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WHO is RIGHT?

Mr.. Taft and others say that the
United States will enter the League if
Mr.. Harding is elected. Mr.. Johnson
and others say enphatically that it
will not. Mr.. Harding could settle the
question with a word if he would but
say which Of the two is right.
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answer. The questions were publish,
ust Ii and September %. In it's issl
questions and answers as follows
''Will you commit yourself and your
party to the perpetuation of the Fed
eral Farm Loan Banks and the further
expansion of their facilities to meet
the needs of financing farm business
We want to know this now
VIII you commit yourself and your
party to the unequiyoeal support Of
the farmer in his cooperative efforts
to obtain cost of production plus a de-
cent living profit for his products?'
"Will you commit yourself and your
party adequately to assist the farmer
in estimating cost of production, TAX
ing into consideration every necessary
factor involved and not depending up
on vague and misleading averages 2"
'sWill you commit yourself and your
party to program calling for the eff
fective and disinterested control. over
all great interstate commercial or
CARNATIONS engaged for profit in the
manufacturing transportation and dis
tribution of food products and farm
supplies 2"
viii you commit yourself and your
party to a program compelling the
railroads to supply adequate rolling
stock and terminal facilities to trans
port promptly and properly all farm
products to market?"
i
viii you pledge yourself and your
party to undertake the construction
of a national system of highways so
planned as to facilitate in the highest
degree the movement of food products
from the farms to the centers Of dis
tribution and consumption ?"
win you commit yourself and your
party to program for the simplifica-
ton and Improvement OF marketing
is possible speculation in food pro-
ducts between farmer and consumer ?"
'eWill you commit yourself and your
party to a program calling for full
exposition of all that happens in the
dark between farmer and consumer,
so that the consumer may thoroughly
appreciate how small is the farmers
margin of gain on the products he
sells ?''
VIII you commit yourself and your
party to a program that will demand
for the farmer his just share in the APP
portionment of transportation facili-
ties for the movement of his crops
after harvest?"
'sWill you commit yourself and your
party to program that will give ag-
riculture an equal voice with all other
industries in the determination Of
transportation rates ?"
viii you commit yourself and your.
party to the appointment of new
country-life commission that will
study and report upon the grave So
cial problems how involved in main
tanning a new and modern standard
of agriculture that will provide ade-
guate homegrown food for the Amer
lean peoples"
will you commit yourself and your
party to the support of a vitalizedi
United States Department of Agricul-
ture presided over by a secretary who,
through training and experience, will
have a sympathetic understanding of
every phase of the industry of farm
ing?'
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Blue Ridges First Lecture.

The first lecture number of the Blue
Ridge College Lecture Course will be
given Saturday evening, October 80,
in the College Gymnasium.
The Dunbar Male Quarette will be
the number for the evening.
These singers are known world wide
and the bells they use, were made,
while on recent trip to London.
An instructive as well as interest
ing program. can be expected from
these men,
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Twenty Per Cent Reduction.

Fall River, Mass, Oct. 22.-The Mas
sasoit Manufacturing company an
nounced its employees at Fall River,
Mass, have offered to accept a 20
per cent reduction in wages in face OF
a threatened shutdown said to be due
to high manufacturing costs and the
hesitency of the public to buy at pres
ent prices.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

Carl Smith Joslyn, Harvard under
graduate. who Mon the $4,000 prize
last spring offered by the Republican
National Committee for the best sug3
gestions for a national platform, is
tor the League of Nations and the cleo
ton OF Governor Cox
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

Mrs Edward Clark and daughter,
of jamestown, n. Y, are visiting Mrs.
Nelson Gilbert, West Main street.
Mrs Charles Carr, 81 years old, was
found dead at her home in Hanover,
Pa, yesterday. Her husband. en-
ployed by the Conewago Gas Company
was called out at 1 O'Clock to repair
gas leak, and when he returned
home at 6 O'Clock he found his wife
dead on the kitchen floor. Mr.. Carr
was formerly of this city.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29
Two To One In Favor OF Governor
Cox

