - ele " meat by it friendlin to labor ia both legislatioa sad tha admlnistratioa v-at labor Jaw, Bay aetaasrtei tha Be ' publics Labor Bureau at Chicago- and - put ia charg of th barea Harry U . Fidler.va member of tev Brotherhood : of Locomotive Engineer. . N maa ha vrtckld a harder task than this 1 maa Fldler, for MeAdoo had won over ' for the Wilsoa admlnistratioa th host of railroad workers. Democrat ay - Fidler ha don sll that any maa eould do under tbs circumstance ia winning labor over to th Bepublieaa party, but that he ha aot do it, they are ur, when th work of th national non partisan campaign eommltte f th A. ' P. U, under th kdrbip of Samuel ;6omper ker la Washington, la x- amind. ; ' - -v-" ' . Capr Wrkig for Cox The Oompcr aational oa-partiaB committee i penly working for Cos id i a campciga organisstioai it 1 ; far better equipped and has tea time more money bck f it thaa has th " Demoerstie campaign committee ia New fork. It ia waging it campaign -al-! moat entirely en th Ech-Cummin railrad law. , Harding voted ia th ' Senate for th passage of this leglala : tioa d ti batU tha th Oompers ' . commute i waging 1 for th right to ' itrik. i ; . ' ' . ' With thi eommltte th election J . ' regarded a a life and death battle for v the eaisteaee f . organised labor. : Shmuel Oompert view th eleetioa of Harding aad a BepubUcaa Coagrae with perhaps va greater eoneern in determining th destiny of organised labor thaa President Wilsoa doea la . deciding th fat f th Lgu of Natioas. Oomper ha . said that he looks upon Bepublieaa victory a aa untold calamity to labor. 1 . , Beading Out Lltoratar. - t Hi com mitt e 1 flooding vry or ' ganised center of labor in the country .with literature and ia 4he big cities Oompers baa far mor speakers oa oap baxee and oa th tail-eada of carta tha has Will Hay. Hi bureau ha thous and! of personal worker ia the neld and th Bepublieaa admit that th Oompers A. F. I workr ar giving i ham a far stiff battl thaa organised ,' Uemoeraey i.' , ' . Behind th Oomper' committee ia an other committee that ia aid to bo va "stronger ia Tganisatioa4h . Plumb Plan committe. It i aot lets ardently ' working for th eleetioa of Governor Cos. Th Bepublieaa labor bureau un der ridler, it is admitted, hu woa over a coasiderable element of th labor Tota. but it 1 a match ia efficiency to the two labor committee working for Cos. Th Democrats have at their New ' York keadquartera a labor bureau of their owa, but it ia doiag nothing mor tha keeping tab oa th battle going , oa betweaa th Oomper tad Plumb bur and the Bepublieaa bureau. - Thi battl twill furniea a teat of th labor rot a it ha vr bafor bee - tatted. If the Republicans wia it ia believed they will take less heed, ef organised labor thaa they hav ever yet dared to do. If Cox ia elected labor wljl become a dominant factor in th government.''"' i Waaaauker Laada Daalel. ' Oa f th most angrudging tribute e'vsr paid to Secretary Daniels' admin istration of th Navy Department and tha huHdiat of a treat fleet of dread- naught, destroyers and submarine, come from th pa of John Wna . maker. Everybody knows that John " Wanamaker is toe kin a or neputuiea who prefer th Republicans la power at Washington, but h ia a maa who recognise truth when ha mm it. Oa on of hi (hop program he wrote and distributed among hi customers of hi ' jContUatl t faga ImA f , w''. FAR KOM MISERIES OF WAR ': . 1 r r : ' ' The refugee arrived la New York on the (teamer Lai Tourain front Poland, om to b greeted by frieads and other to atart Ufa under tha pro. tection af Old Glory without a aiagle acquaintance. It took aome three afonth to get to th Tjnited State from Poland. All fled their native land when th Russian Soviet foreea threatened Warsaw. , - .:'.