Says Port Plan To Pass
If People Are Informed
i A-a
fjUM Beasley Argue* Purl Dev<'l<>|iiii<'iil Worth Ink
kLg a Chance on and That Pi-oph- W ill Kml<ir?<>
It if It I? Properly I'rr.cntt tl to Tin-ill
m By R. P. BKAHI.KV
TOonroe, Sept. 30. ? Whether or'
not She port construction bill W
indorsed by the voters in Novem- |
1 ht l dgpeuds upuil liu> t lui
its advocates succeed In getting
It to the minds of the people. It
is & herculean task to put any pos
itive proposition fully before the
people in so short a time. It is
'l5Hfin~Tor~TBe~oIVr lo put In u
negative ballots. It is about the
rame going up a hill and going
down a hill. 'It's harder to go up
than to come down. i_
Governor Morrison thinks, and
correctly, that if he
could get a majority of the peo
ple within range of his voice
when lie discusses the matter, the
public would be convinced beyond
a doubt. While the governor han |
so far be?n the leading champion
of the measure, he rightly re
gards it not as his particular po
..?llUm, but rather that he is the i
-ageat favored by time and cir
cumstance, in bringing before the
state the possibility of the fulfill
ment of a great ^dreanv which ha.s I
from time to time floated across I
the vision of our seers for more .
than a hundred years. The grow
ing wealth of our state, the im
, peratlve need for Juster freight |
rstes, the desire to save the sollil
; arlt? and homogenety of our peo
, ple as a great social and economic
; unit, by developing east and west
contact among ourselves rather
than maintaining overgrown north
and south currents continually |
draining our resources to other
states, and finally, the need to Be- '
cure additional transportation fa- |
cilitles to keep pace with a rap
idly Increasing demand ? all these
so synchronize that for the first
time In our history this great vi
sion of the fathers is possible of
lealleatlon. ?? ??? " 1
If we set the governor right, ho
bu come to (eel to strongly, not
only the logic and the ?practica
bility, of the Idee, but the tlraell
neeig.tor its realisation. that he
haarnot been able to keep hlm-|
nelf from going hla whole strength
for It. There was neither perso
nal or political reason why he
ahottld do so,. nothing to gain for
himself In Any way by taking the
flsk of fallhre, nor anything to
gain personalty by aucdeedlng. It
Was a great effort that ahould be '
made, Nobody elae was making
It. therefore he had to. And llk?'
Nehemtah, -who was doing a great
work In rebuilding the walls of
Jerusalem and Just could not be
Ifduced to come down, he la per
mfttlng notihing to aland in bin
way of -getting the great thonght
before the people and truating
them to translate it Into reality.
It is a constructive idea, sub
atantlal In fact, romantic In Impli
cations and vaat in possibility. It
Is of the higher order of atatea
manahlp. and any man who whis
tles It out of his mind haa sim
ply never grasped its appeal.
Why It la not a Political QiKMion
Some of tbe friends of the
measure aeem to feel aggrieved
that II has not been made a party
meaanre by Chairman Dawson and
other leaders. This complaint Ih
not well founded from (he stand
peint of tin* supporters of the pro.
position. It would appear, upon
consideration. Questions become
party Issues only when It become*
manifest that at l^ast a majori
ty of the party membership has
ma?e r up Its mind for them. The
[Democratic party hns been and
'will continue to be In charge of
the stats government, but on ques
tions of widespread interest Its of
ficials and leaders cannot com
mit (he party until there haa been
s reasonable expression of the
mhids ef the people. Leglalstorii
were perfectly willing to express
themselves on the aubject. and
tils popular vote I* for that very
pvrpfee. If It had been known In
fitllfcC* that a majority of even
tic sentiment was for the
SET"
WOUld ao doubt have bsen willing
to MM it without a referendum, i
tfu4 this as not known, had not
hid time to erystallxe. Make a
question like this s Democratic
BMasara and possible support by
?11 Republicans automatically is
cut off Make It a Republican
measure and 'Democratic voters
shy from It. Make It neither, but
aubmlt It to the Judgment of all.