Huntington, W. VA straw vote
taken Sunday afternoon in the lobby
of the Huntington Hotel, showed the
sentiment of travelling men to be two
to one in favor of Cox for President.
Fifty-three travelling men cast votes,
all of them new arrivals in the hotel
end the count showed SO for Cox and
Is for Harding.
The vote is declared by travelling
men to be a fair expression of the
sentiments of the men on the road
who are anxious to secure a con-
tinuance of the present business sta
bility.
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A straw vote was taken in the B.
& o. Railway yards at Iyorydale, near
Cincinnati, by the Post, which resulted
Cox los; Harding 5, Debs 5.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

An entertainment will be given by
the pupils of New Windsor School.
Friday evening, Nov. 9Th, in College
Auditorium at 800 p. m.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

Coolidge has the nightmare. He says
he is confident of winning the South.
When he does, Pennsylvania will be
Democratic
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

A staunch Harding Republican
stated Sunday that Weller will be de-
feated, although am going to vote for
him.
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WILSON.

years, and especially during the pres-
Eent campaign, have been saying that
the Country has enough OF Wilson,
and the duty of the hour is to save
America from continuation of his
rclicies to the end that Harding be
elected and Cox defeated. But these
organs and orators have failed to tell
us what President Wilson had done
that is wrong; they intimate that he
has been guilty of malfeasance in Of
fee, Of acts actually criminal in their
character, and upon the ears Of
thoughtful people their words fall
with dreful import.
Woodrow Wilson has been the lead
er of the Democratic party for eight
years and upon his record it is willing
to rest its right to win. We must
recall what the party has done under
his leadership, less we forget the debt
OF gratitude the Country owes him.
Our opponents give us no facts simply
make accusations. they are like a
lynching party which seeks only VIC
tim.
It was wilson that promised to re-
wise tariff Act passed for the benefit
Of special interests. and did it.
IT was Wilson who destroyed a
banking system under which panics
were created for the benefit of a
favored few. and replaced it with a
law which Wall street can not ma
nipulate.
1t was Wilson who submitted to the
State system of taxation which
placed the burden not upon consump-
ton, but upon wealth.
To the laborer Wilson gave the
Eight Hour Day Act, the Act for SAT-
ETY. of Railway Employees, and the
workmen's Compensation Act.
To the Farmers he gave the Good
Roads Act, the Rural Credits Act, the
warehouse Act, the Grain Grade Act,
the Act to prevent gambling in farm
products, and the Agricultural Exten-
sion Act.
1t was Wilson who submitted to the
states the Constitutional Amendment
giving to the voters the right to select
their United States Senators.
1t was wilson who kept the United
states out of war until the issue was
drawn between Barbarism and civili-
zation. and the people were ready for
the sacrifice.
But why go on; every thing America
has acquired worth while for the last
eight years was under his leadership.
The marvellous work of Americans,
both at home and abroad during the
war. was conceived and carried out
under his direction. Millions were
spent with scrupulous honesty and the
esnooping" committees Of the Repub-
Ilican party, although they spent two
million dollars of public money were
unable to unearth single instance Of
corruption or graft. OF course, there
was waste; when lives were worth
more than money, when victory was
depending. on haste, when science in
its discoveries moved faster than pro-
duction, and when speed was at an
incredible premium, there was bound
to be waste. But it promptly ended the
war, and it i'll becomes the party
which conducted the spanish-Ameri-
can War to criticise. Wilson is human
not divine.
Having successfully carried on
war which ended in blaze of glory
g. A roar;oo Wilson framed a peace
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

Clarence L. Clemson, of Annapolis,
was elected president of the Severn
Boat Club of Annapolis.
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Democratic Candidate Gives "Unequivocal Yes" to
Twelve Questions by Country Gentleman"
Asking if He Favors Measures to
Benefit Agriculture

The
questions to the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates for
questions published
IA and September 25 In October 80 it will publish
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29
cox ANSWERS FARMERS
QUESTIONS; HARDING MUM

HARDING MUM
es "Unequivocal Yes" to
Country Gentleman"
prs Measures to
!ricuIture
farm weekly, has put series OF
ican presidential candidates for
| in The Country Gentleman of Aug
> of October 30 it will publish the
cox Unequivocally yes"
HARDING.NO answer.
cox. sUnequiyocally yes"
HARDING-No answer.
cox. Internationally yes"
HARDING. No answer,
COY .qr,.,,,,,,oo.,,,, =. J,
cox onequi"ocally yes.
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cox nequivucalIy yes.
HARDING.-No answer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

cox. .Unequivocally yes"
HARDrNG.-No answer
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

'Unequivocaily yes.s
HARDING.-No answer.
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cox. UnequivocalIy yes. 2
HARDING.-No answer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

cox, Unequivocally yes.
HARDING.-No answer
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-29

cox 'UnequivocaIIy yes. 2
HARDING mo answer.
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they arc not so united.
VIII Break tho Ice.