(. c:..- CRQVDS THREATEN CHIEFJF POLICE Strong : Resentment Against Dunn Officer Because of - His Hitting Man.: ". Dunn, Sept. 17. Resentment over the alleged ' action of Chief of Poliee IT. B. Pag ia kitting Enoch Wilson, young whit men, over the head' with hi billy brought a (crowdof eeveral hundred men here tonight., tt was feared violence might result and aa precaution Mayor 3. I Wade aaked th Stat authorities to': hav troop ia readinesa after he had failed in aa at tempt to reach, Sheriff W. H. .Coving. ton, who live in th country. , : Fifty Camp Bragg soldier ware held subject to orders . from Mayor Wsdc but their service were aot needed as the eroird dispersed about midnight. Friends of Officer Page .took him out ef the eity.. t'. - ' ' Friends of Euochv Wilson claim that the aoncealcd weapon he wa arrested fcr carrying wstv in his automobil. Whea the officer started with Wilson to th city hall, i it is ssid that the young maa asked to" b allowed to atop ia a store to arrang for hia bond. Intnd wf permitting him to do so, it i said that th officer hit him ovw th hed with a Wily.." X - ' . Wilson' father live In Sampson county aad some of the mea in town tonight wcra from that county, it ia aaid. Wilsoa 'was released oa bond shortly after his arrest. Early ia th evening thing looked threatening and ' Mayor Wade " axd other thought it wiae to provide pro tection for the officer. They got i touch with th governor' . offic I Raleigh. Governor Biekctt wa aot ia the city but Col. J. Bryan Grime, ranking Stat officer, aad William Bickett, prrrat secretary to th gov ernor, arranged to hav ' troop sent from Camp Bragg if Beaded. CUMBERLAND MAN SHOT FROM MIBUSH ON ROAD Sansom Pope paid , Been ' Threatened Became of Tak. in; Part In a Said Fayetteville, Sept. 27. Ransom Pop, who took- part ia a raid oa a moon shine outfit a couple of weeks ago when on of the mea at the plant was killed, was tonight (hot from ambush ia Cedar Creek township and lie dangerously wounded ia local hospital. Pop wa deputized to go with the party whea Joe Hall wa killed ia the raid oa a still la cedar creek town ship, and it is stated that shortly ftr ward Ueorge us it, a brother or th dead "maa,. told Pop he' had' better leave th community. Pope 1 said to hav taken up th matter with an other brother, who told him that prob ably be had better go. However, Pope itayed oa, aad to night as h wa driving aa automobile along a country road, a load of buck shot waa emptied ' inta hi back. A dozen buckshot holes were found in th curtain of th car. The extent of the men' iajurie could not be ascertained tonight. ; V , Officer with bloodhound left Imme diately for Cedar Creek, which i IS mile southeast of thi eity, ia aa effort to' locate the assailant. Pope waa brought to town ia his ear by his father-in-law. MONTENEGRIN TROOPS SUFFER MANY HARDSHIPS 'Washington. Sept. J7.(By the Asso ciated Pre.) Terrible torture and hardships war Inflicted upoa th Monts aegriaa by th Serbia army of occu pation according -to aa offlelal report, of a eooimiaaioa of investigation, ap pointed -by the Montenegrin a foreign office ftr th withdrawal of th Ser bia troop. Copies of th - report hav ba transmitted to th Europe government and on also la understood to hav been ubmitted to the State department. . - ' EXPORTS OF GASOLINE .SHOW LARGE INCREASE Washington, D. C, Sept 17 Ezports of gssolin during August - aearly doubled in quantity and more that doubled in' value compared "with th am month a year agOk according t th foreign trade summary Issued to day by th Department of Commerce. During th month S,M1,1M gallons f gasolln valued at 16,093(iU were shipped out of th country as airninst 29,'58.,000 gallon worth 7,S31i)2 in August, 191?, - mi- .