Evening star., 1924-09-08
DEMOCRAT LAUDS
COOLIDGE SPEECH
Senator Bruce Of Maryland
sApproves Presidents Pur-
pose to Uphold Constitution.

upon the speech he made at the La
fayette Marne day celebration in
Baltimore, Saturday, and to discuss,
routine business as he expressed It.
The junior Senator from Maryland
. told the President that his appeal to
tAmericans to defeat the assault being
made at this time upon the Consti-
tuition and the ideals of this Govern
ment made tremendous impression
upon his audience. despite the fact
that the majority of those who lis
tened to the Executive were Demo-
Gratis. He stated that no man or
woman. protesting to be loyal Amer :
leans and believers In liberty and
good orderly Government could help
expressing appreciation Of the Presi-
dents patriotic appeal and his
defense of the Supreme Court. The
Senator is of the opinion that more
speeches of this kind should be made
in this campaign by both Republican
and Democratic speakers.
Too Early for Predictions
1t is too early in the campaign to
make any predictions about the out
come in Maryland on election DAY,
according to Senator Bruce. Prob
ably in two or three weeks the situ-
alton will have shaped itself SO as
to permit estimation OF the true sit
uation, he said.
When asked regarding the popu-
1arity of the Democratic candidates
with the Maryland Democrats. Sen
ator Bruce replied very readily that
they were we'll pleased with Davis
He refused to discuss Bryan. other
than to say that what suits tho
West does not always suit the East"
Neither would he commit himself re-
Earding his vote in the event the
Senate is called upon to elect a VICE
President.
Moses Ends East Sure for Coolidge.
Senator Moses. Republican, of New
Hampshire, chairman of the Republic
senatorial campaign committee. who
discussed politics with the President
for half an hour today, declared that
the East is sure for Coolidge. that
the far West is practically sure and
that the Middle West, which he be-
lieves will be the real battle-ground,
is drifting to the Republican ticket.
despite the intensive campaign be-
ing waged in that section by the third
party. In his survey of the situation
based upon his own observation and
the reports from those engaged in
carrying on the committees cam
paign, he regards Davis as sure Of
defeat. That is certain. he believes,
but he yet is unable to intelligently
estimate thesL La Toilette strength.
This he looks upon as the one enigma
or mystery Of the campaign. He
admitted though, that he is very
much inclined to discount much of
the La Toilette talk he hears and
reads so much about. He said after
studying 1t more closely he expects
to find it somewhat of the same fiber
as the William Jennings Bryan talk
at this period of the campaign of
1896.
See. G. 0. p. Gain for Four Seats.
Regarding the senatorial campaign.
with which he naturally is more ia
miliar, Senator Moses stated that the
Republicans will probably gain four
or five seats by the November cleo
tion. He said they should make these
gains IN Massachusetts,, Oklahoma,
Kentucky and Colorado. He AIDED that
they have a fighting chance to de-
feat Walsh in Montana and to wrest
the Tennessee Senate seat from the
opposition, and that there Is a fifty
fifty chance to defeat Magnus John
son, the Farmer Labor candidate, In
Minnesota
Third Party Weak, Sterling Says.
,Senator Sterling, Republican, of
South Dakota, who was one Of Pres
ident Coolidge's early morning visi-
tors, said while discussing the politi-
cal situation in his part of the coun-
try that the improved agricultural
weaken the third party appeal in
South Dakota and in other sections
OF the northwest. Senator Sterling
has just returned from that section
and is looked upon as able to speak
knowingly.
He said that the people in the East
should not be fooled by the claims
and promises being made by the La
Toilette people. Things in the North
west do not look so rosy for them as
they would have the people at large
believe, he stated, while, on the other
hand, the Republican prospects have
frightened considerably and he ex-
poets the trend to Coolidge to gain
constantly as the campaign pro-
crosses.
Non-Partisan Coolidge League.
Rhinelander Waldo, former police
commissioner of New York. called at
the White House today to acquaint
tho President with the organization
in New York recently Of the Coolidge
Non-Partisan League, which prom
1ses to achieve great prominence and
large membership during the present
campaign. Mr.. Waldo explained that
the purpose of the league is to pro-
mote Americanism, to perpetuate
American ideals and to defeat any
attempts to tear down the Constitu-
tion and to lessen the powers Of the
Supreme Court. He said that the
public regardless Of politics should
put patriotism above party sentA-
ment, and that he felt the best in
terests Of the country would be served
by the election of Coolidge and
Dawes.
CoIored Support PLEDGED.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, wife of
Judge Terrell of the Municipal Court
of the District and prominent in local
Republican politics among colored peo-
pie, headed the delegation that called
on President Coolidge today to thank
him for all he has done for the ad-
vancement of the colored race and as
sure him OF their support
Others who saw the President today
were: E. D. Stair, president of the
Detroit Free Press, and DR.. J. Henry
Lancanshire, ]. A. Arnold. Washington
representatives of the Southern Tariff
Association; Senator Ashurst from
Arizona, who presented a delegation of
business men from Arizona and New
Mexico, who are in Washington in the
interests of the merger OF the Ell Paso
and Southwestern and the Southern
Pacific railroads. Frank "A. Munsey,
New York publisher, Is expected to be
a house guest at the White House this
afternoon
Former Gov. Lowden Leaves CITY.
Frank o. Lowden. former Governor Of
Illinois, who arrived at the White House
Saturday afternoon to confer with the
President regarding the agricultural
situation and the personnel Of the fact
finding agricultural commission which
he NOW has under conSfderafio leff