nnid It has a chance upon Its mer
its. -TjMw is not only good polit
ical pVk. tophy. but la la fact the
court" that all questions take be
fore the public, in their formative
period. All majority parties must
rfeciaeaiily act In thla way towards
gAsfloh* upon which public opta'
Ms aot taken form and sub
Third psrtlss and blocs
Idea*, hut they do not ad
J government It Is no dls
to either of tbe parties In
to that they have not es
tfce port plsn as a party
nor Is It an Indlcstion
plan is not absolutely
"tie snd desirable,
i of the legislature In
road bond hill wlth
has been sited In
The twe ease*
fonrs. Road lm
pro m?- ij t^ wa h ifi nn .nl v a need
stage of "evolutFonT iwrftth"' Vndie* '
urn! nriv in- i if i -i 'h h i In n fin
yearn declaring C??r mure ami
more improvement; every polltl*
cal platform had contained a good
roadH plank for a Ionic time; .sen
timent for more fmprovt mem was
wldcnnrr:iit )ir.m..iuu . ,|. .in,| mi.
mistakabh*. Specific measure*
had been discussed through sev
eral legislatures; tlu* load< r>?hip
of both parties was groping thru
them* ? h-nislatun s frrr ? wuy.i and
means of ..curj-yiim ?"n hIi.m w-i*
already a widen)) read puldit* de
mand. Nothing was required hut
the mere mechanism of doing
what everybody wanted done.
The bond issue was the result.
No such condition exists regard*
ing the port plan. If is essen
tially in its eduealional stage.
As a Corrective of l-'reijilit Kales
Unless everybody has been
grossly deceived for many year*
and is still deceived, there Is a
burden of discrimlna lion in freight
rate* upon inis siuTothat liTstag
gering. Some seek to. explain or
to extenuate It. but none deny it.
Of course the railroads have no
hostility towards this slate an
such. Til ere has ben but on<*
primary principle in the laying of
freight rates, i he principle of put
ting on nil that 1he traffic would
bear. The trouble in this stute
has arisen from the fact that com
petitive rates elsewhere were too
low. and where a low rate wan ??.<
tahlished .in one place or section,
a too high one had to be put on
elsewhere to nff*et it. and with
this fundamental error at the be
ginning. neither the law making
bodies nor the regulatory com
missions. nor even the railtoads
themselves have !>?,'? ;i ..ji.l.Ue to
cnange 11. lint unless all reason -
ing on this point in at fault, the
creation of water transportation,
will correct it automatically so
far as this state is concerned.
This article cannut go Into (he
intricacies of freight rates. There
is neither rhyme nor reason in
the whole subject. Hut since they
are arbitrary from start to finish.
It Is time for any state that has
the power to do so to take cure of
itself with equally arbitrary mea
sures. We may not be able to
put any sense or logic Into exist
ing rates, but we may throw the'
fear of the Lord into their heart
if they have any heart. The dis
crimination against thi.-i state
exists because the railroads have
I followed the lino of least resis
' tance and no power has ari?i n
fiffbiwr /Trough t<? STofr TRV'HYJ "Wal
ter transportation and u western
? connection- wHf be that -pnwer. un
less everything that we have
heard in the past years on the
subject Is false.
Supplementary Transportation
The volume of traffic Is so rap
Idly Increasing, with railroad fa
cilities standing vtill, that it is
but a queston of u tew years
when the. development of the
stale will b^ handicapped for
lack of facilities In addition t ?
the burden of exorbitant rates, un.
less east and west line* of rail
roads are developed with sup
plementary- ww4er -t rnwwportatinnr
, It is quite absurd that tin- Sea
board from Wllmlngt ?n to Ruth
erfordton. the State bull: rotd
from lloRtifort to Charlotte and
Ashevllle. the C. I*', and Y. V.
