8A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 28, 1996 NATION/WORLD Dole continues tradition of Republican nominees who have paid their dues Newsday WASHINGTON - That's why they call it the Grand Old Party. The Republican tradition of giving the presi- ential nomination to the dues-paying front-run- ner has paid dividends for Sen. Bob Dole, (R- Kan.), who on his third try for the prize now claims his party's designation. "The keys were his money, his organization and the en- dorsements," said George- town University political sci- News entist Stephen Wayne. "But _. they had less to do with Dole the candidate than the fact that he was the heir apparent and entitled to take them." More succinctly, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) said, "This time he wasn't running against a sitting vice president and the ordained nominee." From the earliest planning in the spring of 1993, the Dole campaign's central strategy has been to capitalize on the chits he had accumulated in 40 years of public life. By the start of the primaries, he raised $25 million, more than any ofhis challengers and much of it in Washington, D.C., New York, Florida and California from people with interests in the Senate, where he had been Republican leader for 11 years. He collected the endorsements of hundreds of state and local officials, including 21 of the 31 Republican governors. From those earliest meetings, Dole recognized that his advantages would be especially important in the compressed schedule of primaries, with 70 per- cent of the delegates chosen in just six weeks. And he insisted he had learned the lessons of his failed attempts for the nomination in 1980 and 1988. Still, it has been a struggle. "The moral of the story," Dole said earlier this week, "is if you ... don't give up too easily, you can still make it." Even with his early start (he spent his 1993 summer vacation in New Hampshire) and his financial advantages (he aired his first commer- cials in Iowa six months ago) and with Colin Powell's decision not to challenge him, Dole had difficulty getting organized and finding a consis- tent, persuasive message. His insistence on simultaneously running forpresi- dent and directing the Senate almost derailed his campaign, as Congress was overwhelmed by the volume of "Contract With America" legislation and paralyzed by the confrontation over the 1996 budget. He formally declared his candidacy in his home state of Kansas last April. But for a national forum to launch the campaign, Dole chose the free television air time provided Republicans in January to respond to Clinton's State of the Union speech. Lifeless and petty, it contrasted sharply with Clinton's expansive and energetic address delivered to a live congres- sional audience. "It was a disaster. He never should have done it. He's listening to too many people," a sometime adviser said then. In 1988, he surprised then-Vice President George Bush and won the Iowa caucuses. While losing New Hampshire, he won three other primaries, collecting 178 delegates before conceding the nomination. Last week, he celebrated his return to Illinois, and recalled his disastrous campaign there in 1988, which effec- tively ended his challenge to Bush. "I think you've got to be strong in this business," he said on the night ofthat year's Illinois primary. "It's no piece of cake." Ruling may allow states more freedom The Washington Post WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court handed states a big victory yes- terday by ruling Congress exceeded its authority in trying to force state officials to negotiate gambling deals with Native American tribes. While the 5-to-4 ruling may even- tually curtail the $4 billion-a-year tribal gaming business, its larger sig- nificance is in the message its send about the court's desire to cut back what it sees as on federal intrusive- ness. Legal scholars across the ideologi- cal spectrum described the decision as a dramatic shift toward state inter- ests at the expense of Congress. A narrow but strong-minded ma- jority of this court has made plain in recent years it believes Congress has encroached too much on rights of th* states. The pattern at the court matches the trend in the Republican-majority Congress to move away from national social policies in favor of state-by- state control, no matter how policies and services differ. In a case decided yesterday, the court ruled Congress cannot give tribes the right to sue states or state officials in federal court when the states fail to negotiate over casinos and other gambling enterprises oif reservations. Many states have sought greater control over the burgeoning Native American gaming business. "The big winners are the states. The big loser is Congress. The Native Ameri- cans are still holding their gaming cards and deciding how to play them next," said Bruce Rogow, the lawyer who rep- resented the Seminole Tribe of Florida in its complaint against the state o Florida for failing to negotiate ove casino gambling in 1991. He noted that the Native American tribes still can take their case to state courts and possibly get assistance from the secretary of the interior, who would remain the sole federal arbiter of disputes between states and Native American tribes over gambling. "It's a big victory," said Florida Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Glogau. "The states have felt that Con gress has continually overstepped its authority in letting people sue." Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) meets with tourists from Alabama and South Dakota yesterday on Capitol Hill. Dole is looking forward to a spring break in his campaign for the White House. House nears approval of bill that would ban late abortions WASHINGTON (AP) - Courting a veto by President Clinton, the Republican-controlled House pushed toward final congressional approval yesterday of legislation to impose a ban on certain late-term abortions. The measure would ban the rarely-used tech- nique - termed "partial birth abortion" by its opponents - except in cases where it is essential to save the life of the mother. The procedure is an "offense to the conscience of mankind. This is something we need to stop now," said Rep. Charles Canady (R-Fla), a lead- ing supporter of the legislation. The procedure, which is a variation of more traditional abortions, is referred to by some doc- tors as "intact dilation and evacuation." It in- volves partially extracting a fetus, legs first, through the birth canal, then collapsing its skull and suctioning out the skull contents. By passing the measure, Republicans intend to confront Clinton with an election-year di- lemma. Given the gruesome nature of the proce- dure involved - and lawmakers described it in graphic detail during debate - Republicans believe there is widespread public support for the bill. On the other hand, abortion rights groups whose support is important to the Democratic president oppose the measure as an infringement on a woman's right to choose, and are eager for the veto. The vote also demonstrated anew the strength of anti-abortion forces in the Republican-con- trolled Congress that took office in January last year. The measure marks the first time since abortion was legalized more than two decades ago that Congress sought to ban a particular method of the operation. Rep. Tony Beilenson (D-Calif.) argued the mea- sure is merely the first step in an attempt by anti- abortion forces to overturn the Roe v. Wade Su- preme Court ruling that granted women abortion rights. He also called it an assault "on the right of physicians to practice medicine without fear of government intrusion." He and several other lawmakers called for an exemption from the ban to take into account the health of the mother, as well as her life. But Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz (R-Utah) who gave birth to a daughter last year, called the proce- dure "medicalized infanticide." The doctor "par- tially delivers a live child before killing it," she said. The vote capped an emotional struggle that consumed several months as the bill moved from the House to the Senate and back again. The White House said in advance it would have no comment on the House vote, although Clinton has previously made clear his opposition to the bill. In a letter to key lawmakers late last month, the president said he had "studied and prayed" on the subject, and wanted the bill changed to allow exemptions designed "to preserve the life of the woman or avert serious health consequences to the woman." Without the changes, he wrote, the bill "does not meet the constitutional requirements" laid down in the Supreme Court's landmark abortion ruling. Harley-Davidson bids to trademark sound of rough-idling engine Los Angeles Times7 To America's only major motor- cycle maker, the deep-throated rum-1 bling of a big V-twin engine is as vital as a heartbeat. Harley-Davidson Inc. installed itsI first V-twin in 1909 and has stuck with the rough-idling engine ever since. Now the Wisconsin company wants the government to protect itsa investment with a trademark. Harley says the competition is copying its sound. The major Japanese bike makers - all with tumbling cruiser-style bikes in their lineups - are preparing to slug it out with Harley in classic American style: They're going to court. Harley's competitors say the sound simply comes with the engine and shouldn't be protected by law. 1 Sometime in late June or early July, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington will begin hearing the first of nine challenges to Harley- Davidson's bid to trademark the sound of its V-twin engines. To avoid becoming the nation's next nylon - an early DuPont product whose name wasn't protected and fast became a generic term - the Wiscon- sin motorcycle maker wants a trade. mark to block other manufacturers from:, turning out cruisers that sound like Harleys. "The sound we like to use, the verb description, is (a) very fast, 'potato potato-potato,"' said Joseph Bonk. Harley-Davidson's trademark attorney:- It is a precedent-setting case, trades mark specialists say. Of neatIly 730,000 enforceable trademarks on_ the books in the United States, only 23 cover sounds and most are for distinctive, man-made arrangements like NBC's three-toned chime, th< MGM lion's roar and Beneficial Corp.'s jingle: "At Beneficial, toot- toot, you're good for more." Harley, however, wants to protect the sound made by a specific type of engine. Should Harley win, other manufac- turers could attempt to trademark their product sounds, said Los Angeles trademark law specialist Stan Sokoloff. i )RK 3-INFO Provide general information & referralfor the University of Michigan Work around your class schedule N Work wit hfun & exciting staff N Use finmatin you know AND Get vaid fa t II