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GALAX, VA. (Published fop Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936.
10 PAGES
Number 56.
by Hugo H. Sims,
Special Washington Correa poo (lent
LANDON LEADS C. O. P.
The Republican delegates gath
ered at Cleveland last week and
nominated Gov. Landon to carry
the party banner in the presi
dential election this year. The
other candidates, of course, put
on their show and Former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover flayed the
New Deal and all its works, but
the magic build-up of the Kan
sas executive was not in vain.
While he waited at Topeka, keep
ing aloof from the battle, his
trusted lieutenants put him over.
SCORES DECISIVE VICTORY
The Landon strategy was bas
ed upon a policy of conciliation
and the strong desire that the
party get together for its quad
rennial battle with its political
Cherny. The platform was an
issue that might prove embarrass
ing but this did not materialize,
largely because there was no ef
fort to prevent full opportunity to
all, including Senator Borah. Be
fore the convention reached the
nominations it was apparent that
the finger of fate was pointed at
Landon.
CONVENTION COLORFUL
Amid all the fanfare that ac
companies a national convention,
the Republicans at Cleveland put
on a good show. Senator Stei
wer, Rep. Snell, Mr. Hoover and
the speakers nominating favorite
candidates lambasted the New
Deal, the President and the Demo,
crats in general, with praise for
the Constitution, liberty, oppor
tunity and the Republican party
traditions. Included in the ut
terances were hints that the times
demanded the support of right
thinking Democrats but early in
the convention there was little
support for the idea of a coal
ition ticket.
Senator Borah arrived at the
convention to receive much at
^ tention and his views were eager
ly sought by the sub-committee
drafting the platform. The Sen
ator scored on its adoption of an
anti-World Court plank, the fail
ure to come out for gold and the
denunciation of monopoly. An
other highlight was the arrival
and address of Former President
Hoover, titular head of the party.
He was given a royal welcome by
the delegates and received a great
hand as he poured shot into the
New Deal which he had studied
for three years.
CONVENTION HISTORY
Statistics on the past records of
the Republican and Democratic
parties, which have engaged in
twenty contests, reveal that the
Republicans have won fourteen
and the Democrats six. The rivalry
began in 1866 when the Demo
crats managed to defeat the new
born Republican Party but lost
the next six presidential elections
during and following the Civil
War. In the thirteen elections,
beginning in 1884, the Democrats
have won five times and the Re
publicans eight times.
REPUBLICANS IN LEAD
Someone with a curiosity re
garding figures reports that from
1856 to 1932, inclusive, the total
Republican vote was 147,293,061
and the Democratic total, 131,
333,452. The Republican who
received the most electoral votes
v was Herbert Hoover, with 404
in 1928, and the high scorer for
the Democrats was Franklin D.
Roosevelt with 472 in 1932.
During this period, Lincoln and
Woodrow Wilson were distinctly
minority presidents, both having
> been elected as the result of
party divisions. Other minority
presidents, based on a count of
the votes for minor parties in the
total, include Cleveland and Wil
son in 1916 for the Democrats
and Garfield and Hayes for the
Republicans.
CANDIDATES AND STATES
Referring to candidates, during
the last eighty years, Ohio has
been the favorite state from
which the Republicans have made
their selections and New York
has furnished most of the Demo
cratic choices. Seven times the
Republicans went to Ohio for
their candidates, four times to
Illinois, three to California, twice
to New York and once to Maine
' and Massachusetts , each. The
Democrats have taken an Empire
State candidate eight times, have
gone to Nebraska and New
Jersey three times, twice to Penn
sylvania, and once each to Illin
ois. Kentucky and West Virginia.
In the period covered by the
survey, only six candidates have
come from west of the Missis
sippi River and until the elec
tion of Mr. Hoover in 1928, no
. one from that great section of
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Democratic Meet
To Open June 23
In Philadelphia
Senator Barkley Goes
To His Kentucky Home
To Write Keynote Speech.
Is Veteran Keynoter
TO MEMORIALIZE BRYAN
Senator Robinson, Of
Ark., To Be Permanent
Chairman Of Convention.
