Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
PRESIDENT EVADES
TARIFF BATTLE AT
PICNIC OF FARMERS
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part of his remarks to lauding South
Dakota and in telling how proud the
people of the State are to have the
President and Mrs. Coolidge as tenn
porary residents. He stated that the
South Dakotans have something to
boast about when it is recalled that
the President sent scouts looking at
possible vacation spots all over the
United States and then selected the
Black Hills.
Warning i'm Non.V0ting.
The Senator took occa sion to issue
a warning against the dangers Turk
ing behind the growing Indifference to
voting on the part Of the people CT the
United States. In his estimation this
is one of the real menaces facing the
Government today.
Senator McMaster, the Junior Sen.
ator from South Dakota, In DrleL
speech thanked the President and MRS.
Coolidge for coming to this State Tor
the Summer and Representative koyai
Johnson extended greetings from the
prairie of Jim River Valley to the
President and Mrs. Coolidge.
In accordance with the understand
ing he had when he accepted the IN
yitation to participate in this out
ing. President Coolidge did not speak
He and Mrs. Coolidge, following q
luncheon in the home of Oscar Mat
thews. superintendent Of the Dry
Farming Experiment Station operated
by the United States Department OF
Agriculture, posed for a panorama
group photograph with the farmers
and members Of their families. This
was the first opportunity the Presl
dent has had since coming to the
West to rub elbows with any great
number of real dirt farmers, and ne
gave every evidence of enjoying the
experience. He seemed to give not
the slightest concern to hints he re
ceived in advance that he was going
right into the jaws of McNary
Haugen farm relief adherents. II
there was any resentment on the
part of these many farm people be
cause of the Presidents veto Of the
McNary-Haugen bill or because of his
administration failure to produce
some other form of so-called farm
relief, there was no indication of II
as the President and Mrs. Coolidge
mingled democratically about the
picnic grounds today.
Welcome Is Friendly.
On the contrary, the welcome &C
corded this couple upon their arriva
at the experiment station grounds
where the picnic was held, and
throughout the three hours of THEN
stay, was of the friendliest sort
There were no outburstS Of enthu
siasm or any wild or vigorous hand
clapping and applause, but the recep
ton was unquestionably warm an6
most respectful.
At the conclusion. of the speech
there was a brief entertainment pro
gram which consisted of a solo by &
cowboy from Hermosa, the neares
village to the Presidents Summer
home, who played his own accompani
ments on the banjo, and singing b,
half dozen little girls, members o
the Congregational Sunday school a
| Edgmont, not far distant from THU
| place.
AS things turned out during thu
Speechmaking at this outing, the
principals left the grounds with thu
friendliest of feelings for one another
The governor, Senators Norbeck ant
McMaster and their wives and Repre-
sentative Johnson returned to Custer
S. Oak, on the Presidents train. bu
not in the private car put at the lat
ter's disposal.
Lack of Time.
| Gov. Bulow later insisted that HI
| fully intended to make the speech h
had written for the occasion, but sait
ne abandoned it for lack of time.
Both Gov. Bulow and the Senator
have repeatedly declined to discuss
farm relief or any other political sub
ject during the Presidents stay in thu
| West on the ground that to do 81
would be discourtesy to the State
distinguished guest. At none of th'
other public gatherings attended h.
the President have those question
been discussed.
Gov. Bulow is a country lawyer
who was elected last year by
plurality of 1900 in the same cleo
ton that sent Senator Norbeck bacl
to the United States Senate by a As
600 plurality. He is the first Demo
crat Governor of South Dakota in
third of O century and owes his cleo
ton to a split in the Republican party
The speech the governor discarde
today was prepared about the tim
McNary Haugen bill advocates wer
rededicating themselves at ST. Pau
early in the past week to the repass
age of that legislation, even II the
had to override the Presidents veto
The speech was in the hands Of news
paper correspondents yesterday
declared unequivocably that artificial
price fixing ought to be abolished TO
all American industries or extende
to agriculture. The little he said o
la. f1I