from Wilmington to Ml. Airy, anrl
the Coast Line out of Wilmington
should mean nothing more than
a little local business fed Into
and from the north and south
divisions of these roads, when
there In at the end of them all a
water connect Ion which needs
only to be opened to connect us
with the whole world, to hrlnn
What Tornado Did to Steel Trestle
Thin was a 120-foot steel bridge before the tornado cam v. Hut it might hnvo ti on m mu. h on. I r ., n:i tin
?;nJ cared. It naj a railroad trotlc on the ijoo l.ac, near Wlthco. Wli. J ..,y v.oi' I..:'. I in the
The Van Sweringens' Latest Deal
The KrratoHt railroad mergn In years was completed wltb the uniAcntlon tf the N'lrkal Platr, Chesapeake
ft Oh?o. HiM'kinK Valley. Erie and Per ?4arquette lines and their subsidiaries All are rontroIMl l?y O. p
and M J Van Swerlngen of Cleveland. Here Is official map allowing the extent of the conuolidaMon.
into our service n cheaper north
and south freight route than the
railroad* ran ever offer, and In
vile, and moat certainly bring t??
our state a great volume of ih'o i
ocean going commerce of the
world.
Why has not this comnjercei
come before? it is often asked,
followed -y the statement that
I "there hid been ships to come
In ih?fe "WiiiTn have" been poTtX"
to receive them. The answer Is
that no concentrated effort has
been mvn t:> develop water
borne commerce, that the rail
roads have been inimical to it.
thai the State has never been in
a position to fight for It, and
that I here has not been enough
Interior business to develop it in
spite of unfavorable conditions
Hut all this is changed now.
The opening of the Panama canal,
the construction of the inland
waterwuy, the increasing volume
of business In the State, the legal
possibility of chocking off the
thin of highways, and the devel
opment of truck transportation
have made a new world In the
last ten years. Hut such water
transportation as we had before
that time Mad been killed und
no correlation of the forces and
onditions now in existence has
heretofore-sl^en possible so as to
again bring about the shipping of
whi?;h we stand so badly in
need. In ien years the width of
our highw iys will have to be
increased and without the addi
tion of war^r transportation the
Can Percy Make the Grade?
J5JI!, J * ' "?"?'"on. on. Of th. moat ?*< h- In
fcMhall and now mentor of Columbia I'nlvwmy, t,,m
*r?d lo tab* Columbia out of lh? .ihlMir akiuik Ir, ?KB h
f?, mo k?,? 11. mad. , taoa >h<nr," r ?
? do bMtar ihia fall. aoo-m. u.? y,u and ..pvt,,
New One
Or. Willfcim llrld I of Chicago,
?tnrtl-d }l>" Amvilran irillon <>f
I lr?1lc'o|*i^ypk-Ml llMmrrh wlih a
w? theory of prolonging life. | !?
intiliitalnn that Pl.n.U nre foaixi
urilli h imjInom mi'.U'I "I'holln" nnd
that If a new cium wliirh hr mils
"(*holln Kplltter." made from tli?
gland* of ntJfit, 1m lnj?*cted. it will
t ui n th?- trlrk. no to *|tcak. One
ran live to 15ft. hv nay*.
ruilroir.U will In- utterly in ? il ?
quale to' take tare of t ho IhihI
ne*H. For wi* may look for no
further railroad <1 ? velopment In
this HtalP unless it ix forced in
an rant and west direction.
Yearly the local tin sin ess goes
more and more to motor trans
portation. with the railroads
paying tnori- atid mom attention
0 the Ionic haul. Tho tnrth nnd
onth rMdt now havf ih? ir I r
truckage will he devoted more
and more to tho long haul Ah
the Ion* haul b rotno more and
more important on account of the
competition of motor vehirien for
local IjusIiicmr their great trafli-*
uorih ami south will bo a kind of
"here who com"* nnd yonder ah ?
Hoes'" affair. More ami more we
sill be at the mercy of tfyelr
convenience. , Kvery ?litpp*-r
known that railroad service is
now hut poor. What will it 1???
in ten yearn with thing* going an
they now arc?
What would a city be
with atroet* running only one
way. with no cross traffic, no
Miuaron, no right angle cur
r-nts of IITe? Why *houid not
rail and motor transportation
meet water tramtportatlon hear
ing commerce to and from all
part* of the world and dlxtrihute
It In cro*M currents to the north
?:i<1 south lines that we now have?
