Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-04
Last Appeals Made.

Last Appeals Made.
Ringing in their ears were the final
pleas Of the three major aspirants
for the presidency. The Republican
and Democratic standard bearers,
Calvin Coolidge and John w. Davis,
established a precedent in political
campaigning by addressing eleventh.
hour radio appeals last night to an
audience that reached from coast to
coast. Senator La Toilette, the in
dependent candidate, closed his case
with a statement to the voters.
President Coolidge's plea was one
to urge every qualified citizen to vote
today.
I'VE shall always have with u.s." he
said, ''an element of discomfort. an
element inspired with more zeal than
knowledge. They are greatly in the
minority. But their number is large
enough to be a decisive factor in
many elections unless II is offset by
the sober second thought of the peo-
pie who have something at stake,
whether it De earnings from invest
ment or from employment. who are
considering not only their own well
fare, but the welfare of their children
and coming generations"
Davis Recites Policies.
Mr.. Davis again recited the policies
to which he has devoted a fighting
campaign.
Every one Of U.S." he said, "if we
will but listen to the voice OF con-
science, can say what is right and
what is wrong. We owe it to our
selves and to our country; we owe 1t
to our children and those who shall
come after US, TO vote accordingly.
viii the fathers and mothers of the
country be satisfied to set before
their children who are to take up the
burden of citizenship any lesser
standard than one of common hon.
esty?"
Senator La Toilette challenged
again this tiae-honored threat OF
industrial depression" as a factor in
the election, and charged that Presi.
dent Coolidge had authorized the Re.
publican national committee to rur
an 'elect-me- -or-starve'' campaign.
The American people" he said
have learned their lesson, and will
not be whipped into line with this
stone-age propaganda. Neither will
they permit the boodling of the elec.
tion by huge slush fund"
FISnt 10 Uet Ont vote.
In addition to the urgings of the
presidential candidates for the citi.
zens to go to the polls, intense effort
was made by hundreds of organiza
tions to get out the vote" Repub.
licans, Democrats, independents
women's organizations, almost ever,
variety of political group exertet
itself to swell the total of ballots
beyond anything ever seen in ar
American election.
The central figures in the contest
their arguments ended and Their
claims submitted, waited in theil
homes for the verdict.
President Coolidge passed the day
in the White House, silently 'awaitine
the returns; confident, and even plan
ming for his new tenure of Office. He
and Mrs. Coolidge had mailed their
ballots to their Northampton, Mass.
home.
Mr.. Davis, declaring the Demo
cratic ticket would be returned be-
cause it deserved to win, voted al
Locust Valley, Long Island, and pre-
pared to receive the returns in his
home there.
Senator La Toilette, after an inten-
sive drive, voted in Madison, Wis, his
home town, and he, too, expressed his
belief that his cause had won the
favor of the voters.
The vice presidential candidates. all
of whom have been under the strain
of weeks of campaigning, found
themselves adjacent to voting booths
on election day, except for Senator
Wheeler. the independent candidate
who took advantage of the mail Vot-
ing privilege to send his ballot to
Montana. Charles G. Dawes, Presi-
dent Coolidge's running mate. voted
in Evanston, Ill, and Gov. Charles w
Bryan, the Democratic choice for
Vice President, returned to Lincoln
Nebr., in time to cast his ballot
..- Many Split Tickets.
One of the most tangled aspects to
today's balloting, which will not be
solved probably for several days, is
the problem presented by the split
ting of tickets. Even with the vot-
ing in progress, there was no one
able to predict with any air of conf
dence the trend that angle of the bal
loting might take.
There are 435 seats in the House
of which the Republicans now hold
220, counting the La Toilette group
and the Democrats EOS, and in the
voting today in various parts of the
country there are alignments, in
dorsements and unusual alliances be-
tween political groups which make
even the most sophisticated politi-
clans hesitate to forecast the com
plexion OF the next House, although