Chieftains Check Plans
Washington, June 16.—Saying
they were just about ready for
their party’s national convention
at Philadelphia, which is to open
on Tuesday. June 23, Democratic
chieftains checked things over
Saturday.
As they worked long into the
afternoon to make sure nothing
was overlooked, Senator Barkley,
of Kentucky, retired to his home
to begin writing the keynote
speech he will make as tempor
ary chairman of the convention.
Surrounded by a corps of party
workers and stenographers, Emil
Hurja, assistant to Chairman
James A. Farley, of the national
committee, and Charles Michel
son, publicity director, sent out
hundreds of letters and tele
grams about seating arrangements
and hotel accommodations.
They dispatched hundreds of
other letters that had to do with
such things as Liberty Bell sou
venirs, a memorial breakfast for
William Jennings Bryan, a prize
fight, a scrapple breakfast, an
ice skating carnival and the out
door demonstration at Franklin
Park at which President Roose
velt will make his acceptance
speech June 27.
In writing his address, Barkley
has two other experiences as key
noter upon which to draw. He
was the temporary chairman in
Chicago lour years ago when Mr.
Roosevelt was first nominated for
the presidency. Sixteen years ago
he served in the same capacity at
the San Francisco convention
which chose Governor Cox, of
Ohio, as the party’s nominee.
The permanent chairman of the
Philadelphia convention will be
senator Robinson, of Arkansas,
who also presided over the Chicago
meeting in 1932.
To date 1,032 of the 1,100
delegates have been chosen. The
others will be picked next Tues
day by Indiana, Virginia and Mis
sissippi. All delegates thus far
selected either have been instruct
ed or are on record as favoring
Mr. Roosevelt’s administration.
There was some speculation in
the party’s councils as to whether
any real fights would develop dver
the adoption of a platform and
over the proposal to abolish the
two-thirds rule for the naming
of the nominee. Both Farley and
President Roosevelt have favored
its abolition and adoption of the
majority rule.
Sparta Delegation
Attends Democratic
Meeting In Raleigh
A number of persons from
Sparta attended the North Caro
lina State Democratic convention,
which was held Friday at Raleigh.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor R. A.
Doughton was selected chairman
of .the Platform committee and
Congressman R. L. Doughton was
made permanent chairman of the
convention. The Alleghany con
gressman was also elected a dele
gate to the national convention to
be held next week in Philadelphia,
Pa.
Those in the Alleghany dele
gation, in addition to Ex-Lieuten
ant Governor Doughton and Con
gressman Doughton were: Robert
M. Gambill, Sidney Gambill, Duke
Bledsoe, Dalton Warren, Ed Wil
liams, Claude Gambill, Floyd
Crouse, Edwin Duncan, Jesse Mac
Osborne and Carlisle Higgins.
LANSING HAS FIRE
On Sunday night the business
section of Lansing, in Ashe
county, was swept by fire which
destroyed a garage, four stores,
and a safe, it is reported. The
loss is estimated at twenty thous
and dollars. It is said that, of
these buildings, only the garage
was insured.
The fire is thought to have
'originated in the cafe.
LANDON PILOT
WASHINGTON . . . Here is a
new picture of John M. Hamilton,
of Topeka, Kansas, the man who
directed the Landon campaign for
the Republican Presidential nomi
nation, his reward was the chair
manship of the National Repub
lican Committee, following Lan
don’s nomination.
Analysts Study
Results Of Tues.
Voting In Nation
Father Coughlin Says He
And His Followers Will
Support Neither Landon
Nor Roosevelt In Nov.
Yesterday returns from pri
maries and conventions held in
widely scattered states Tuesday
were pored over by political anal
ysts, who sought to discover
trends that might indicate cer
tain courses in connection with
the coming election.
They found that:
In Minnesota, Republicans were
claiming that Tuesday’s primaries
brought out the biggest vote for
that party since 1930. On a
count from half the precincts,
Republicans asserted they would
poll about 25,000 more votes
than those cast in the primaries
of the Farmer-Labor party.
