Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1924, Page 14

- 14 _THE_SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JANUARY 27, 1024 PART 1. Definite New York Swing Toward Democratic Column in 1924 Is Seen Smith’s Stock as Candidate Soars; Sure of State Support Victory Over “Interests” During Week Causes Swelling Tide in Governor’s Favor. . January 26—The political pendulum in New York state, which reached the limit on the democratic side in the state elections a year ago “ast fall and which swung to the re- *publi de in assembly elections 1ast ember, now swinging srapidly back with an increase in dem- “ocratic strength. ‘mith within the last few days ‘has achieved a signal victory over the . rporate interests” of the state, With a ¢ cquent overnight soaring of his presidential stock, and is today sthe idol of the “common people.” % Little more than a week ago the Industries of New York the most influentlal or- ganization of business men and mahu- facturers in the state, brought formal <harges of a general breakdown in ithe state department of lubor, alleg- ral inefliciency and extrava- charges were interpreted onal attack on the governor. Smith Makes Investigation. i :1Gov. Smith promptly subpoenaed all ‘afficers and directors of the organiza- Fon, together with Mark A. Daly, the Lead of its powerful legislative lobby, and conducted this week a personal ‘public investigation of the charges, which collapsed completely in two Gov. Inc. The result of the governor’s inquiry has been to tie organized labor to the tail of his kite more firmly than ever. The chief result of the week's de- ~clopments at Albany, however, has Yeen to confirm the belief in poilteal oircles that New York state's delega- tion to the democratic national con- vention In New York will be solid for Smith and will stick with him until nomination is made. There is little ‘ar no talk of what candidate the New Nork delegates will switch to; in- etead, Smith enthusiasm has reached #uch a pitch that the belief is taking slrm root that the close of the conven- tion may reveal that Smith has run «way with the nomination. ‘' The state democracy is fervently Jioping that this will be the result, dfecause with Smith at the head of the national ticket they would do Jittle or no worrying about the suc- of the state ticket this fall. ncrease in gen TOWARD GOOLIDGE ‘.Ijohnson Speech in Detroit i Fails to Arouse Particu- lar Sentiment. DETROIT, Mich, January 26— Mresident Coolidge and Senator John- ‘won will contest for the plurality in ‘the Michigan republican présidential Jireferential primaries April 7. Peti- 1ions with the necessary number of imgnatures have been filed to Insure "President Coolidge's name on the pri- Jnary ballot. The Johnson petitions Zare still inadequate, but six weeks remains for filing. However, filing the required num- Ter of petitions in 2 Michigan presi- dential primary is without signifi- ‘cance as to the strength of a candl- wate. But 100 signatures are required, although there are 600,000 republican voters in the state. ‘In 1920 Senator Johnson received #he plurality in the republican pri- naries in a fleld of seven. His vote 4 5,936, and the next highest was 112,568 for Gen. Leonard Wood. Not 3. single voto was officlally returned Zor Warren G. Harding. Republican ‘conditions in Michigan seem to be 3nuch different than four years ago. Several weeks ago Senator John- son’s campalgn manager, Frank H. Jiitchcock, quietly visited Detroit Znd sought to interest Michigan lead- ers In his candidate, He was unable 1o do 80 in so far 48 state organiza- tlon leaders are concerned. Soon afterward it was announced that Charles P. O'Nell, a Detroit attorney, would direct the senator's campaign. : Johnson In Detroit. Senator Johnson made his first ap- pearance in Michigan on January 17, Bpeaking in Detroit. + 'Senator_Johnson addressed a crowd DY about 2.000, less than the capacity of the hall where he spoke. His &peech was much the same as he previously delivered at Chicago and itlevsland. Having falled to appear 3n the Senate chamber to vote when the question of whether Senator Truman H. Newberry had_ forfeited his right to a seat in the Senate be- «ause a few hundred thousand dollars had been expended to nominate and elect him was to be decided, he ex- plained to his Detroit audience that 3t was because he missed a train. ¥o had been much criticized in Afichigan for his failure to be in his ‘Beat and vote. JOHN DU PONT FOLLOWERS SEEK GRIP ON VOTE Begin Organization of Party.to E' Support Coolidge—Ball Forces Near Break. Fpecial Dispateh to The Star. 3 "WILMINGTON, Del., January 26.