The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-10-17

from office Walter l.. Cohen, the negro
controller Of customs of that port. on
the ground that he is of African blood
and descent and therefore not citi-
zen of the United States, and that he
is inherently incapable of becoming
such. The petition attacks the valid
ity Of the Fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution, setting forth that 1t
was not legally adopted. not having
been proposed by two-thirds OF eacn
house of congress nor ratified Dy
three-fourths Of the states. 1t is all
legged that at that time eleven states
were unconstitutionally deprived of
their equal suffrage in the senate. that
six states were by coercion forced to
ratify the amendment, and that con-
gress did. without power or authority
unlawfully declare said amendment to
the Constitution adopted and part OF
the Constitution"
OF course, If the action were sue
cessful, it would result in the Olsen
franchisement of every negro in the
United States. But neither Cohen nor
the United States attorney down there
seems to take the matter seriously.
a THE Presidential campaign
N draws toward the close the fight
| is growing decidedly warm. OF course
| the managers of each of the three ma
FLOR candidates. claim they can see
clear victory for their ticket. And<fms
| is true, even of the LaFollette man
ayers, who assert that Davis no longer
| has chance and that the race is be
tween Coolidge and the Wisconsin
senator. Both LaFollette and the
Democrats scott at the theory of the
Republicans that the Democrats are
helping the third party in various
states for the purpose of throwing the
election into congress. where, II Is fig-
ured out. the result would be the seat
ing of Charles Bryan in the Presiden-
tial chair But the G. O. P. leaders
stick to their story and are devotinS
! their main efforts to combining LaFol-
lettes victories to Wisconsin and per-
| haps Minnesota.
| Senator Brookhart's action in bolt
| ing the Coolidge-Dawes ticket and the
story that Judge Kenyon swas about to
resign from the bench and take the
stump for LaFollette have had re-
suit that the Republicans believe may
| win the state of Iowa for Coolidge. If
there had been any doubt of it. Judge
Kenyon, who has a very large follow
ing in Iowa, sent word to General
Dawes that the story was entirely I'M
true and that he was supporting the
Republican national ticket. q
| Senator Borah of Idaho, who has not
always been in accord with the admin
istration. in opening his campaign de-
clared he was running for reelection
as regular Republican and would
/ take the stump for Coolidge, who. he
said, sis the only President who has
had the courage to combat the grow
ing tendency toward bureaucracy and
| extravaganza and, therefore. is one of
the greatest men in the political his
tory of the United States"
Mr.. Davis. campaigning last week in
| sAAS A1oot, dCiiNCiCu SilCWu
thrusts at the administration In Buff
falo. replying to recent speech by
Secretary Of State Hughes, he espe-
cially attacked President Coolidge's
foreign policy. saying:
| "The truth is that since March 4,
! 1921, the control of Americas foreign
policy has rested neither with Presi-
dents Harding nor Coolidge, nor with
the secretary of state, but with mi
nority in the senate, to whose slightest
nod both President and secretary have
bowed without protest or complaint.
Indeed, Mr.. Hughes himself confesses
that 1t has been necessary to conduct
the affairs of his department in extra
legal fashion, lest they might be tied
up in controversy"
AS the week closed Mr.. Davis was
In Indiana beginning d two weeks
tour Of the Middle West.