The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-17

Ohio, and shared in the warm recep-
ton given him at Cleveland. Mr..
Hoover's address was delivered Thurs
day evening and was listened to with
intense interest because it dealt large
ly with the economic situation and the
efforts of the administration to relieve
the business depression. Fifteen thou
sand persons in the hall and millions
throughout the country heard him, for
the speech was broadcast over two ma
tionaI hookups.
N EMOCRATS of New York renom-
- mated Franklin D. Roosevelt for
governor by reclamation and adopted
a platform that urges repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment and demands
that all public officials and politicians
waive immunity when questioned by
grand juries concerning their official
acts. The latter plank of course al
ludes to the scandals in process Of be-
ing aired in New York city, which are
used as ammunition by the Republic
ans. In presenting Governor Roose-
velt's name to the convention, AL
Smith accepted the challenge of the
Republicans, and demanded that any
official faithless to his trust be driven
from the party and punished. Mr..
Roosevelt in his speech did not refer
to the Tammany scandals with any
such directness.
nf h;c odd hn
ernor asked of Mr.. Tuttle, his Repub-
lican rival, this question:
"If you become governor and if
state enforcement act is passed will
you sign it or not?"
When the same question was put to
him by reporters after the convention
had adjourned Mr.. Roosevelt's answer
was, "Emphatically nor
Bone dry Republicans of New York
state are carrying out their threat to
refuse to support Tuttle because of
his wet platform. They have organized
the "Law Preservation party" and Sc
lected Prof. Robert P. Carroll of SYRIA
cuse university as their candidate for
the governorship. Various dry or
CARNATIONS are expected to support
the professor.
CHAIRMAN NYE and three other
~ members of his senatorial COM
mittee> on campaign funds last week
served notice on the newspapers Of
the country that further publication
of Ruth Hanna McCormick's charges
against the committee will be regard
ed by them as ''willful and malicious
libel" Senator Patterson of Missouri
refused to sign the statement. Sena-
tors Nye, Dale, Dill and Wagner still
insist that neither the committee nor
any Of its agents was not responsible
for the wire tapping and rifling of her
personal effects which Mrs. Mccormick
charges. Nye says the lady may pre-
sent her evidence, if any, before the
committee after the election, but not
sooner.
Rhode Island Democrats in state
convention nominated Peter Goelet
Gerry for senator, THEODORE f. Green
for governor, and adopted a platform
containing a very wet plank.
HARL VAUGOIN, who brought
IN about the downfall of the Schober
cabinet in Austria, has become the
new chancellor and formed a cabinet
in which several leaders of the Heinz
wehr Fascist military organization
have accepted portfolios. New cleo
tons will be held in November and the
Fascists hope for landslide like that
in the recent German elections. The
Pan-German and Agrarian parties re-
fused to participate in the Vaughn
government.
/ ~ REAT BRITAIN and France failed
" in their joint effort to have the
League of Nations harmonic the
covenant Of the league with the KEEL
logg pact this year, and the anomalous
situation continues of the members of
the league pledged not to go to war
by the latter treaty and authorized to
go to war under certain contingencies
by the covenant. 1t was decided at
Geneva that the proposed amend
ments to the covenant should not be
presented until next year.
Opposing the harmonization at this
| time were Japan and Sweden, who
thought it would increase the obliga-