Why he content to have xtreets
running only on? way when we
p?n have them checkerboarding
lh?> whole State?
1 nlfylng Ami l>lvemtf> Ing Force
Hut there Is even a broader as
l?ect to this subject than one of
rn? re freight rate# and transpor
tat ion adequacy. It in the. one of
maintaining our social unity, the
homogeneity of our people and
I ho versmillty ami perpetuation
of our own genius. The most
profound etfects upon ry people
arise mu of economic forces ami
commercial currents. It. when
we have 1 li?* ordering of I bene
forces so that they may he made
to contribute to. the unity, vnrlety,
and Individuality of our people,
so nrji r them. Take a cr jsa ner
< -o-t- ? iNorih - -t'orul-uju ? -frum .
mountain to sea. and what a va
riety * ? f topograph I !y of industry,
of produets! V et what a homo
geneity of peopl" This solidarity
of people can b( re'.ained only by
keeping th?? utmost contact of our
own people, and the variety of
life whi< h Ik produred by climate,
soil ntid_oecupation ean be mnln
t.iim \ only by cToso east nnn wMt
contact, and will he utterly lost if
North Carolina continues t <> be for
many more 'years only the stop
ping p ints of trains daubing thru
The. country is hi romlng altogeth
er too mueh alike. In the old
days I have been pushed off the
sidewalks In Wilmington by bands
of rollicking sailor. Today Wil
mington Is as dull as a frow.
Suppose (In- east could buy ap
ples and cabbages front Western.
North Carolina Instead of north
ern y> w York, suppose the trttck
and ? rly products of the <ast
cotiiti be sold to the Plf'tfrnon't and
the west, suppose In short, thai
our people could trade with them
selves In thr- products whirh son.#'
hav?- to ship Into and other* have j
to ship out of the state, what a
vast contribution this alone would
be toward maintaining our unity
as a state nr.d developing* an !n
utthit TniunM'M'i' wnim dne* not
exist today. This internal and
unified developtn'nt was the
dream which the fathers had,,
when before th?> days of railroads
they sought to Open the streams,
to build plank roads, to connect
rivers by canals; the same dr'atn
which lat r existed in the minds
??f the men who Isid the rails from
Morehead to A-'le-vllle, from Wil
mington to ltutherfordton and
from Wilmington to <lr.censboro
and Mt. Airy. They failed Hot
becnu-e their Idea was not sound
hut because eircutnslnnre* arose
over which thev hod no control.
The building of transcontinental
lines to New York and Philadel
phia and the fixing of railroad
rates to tho?. ports so cheap that
normal lines of development
were eut off produced a trail of
direful ef feels that could not he
roped with. Ilut the time has
come when thev may he met.
the commercial trains again turn
and the truck run along the lines
or the old trail i and we shall no
longer be a ?tal<? of 'blighted po?
ftlbllltles but one of ten fold more
activity and prosperity.
Thr Praetir;ibllit , of flto Plan
I lift , it may bo objected, All this
Kidnaped
!-?? Angeles citizens und church or
canizalloim have offered reward* to
(nllns thousands of dollars for th?
Jtiicovery of May Martin, 12 (above)
*n?1 her youriKt- r muter. Nina. 9. whf
sre tn-ltev.-d to have b?*?*n spirit e.1
? way by degenerate*. Police Wfri
ruspected of laxity in the cane he
ratine of the poverty and obscurity
of the mother. Klra. Paul Uuua
FOIl I > VAV AllAVlMiN
PIKPOSK.H KXPtMIT PLANT
Philndt Iphia. Sept. ^n. ? (Spe
? litl AlthoilSli there hus been
no formal announcement. there
are Indications thai the Fori!
Motor Company ha* abandoned
its i>l:in for erection of a large
assembling plant for the export
trade on the Kohny I kill River, the
site bough I recently for $450,000.
It I* h;i Id fh<* cost of concrete
work necessary to make the low
slto available ha* been found too
high. Large building operation*,
based on an expectation of de
mand for dwelling near the plant,
already ar.* under way.