The Minnesota primary elec
tions resulted in the Farmer
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Landon Spends
Quiet Sunday;
Attends Church
Topeka, Kas., June, 16.—Wear
ing a white linen suit, sport shoes
and a new straw hat. Governor
Alf M. Landon went with his wife
to church Sunday—the first Sab
bath since his nomination as Re
publican candidate for president of
the United States. He then enjoy
ed at home his first day of relax
ation since the nomination came
to him Thursday night. It was
a typical Landon Sunday.
Mrs. Landon, wearing a grey
dress and a dark blue hat, arrived
with her husband in a coupe at
the First Methodist church as the
organ prelude opened the services.
One or two persons stopped to
shake hands before they went to
their seats near the front of the
high-arched auditorium. They
listened to a sermon on “Living
by Consent to the Best,” delivered
by the Rev. Harold Case.
“A very fine sermon,” Landon
praised.
After the services, the Landons
were surrounded outside by well
wishers and progress to their car
was slow.
Pausing to chat with newsmen,
the governor said he intended to
relax during the afternoon pre
paratory to launching vigorously
this week into plans for the Re
publican campaign.
Dr. Case referred specifically to
Landon before the sermon, desir
ing to “speak for the congrega
tion, Topeka and Kansas in ex
pressing our enthusiasm and ap
proval in the selection of our
governor for that deserved honor,
greatest in the power of his party
to grant,’*
Doughton Thinks
Agreement On Tax
Measure Is Near
Congressional Leaders
Still (Hope To Adjourn
Sat. Roosevelt Cancels
Connecticut Trip Friday
Washington, June 16.—A three,
hour night session was terminat
ed tonight by Senate-House con
ferees without a solution for their
deep-set differences over the con
troversial tax bill but gave re
newed intimations that they were
approaching a break in a long
deadlock.
Chairman Doughton (D., N.
C.), of the House conferees,
emerged from the ipeeting with
this word to reporters:
“I think we are going to reach
an agreement. I don’t know
how or when, but I think we will
do it in a day or two.’*
Some hints were dropped after
the conference that a number of
participants were interested—as
representing a possible meeting
ground—in the results of a re
vision of rates in a compromise
corporation tax plan brought for
ward earlier in the day by Sen
ate Democrats.
Doughton’s remark kept alive
hopes of _ congressional leaders
that the tax measure, key to a
legislative jam, mighfe^ba cleared
away in time for adjournment by
Saturday night.
Another obstacle in the
drive for adjournment was shoved
aside by ah almost complete con
ference agreement on the $2,
370,000,000 relief-deficiency ap
propriation bill with its $1,425,
000,000 for work-relief next year.
Although the legislative situ
ation showed some signs of clear
ing up, President Roosevelt can
celled plans to go to New Lon
don, Conn., Fridgjf to watch the
Yale-Harvard boat fmfesh
Speaking of the compromise
corporation tax plan, Doughton
said it was “not turned down
nor up; we just left it where it
was.”
He added, however, that tax
experts assisting the conference
committee had been asked to sub
mit additional tables as “a basis
for further discussion.”
Doughton voiced confidence that
the conferees would not be com
pelled to report back to the Sen
ate and House that they were in
disagreement.
As Senator King (D., Utah),
head of the Senate conference
delegation, left tonight’s meeting
he remarked as he had done on
previous similar occasions "I’m
deaf, dumb and blind.”
Doughton said the conferees
would meet again at 11 o’clock
tomorrow morning.
Rev. H. G. Ford, New
Baptist Pastor, Is
Heard Here Sunday
Rev. Howard G. Ford, the new
pastor of the Baptist church, de
livered a very interesting sermon
Sunday.
Mr. Ford, who is from Taylors
ville, is a graduate of Wake For
est college. He is in Taylorsville
this week conducting a series of
meetings.
On Sunday, June 21, at 11
■o’clock, he will preach at Laurel
Springs, and at Scottville at 2:80
o’clock the same day.