Your correspondents SurmiSc is that
with the taking OF tho first ballot the
en- hA rrasSmcnt If this situation ABOUT
wilson's personal position will be solved.
The results &c the first ballot will
break the ice. tho result OF that ballot
will serve notice on every indivIdua!
concerned and To all the world that
however much this convention honors
Wilson as a party loader he Is not tn
be taken seriously as a candidate for the
nomination.
The act. II seems to your corrcspon-
dent. will relieve tho embarrassment OF
these cabinet members and friends or
Wilson. They will then feel fire." 10
take a hand in nominating somebody
else. II thcy take that hand with the
same hrmnesS and the same, unity among
themselves as has characterized their
previous control Of the convention. they
regard to tn" nomination. 40 readily
as they have done what they pleased in
regard I" everything else.
VIII They Pick McAdoo7
Let US assume that they have this
unity and thai they do take control.
tho nomination: VIII they adopt Me
Adoo or will they ad"rt some one else"
rnqucstionahly they will adoDt McAdoo,
for the beginning. as means OF hold
ing their forces IN order. But your
corrcs rondcnt !s less confident that they
wiI' 60 AT II with IN" serious deter
minalion Of putting MCNGon finally
over. II Il Is not McAduo Tint they
determine tO put over then their choice
must lic among q small number Of
Others ike John w. DAVIS. Homer Cum
minES or Some ono els" similarly nErCc-
nh" - n" administration. In any
event. Assuming thai they nrc as united
ON rh;s point as thoy hav" been about
IA" r'St nt IN" convention. they will
succeed with whomoN"- th"y take up.
EUt At this point arises the question:
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is the deciding factor only when 1t mas
an affirmative candidate of It's own.
When 1t is acting In a purely ncG&tlNc
wav il il much less Formidable. lour
CORRESPONDENT hcSitatcs to believe mat
McAduo's nomination. II IL TX prevented
nj All will he prevented by this group.
or course. in way TINS group Goes
have a candidate. They ar" loosely lden-
,ineJ with the main body of cox sup
portors. hut the principle upon which
they have been brought together Is not
10 nominate Cox. but 10 d"efat NC
Adno. In that distinction lies a great
deal Of difference.
The Minor Factor.
Now az to some minor factors. First.
BRYAN: cannot discover that so iAr
as regards the nominee. Bryan mas aHE
spcrltlc group Of delegates who VIII
follow his leadership. organs nght
here has So far been solely on the dry
versus wet plank in tn" PLATFORM ana
on that point undoubtedly there are
many delegates. indeed. probably ma
rNriiv of the delegates. who are IN
syn.pathv with MIR. Bryan's pOsition. and
feel grateful to him for IN" hght ne
X making. But whether thai syinpa
,bct;c attitude toward him Will crystal
liz. into willingness to act unoer
has leadership as. regards N" nonHn2-
lion remains to be seen. or course II
the nomination should become a case
Of dry versus wet. Nm = mrIlCIcI ny
other considerations. Rryan wnMld nave
rnycr. Cox ia the candidate Of tho vets
There can he no doubt about that and
r a, any time it should become easy
IF going 10 boat coy. tn" dryS would
be- happy "a aCr"Uf lirNAnS !"adcrShiI'.
Ny, tLjg matter If ten mon in a
ronm nj > a m" THIS has become a
dcridcd phrase md u dorldod condition.
Hynncris, on the ono hand and ryniclFm
On tho Other both point {" " win scorh'
nm anv observer 81 national conTen-
lions # he IL frank. knows ;hat prac-
tfcallv always 1T some point toward
The cnd II docs hn"omc cas-" OF ten
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.PUDDLERS IN Dyer
COMPANY'S PLANTS
GO OUT ON STRIKE

