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ton attendant. I'm campaigning
for reelection as Governor OF Mary
land"
We'll. why don't you get back into
Maryland?" the man replied.
And not far away In Hancock, Nd,
the Governor saw colored man
asleep on the front porch of an old
house on q side street. Following his
theory Of not letting a potential voter
escape, the Governor shook him, and
woke him up. I'm Harry Nice" he
said to the man whose nap had been
so suddenly interrupted, I'm run
ming for reelection as Governor Of
Maryland. We'll, who is stopping
you?' the man replied.
These incidents are typical of those
that have made the campaign tour
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interesting to the Governor. He tells
both Of these stories now wherever
he makes campaign speech.
Visits Barber Shops,
But Gov. Nice is. as Mr.. Lawson
said, an unusual political campaign
er. On his tour he has stopped
wherever he thought he could meet
potential voter. He has gone into
cross roads stores, dairy barns, fire
houses, and down on the Eastern
Shore, in the oyster packing houses,
where he shook the hands OF the
oyster shuckers.
The Governor also visits barber
shops-not for shave or haircut
but to greet the customers in the
chairs. Just week ago, while tour
ing Prince Georges County, he
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BALLOTS TO COST s638

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. % (Spe-
ciaD The official ballots to be used
in Montgomery County in the Novem-
Der election will cost the county
$638. The supervisors OF elections
have accepted bid at that price
from q Baltimore nrm for $4,000
ballots. The same firm was given
the contract to print the tally sheets
and specimen ballots at cost Of
$90.25. The bids accepted were the
lowest Of four submitted.
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mission could do so under his plan,
Mr.. O'Conor explained.
In specializing on the outcome Of the
gubernatorial race, some students of
Maryland politics believe Mr.. O'Conor
will need majority Of IS, 900 or 40 900
in Baltimore City to win, while others
believe he may need $4,000 or more
in the city.
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tration could only have concluded that
relief was temporary emergency
which should be cared for through
temporary expenditures. TO that end,
the previous administration adopted
the policy Of borrowing for relief. I
do not make this as 4 charge OF in
efficiency against the late and beloved
Albert G. Richie. I only state it A. q
fact. The consequence Of which my
administration faced In January Of
1885,"
Defends His Policy.
Gov. Nice then claimed that because
Of the relief emergencies Of 1895 and
1884 which were met through tempo
rary expenditures, various State insti-
tutions were permitted to deteriorate.
He said proper" consideration was
not given to such welfare work ~ car
ing for the aged, the insane, the tu-
bercular and the delinquents, and, in
addition, conditions within the penal
institutions reached . point where
the protest Of the inmates were writ
ten In riots and bloodshed."
Defending the policy adopted by his
administration on caring for relief
through taxation - sound, Gov. Nice
said:
There have been unwarranted At
tacks made by those who would villify
the credit Of your State for purposes
Of political propaganda. I do not to-
night answer those attacks. Nor would
I. as your Governor. dignity those at
tacks with an answer.
I'm adopting the policy Of caring for
relief through taxation, wanted to
set the cost Of relief upon the books
Of your State and to meet that cost
BY taxation instead OF continuing to
carry 1t on basis of borrowing. To
amplify this further, it has been my
policy not to defer payments for re-
lief but to meet this excess burden out
Of current revenue"
To End Tour Monday.
your present administration" the
Governor added, has fully realized
there must be . ceiling over taxation.
ceiling over borrowing and . ceiling
over expenditures. The proper rela-
ton Of each Of these factors is the
reason that the Affairs Of your State
have been administered without alb
normal increase in your tax burden.
MY administration has been un-
willing to open new sources OF taxation
because it is my belief that to open
new sources Of taxation is to open new
sources Of extravagance. As your chief
executive, let me say that I am first
and foremost an American: and as
first and foremost American, it will
always be my solemn obligation, Is
long as am your elected executive,
to see to it that in the State of
Maryland democracy be not taxed out
Of existence"
Gov Nice and his caravan will COM
plete its campaign tour Of the nine
counties Of the Eastern Shore Monday.