ROARING GAP CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL NOW OPEN
The Children’s hospital at Roar
ing Gap opened Monday.
Free clinics will be held there
on Saturday afternoon each week
during the summer by Dr. But
ler, child specialist from Wins
ton-Salem.
Miss Jane Truitt, county health
nurse, requests parents who wish
their children taken to the Child
ren’s hospital for examination or
treatment to notify her.
ALLEGHANY LIBRARY TO BE
OPEN TUESDAYS, FRIDAYS
The Alleghany county library
will be open on Wednesday and
Friday of each week, from 2 to
5 o’clock, at the Sparta high
school building.
No charge will be made for the
rental of the books, unless they
are kept longer than two weeks.
A number of books for both
adults and children have been ob
tained from the state library for
use during the summer.
Landon And Knox Nominated
By Republicans At Cleveland;
Convention Adjourns Friday
G. 0. P. Nominees
Discuss Campaign
Program In Topeka
Plan For Beginning Of
Drive “Right Now.” Tune.
For Acceptance Events
Not Yet Decided
Topeka, Kas., June 16.—With
a hearty handshake and a hud
dle on how to put a winning
punch into their campaign, Gover
nor Alf M. Landon and Colonel
Frank Knox, of Chicago, teamed
today for the Republican presi
dential race.
To a crowd that cheered them
under a flaming sun—it was 99
degrees—the two men bespoke
their confidence. With a picked
group of party leaders the nomi
nees for president and vice presi
dent talked and listened in Gov
ernor Landon’s private study to
make plans for starting their
drive “fright now.”
The new treasurer will be C.
B. Goodspeed, Chicago, retired
steel executive. Hamilton will
hurry by plane to New York to
morrow to discuss money raising.
“The committee authorized the
chairman to employ a secretary
on a full-time basis, something
that has not been done before,”
Hamilton said. '‘No selection has
been made.”
Asked if he would stop in
Chicago en route East, Hamilton
said, “just long enough to let
Goodspeed off.”
Hamilton said his headquarters
would be Chicago “because there
is more work to be done there.”
“The new general counsel of
the committee will be Henry P.
Fletcher, retiring national chair
man,” Hamilton said.
“We have just swapped jobs,”
added Hamilton.
Hamilton indicated that the
exact date and place of Gover
nor Landon’s acceptance speech
were yet to be determined.
Strong support for a tentative
plan whereby Governor Landon
would follow his acceptance speech
with an opening speech at his
birthplace, West Middlesex, Pa.,
came from Mrs. Worthington
Scranton, committeewoman from
Pennsylvania.
Governor Landon now contem
plates going to Colorado with his
family next week for a brief rest
—perhaps while there he may
have an opportunity to scan the
platform adopted by the Demo
crats at Philadelphia.
Then, he has a special session
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Pooled Wool Sold
By Farmer* For
37V2 Cts. Per Lb.
Members of the Alleghany
Grayson-Carroll Wool pool sold
their wool recently to the Chat
ham Manufacturing company,
Ellcin, for 87 Vt cents per pound.
The farmers who sold their
wool through the pool, it is said,
saved from two and one-half to
seven and one-half cents per
pound.
The farmers were well pleased
with the price, and it has been
said there is no reason why they
should not be, in view of the
fact that the price received was
equal to the Boston market.
The first cooperative shipment,
of, lambs was made last week.
These lambs were sold Monday
on the Jersey City market for
$12.30 per hundred pounds. This
was five cents more per pound
than the general market, it is
understood. It is also understood
that this shipment should net the
farmers at least ten cents per
pound on home weights .
TO CLEAN CEMETERY AT
ZION CHURCH JUNE 26
The cemetery at Zion church
is to be cleaned on Friday, June
26. All interested persona are
urged to meet at that time at
the cemetery and assist in the
work.
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Aggressive Campaign Is Promised
By Kansas Governor At Topeka
KNOX GLAD TO BE ON TICKET
Nominations Of Both Candidates
Unanimously Made By Delegates
Convention Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, June 16.—Gov
ernor Alfred Mossman Landon, from the state where the
sunflowers bloom—Kansas—was unanimously nominated
for president of the United States Thursday night on the
first ballot, at the Republican National convention.