— Mork will be begun in the next few Secks upon a plan to build up the ¥rongest republican organization in Pelaware that the state has seen in pars. The foundation will be the 1d T. Coleman du Pont faction, which Jips been opposed to the reccisction bt Dr. L H. Ball United States $enator. Besides Gen. du Pont it will )e fostered by other prominent mem- jers of the du Pont faction. The first ¥nnounced purpose will be to assure resident Coolidge -of the nine dele- htes to the national conventlo: Leaders in the new organization all vant to make sure that the delegates ire pledged to vote for Gen. du >ont for national committeeman, This will mean a lively contest at Uhe primaries, and will be the first est of strength. It was said the new organization vas not concerned with the senator- hMp or governorship at this time, and hat so far Mr. du Pont and his asso- iates had no cholce. It was also civen out that money was in hand %0 meot all legitimate campaign ex- frenses. Colncident with the starting of ork on the new organization ru- ors of dissatisfaction in the Ball amp are heard. It would not be a Surprise it there were a number of diesertions {rom the senator's ranks. &R » | | Mes, |state convention. eral democratic able in part directly according to democratic who are sometimes agreed republicans. Oll Probe “Unsavory.” The Teapot Dome sc: ing an unsavory taste in the mouth and suspicion of the Washington ad- ministration by reflection crops up frequently whenever the affair is di: cussed. Dissatisfaction appears no and then as the Mellon tax reduction program seems to make little head- way, while on the other hand Smith support in New York state has been strengthened by his advocacy of an immediate 25 per cent cut in the state | personal income tax. n additlon to these surface reasons for galns in democratic strength (here for underneath, the fact that, election day this fall will find a rejuvenated state democratic organi- | zatlon in the field more powerful thin it was two vears ago when Smith; rolled up his record gubernatorialj vote. ae Within two years upstate New Work | citles long regarded as rock-ribbe republican strongholds have slid over { sentiment is trace- to Washingto observer: with by TRepublicans profess to foresee a state’ legislature controlled by re- | publicans in both houses as a result} of the elections this fall. It is only | Feasonable to expect that the present; republican assembly majority Will bei maintained, an ordinarily normalj condition, but the control of the state senate_depends to a large extent on ! the role which Gov. Smith plays In the national campaign. Smith at the head of the_natlonal ticket would sweep New York state to a greater extent than he did two Years ago towing the state ticket with him, it nerally conceded. | 15 S itiin two weeks the democratic | stato committee will r‘x;‘ectdtc:nl:xr;{:z\ date for the democ Di2is cony The hopes and in- | state organization en- tertains toward the results of the national convention ~will_mnot bej settled deflnitely until the state con- Vention meets, probably about April{ 15, At this time. the state committe will Teorganize because of the elec tion of new committeemen on April 1. It is generally belleved that Gov. Smith will be one of the democratic “blg four’—or delegates at large— to the natlonal convention. No at- tempt has been made as yet to fore- cast on the other three. 3 ROBERT R. ARNOLD. JOHNSON CAMPAIGN | IN MARYLAND DIES| tentions the Underwood Sentiment Found in Some Factions of Democratic Party in State. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 26.—The Senator Hiram W. Johnson boom for President appears to have died as far as Maryland is concerned. Absolute- Iy nothing_has been done toward lining_up delegates or preparing to enter the primary election this spring. Senator France is now in Russia and it Is understood he is there in connection with the oil business, in Which he is now understood to be in- terested. Before leaving he a nounced that he would be back by March 1 to start an active campaign for the California senator. In the meantime, however, active efforts to effect a reconciliation of the two elements in the state repub- | lican party have been going on in anticipation of the primary election of delegates to the national conven- tion, and Senator France may return to find that the party leaders have been lined for President Coolidge. France Faces Hard Task. If this is true, and there is every reason to belleve it is, it is hard to see where Senator France is going to line up any following that would be able to block the election of Coolidge delegates. On the democratic side a growing sentiment for the nomination of | Senator Oscar W. Underwood {s noted. | This is attributed largely to the fact ! that he Is known as a “wet” and his | recent denunclation of the Ku Klux Klan. While Gov. Ritchie is said to be favorable to the nomination of Wil- liam G. McAdoo, former Senator John Walter Smith and a number of other state leaders are sald to bs solidly back of the Alabama senator. The opinion prevalls that the Mary- land delegation to the national con- vention will_go_uninstructed. JOSEPH G. DEPONAL UNDERWOOD AND McADOO CONTEST IN TENNESSEE Both Have Support and Both Have Launched Drive—G. 0. P. for Coolidge. Special Dispatch to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., January 26.