(' ; National Committeeman Here Yesterday Optimistic Over. ' : . Campaign ' ' No doubt rest ia th mind af Na tional Committeeman A. Wilton Mo Lean aa to who is going to b th smxt president of th United 8 tares, aad th next Governor of North Carolina,, Th former i James M. Cox, aad tha latter is Cameron Morrisoa. Mr. MeLeaa waa ia th eity yesterday tor a few hour, and. bring word front Washington that th National . Committe i ear that four week from today another four yeara Democratic adnalaistmUoa ia -as sured, ia Washington aad ia.Balaigh. -"All along thers ha beea surprising' ly little interest ia th atUoaal cam' paiga." Mr. MeLeaa aaid, "aad .it la vary much like it -waa four year ago. Th Republican hav ben th peak of .their ' enthusiasm' for. thro - week now, and it is waning, 0 th othr hand th Demecratio cmplga ha beea a little alow ia 'getting away, but from mat wek oa up to the election, you u aea it pick up. , . " ; ''Four week bfora - th let!a la 1918, it looted lis Bothing could av wuaon; nt KepuMieaa had vrr thing their way, bat w woa oat that year, and thia year X predict u aai tort of outcome. Th Democrat hav saved their enthusiasm until there waa some interest aroused ia th country. aad ar prepared now to tak advant- ag of it. ' Th BepnbUean ar wan ing, ' aad the Democrats are gaining. Things look-good; to us." With th aituatioa la North Carolina, Mr. MeLeaa wa also 'vary well Meta lled. It ia only a questioa of th sis of tha majority," he aaid. "Th woman ar going to vote and a vast majority with th Democratic party. I think the majority ought to be 25,000 greater thaa it waa last election, or aroaad 68,000. Our main problem her is to get th womea raregiater aad than get them out ta voteV Mr. MeLeaa left at 4 o'clock ia th afternoon for hit horn ia Lauabartoa where he will spend a few daya with hia family before returning te Wash iagtoa. ; . ' - LOWER TRADE BALANCE v FOR U.S. NOT A BAD SIGN ' i . AtakwtstaiaiB - WaahiagtoB, Sept. S7v Th decided reduction ia aiz of th favorabl trad ha lane of th United State a evi denced ia th foreign trd af th eoaa- try during August, baa bee atxnected for month and ia bo way reflects aa naound eeonomle condition ia th nation, according to a ummsry of trad condition tonight by O. P. Hopkins, acting director ef tha Buret of For eign and Domctti' Commerce. '- Several factors hav beea working to reduce th previous enormous excess ef export, which fell from tUt.DOO.000 In July to ; 5,000,000 ia August, Mr. Hopkins aid foreign eouatries, well a' America, h continued, hav been waiting for a general break ia commodity price and order hav beea withheld. B adjustment of prie levela. h added, would aadoubtedly mean in crease in vrea shipments, m quan tity if not ia value. , FURTHER EXCITED BREAK IN PRICES. OF COTTON Nsw York, Sept 17 Th etioa mar ket was ander continued pretenr f southern offering during today a early trading aad there waa a farther ex cited break la price. Beport of weakening 8oothern mar ket and rumor that aottoa wa to b ahippad bar for dalivery a eoatract led to particularly activ atlliag of October, which brok to 24 A), or mor than a cent a pound below th doeing Dries of Baturdar. . v , Later months showed' loose of 70 t 89 point, geaeral aentimeat anaettled by th report of further prie cutting and a run oa a Bostoa trust company TO CHARGE "DEATH" CAR DRIVERS WITH MURDER AtlanU, Oa, Sept 27. The death t W. W. Moon ia' aa automobile aeeident today, making thre fatalltlej la - a many aceldentt la th past 36 , hour ' purred city aad county offichtla to ac tion to end reckless driving of autor mobiles ia this 'dty.