The Washington herald., 1916-09-10
Political Notes

| New York, Sept a-Democratic, Ma
tional Chairman Vance Mccormick LEFT
here for Stroudsburg. Pa, today to at
| tend a gathering of Pennsylvania Dem
ocratic leaders and talk over conditions
: in that State Mccormick will return
Monday night after visiting President
! Wilson at Shadow Lawn.
Fairfield, Ne. Sept. s,-Criticisms of
Democratic free trade policies and o;
what he termed the colossal extrava-
gance OF the present administration"
were made by Charles W. Fairbanks,
Republican nominee for Vice President,
in an address last night.
The Democratic free trade law" he
said, was in effect practi ally suspended
in its hurtful operation by The coming
of the European war. Tie war made
unexpected demands, upon our factories
for military supplies and the products
Of our farmers. It turned tire foreign
trade balance OF the United States to the
! largest figures in our history.
Already, II we are CORRECTLY informed
some OF our commercial and Industrial
competitors in Europe have immense
quantities Of commodities manufactured
and stores awaiting transportation to the
United States when the seas are cleared.
"Our Democratic friends talk Of meet
ing the exigency by the adoption Of anti
dumping legislation. This In the opm-
ion Of many is crude and will be wholly
inadequate. There is one method OF
meeting the situation and that is by
means Of a we'll adjusted protective tariff
system, that system which stands as a
great bulwark OF safety in behalf OF the
American producer. laborer, farmer and
manufacturer"
New York, Sept s-The odds, quoted
in Wall Street election betting yester-
day were 10 to on Hughes to beat Will
son. A month ago and before Hughes
went on his Western trip, the odds were
2 to l and to on the Republican can
dictate. There is plenty of Wilson money
in the market, but it Is being held off
for l to 2
The odds in the State election betting
have shifted from to 5 on Seabury to
s to on Whitman. About a month ago
bet OF 5000 TO 5000 on seabury to
beat Whitman was made.
Frank Schumn. Brooklyn election
betting Commissioner, said yesterday
for large bets. He thought fair odds
at this time were to on Hughes
against Wilson, and TO on Whitman
! to beat Seabury. At Dowlings and
Considine's, two Times Square cafes. II
| was said that very little had been wag-
cred in the Broadway section.
Edward McQuade OF the Curb said he
expected the wagers to pick up in about
| ten days, or after the primaries
The bets so far have been small.
he said. There is lot Of Wilson
money waiting for that . to l. which
the Hughes men talked about a while
ago"
New York. Sept. e.-with the primaries
! less than two weeks of Gov. Whitman q
/ friends among the Progressives will re-
double their efforts to land for him the
Progressive nomination.
| George W. Perkins and William H
/ Hotchkiss are the two men upon whom
the governor Is chiefly relying in this
connection. In the next ten days Mr.
Perkins and Mr.. Hotchkiss are to send
out another appeal to Progresslves Ia
vote for the governor and they have also
undertaken to see personally most OF the
leaders
/ On the other hand the Seabury Pro
I gressive League charged yesterday that
orders had been sent out to the Re-
publican State machine to steal the Pro
gressive party in the primaries and that
! every Republican district captain was
working to that end.
J Gov Whitman. according to his man,
ayers, will not do any speechua king
until after the primaries He intends tc
start In at once then to stump the State
by special train. While a plan has been
discussed Of combining the Hughes and
Whitman trips most of the leaders are OF
the opinion that 1t would be better to have
two separate trains doing the State at the
same time.