He will speak that night in Salisbury.
Tomorrow Mrs. Nice will be enter
tanned at 4 reception there arranged
by the women Of Worcester, Somerset
and Wicomico Counties.
Cuba has allocated nearly $4,000, 900
n ~ ouv,,an raN>f
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GOV. NICE, SICK,
DEFENDS POLICIES
Executive Speaks an Hour
on Eastern Shore for
His Fiscal PROGRAM.
81 4 Stan Correspondent of The star.

~ o'sn correspondent OF The Star.
CRlsF1ELD, Nd, Oct. "a pledge
not to tax Maryland "out Of existence"
was made here tonight by Gov. Nics
at . Republican political rally in the
National Guard Armory, where ~
hours before Herbert r. O'Conor, his
Democratic opponent in the guberna-
torial race had spoken ut 4 Demo-
cratic rally.
The Governor charged that any
financial dimculties In which Mary
land may now ind itself are At
tributable to the policy Of the Richie
administration Of treating relief ex-
penditures as temporary problem
and, accordingly, failing to provide
for such expenditures through = long
range financing program.
His voice weakened BY laryngitis
and nearly exhausted from his vigor-
GUS political campaign, Gov. Nice,
however, spoke for nearly an hour.
Part OF his speech was broadcast by
two Baltimore stations.
The Governors weakened physical
condition and his throat ailment
caused him earlier in the day to
abandon his usual campaign tactics
ana instead Of visiting cross roads
stores, he rested at hotel in Princess
Anne and received treatment by DR..
William @. Jack. Republican candi-
date for State controller, who is &C.
companying him on his campaign trip.
The other candidates on the Repub-
ncan ticket made the scheduled CAM
paign tour Of Somerset County while
the Governor awaited their return to
Princess Anne before leaving for
Crisfield.
Crowds Gather In Rain.
Despite his condition, the Governor
did make . brief speech At q rally in
Princess Anne, but took \ nap after
ward in preparation for the Crisfield
address
Nearly every part Of Somerset Coun-
ty was visited by the Governors en-
tourage, and keen disappointment
was expressed at many places over
his inability to make the trip. Prin-
cipal stops we're made at Oriole, Fair
mount, Danes Quarters and Deals
Island.
Large crowds Of men and women
who make their livelihood from the
crabs, fish and oysters in Chesapeake
Bay in this famous seafood center
turned out to welcome the Republican
caravan despite driving rain.
The relief problem, which became
pressing In 1888, was handled by the
previous administration by the doubt
full policy Of borrowing" the Governor
declared. 1T seems, as We view the
past now. that this preyious admins
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ality sketches on the leading Marv.
land ouberndtortnl candidates. The
second Dtu appear tomorrow.
BY JAMES z. CHINN.
Gov. Nice is intelligent, genial,
affable, and probably one Of the best
campaigners in the country"
These are the words Of william p.
Lawson, former chairman Of the
Republican State Central Committee.
But no better epitomised description
can be found for Harry w. Nice. who
now Is down on Maryland's historic
Eastern Shore. getting acquainted with
the men and women who November 3
Will help to determine his future pol
litical fate.
Incidentally, the method used by
Gov. Nice to get acquainted Is the old
fashioned way OF meeting people per-
sonally, shaking their hands-not talk
ing to them over the radio.
Gov. Nice has been campaigning for
reelection exactly three weeks now
he's visited nearly every county in the
State-and has shaken hands, by &C.
tual count-with more than 1000 per-
sons. That's why, perhaps, Mr.. Law
son described him as one of the best
campaigners in the country"
Surprises Citizens.
Fisherfolk on the Eastern Shore,
coal miners In Western Maryland and
the farmers In Frederick County were
pop-eyed with ama1ement when q big
sedan drove up wherever they hap
pened to be, and jolly, rotund man
leaped out, grasped their hand, and
said:
I'm Harry Nice. Don't forget me
November g."