- - - . i ' . Rolicitor Boykin declared h would tak th grand jury to indict oa the rlinrpo nf murder vry driver f a "dth" tor, -: f GOV. COX SAYS HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN SUPPORTTO bra Would Have Supported The Commoner Had He Been Nominated For Presidency MAKES STATEMENT IN ' REPLY TO AN INQUIRY In Speech at Omaha; Ooyeraor Cox Saj He Does. Not Ap. . prove of Some "Matters" of 'Administration of AttyOen. eral Palmer and Poatmaeter - Oeneral Burleion - Omaha, Neb., Sept. 27. Governor Cox, Democratic preaidential candidate, ; to night gav out a statement that he would hav supported William S. Bryan for the presidency had th former Sec rotary af Stat to aominated, aad added that ha waa fostering progressiva idea gained nder Mr. Bryan'a leader ship. . .' ; " - . I : Th statement of Ooveraor Cox waa ia respons to aa Inquiry from a local newspapermsa regarding th poaitioa ia the campaign of Mr. Bryan, who has withheld support from Ooveraor Cox. SapBrtd Him Thro Time. 1 have known Mr. Bryan politically aad personally for many years,' said th governor's atatemeat. H ha beea aa influence for good. I supported him thre time for th presidency with my newspapers, say voice and my vote, aad would have doaa so again thia ysar had he beea. the candidate of th Democratic party instead f myself. A a matter t fact, a a young maa, gained from Mr. Bryan' leadership many of th wrograuiv ideas which I ainca hav a deavored to propagate.'' Disapproval af "matter" f th ad ministration of Attorney Oeneral Pal mer aad Postmaater Burleaoa waa ex pressed by Ooveraor Cox ia (ddressing a larg audiaaea at tha auditorium, where a streaaona campaign was lo d. . ' Aa T Palm Aad Barleaea. - Th Damoeratie candidate) aaid that although h believed th two cabinet officers had performed 'their duties ''wholeheartedly' and , war conaeien tlou men, ha did aot indors matter la both their administration. No pee ill affair were stated by th governor. . Governor Cox replied to vral ques tions published I local , newspaper, a repetition of recent experiaaeet f th oaadtdate . with Western ppotioa press. la respoaaa tea question bar ss to whether ha endorsed th Palmer ad Burleaoa administration, th Gov rar replied i . j i . ' Ooveraor Cot'a Kly. 1 arved la CwBgresa with both ef th gaatlem. I snow them ta b high-minded, eonaeientioo men and b liev that their administrations were whole-heartedly performed. Yet there ar matters ia Tooth of their adminis trations which ' I do not endorse. Neither do I aadors th policy of Frank Hitchcock a postmaster general. Mr. Hitchcock, you will remember, is th gentleman who ran tha road roller over Boosevelt ia the convention of 1911 aad organised tha Southern dele gate ia 1920 for General Wood. "Neither de I aadors th admlnistra tioa of Philander C. Knox aa attorney general. Mr. Knox, while an able jurist, is a af th foremost resetionsries in th United State aad hia decision were colored by hi partisanship. Thia is merely a matter- af difference ia per sonal opinion aad pertain to things that belong to past administrations." Th governor' speech her wa the eleventh ia Nebraska today, on of th busiest af hia Western trip. . I a. all be stressed the League of Nation. Late today ha spoks to a larg crowd at Lin coln ia tha auditorium aad aa overflow gathering outside. Boacttoaary Press Biased. Here aad at Lineola th governor ex panded oa hi charges that tha reaction ary pre wa biased. Be declared today that titer waa "a deliberate and cor rupt purpose to keep the facta from th people," and referring to Bepublieaa contributions coming, h said, from "big business, he declared there wa aa "attempt to buy up newspspers every where." ; .