GIHARD. O., July l.-Approximatcly
500 iron puddlers. members, OF the
Analgamated Association OF Iron. steer
and Tin Workers. did not report Tor
work today at the plant here or the A
VI. Byers company. The company an
nounced that the bar bills would DE
kept running on stocks, now on hsnd
Cor TWO weeks after which SVV par
workers will be made Idle.
The puddlcrs work under the oar
iron scale negotiated by the Analga'
mated and the Western Bar Iron ASso-
citation. Union men say the bar iron
scale. originally drafted 10 expire June
30, had been extended by mutual agree
mcnt for another month and that the
extenst1l was not binding IN cases
where the union did not care 10 con
crdc i, They say there has been fric-
ton between the Rycrs company and
the Amalgamated Association. and that
their orders 10 quit work had come from
VI. f. Tighc. president OF the AmaIga'
s K. Hinc. general manager Of the
plant. said today nc did not know why
The men had quit when the scale agree
rent had not expired. He SAID hE eN-
pcct"d tho trouolS to be settled so
work could DO resumed.
Out 1t PIttgourgh
PITTSBURGH. July Five hundred
and ffty puddlers failed 20 report Tor
work a, the mills OF \. VI. Byers com
many and tho Brows Incorporated com
PAM here today, II. s. Reese. vice pres
Vdeat OF the Amalgamated Association
~ Iron. steel and Tin WORKERS. an.
nounced today They will remain out
pending a settlement OF the wage con
,roversy At Columbus between repre-
sentstiYcs OF the union and employers
ae said
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men in a room at 2 q. m" The phrase
as recently used has come to nave .
sinister Significance. That need not %
90 and is not always so. p
"TSn Men In . ROOM" -
Tho truth Is that 1892 men CANNOT
take any action and cannot be brought
into intelligent agreement except 1Py
means Of agreement on the part 0t thS
leaders Of the various groups. Wltnous,
this meeting of minds on the part Pr
the leaders, 1882 undirected men Wouid
wobble around and get nowhere or else
in n burst Of some accidental emotfon<
would come to some eccentric ana ~.
haps unfortunate result. There WI. -
ten men in a room at a. m. hefA-
as there was in Chicago. In fact, thsse
meetings are already beginning 10 take
place. In tho heat Of battle. leaders
may yell at each other puolcly. 70
newspaper men they may plcaH.e, th hs,t
ali OF that Is Of heat OF battle.
sooner or later certain SPECIFIC facts
affecting their own fortunes become
sooner or later they come together for
conference. In point Of fact. these conT
fercnccs are already beginning tenta.
lively. -
Last Of all. Ii remains true as y
Comedies N that John W. Davis is in q
class apart. If ever the situation arises
where some one will say. Let us stop
his snarlng; lot US cease being for
ono man because he is my friend; let
us cease going against another man
because he denied my patronage: let
us raise this situation to higher tIc-.
yation and emitting all personal reia-
lions. choose that ono Democrat VII"
could most surely restore me phrsE "a
rho elevation Of men like CleNelann ana
TiIdnn" II al any time this a'mos-
nhrre and this emotion should take pos,
session Of the convention. Davis wouiu
BE- named.
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VIII they be united VIII these cab-
net members and friends Of Wilson, who
have so far dominated things. *thnd
together on the point or naming I'M
candidate for the presidency: me only
reason for experimenting that they may
not is the fact that several nf them
have developed either personal ambitions
for the presidency or else the nehc-
fiCiarics OF booms organized by others.
There Is a movement for Cummings,
there il a movement Tor Colby and there
is movement for Glass whether the
possession Of individual ambitions may
prevent their unity Of atCion In naming
q candidate for the presidency can only
be told by tho event.
VIII Support Cox.
As 20 the state leader group. which
is supp6rtmg Cox. they are likely 10
continue their support for CONSIDER
able time This state leader group mas
AS it's basis the Illinois delegation. un-
der the leadership OF George fireman.
aided by the bulk Of the New ork dcIf-
CATION and other large delegations from
the middle western and eastern SlHteS.
The chief purpose of this state leader
group. however. is expressed as DelhG
not merely the nomination 81 cox. nut
the prevention Of McAdNo's nomination.
The state lender group rroclainls that
they have some 40 delegates who Will
stand against MCAdoo TO the end. -Four
hundred and thirty delegates Is. or
course, moro than third. ana II IL
should stand together. and also hr in
tnlIiEnniIy led. it might prevent the
nomination nf NrAd0". | add tn" Hun'i i
lcntiun TINT II must nc intelnE"ntlT l"d.
Indeed. II must hc led with eNtra"rd'-
nary lntClll gene" Your 'or-t'P"fH"h'
has seen rhrs kind Of n sitLntinn on
many oCCaeions and 1t is ono Of ~" a.
rcpicd aYiome ~ practical politics ~
i= extremely difficult, as II IS expressed.
tn beat some ono with n" one. \ hh .
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SCALE OF |. S. &T.P.
WORKERS IS SIGNED