I ; w II enough provided the plan
works*. Will it work? It will not
work Itself. Hut It can lie made
to work if phyHicul fact and log
1:1'! :1V'jUl |io" "tv worth anything.
This idea of making a basing
point ou our coast in not new. It
wuh worked out Home year* agu
and considerable Interest wax
aroused. It needs only a little
I rail connection to link our port
tig the shortest route from the
middle west for all (he products
which go to the sea. Every one
of these states some years ago in
pome way showed an interest in
the Idea and expressed a desire
to see It carried out. 'Not only
would this be the shortest route
to portions of Europe but the
shortest route from middle west
to the pacific coast through Ihc
Panama canal too. And 9ft per
cent rif the ships which go through
the Panama canal could now come
up the Cape Fear to Wilmington
ko f.ir as draft is concerned. Willi
?'PorT'TTTrTrrrmrr"" tr "11 ? iiTyr " ' nrirffa
sonable to suppose that the coal
of Tennessee ami-Kentucky would
not soon seek the sea by this
route. Ships of the world ply to
ports where freight Is offered. The
rehabilitation of the C. F. H V. V.
nnd its connection with the west
would offer a tonnage that would
attract Hhlps In swartni. The
north ami south lines would be
compelled to develop their east
and went lines as a result:' The
Seaboard would force a connec
tion at Host lc with the Clinch
field. Thp sounds and rivers
would swarm with light draft de
California For Coolidge
In Opinion Of Lawrence
\Y<?iil?l In* for Duvi* if Ife Won* \^kin^ Second Term
l?ul Slate lln'oiiiini; (iuiiHt'nalivi1 mitl
In Opposed to Lhange
nv , DAVID UWRRNCS
I C**yrl)*l IN' ?# Th* Atxwil
Los Angeles, Sept. 29. ? California is not as close a state
' as the various polls and' straw votes beinV taken would seem
(II illUiUIU".
CAMDEN WOMEN
MEET ATSffitOH
Mixsimiury I nioii I Iflil
Thi're 1'rovcn Inspiration
for Nt-xl IMrrlinp at I'leua
aut (irovr.
Shiloli. Si-pl. 30.? The Mis
sionary I'nion ?>f Camden Coun
ty ni(*t Sfptf iur 25 ut Shiloh
church. The devotional services
were led by Mrs. S. P. Hudson,
followed by prayer by Mrs. C. L.
Ferrlell. The address of wel
come wan made by 'Mr?. W. R.
Sawyer ami the response by Mrs.
J7 \V. anting*. In the roll call of
churches 7 3 ladies responded.
Standard and mission* wan the
subject of Iredell Klght, Stan
danl of Hgcellence of Mrs, P. W.
Slovens and a talk on circle meet
lngs *as made by Mrs. S. F. Hud
son. A committee named to or
ganize a Woman's Missionary So
ciety at Oak ItldRe consisted of
Mth. S. F. Huil son. Mrs. C. L. Fer
ried and Miss Mice llarco..
In the afternoon the devo
tional service, "Give our Best to
Christ," was led by Miss Kssie
Ferebee, the paRcant. "What God
would have to happen," was pre
sented by Shllnh Woman's Mis
sionary Society A Sunbeam pro
gram was given by the Shiloh
i bund ?
| Officers re-olected were Miss
Essie Ferebfv, president; Mrs. S.
F. Hudson .vice president; Mrs.
I*. W. Stevens, secretary and treas
urer. The meotlnR adjourned with
prayer ,hy Mrs. George Wilder.
l.Next year the meeting will lake
plae? at Pleasant Grove on Sep
tember 17. The following com
mittees were named:
Mrs. Frank KIrrs. Mrs. C. ?H.
llrown, Miss Harriet Stevens,
committee on time and place.
?Mrs. W. S. HartKt t . Mrs J. I).
IlastluRs. Mrs A. W' Wallis, com
mittee on resolutions.
The ladles of Shiloh church
served a bountiful dinner and Rave,
the visitors a cordial welcome.