-': " 1. :, ' Th leagu waa presented as a mea ar for peace aad prosperity and Gov ernor Cox reiterated that it wa en dorsed by ."leader of every ' church, p rotes tost and Catholic, Jew and Gen tile, ia form, ia principle And ia sub stance." Be repeated attache upon th "Senatorial Oligarchy." BcpabUcaa "Scents." . Question la tha .local newspsper re sulted la another criticism by the Gov. eraor a alleged Bepublieaa "scouts" who, th esadidat repeated, wer sent ahead oa hi itinerary under order from Chairman Hay, of the Bepublieaa National Committee, to embarrass the Democrat! campaign. . Nebraska gav th Ooveraor a warm weleom, with baads, ira . whistles, aad decoration. At Liaeola ha wo paraded to th capital aad tonight through crowd at Omaha. . , Leaving her late tonight th Gov ernor had another (trenuou day ahead tomorrow la South Dakota with sixteen pehe scheduled during the day.- A special traia waa to tak th Ooveraor over tha aonthrm and eastern part of th State, with main tddresse scheduled at 7snkton, Mitchell, and a Bight meet lag at 8ioax. Palls. . . VST LEAGUB ARGUMENT IN NEBRASKA CORN BELT. Grand Islsnd, Nebraska, Sept. 7. In. terest af American farmer In having European market ior their surplus, by establishment of th losgue of nation, was th basis of leagu argument given by Governor Cox of Ohio today, through th Nebraska corn bait. Th leagu, the agriculturists by stabilizing foreign nnd presidential candidate argued, would aid domestic market, by increasing Euro pean credit and purchasing power and by turning armament fund into com- ' tCatlaacd pa Pag TkrJ ' MIITY IHOUSAIID i VETERA? IS OF VAR MARCH IN PARADE JUIonster Procession ,of- fc service Men f-eatures open ing Day of Legion Meeting ' CLEVELAND CROWDED BY - FIGHTERS AND VISITORS Enthusiastic Cheering Greeted Statement of ? Lefionaire . That , Franoe 1 Was One ' of Host Loyal Friends ' of 'American Legion; ' Marshal 7ooh Sends Greetings Cleveland,. Ohio, Sept. ttt A parade of 10,000 ex-terrifi mea, witnessed by approximately - S001OO peopl, includ ing about 00,000 out-of-towa visitor, eioaed tne orat day of th second annual convention of th Americas Legion her today. The day started tt Convention Hall when th oavatioa waa called to order by Commander Franklin D'Olier. After the routine report had been dis pensed with, ths Credentials committe nd th committe oa permanent rules snd regulations retired to begia their li;kn( . - ' - . Whea the report af tha permanent committee oa rules and regulations was submitted to th convention, it recom mended tha adoptioa of the anit rale ol voting- , . Woman Wlaa Oat. At thia point, Mra. Julia Wheelock of New York declared tkat ah "insisted oa retaining her. inherent right to think and vote as shs pleased." 8b waa supported by many men delegate. A member from Minnesota presentted a minority report, Which asked that th nit rul b defeated. The miaority report Wat adocted. - Th eredentitls aommitte had for it priasipal question th matter of dele gation from th State and Territories of the United Bute. Th report a abmltted reeonmeaded thst each de partment b given flv delegate at larg aad oae additional delegate for each one thousand member or fraction thereof. , Whea tha morning session of ta con vention adjourned at 1:49 p. m th aational commander directed that, all committees meet at 6 p. m., and remain ia session until all business had bee completed for presentation to the con vention whn it mt tomorrow mora- big at o'elock. U .. - . Fraac Lya Friend. On feature which tended ta liren th aoasioa cam whea - Colonsl J, X McQaigg. ommander of th department of Ohio, ia replying to the address ef welcome by Msyor W. 8. Fitsgertld, stated that Fraae wa one of tne most Icyal friends of tha American Legion, cheering started snd sries lor r. E. Drake, commander of Legioa Tottfta. On, Pari, brought him to hia foot At tnu junctor everybody aro ana cheered for tereral minute. Mr. Drak