— The presidential campaigns for Oscar W. Underwood and William G. Mc- Adoo have been launched here, and friends of the former have opened state headquarters, while the Mec-! Adoo people have perfected a state organization. At this tinke it looks like the fight for the state's delega- tion to the New York convention will be between the two, and to all ap- pearancs it may develop into a hot one. McAdoo is a former resident of Tennessee, and many Tennesseans are bound to him by ties of personal | friendship. On the other hand Underwood ! comes from a sister state, and has won many admirers in Tennessee. The convention at which Tennes- see’s twenty-four delegates will be, named will be held here on May 22, In the republican camp, no other candidate’s name has been heard but | Coolidge's, and he seems assured oll Tennessee's twenty-seven votes. W. E. BEARD. NORTH CAROLINA G. 0. P. FIXES CONVENTION DATE Johnson Doesn’t Have Charge, Po- litical Leaders Say—Demo- crats Inactive. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C., January 26.—The republican state convention, which meets in Raleigh, March 12," will .be controlled by men committed to the support_of President Coolldge, and Hiram Johnson will not get so much as a look-in. This much was made clear when the republican state executive com- mittee met here this week to select ::lo time and place for the conven- on. It is not likely that the state con- vention will formally instruct the delegates to vote for Coolidge, though this is possible, as there is nothing in the state primary law to pro- hibit this. While the republicans are laying their plans for a strenuous cam- paign in the state the democrats are keeping quiet. Their convention will be held in April in Raleigh, but no formal call has been lssued: ' - JOHN A, LIVINGSTONB, lernor had a few reservations ot by the week's developments, G.0.P.NEARPEACE | into the democratic column. i INKEYSTONE STATE Mellon Plea for End to Strife Bearing Fruit, Is Leaders’ View. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa.,, January 26— Secretary Mellon's desire that Penn- sylvania's republican delegate elec- tions should not be marked by fac tional fighting seems to be on a pret- ty fair way to be worked out. The republican arrangement for an un- instructed delegation has even im- pressed some of the democratic lead- ers, who are now talking of the same thing, owing to a growing belief that the McAdoo forces will be unable to land their man in the early ballot- ing. Gov. Pinchot ceased to be a storm center when he let it be known he would neither go after delegates for himselt or any one else. The gov- one of which will be that if the President should not be nominated promptly and confusion result he would not o restrained from putting up a lightning rod. SRR The state ticket has been worked out, and as soon as & woman is agreed upon the “big seven” who will make up the Keystone delegate-at- large list will be complete. Coming to Capital. Gov. Pinchot will go to Washing- ton next Thursday to make a speech at the Pennsylvania Soclety's party and to talk over his proposed anthra- cite regulation bill, which some of the potential factors in Pennsylvania affairs do not care for. McAdoo managers have been ac- tively outlining their campaign and discounting some of the harmony talk on national committeeman. They will have another meeting to hear re- ports of men who have been out see- ing what the fleld is preparin, against the former Secretary. Inci dentally there are signs the McAdoo people are laying ground for contests Philadelphia_delegates, who are pretty sure to be against their fa- vorite. _ Davis boomers have been heard of in Pennsylvania, but the anti-McAdoo people have not yet gotten down to andidates and are favoring uni structed delegates in quite a few di tricts. A BOYD HAMILTON. JOHNSON CARRIES FIGHT TO COOLIDGE Senator's Plan to Visit Oregon Spurs President’s Backers to Renewed Activity. Special Dispatch to The Staz. PORTLAND, Ore, January 26.— President Coolidge’s Oregon managers have abandoned the theory that Cool- 1dge 1s going to win the thirtesn Ore- | gon delegates to the Cleveland conven- tion by default. The one thing they hoped most heartily would not happen will happen, according to the announce- ment of Tom Neuhausen, state manager for Hiram Johnson, namely, that the senator will speak in the etate before !the primary election of May 16. While Coolidge leaders in Oregon openly express unbounded _confidence that he will win in the proferential primary, they are frankly afraid of the effect of Johnson's platform per- sonality and campalgning ability. The Coolidge headquarters were calm and serene until Neuhausen announced during the past week that Johnson would come into the state, probably immediately after the California pri- mary election on May 6. Since that time they have grown busy. Senator Patterson, the Coolidge manager, is now on a tour of the state organizing coun- ty units. Incidentally, Neuhausen has « man out doing the same thing for Johnson. President Coolidge will have some hurdles to clear in this state, particu- larly if Johnson comes to Oregon. Johnson's attack on the Mellon tax re- Quction plan has a soothing sound in | Oregon. ~There are 35,000 service men In the state who want the federal bonus. The eastern Oregon wheat belt is desperate, with the growers, as a general thing, close to financial col- lapse. They want government relief, whether it is economically sound or otherwise. This is not intended to say that Johnson is going to _carry On? . Coolidge has the state organization leaders behind him. But there is a lot of dynamite underfoot. RALPH WATSON. MAINE CANDIDATE DIES. A. H. Day Seeking Governorship at Time of Death. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., January 26.—The death of ex-Mayor Albert R. Day of Bangor eliminates one of the candi- dates for the republican nomination for governor. The three candidates are Frank G. Farrington of Augusta, Ralph O. Brewster of Portland, and A. 8. Crawford, jr. a Garibou attorney. Ex-Mayor .Day, who for many years ‘was a leading political factor in the eastern part of the state and presi- dent of the Senate, was ‘the first of four candidates to enter the contest. The republican state committee chose Charles P. Barnes of Houlton former speaker of the house of rep- resentatives, to preside over the state convention at Portland, by one vote over Govy Tzrc(vfl“k‘mu—."‘ 2 CLIMIFR THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. T last the 1924 presidential campaign seems to be in full swing, and politics s the paramount toplc of discussion in all the forty-eight states. Neither party has a mo- nopoly of activity, according to dispatches from correspondents of The Star, but there is one marked distincticn between the republican and the democratic contests. ‘Whereas the former seems to be at or approaching the point of di- minishing interest, the latter Is just getting well under way and promises to increase in interest and activity as the weeks go on. Of course, there atill is time for an upset in the republican cam- palgn and the possibility of a real contest at Cleveland, but all the ~dope” today Is so strongly pro- Coolldge that it 1s exceedingly dif- ficult for the backers of Senator Hiram Johnson to arouse any gen- eral interest in the fortunes of their candidate. Unless all the or- dinary political signs are unrelia- ble in the present case, Coolidge will be nominated on the first ballot. It looks llke a Coolidge band wagon, and with the average politician” a seat on the band wagon is “the fondest thing he is of.” Therefore, they are scram- bling to get aboard. * X % ¥ With the democrats it is entlre- ly different. It is wholly impossi- ble, at this stage, to tell which is a band wagon and which a dump cart. To the Impartial observer McAdoo seems to be setting the pace w'l out in front, but he is by no m.uns far enough in the lead to prevent its being a “hoss race.” 1t would be a bold man who would assert today that McAdoo has any assurances of obtaining even a majority vote In the New York convention, and with the two- thirds rule prevailing a ajority vote is a long ways from ¥irst un- der the wire. Even with the lead McAdoo now seems to have there is & ttndency to form combines against him, and the farther out in front he gets the stronger this tendency will become. It looks, therefore, as if Interest In the democratic contest will bs sus- tained until the convention has finished its balloting. New York state has claimed the political spotlight during the week Just ended. The Albany corre- Epondent of The Star wires that the political pendulum, which has had “a decided Tepublican slant, now is swinging Iin the opposite direction, and in consequence dem- ocrats have enlarged their hopes and Increased aggressiveness. Gov. Al Smith's grapple with the “corporate interests” and his vic- tory In the matter of charges against his department of labor have glven Smith presidential stock & big boom, and his backers now are confidently claiming that with Smith as the presidential nominee New York state could be safely counted for the democratic ticket. That is a consideration that Is bound to have weight when the convention balloting begins. Developments of the week, the corres dent says, lead to the belief ghat the New York delega. tion stand by Smith until a nomifaton has been made. ;D this connection 1t in interest- © note reports of grow Smith” sentiment in New Famps shire, where hatred of all things alcoliollc goes back to a time when Volstead was In knickerbockers, It {s true this sentiment Is said to be confined largely to the manufacturing centers, with Mo. Adoo the favorite In rural parts, but that there should be any New Hampshire support at all for a “wet” presidential candidate {s worthy of more than passing mention. * ¥ ¥ * That McAdoo appears so far in the lead may be due in some meas- ure to the slowness with which systematic work in behalf of other candldates has got under way, but the Underwood managers are ef- fecting organizations in a number of states, and the McAdoo lead may be cut down. Senator Brous- sard, on a trip home from Wash- ington, launched the Underwood campaign in Louislana, and the boom now {s developing rapldly, with prospects of a molid delega- tion for the Alabama senator. Me- Adoo managers are making a fight in the state, but with the odds against them. One of the hottest and most picturesque McAdoo vs. Underwood campaigns is on in Tennessee, with chances regarded as about even. McAdoo formerly 1ived in Tennessee and Underwood is from just across the line, and both have strong followings. The John W. Davis presidential boom seems to be having difficulty get- FLORIDA G. 0. P. ACTIVE. Sets State Convention Date for April 17. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., January 26. —A call was Issued Tuesday for the republican state convention, to be held at Palatka. April 17. Four dele- gates and four alternates will be named to attend the national con- vention. It was unofficially announced that the republicans in Florida would nominate a full state ticket. There have been no developments in state affairs other than the com- ing out of a number of candidates for state offices. The primary elec- tlon at which the democratic can- didates are chosen, will be held in June. There are yet siy candidates for governor. GEORGE HOYT SMITH. — R. C. JOHNSON DECLINES TO SUPPORT. COOLIDGE South Dakota Representative Sticks With Hiram Johnson. Scores Mellon Plan. Special Dispateh to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., January 26. —Supporters in South Dakota of Pres- ident Coolidge and Senator Hiram ‘| Johnson continue to perfect their plans for the opening of the presiden- tial primary campaign. One of the current political evemts of interest in South Dakota s a state- ment sent South Dakota newspapers by Rarnnnuthu Royal C. Johnson, in reply to an offer made to him by Howard C. Fuller of Plerre, minority republican candidate against Johnson. Mr. Fuller-offered to withdraw from the race for Congress_thus leaving the field clear for Representative Johnson, it the latter would support President Coolidge. Johnson flatly re- fused the offer and took ‘occasion to re- issert his support of Senator Hiram johnson for the presidency. He de- nounced Secretary Melion tax Féquation AN 6] ting started. Even in his home state of West Virginla the claim is made of growing strength for McAdoo. The anti-McAdoo faction Ivania is talking Davis, n’t appear to bo doing any work for him. An interesting event of the week was the visit of Willlam J. Bryan to Kentucky. The McAdoo man- agers there tried to smoke hini out, but the commoner insisted that Dr. Murphree still fa his one and only cholce for President He did say he saw no reason why there should not be both tax reduction and a bonus, and as that is the McAdoo platform the McAdooites took comfort. It Inspires them to hope that at the proper time what- aver strength Mr. Bryan may have in the convention wlill be thrown to thelr candidate. But as reports from Florida indicate that Mr. Bryan s unlikely to be sent to the convention as a delegate, he may have to repeat his Baltimore experience and wield his influence from the press stand. McAdoo men in Nebraska de- rived encouragement from the an- nouncement of Gov. Bryan that he intended to flle as a candidate for re-eloction to that office, but later reports indlcate that the governor has not declared himself entirely out of presidential consideration. He merely intends to devote major attention’to the bird in the near- est bush. * ok x % Republican news for the week, Wwith few exceptions, is a story of incteasing sentiment for Coolidge. Frank Hitchcock visited Michigan in the interest of Senator Johnson, but the Michigan correspondent re- ports that he was unable to In- terest any of the active state lead- ers. This is regarded as significant, in view of the fact that four years ago Johnson carried the Michigan primaries against six competitors. But four years ago the republic- ans were outside looking in, and there was not involved any ques- tion of “loyalty to the administra- tion.” It is different this year, and the practical politicians are playing a_practical game. Refusal of Gov. Groesbeck to be regarded as @ presidential aspirant and his declaration for Coolldge promise to add to the difficulties of the Johnson managers in the April primaries. Although Illinois republican leaders are grabbing for places on the Coolldge bandwagon, the Johnson managers there profess to be unperturbed. They say they never expected help from the poli- tictans, anyway, but are leaving their cause to the people. In California both the Coolidge and Johnson state committees have or- ganized and are settling down for a finish fight. It is a contest that will be watched with Interest. It is a fight for life on the part of Senator Johnson, as defeat in his home state would be a biow from which it would be difficult for him to recover. * ok k% Oregon and North Dakota are two states