But that's how the Governor is con-
ducting his campaign. He's going
around the State. greeting the farmer
in the field, the mechanic at his bench
IN the machine shop, and down on the
Eastern Shore, the oyster shuckers in
the oyster houses
Though surprised at meeting the
Governor under such unusual condi-
tions, the people Of Maryland seem to
like his campaign tactics. And the
Governor himself appears to get a,
Kick" out Of surprising people.
1t was not many days ago when
Gov. Nice toured Western Maryland
on his whirlwind campaign trip. He
didn't know it at the time but he
crossed the State line into Pennsyl-
vania, and stopped his car at q gaso-
line station in little village not far
from Waynesboro.
I'm Harry Nice" he said as he
extended his hand to the gasoline sta
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MARRIAGE LAW VOTE
FAVORED BY CHURCH
Episcopal Diocese Indorses
Maryland Move to Bar
Hasty Weddings.

BY the Associated Press.
LA PLATA, Md, Oct pa resolu-
ton favoring approval Of the a.
hour lapse between license and mar
riage was adopted today by the
Southern Convocation of the Episco-
pal Church. Diocese OF Washington
The referendum will be submitted
to Maryland voters in the general
election OF November 8.
The resolution declared the law will
be means Of preventing hasty
marriages.
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Coz. Nice Uses Old-F fashioned Method in Bid
For Office-He Goes Out and Meets Voters

This is the first OF ttDo person.
ality sketches on the leading Mory.
land ouberndtortnl candidates. The
second iDtl appear tomorrow.
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public life In the States. While It Is
not recalled that she has ever held
an elective ofnce, she il widely known
and much In demand as . public
speaker these are not half Of
the women on whom Mrs. Kelley Is
pinning her hopes in the November
elections, but she was put ON her
mettle when asked, well, what have
you to offer in the coming election?'
and she warmed to the women Of her
party with zeal.
Mrs. Kelley Is small, with q charm
ing presence, and has . delicious sense
Of humor. She has long been known
as one Of the Capitals delightful host
esses and her lovely house on Massa-
chusetts avenue was noted for its
artistic elegance. She now, when in
this country, spends her winters largely
at Wardman Park. OF distinguished
ancestry on both the paternal and
maternal sides, while her favorite
meter Is politics-Republican with a
large "R"-she is interested in the
D. A. r. and other patriotic societies.
She loves Scotland and the Isle Of
Skye and is loyal to her border an
cestors, the McClures, who emigrated
to America and joined that large body
of Covenanters in Pennsylvania. Her
Kentucky blood comes from Asbury
Porter, who emigrated to Iowa and
was q member of the first territorial
Legislature of that State.
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County Republican Women's Club in
which she has done yeoman service
for her party among the swanky re-
sorters. and as a mother Of Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt. who is running
for Governor of Rhode Island on the
Republican ticket this fall, she is
working for his success at the polls in
November.
It will be recalled that Mrs. Fitz-
Simmons first husband was Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, who was one of
the victims of the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania. For her work during the World
War she was awarded the Victory
Medal by the Academy of Social Sci
ence. Notwithstanding her prominence
in social life, being one of the most
popular and brilliant hostesses at New
port. she yet finds time for welfare ac-
tivities and is much interested in civic
affairs and then We asked about
Mrs. Worthington Scranton Of Penn
sylvania-the worthy foe of Mrs. Emma
Guffey Miller-who Is one of the vice
chairmen of the Republican National
Committee and who has also a fine
war record as a member Of the Motor
Corps, and when the Republican wom-
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en- Of Pennsylvania were organized in
1920 was made member of the first
Republican Women's Committee and
was appointed member of the Ex-
ecutiye Committee. She is a member
Of the Colony Club of New York and
is active in the Society of Colonial
Danes Of America.
Visit to National
Headquarters Interesting.
The view from the windows of the
headquarters of the National Repub-
llcan Committee, on Lafayette Square,
was never lovelier than it Is this year
The trees are beginning to turn and
there is soft autumnal glow that sub
dues the ranting statute of Gen. An
drew Jackson, who looks right into
the windows of Mr.. Hamilton's Office.