ia representing th legioa post of France, England, Belgium and the Bhlne. . Bvery traia arriving todaw brought many member of the legioa aad it is xpeeiea lomorrow wiu see many innu tsnds mor visitor ia th city. Phila delphia sent on hundred aad twenty Ave member ia thre box ear, painted th ear were In Franc: ""Homme i-orty Chevcsnx Eight- Parade Big Feats rs. V A rainstorm which begaa about boob, threatened to Interfere with the parade, but th grand marshal aanouneed that th parade would tak plsee, rain or shine. Consequently, wnea tne legion sire marched, th nt!r rout wa packed with ' people. The inaignia of each dlvlaion wa in evidence ia the parade, practically everybody march' ing ia uniform. There were also sett or! hundred Americans la th uniform of Canada, England and France, thi contingent having a KUU Dad to fur nish their music. , Marshal FeVa Greeting. Greetings from Marshal Foeh ' Fraae wer read to th legioa conten tion today, . E tent thi message: "To tha American Legion ia coavea tioa assembled, Cleveland, Oty. -''BiHrrettina mv lnabilitv to And my' self among th former combatant of th glorious American army, my heart Is with them st the .moment of the second anniversary of th fighting they went through by th aid of th allies for th common cause of right and lib erty. I again render homag to th valor and to th tenacity which they unceasingly showed oa th battlefields of France; in th day of misfortune and th day of success: th aisgnlS cent enthueinsm with which they on twered our call: the greet pert they took in the sacrifices of war j th glori ous remembrance of tnose wno fell on our oil will remain a token of th pro found gratitude aad tha indestructible unioa of our two countries. I send my cordial greeting toXleveland, the "steel city," nd.to the great tste of Ohio, which hss furnished to America so many illustrious atatesmea and to France (o many faithful friends. ' T. FOCH, "Marshal of France." ' Collect Rsla laaarance. ' As .result' of th rainstorm, th American Legioa expect to collect flS, 000 rain insurance. Bom day ago tho management of th ptrad took out In surance against rain for 115,000, Te collect thi lniurane, it wtt necessary for' two-tsnthi of a inch of rain to fsll during ths dsy. The weather bu. read reported that th rainfall for the day was 37-100 of aa Inch. Th delegation from Centrelio, Wash inwton. carried in th parade th flag which waa fired upon by th L W. W.'sJ oa Armiatlc Pay.lPlB. Th iwg was carried by J. E. Murray, the same man who csrried it hen it wss fired upo. Four men msri-hlnr by Murray's side wer killed st ths time. ; Th Belles Wood Gift Bos. Th Belleau Wood gift boa U ex pected her tomorrow. This box eon tain contribution! to b used for build. outiaaca a Pg Thre ) NEW STYLE CREATION FRESH FROM EUROPE . . i f ' i '. , - Mia Audrey Carriagtoa Norman, f Richmond, Virginia, who returned te tho United Statea from Earop oa the teamthip L Too rain a, wearing : a striking Angora suit of blu silk aad dockings of Scotch heather. Her hat ia of Angora and i trimmed with gold braid. . . : t . Warding Promises Big Mer- chant Marine and a Protec tive Tariff System ' lUttimtr, Md., Sept. 87 A msrclsnt marin poUcy insurlog aecaasibility to all th-market of th world, Mnktd with a protectiv tariff system ta foster produetioa "at horns, wer promised by Senator Harding tonight ia a speech at th Baltimor Armory. The Bepublieaa1 pridntil nomine praised th merchant marine bill enact ed last session of tjpngresi and as sailed the Democratic admlaiatratioa for "unpreparedness for peace' ia its policy toward Amtrieaa shipping and other factors of flnsncisl sad industrial rehabilitation. With a new chipping act framed by Bepubiieans now oa th statute books, a said, a