from which news comes that is somewhat off the general pro-Coolidge key Oregon repub- lican leaders are sald to have abandoned the notion that they could capture the thirteen dele- gates from that state without a contest, and now are preparing to fight it out in the primaries. They are reported as considerabiy dis- turbed by Senator Johnson's an- nounced intention to speak in the state, fearing the effects of his ad- mittéd abilities as a campaigner. Then there arec points of repub- lican disaffection in the state which may cause trouble for Cool- idge. It is said that an overwhelm- ing majority of the 35000 ex- service men in the state are in favor of the bonus, and Oregon wheat farmers, while nominally republican, still have their war- paint on and threaten to run off the reservation. Non-partisan county conven- tions were held in North Dakota during the week. Four of them demanded a La Follette delegation, a number demanded the nomina- tion of a “progressive” candidate for President, while several con- demned the action of the non-par- tisan state committee in indors- ing Coolldge. It looks as if there would bé a three-cornered fight in_the primaries, with Coolidge, Johnson and La Follette entered. In Senator La Follette's home state of Wisconsin things are slow getting under way. It is sure there will be a delegate slate fa- vorable to the nomination of La Follette, but it is not at all cer- tain there will be a ticket of rot | vomme! Coolidge delegates in opposition. Two republican vice presiden- tial boomlets made thelr appear- ance during the week_ One is for Gov., Joseph M. Dixon of Montana and the other for Charles G. Dawes of “Hell and Marfa" fame. The latter was launched by the “{nshlngton State American Le- glon. CANDIDATES ARE SCARCE IN WEST VIRGINIA RACE State Ticket Finds Few Officeseek- ers—McAdoo Backers Cheer- ed by Survey. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va., January 26. —The paucity of candidates for the primary election, now only four months distant, is a new experience for West Virginia. Never was there so few can- didates. For the major offices on the republican side only one—Attorney Gen- eral E. T. England, for governor—has formally announced, and on the oppo- site side the only announcers when this was written were former Senator W. E, Chilton and Mrs. Izetta Jewell-Brown for the United States Senate. It is generally understood that Sena- tor Davis Elkins will be a candidate for renomination. Interest in this fleld is heightened by reports that Col. Guy D. Goff and former Representative Edward Cooper will enter the republican pri- mary contest for the Senate. F Pl’elldle.l;: m%" c?nunuu to n in_popularity. ere is corresponding diminution of Johnson sentiment. McAdoo adherents in West Virginia were cheered by a statement by Oscar Price, formerly of Ronceverte, assistant secretary of the Treasury under Mr. McAdoo, that he had found much McAdoo-for-President sentiment in West Virginia and_an _active fight would be made for the nineteen dele- gates to the New York convention. LYNN KIRTLAND. —_— NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE SUPPORT IS DIVIDED Special Dispatch to The Btar. BISMARCK, N. D, January 26— Four county conventions of the Non- Partisan League yesterday, held to select delegates to state convention, passed resolutions urging delegates in the presidential primary favorable lto Robert M. La Follete, several counties called for delegates to sup- rt “progressive” candidates and 'ew condemned the recent action of republican state central committee in uding the' vvofl&:flfllfll aoy: CHARLES G. DAW ‘Who is boomed by world war veterams for the republican vice presidential nomination. As its presiding officer, he might give the Senate the kind of an_experience it feared from Theo- dore Roosevelt. FORMER FOES UNITE BEHIND COOLIDGE California Campaign President Mapped by State Leaders. for Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO.,, Calif, January 26.—Plans were completed here today for the campalgn by supporters of President Coolidge to win the solid delegation to the republican national conventton, The campalign program was agreed upon by the committee of five recent- 1y appointed by Willlam M. Butler and represented the first concerted action of this particular group with- in the last ten years. Despite the fact that they have en- ergetically and sometimes bitterly opposed each other in former cam- paigns the Coolldge leaders greeted each other cordially and appeared to have forgotten past differences. Hale Named Chairman, Marshall Hale of San Francisco. one of thé founders of the progressive party in California, called the meet- !ing to order and was at once elected permanent chairman. A former po- litieal amtagonist, Frank F. Merriam of Long Beach, speaker of the Cali- fornia assembly, nominated Hale. Percy V. Long of San Francisco, who fought Merriam in the last gu- bernatorial election and who, like- wise, was arrayed agamst Hale' in the last ‘senatorlal contest, seconded the nomination. Ralph Arnold of Los Angeles, for- mer foe of Long and Mark Requa, fed- eral fuel administrator during the world war, made the selection unani- mous. The next conference will be held in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, too, the first im- portant rally of the supporters of Senator Johnson occurred vesterday. Delegates pledged to the senator wer chosen and campaign activities cov- ering the southern Californian coun- vere perfected. tles were PerfeYLE D. PALMER. STATE RACE ALARMS G. 0. P. IN INDIANA Threat Cutting Among Rival Can- didates Arouses Fear for Party Fate. Special Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 26.