The church was decorated with
lovely fall flowers and each vis
itor- w?ltl -b>-o?ie resolved to- dO
inore work for her church durinR
the mminK yesrr.
liverlnR commerce from the large
port to l he smaller one. there
to be taken up ky an ever in
creasing fleet of trucks supplylnR
(ontliiRuous territory and the east
and went railroads coming to the
Piedmont and went. The game Is
too larRe not to 1io pursued, the
responsibility I* too great to be
iRnored, the advantagen mo appar
ent that the risk becomes Insig
nificant.
Brand New Panacea Is
Found For Human Ills
It LmiU I. ike n Kwltu uiiil I* I inlleil t lie OnoillorliiHt lint
tin' Iti'Kiilar Doctors mid tin- Sfinilllif Aiiiit
irnn Don't Think Mncli of It
f'hlcaKO. Sept. 30.? A full
al*ed cnntrovrrs), with nil the
verbal pyrotechnic* that accom
imnh-il tlx* fit; h V between doctora
!Ati/| ojiirin.rurl if m.W Idiiint >!???
t ween f !??? otponuiila of elect ro
ni;i kik i if vibration* tin u run- for
mbat of hunianlty'a Jlla, hihI the
older achool* i f tnrxflcili"
Th" to? dn for b.'ittle wn?
aound'd I v .1 if. Hnfltx rts, of the
Iturnett 1 inik< i? Kcn'-iirch Labora
tory, Alpine. Now Jeraev. Iri an
mldr' M 1-< f<?rr? tin* nnwiy formed
A hi <r Iran electronic Rfw urrti Aa
social Ion. In convent l n hero.
Thin 1'ivi'jillKitor reported that
thi? "oaellhiela*t which look a for'
nil the world Ilka a radio outfit.;
islvea j.ff rnonait table Ami control* j
lahl< < m i v J oat what that ha*
to d'i with tin- health i f the na
tion I* a matter or-f whlrh phyal
clana and electronic practitioner* .
dlaauroe.
The whole ftxht hinged upon'
the tlooiv ef If", tut*' l?r Albert
A brum* <f Hon I'ranelaco that all
living matter po*s*a*? * radlo-ac
tlvHv HI# Idea was that, lust an
with the household radio, the
body through vibrating electron* !
thr?w* eff radio Activity which he
elalwad is measurable. T? ?
electrons are euppoNod to make up
atom* composing the structure of
the body. An ate inn have a dif
fering electronic makeup, accord
ing to hla theory, Dr. Abrami con- J
celved Ihal they pave off different
radio acllvn vibration*. He Ihcn
aha ped a machine to detect theae
differing vibration*. which now*
;ih flu* liaal? for his method of
diaimoalH of -Ui*eaa?. t ? -
Then came (he oMlllnrlaat, de
v Ised to kIvp off audi i-munatlonn
an would feed nick sterna In din
eaaed tissue upon such electrons ,
as they need, and thus restore
them to normal. Thin npeclallzed
radio outfit already Iihn hern ac
cepted by several practitioners ,
(mattered throughout the country
ft In being used. they declared at
their well attended meetlngx. In
the treatment of almost any kind
of disease.
Th<* thing that got ( If operat
ors of the oncllloclasfa excited wa?
? he demonat rntlon of Mr. Hall-1
berg of the Iturnett Tim ken l/ib
irntory which ahowd that elec
tricity could be generated from
the hitch frequency waven from
the OHrllloclaftt.
He did not any whether thin ar
compllMhtnent would hate any
value In curing dlaeaae, but fhnt
did not deter th?> electronic doc- ;
tora from Imuutlnn thesa powera.
The American Medical Aaaocla
tlon la up In arina against the1
.wllloclast and lis operator.,. |
while an Investigation by the
Scientific American, recently com- '
pie tad. broueht the conclusion j
that the machine la unable to do I
the things claimed for It. I
Having investigated the
situation in Northern Cali
fornia where unquestionably
-Senator ? I .aKollelle lias his
greatest strength, the writer
came away with the impres
sion that the Wisconsin lead
er would perhaps carry the
Uay counties by a narrow
vote but if (hat turns out to
be true Mr. LaKollette will be
snowed under just the same
by the unusually heavy vote
i to be given President Cool
idge this year in Southern
California.