panicl Herd, president Of Crescent
lodge Of the Amalmagated ASSOCIATION
OF Iron. Sheet & Tin Plate Workers
late yesterday received telegram from
John Sorg, Wheeling dclegat" at ne
Columbus conference. saying that IN"
scale had been signed by the Annals ga
mated association and representatives
of the Western Bar Iron ASSOCIATION.
The signing of the seal" relieves any
fear that therc will oc 4 suspension OF
work in the plants under the Jurisdic-
ton OF Crescent lodge due TO = iai'urS
IN adjust tho new scale The old seal"
expired juno 30. but practically Al
Anal Camated men in tho N"st-E'r
ginia- Ohio Pennsylvania district re-
NAMED at work upon the assurance tha'
progress was being made.
A notice posted at the whitaker
Glessncr mills last night announced
ismply that the scale had been signed.
No details were given.
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ing for the possible developments they
hoped would not come.
Ianrnad 70 the Rafterg.

Although the big auditorium was
packed TO the doors and roof. fuliy nEe
thousand persons with TICKETS OF a.,
mission were on the outside and unable
TO get in. At $50 Chairman Robinson
wanted to make an announcement. nut
the hand and organ prevented X ny
breaking into The sidewalks or Nc"
York"
~ $40 the chairman finally got order
and directed that tho a!slcs be cleared
As usual. the proceedings started with
prayer and the singing OF The star
Spanglcd Banner"
At $50 the platform comm'''ec re-
ported II was stlll not ready.
On notion Of Delegate limbaugh tho
convention went into temporary re-
cess. while tho stat" delegations eau
Cuscd 20 name their national ro'nmltSfr-
men and ratioNah committee women;
NIns, of then, a,-eahv have hc"n selected
and their Acknowledgment IN that tnShinn
was priuciuaIIy n ,lm"'kii'inE propose
ton while the platform committee con-
tinucd 10 work
''''' May Center on Cox.
While all This WAS going on tnr o.
forts of tho combination attempting 7"
form against tho nomination OF NiI'ian
g. MC.\doo was NJ WORK. ana -, "a
!, Ind decided to center on Cox for nc
present Tn" Meade" people. on IN"
other hand wcr" predicting that NOR
candidat" would 20 over \" tnn "''
fore the fifth ballot They "ialm"d naEh-
ing Of many prominent adminlstrat'"h
leaders who are on the ground hHr".
after \ conference between ieTmH-
non; Chairman Robinson ANA 'hairnldl'
r,.S or ,hc plalform committee. u was
announced that thC prospects or hn'Sh =.
ing tho prohibition 'SSu" toniSh' W"rr
ronr. and TINT th" convention rr"Nhniy
would be- asked 20 adjourn UNI. I"r'",
80 morning withou, having the plat
form brought hnfor" It. ,,
Chairman Robinson said n" WouIu
make n frank Statement to tn" convex,
zion and lot II decide whether u wan, Gu
committee might he ready 10 report
some time after midnight
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Tho Might Session.

SAN FRANCISCO, July l.-At 3
o'clock. the hour set for the rcassem-
bling OF the Democratic National Con-
vention. tho platform committee was
not ready 10 report and the prospects
were that the convention would not get
under way for some time
Tight the convention hall was packed
at the appointed hour. The delegates
were ready and the galleries up to the
edges Of the roof were as full az they
could be. The band. the organ and
the singers entertained the crowd.
Friends OF William J. Bryan recalling
threats OF bodily harm made upon him
at Baltimore in 1912. had arranged to
DO prepared TO defend their champion
in case ne should ne imperilled in the
heat OF the battle OF the VETS and drys.
They had. favorable points about the
speakers stand and on the floor. wait