aew jtepubiicaa admlnistratioa proposed ' to so admin ister it ts to give th nation It proper place as a aea earner. i React From UaarpatioB. Senator Harding also replied to charge that th Bepublieaa platform aad policies are "reactionary, declar ing it was true that his party wanted to "react' from aa era of executive us urpstion and to rs-eatablith orderly, constitutional government under for ward looking, progreeaive'' policies. Ia his speech tonight the nomisee sounded a warning agaiatt "a flood of imports from debtor eouatries'' whleh hs said might undermine American production by. stimulating a competi tion American industry could not meet without tariff protection. "It is of the grestest national eon eem," he added, "that this changed International position ahall aot work to th injury of our Industrial and agricultural life. W ar not prepared to wipe from our book Europe' debt to ua, but it would be incomparably better for our credits to remaia un collected and our balances to . be waived, thaa for liquidation to taks tho form of aa undermining flood of Imports thnt would cripple American Industry, degrade American labor and weaken our whole eeonomle fabric. Merchant Maria Beratdy. "From ap Invasion we har a right to be saved. Our new merchant. marine will do much to avert it., Supplemented, now and whenever oecasina require, by a cautious revision of our tariff, the new thlplog development wil be- (Continued oa Pag Twlv.) CONDITION OF TERENCE MACSWINEY UNCHANGED Lord Mayor of Cork Still Con. scions; Is-Miracle To Arch, bishop Mannix London, Sept. 27. Th conditioa of Terenc MacHwlnry, lord mayor of Cork, wtt anchanged tonight according to th bulletla latued by th Irish Sotf Dcterminntloa Leagn st 10 o'clock. "He is very much exhusted,'-TSyi the bulletin, 'but still conscious," Archbishop Manniv, of Australia, who" recently was refused permission by ths British government to visit Ireland, called o the lord mayor today. ' When th prelate emerged from the prison, accompanied by Mrs. . MacBwiney, he wss besieged by newspaper men, who requested an expression of opinion con cerning Mr. MacBwiney. i." Tha -archbishop unbent from his rs. tent taciturn mood long enough to sty to tho newspaper men: " "l And him a veritable miracle. To m it 1 a miracle.' Further trtan-rfbit th srehbishop jtouM say nothing. crp ;rv , i ' ;' ; TO MAKE TRADE OF WORLD ACCESSIBLE II ItlUUlt Irtlll ILUILL il hear nil i;i ELOQUEJIT APPrjfl Democratic , Candidate Fcr Governor In Fine Fettle it , Opening of Campaign - ; ( PLEADS FOR LEAGUE OF : 1 . NATIONS IN ADDRESS OoTernor Enfe". Doothton latrodnees Candidate Crowded Courthouia As Man and Statesman , Amply tit Tor OoTernorj v 'Tanner Donfhton Beans ' Campaign Bf LI. FOWKLL. ' (Staff Correspondent.) Sparta, Sept ITCameroa Morrisoa, ' peaking for tw hoar and foarteea . minutes, aad a Joiat debate, betwoea "Farmer Bob Doughton tad Dr. Ik Campbell, today gtv Sparta ita blggstt ' Mlehiatloa aiae tha late Saek Kites in . time with Olivef Doekery. .. ' ' : No political gathering, of year ha brought aa auay folk to tha court hous which wouldn't begin to hold the 0 BWBjwh earn ta hear Morrisoa, mock leas ths womea. Voters 'riding horse- back iato tawB all tha momjng gave th appea ranee of a cavalry parade, tad -court whleh convened at 10 a'elock, ad. journed 80 minutes later, the ameer ' eould sttend th speaking. - - Th Demoerstie saadidate tadar wa ia da fHU. He kasnt been half so loqutot aiae th primary campaign aor has h poka to a mora ympa- thsti audience, Alleghany, aarreund-)' ed ea all aid by th host af rror,' i u ummiter MmoeratM aoaaty ia Westers North CaroUaa, bat it ha rpetabhi minority. . ' dueedMr. Morrisoa ss a sUtesmaa ! blatng aA tha qnaliUe for holdiag tha' of