Then the chairman can look over at the
White House, where it is reported that
the high hedge inside OF the new iron
fence is to be removed The hedge is
on the lower east, west and south
sides, but its removal will give the ma
tional chairman a better view of the
delightful old mansion and all the pos
sibilities Of 1910.
We asked how about the committee
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woman from the Blue Grass State
beautiful women, fine blooded horses
and those delectable mint juleps-and
were told that Mrs. Christine Bradley
South, vice chairman OF the Repub-
lican State Committee Of Kentucky,
who gained her first knowledge OF pub
lie affairs as a young girl in the Gov
ernor's Mansion during her fathers
administration as Governor. She took
an active part in his campaign; he
was the first Republican candidate for
Governor to overcome the normally
big Democratic majority Mrs.
Bradley knows bit about mules, too,
for she often accompanied her father
on muleback through the mountains
Of the State, where he received a large
part OF his vote +. She was respon-
sible for the first political organization
among women in her State in 1915,
when Chief Justice Hughes was the
presidential candidate.
Ex-COngresswoman Pratt
h Outstanding.
The women Of the National Com
mittee point with pride to Mrs. Roy
Wates. the party's youngest commit
teeWoman, who has done fine work In
organizing in Alabama another
Southern committeewoman Is Mrs.
Bertha M. Field of Marietta, Ga, who
was born in Pennsylvania of German
and Welsh parentage and who Is the
wife Of 1t. Comdr. Horace A. Field,
U. S. N. Mrs. Ruth Baker
Pratt, sometime member of the Lower
House Of Congress from New York, is
well known in national politics and
made a reputation as a hard worker
when in Congress; as a member of
the National Committee she often sits
IN the councils of her party Mrs.
Katharine K. Brown Of Dayton, Ohio,
Is Just now in the limelight and evil
IDENTIFY believes that Ohio will return
to its old and long love this fall and
will send Robert Taft, eldest son Of
the late President Taft, to the Senate.
His wife, who Is treasurer Of the Ma
tional League Of Women Voters, is
one of the best-known women in
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sculpture in the studio Of the noted
artist Bourdelle. She is very modest
about her achievements in sculpture,
but has done some quite worthwhile
pieces and always keeps some work on
hand out at her studio house in Be-
thesda, Md. In her studio. which is
a 2-century-old church, she some-
times held the meetings when presi-
dent of the District league.
Mrs. Baur Illinois
National Committeewoman.
In speaking of the national commit
teewomen active in the present con-
gressional campaign, she said she did
not think they had ever brought to-
gether a finer body Of women Mrs.
Kelley mentioned Mrs. Bertha D. Baur,
national committeewoman from Ilii-
nois, who is noted for her political
sagacity, executive ability and knoWl-
edge of finances She called attention
to the fact that Mrs Baur is the only
woman honorary member of the Ham,
ilton Club of Chicago-one of the out
standing Republican mems clubs in
the country then Mrs. Ellen
French FitzSimmons, Republican COM
mitteeWoman from Rhode Island, who
planted those troublesome Wallace po-
tatoes on her handsome lawn at New
port and who is serving her fourth
term as president of the Newport
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they both have charming, cultured
speaking voices and discuss politics
and hard facts in such courteous
manner that one has to be on his
guard lest he be convinced unawares.
As president of the District league Mrs
Kelley urged closer affiliation between
the members Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee from the various
States and the activities of the league
She is also very much interested in
the Young Republican Clubs, thinks
their usefulness should be widened, for
among them will be found the future
leaders of the party. She says: You
know, have some grandSons and
charming granddaughter growing up
out in Illinois" BY the way, her son,
Mcclure Kelley, married niece of
Count Catalan, son-in-law of Mrs.
Henry Dimock, who will open her
house here this winter.
While Mrs Kelley has always felt
q keen interest in politics, she says
she left college life and public activi-
ties more to her sister Martha, who has
a strong bent for organizing. They
have both lived much abroad, where
they first went as young girls and
where Mrs. Kelley later took up the
serious study of art. Several years
of her life we're spent in Rome when
Mr.. Kelley was United States Consul
General to italy, and after his death
when her sop was in Paris she studied
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Merrill Kerr Gee Of Warrington, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Gee Of Pocatillo.
