The Washington times., 1923-09-26

book. which the elder Coolidge ope
ed. In order to get to that i m.tie
humble house, and to that 'lttie
country school copybook now doing
as a guest book, they traNc,
noanv miles over hills of magicA
IoveIiness and of magical steepness'
when YOU get back to Washing
TON said the elder Coolidge TO-DAY
"I wish you would tell Gavin e;a,
a great many people are coIIilIs
here now. sometimes three or -FOUR
hundred n a day; and / suppose ne
bas something to do with it; ana Il
he can have them keep it up during
they winter through the snow II VIII
give us good roads.
The elder Coolidge seems as IN
disturbed by the Presidency rs the
Younger one. He accepts his ualiy
flock of pilgrims with unhurrleo'
quizzical tolerance.
Meanwhile Park Pollard, IN ms
general store a few miles away 70
the southwark in ProctorsVlue' IS
pushing his cap to the back OF ms
head and then pulling it down Wen
over his eyes and thinking out the
strategy of the Democratic rarty IN
Vermont In its new and surprising
lift toward greater local popularity:
The issue is the Volstead law
said Mr.. Pollard to this writer To-
day, thus making an allegation
made also by every other person IN
Vermont with whom this writer mas
had chance to exchange two po-
litical sentences.
Dry Law Main Issue.
For the second time in twelve
months Vermont is convulsed with
an election in which the tariff and
the League Of Nations and the
reduction. of the income tax are
nothing and in which the Volstead
law and the eighteenth amendment
are everything.
Last year the fight On this topic
was in Vermont's Congressional
district number one In that dis
trict last year Mr.. Kennedy. wet
Democrat, was defeated by Mr..
margin of only 1910 votes.
The harrowness OF that margin
gave Vermont Democrats the big
the days of Andrew Jackson
Congressional districts. 1t happens
that the other one is less wet than
the one in which Dir. Kennedy ran
so fast and far. Mr.. Pollard, how
ever, Is thought to be a better
runner than Mr.. Kennedy, in view
of the fact that.she has acquired
a large Statewide reputation as
chairman for many syears of the
and as member for three terms OF
the Vermont legislature.
Noted as. ssRiH Killer"
In the legislature Mr.. Pollard &C
quired considerable fame as bill
killer. He is against bringing in
so many bills and against passing
so many laws. When a session of
the Vermont legislature is finished,
Mr.. Pollard takes a pair Of clippers
book in which the statutes Of that
session are printed and then COM
pares 1t with the thfcl1ness-or,
rather, with the thinness of the
statute book produced by Yer
mont's first State legislature in the
rear 1892. He then makes speech
accordingly.
1--WE have too many mustn't
laws said Mr.. Pollard today, land
the VoIstead law is one ofthenn."
Many Republicans. however. are
not to allow the Demo-
Gratis to monopolize that platform
Mr.. Pollard is the sole contender
for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator To succeed
the late Senator Dillingham;. Among
the Republicans there are three
contenders. and two of
them are in varying degrees wet.
Their performances constitute an.
other story. In sum, however, the
here is this:
Thessentiment for q modification
Of the VoIstead law has CAMEL
great strength. The Democratic
party is dominated. by it. The
Republican party is divided by It.
And the common general expecta-
ton is that against a really dry
Mr. Pollard In Novenl.
Der would make record run that
would amaze the country.
Copyright, 1923, Washington Press
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