lie of Ooveraer ef a great But. Th, Grand Old Mat paid tribute to' the militancy aad 1oquac of Morrisoa ia' 07 and 8, aad prcaaatcd him , a th Ooveraor to rry a th great aural , add educational aehsevsmcnt af da. I moertcy. ' ,,. . , -.... Congremsoaa Tughtoa aad hi B ptblica eppoaeat also- draw s goad crowd ia th eourt hou; After dinner . t . . . . . vogaion..BumB sn . euensiv seal pok for aa hour. Campbell followed " for tb tarn lenrth ef tim aad eaokl ' aaa a tea aaiaur rejoinder. . a ,- - Felka From Bvwywhara. - Th folk wer ker from all rouading eouatte for both eventa aad a fw Virginlsn (traggled over to hear th etamp thndr. Wilke. T kia, Surry aad Ash all Wat rapresea tatives front both partie. Mr. MarrU oa was mor belligeiant her fhaa at Smithfleld. H talked aot aa much about Bepublieaa si a as h did Demo- i crati rlghtoousnes. ; Th truth, how ever, kad to b told about th eonditiea tha State wa ia when it went ander Demoerttl control ia 1900. The Stat w demoralised thea, ha aaid, ita d eational life was a source of hame, IU read wer muduolcs aad the sols ktp of a patriot vu tho corner bar-room, wLers sorrows of good itiseaa might be drowsed. Parker' attack a revaluation la Ilka th joint eow thst used to belong to tha tariff. Tha Democrats and Republic as, ha mid, bought It together bat , the Democrats are feeding the front half t la order to give the State a Just system t f fsiatloa, whils th Bepublieaa r milking vote from th hiad halt . Mia. -repretcatstioB sad rhtrical - trickery are th keyaote af th Parke easM paiga, h iaaiated. - j , Beeard Of Two Psrtloa. . ' Th Deaocrti , . candidate fired another volley of big shells at th Be pablicaat aad put ia a few grape seed f for th puny Democrats. , a nerlea f "" voter no atve Hitherto received soma notice I th campaign. - j . , irir wis for the voter to a elder the record of tho , two parties well tt th promise of fvtur aetioa," Mr. Morrisoa insisted. "Thi should be doaot only to reward th psrtv which, has erred the country well snd on4ma iht party-; which haa ta : jurcd th Stat bnt -in order aba to ascertain tha inherent probabilities ef good or bad government from m party seeking . power' or eontinuane f , power. ..'!- , i .. "History, repeat Itself 1 political parties,'' h stid, snd whil th B jniblicaa party't record in North Car lina may disclose a few good thing upon the whole It aot oalv ravw' North ' Carolina had government but it ontrsg- ed ana kumihated whea ntrusttd with powf. . Th DcToocnti part ' may hav do few bad thine in Its loar his tory of government ra this 8tnt,,rha continued, "bqt upon tha whole it ha olwtrs give th Slat, whea strutt ed with power, good government, f. flcenf tnd progressive, ,- yet ' tha most iaexiicnsiva goverament la tha wrld. "The Bepublieaa partv record la the But i e bad that th Repablieaa ' leader ia th Ptate, a well a aom tender hearted Democrats, , have beea demanding thst ths people of North Carolina thould cease . to study it history, or at leant to talk about it, because te do se kept aliv "bad blood and a inflamed th scenic thst it oiiiiii sew us none. - I sm very maeh opposed ta Mrtoatl. Ill win tad birtrrnesa la eolitiral con. trove riy tad yet I bhlievt 4h peopl ought to kaow th record of th tw rartlr ia thia Stat and whea they do know tt I am ur ' th Demoerstie ritiseni will And a hope for goad d .rogresiv government at tha haads ef th Republican party. "Th Republicans are bow insisting," , he Continued, "that their entire record ' should b disregarded and that they should be entrusted with the govern, went of this BUtt notwithitaadinw they hav never don anything to merit it ron fldeiic but beetua,. they claim, th j(Centiaed a Pa far

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