Idaho.
The ceremony will take place Sat-
urday evening at Z O'Clock in the
Latter Day Saint Chapel, and will
be followed by . reception at 2410
Thirty-seventh street.
Miss Amy Erikson will be maid of
honor and the bridesmaids will b. Miss
Nena Trembling, Miss Florence Burch
and Miss Margaret Hansen.
Mr.. Donald K. Ipson Of Salt Lake
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City will be the best man and the
ushers selected are Mr.. Daniel H.
Gagon Of Roosevelt, Utah; Mr.. Ted
Hansen Of Lakeside, Ariz., and Mr..
George Monsma Of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
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four composed of ex-Presidept Hoover, ex-
Candidate Landon Col. Knox and Senator VAN
denberg are putting in about 20 hours a day
out of the "a either speaking or meeting speak
ing engagements. It's quite some time since
the country has been so aroused at congress
s1onal election between presidential years.
Even the women Of the party are out for blood
and demanding more SAY in the party
committees.
Mrs William Fitch Kelley, former presi-
dent of the District of Columbia League of
Republican Women, has but recently returned
from summer spent in Illinois and Iowa, and
appears to be highly elated over the prospects
for Republican victory in November-espe-
cially in her native State, Iowa.
She reflects the opinions of her sister, Miss
Martha Mcclure, national committeewoman
from Iowa, and one OF the most prominent party
women in the West, where she has for some
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Plans Completed
For Wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Preston Merrill
of Preston, Idaho. have completed
plans for the wedding of their daugh-
ters, Miss Dorothy Lee Merrill, to Mr..
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Statistics gathered some years ago
in New York State showed the death
rate for single men to be markedly
higher at all ages than that for mar.
ried men.
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About Wen>Known Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Mrs. Fitch Kelley Roots for G. O. P.
Republican G. Committeewomen Out.
For Big Game This Fall.
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Mr. John Hamilton chairman of the Republican
gotten out reamlned models Of the elephant
with ned the direction Of
the up his mind that
that increases The
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Mrs. william Fitch Kelley.


welded influence
alike
and father prominent members They
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undesirable legislators.
1t is true that the President has not
gone to the extreme lengths he used
against George in Georgia and Tydings
in Maryland in his war against Sena-
quarters, that may have been because
he was less confident of defeating the
South Carolina Senator. His principal
attack on the veteran Senator was a
remark that he, the President, did not
believe ANY family or any man can
live on so cents day in this State
(South Cardinal" The President was
quoting or paraphrasing a speech
made by Senator Smith in a Senate
debate.
What Smith Said.
The President might better, however,
have taken look at the record as
his one-time friend, Al Smith, always
urged. For the Congressional Record
shows that far from urging that a
family of a man live on so cents a day,
Senator Smith was demanding a high
er standard Of pay for the people Of
South Carolina. Smith was speaking
on the wage-hour bill when the meas
ure was before the Upper House. If
$3.50 a day wage is paid in the North
then it should be paid to the South
Carolinian he urged
In Georgia. where Senator Walter F..
George is battling for his political life
against United States District Attor-
ney Lawrence Camp, the Presidents
protege, the Republican national COM
mitteeman, James w Arnold, has gone
forward with advice to Republicans in
Georgia to 60 into the Democratic pri-
mary and help George win. Arnold
ran for the Senate himself once and
received about $4,000 votes. The idea
that Republicans should make it pos
sible for an antiRoosevelt Democrat
to win a senatorial nomination peeves
the New Dealers immensely.
Senator Pope. ardent New Dealer,
who found himself purged in Idaho
a week or two ago, declares now that
1t was because a lot OF Republicans
went into the Democratic primary in
that State and voted for Representa-
tive Clark. his independent and DEM
ocratic opponent. Popes defeat in
the primary was bitter pill for the
Roosevelt New Dealers to swallow.