On this ballot Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho,
received 19 votes, but the nomination was made unani
mous by acclamation.
As the man to make the race with Governor Lan
don, as his running mate, the Repubican assemblage
nominated Friday, also unanimously, Colonel Frank
i Knox, of Chicago, publisher of The Chicago Daily News.
Colonel Knox, who was the first avowed candidate for
the presidency this year, released his delegates early
Thursday, as did Senator Borah. Senator Vandenberg,
of Michigan, and Senator Dickinson, of Iowa, in favor
of the Kansan.
“Get off the rocks with Landon and Knox” was
chanted by supporters of Knox Thursday after the first
place position on the ticket had gone to the Kansas
governor.
N. C. Democrats
Hold Convention
FrL In Raleigh
Congressman Doughton
Is Permanent Chairman.
Assemblage Instructs For
Roosevelt And Garner
Raleigh, June 16.—In their
state convention held here Fri
day North Carolina Democrats
stood pat on the 1983 sales tax,
pledged immediate restoration of
the exempted articles removed
at the 1936 session, ignored
the whole liquor question and in
structed the delegation to the na
tional convention in Philadelphia
to elect Lon Folger, Surry county
native, to succeed C. L. Shuping,
of Greensboro, as Democratic na
tional committeeman from North
Carolina. With Clyde Hoey and
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald in the
convention hall, the Ehringhaus
administration was given a rous
ing endorsement.
Greeted by Dx. McDonald this
morning with a furious assault on
the Ehringhaus administration, the
convention went about its work
as though it had hot read the
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Pershing Presents
Diplomas FrL To
Military “Grads”
West Point, N. Y., June 16.—
Gloomy prospects for world peace
were pictured by Gen. John J.
Pershing today as he warned
United States Military academy
graduates that “no one can tell
when we shall again need our
armies.”
The wartime commander of
American forces in Prance, who
handed diplomas and commis
sions to 276 cadets on the 50th
anniversary of his own gradu
ation from West Point, urged
“the selection of safe "leaders in
government.”
Among the graduates at West
Point is a son of Dr. R. P.
(“Fighting Bob”) Shuler, native
of Grayson county, Virginia, and
colorful pastor of Trinity Metho
dist church, Los Angeles, Calif.
Dr, Shuler, with other members of
his family, ware to attend the
West Point commencement before
returning to the Pacific coast from
the trip on which he preached
May SI to the graduates of Elk
Creek (Va.) high school.
i jno otner name than that ol
the victor—Governor Landon—
was placed before the convention
for the presidential nomination.
Some of his erstwhile rivals were
among the seconders of his nomi- '
nation. The convention accepted
him with a roaring whoop of ap
proval and topped off the nomi
nation with an old-time march
ing, howling parade of celebra
tion.
The platform also had been
adopted by acclamation and with
out debate, after the long discus
sion in committee. It attacked
many new deal measures, but
promised to provide farm aid,
insure adequate relief through
state administration and enact
an old-age pension law..
It also advocated balancing the
budget by reducing expenditures
and not by taxation. It copied
exactly the words of the 1982
Democratic platform in espousing
“a sound currency,” but omitted
mention of the gold standard, and
suggested that the states could
constitutionally set up minimum
wage laws.
It was in reference to the two
latter planks that Governor Lan
don telegraphed his views to the
convention. He pledged himself
to abide by the platform, how
ever, and added his own views as
explanatory rather than contra
dictory of the wording of the
party declaration of principles.
Shortly before the platform was
adopted, former President Hoover
telegraphed the California dele
gation objecting to a more direct
pledge to gold. The Hoover mes
sage was not read to the con
vention and comparatively few
delegates heard of it.
In a mighty demonstration of
surface harmony, the 21st national
gathering of the party Friday af
ternoon decided without a single
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"If you desire to prosper, do not
too much haste to get rich."
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