The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-08-06

UOtu part uuu AUE ScNSEdl AuClAOAS
of the Republican party In Cook coun-
ty. The donations made by Mr.. insult,
so far as made known up to the date
Of writing. were:
To Frank L. Smith. 1928, 100000
To George Brennan. 15,0OO.0O
To Deneen county faction. 100000
To Barrett-Crowe county fac
ton .................... 1O,OOO.0O
Spent for anti-world-court
propaganda ............... 33,735.19
Total Observation-Disclosures. s193,735.19
Senator W. B. Mckinley, who was
defeated by Smith, paid his own ex-
penses, which reached the large total
of $35S,616. The total collected and
spent for Smith was $2S7,2S2; that
for George e. Brennan, Democrat,
who had no real opposition, was $780,
S41. For the Deneen county ticket
S129,994 was spent, Of which no part
was contributed by Senator Deneen.
The Crowe-Barrett faction, which was
generally victorious in the county,
spent $150,000. Some Of these figures
may be changed by later testimony.
Edward H. Wright, colored political
leader Of Chicago, refused to answer
many Of the committees questions,
and so did Mr.. insult. Later they may
be compelled to reply. Also Senator
Reed planned to call on the Governor
Small-Lundin faction for an account
ing of the amount of cash they COL
fx,fo RI vryha
was done with it. 1t has often been
charged that this group squeezed
something like q million dollars from
state employees and contractors. This
was supposed to be fund to aid Gov
ernor Small in his fight to avoid pay
ing about 100000 which the Su-
preme court has decided he owes the
state.
nov. MIRIAM A. FERGUSON Of
" Texas was rather badly beaten
by Dan Moody, the attorney general,
in the gubernatorial primary. Dan
had a majority of about 900 over his
four opponents and led Mrs. Ferguson
by 125,OO0. ma" had promised that
she would resign if Moody beat her by
so much as one vote and now he and
others are calling on her to make
good. But she has called special
session of the legislature for Septem-
Der 10 to consider certain legislation
she wishes passed and therefore plans
to retire from office about the first of
November. Moody's nomination by the
Democrats is equivalent to election.
TOHN W. DAVIS, who because ne
j was the Democratic Presidential
nominee in 1924 is considered the
party's leader, has Joined the move
ment for abolition of the two-thirds
and unit rules in Democratic conven-
tons. At least twenty Democratic ma
tional committee members favor the
change. Mr.. Davis believes, however,
that if either rule is retained, neither
should be discarded. e
DRENIER POINCARE at this writ
L ing has good prospects of putting
his financial program through the
CIdLlDeT VI uSpuIASSs WAiNA elAA S"NS
has expressed its preliminary conf
dence in the new ministry by 35S to
1871 vote. The veteran statesman pro-
poses to raise 5.000,000,000 francs in
new taxes, and when the financial
commission of the chamber refused to
approve one section which calls for
Is per cent increase in passenger and
freight rates, Poincare told 1t that
the project could exist only as a
unity and he would make the passage
of every article, once the plan
reached the chamber, question of
confidence. The commission natural
ly did not wish to contribute to an
other cabinet crisis so it approved the
whole plan, adding to 1t clause in
creasing the salaries of deputies from
% 900 to $4,000 francs. Communist
and Socialist deputies are still OPP
posing the premier's plan, but the
necessity of adopting these new
taxes on French business and indus
try is generally recognized. The
government also has introduced a
measure designed to safeguard the
country's wheat supply.
n DEMONSTRATIONS against Amer
~ leans in Paris are decreasing but
have not entirely ceased. President
Coolidge, in his summer camp, has