The ruce hero in lirlwccn Cool
Idge ami l.nFollette with I>avls
third. Mtllf Is heard about tho
Democratic candidal* . Had Mc
Adoo been nominated there might
ha ve In-ill a different story to tell
for this state was strong for Mc
Adoo. Are tho Democratic votes
going to LaFollette? I'lidoubtedly
many thousand* will support tho
third party ticket. Imt President
?Coolldge will gel a host of what
might otherwise be Democratic
votes.
Tin- Democratic nominee Is al
ways well spoken of hut he do*a
not seem ti? have any vote-getting
hi ifii Kill In thin seel ion. President
Coolldge. on the oilier hand. Is
held In Southern California In al
most as much regard hm he 1h In ,
even when President Harding's
( popularity began to wane In the
Kant he could count on California.
Thin Htatn of course In prepon
derantly Republican hut In the
hint two years It has also been
growing conservative. California,
for InHtanre. gave President
Coolldge a majrlty of 50,000
voles over Its own favorite son In
the Presidential primaries this
year. A state which will do that
ran hardly he counted as easy for
l?aKoll?'tte or as even tending hi
his direction.
Without endeavoring to ex
plain some of the polls that are
being made It Is a ctrnnge aspect
'of the whole thing that not a sln
' kle man whose Judgment on poli
tical affairs In past years has al
ways been found hy the writer to
he aeetmH^ so- far-as-CaHfornig In ?
concerned Is saying this time that
I.aFollettc will carry the state.
They all ray Just tin- opposite and
some go so far as to indicate that
('resident Coolldge may run as
high as 100,000 majority In Call- .
fori! la. *
UPnlliltr'.< strength in certain
sections of the state inay he con
ceded but any one who knows
California will recognize ut once
t hat what The northerif part of
the state may do can easily- be
counterbalanced by the smith.
. From this It should not be In
ferred that the writer believes La
Follette will sweep Northern Call
that the Wisconsin leader m\\\ run
neck and neck with ('resident
Coolldge in and around Kan Fran
cisco. This, however. Isn't strong
enough position for any one who
Is trying to carry the electoral
, v ?tes of tile slate and ss for
Southern California l?aFollettu
hasn't u chance. The vote that
will be rolled up from this sec
tion on election day will be amas
Inr.
Then* nre n down reaaona for
the ntr*'iicl1i of I'lfhUlr-nt Coolldge
In t IiIm region hut lliflrf hic many
more rtaaona why l?oPo11ette In
weak. Tor one thine a campaign
Iihh been begun which palnta I<a
Kollette iih an cni'iny of Califor
nia. A member of ('on groan tiaa
looted harlc Into the record und
found i h ? I.aKollette
voted attaint! fvery one of tht
tariff achedtilo? In which Califor
nia wan Interented. That makea
I the battle atfalnat l,a Toilette very
concfete. For even the redoubt
,able 1 1 1 1 a in Johnnon In hla moat
progrennlve hour* never dared lo
1 turn down California ?>nee on cer
tain of her native product* and
Induatrlcfl.
1-aPollette of courae la not
without aorne atrong and InOuen
Hal aupportefs. The Hearat pa
pern are favoring him above all
other cindldatea. Rudolph Spreek
elt of Han Kranclsco I* h'lplnit to
finance the LaPollette campaign.
Home of the newnpapera which
were cloaeat to Hiram Johnson
are nhoutlng for l<aPollette. He
la runnibg mi the Koclailat tleket
no organized labor la making a
good deal of nolle about Ita ad
vocacy of the old man from Wia
conaln.
nut taken ail together the vote
.of California will be a couaenra
tlve majority and Prealdent Cool
ldge will get it Jnit aa John W.
Davla would ??*t It If he liad been
President necking another term.
I The outstanding rharacterlatlc of
the electorate that there la oe
cry for change.