The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-09-24

lNOtCAAAS UOAC6 anu ACAAN0 Va RACAASSO
and the Democrats of the state put up
former Senator David l., Walsh and
William CASTOR to oppose them. The
Democrats Of Louisiana renominated
Senator Edwin S. Broussard, though
former Gov. Jared Y. Sanders gave
him close race. Senator Dale of
Vermont was unopposed for renomi-
nation.
Republican national leaders have
brought out the old saying, "As Maine
goes, so goes the nation" following
the election last week in that state.
1t was won by the Republicans with
ease and their majority Of about TO-
600 was considered quite satisfactory
for an off-year. Gov. Ralph o. Brew
ster and all four, congressman were
returned to Office. The Democratic
congressional committee admittedly
could find little encouragement in the
Maine results.
CANADA'S elections last week were
" watched by the United States
with unusual interest, and the victory
Of the Liberals, 1t was predicted, would
result in reciprocity with this coun-
try. Leaders there said the defeat Of
the Meighen Conservative government
meant the Canadian people refused to
be hived behind high tariff barriers.
w. L. Mackenzie King, leader of the
Liberals, had urged the wisdom Of
freer trade facilities, and some of his
Progressive allies in western Canada
are out-and-out free traders. The
Liberals won 119 parliamentary seats,
and Of their natural allies the Pro-
gressives won g.. the United Farmers
of Alberta II, the Laborites and the
Independents 2. 1t was certain Mr..
King could muster majority Of about
80 votes for his policies. It was ex-
pected Premier Meighen and his cabi-
net would resign promptly and that
Mr.. King would be called to form a
new government.
G EVERAL thousand delegates Of the
- Ku Klux khan met in Washington
for the annual convention, paraded
down Pennsylvania avenue in robes,
but without masks, declared them
selves against the World court and
also against Gov. AL Smith as Pres
idential candidate, and reelected Hi
ram w. Evans as imperial wizard.
Evans also said the khan would wage
war against alienism, bolshevism,
Catholicism, modification of the Eight
zenith amendment and European in
PREVENTION in Mexican internal affairs.
Resolutions were adopted demanding
strict adherence to "hands-off" pol
icy toward Mexico's church squabble
and expressing the orders sympathy
with the Gales government in its
efforts to free the people from stulti-
flying foreign influences and to popu-
larize the education Of the masses"
Every delegate to the convention
Protestant church every Sunday in
the year, unless prevented by illness
or some other emergency; and SIM
liar oath is to be administered by the
delegates to every member of the
khan.
TORRENTIAL rains, the heaviest
l. recorded for September, swelled
the rivers and streams of the Middle
West into roaring floods and immense
damage to crops and real property re-
suited. Western Illinois was hardest
hit by the rains, which descended on
sections of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa. Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. The losses ranged from $5,000,-
600 In Illinois to half million in
Iowa. About a score Of persons lost
their lives. Most of the damage falls
on the corn crop.
ELECTION Of temperament mem
IL bers of the League of Nations
council by the assembly resulted in
the choice of Poland, Chile, and Ru-
mania for three-year tenure; Column
bia, Holland and China for two years.
and Belgium, Czechoslovakia and San
Salvador for one year. BY special
vote, Poland was declared re-eligible
for election at the expiration of her
three-year term, thereby becoming a
semi-permanent council member.
There are IS candidates for the nine
seats, including the Irish Free State
and Uruguay whose representatives
were bitterly disappointed by the re-
suit of the balloting.
August Zaleski, foreign minister of
Poland. on behalf of the delegation
from Poland, Sweden and Finland,
presented petition asking that the
league enter the battle against alcos
holism. lie declared the. evil of alco-