— The contest for the republican nomi- nation for governor May 6 has be- come so- chaotic that it is giving much concern to state leaders. Hoosler congressional delegation 1s worried over the outlook, and appre- Lension is said to even exist in higher circles in ‘the capital. The direct cause of alarm is the | growimg indication that Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank of Indianapolis, who is out on the anti-Klan platform, and Ed Jackson, secretary of state Who will be :he chief beneficiary of Klan activitics, will cut each other's political throats. i | " The mayor says that if Jackson is ! nominated he will not support him. Jackson laid a clever trap for the other four governorship contestants by suggestiug that they all remain at thelr desks, make no speeches dur- ing the campaign, spend no money, and_agree that the plurality leader in the primary should be naminated by the convention. Such an agree- ment would have worked to Jackson's advantage, observers believe. Jackson’s suggestion promptly drew fire from the other candidates. Leading party workers are indus: triously at work endeavoring to ge Charles W. Jewett, formerly I:::wr of Indianapolis, into the running. HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. SEES COOLIDGE CHIEF OBSTACLE IN CONGRESS Arizona G. 0. P. Leader Says Pres- ident Far in Van, But Menaced by Lawmakers. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHOENIX, Ariz, January 29.—Sen- ator Henry F. Ashurst, democrat, from Arizona, has exploded a politi- cal bombshell here by wirlng from ‘Washington that the Mellon plan would nullify certain Arizona concerning inheritance tax and community property. The wire comes on the eve of the expected return from Washington of W. Barnum, Arizona democratic national committeeman. Within the next few days, it is sald, Barnum will confer with leaders to the forthcoming democratic convention in New York and the selection of delegates. ‘Andrew Baumert, jr, national re- publican committeeman for Arizona, Pas already returned and conferred. In 'a formal statement he said, “Cal- vin Coolidge is as far in the lead in popular support at this time as was Leonard Wood in 1920. Were the nominations and election to occur this month, I believe that his ma- jority would rival that of Harding's. ‘H janger lfes in Congress. z JAMES WXNEKOQR, The | statutes of | Illinois Turning to Coolidge, Johnson Campaign Lagging State' Once Warm to Senator for Presi- dent Now, Party Leaders Say; CHICAGO, January 26.—Unless Sen- ator Hiram W Johnson's friends do | something of a spectacular nature to stop the apparent swing to President Coolldge in Illinols, the California statesman is likely to fare badly here. | There appears to be a Coolidge swell | that looks to the republican politi- cians like a band-wagon noise, lnd; there fs @ rush on the part of muny | to get aboard. If the Johnson work- | ers are making any special headway, | it 1s under-cover stuff that would not show Itself until primary day. Senator Johnson is greeted by big crowds when he talks here, there is plenty of excitement for the time be- ing, and then everything apparently | quiets down. Senator Johnson suys | that he is leaving his case to the| people and not the politicians, and | has no doubt as to what the verdict | will be in Illinols. The verdict of the politicians, both democrats and republicans, is against Johnson. Nine out of ten men who are supposed to have their ear to the | ground, politically speaking, say with- out hesitation that Coolidge appears to be gaining in strength right along, and unless there is a change in the situation should win on the first bal- lot. That is not only true in Chicago; it Is the same, only to a lesser degree, down state. Small Behind Coolidge. It had been expected that the en- tire strength of Gov. Small's organi- zation would be thrown toward John- son. That no such orders have gone out is apparent from the announce- ment of Small leaders that they have been won over to Coolidge. It {s more difficult to get a line on the democratic situation The or- ganization which controls the state convention indorsed only one candi- date for delegatevat-large who is known to be for McAdoo, Mrs. Anna 1. Smith, and she was put on be- cause of her position as national com- mittcewoman. James Hamilton Lewis was thrown fnto the discard as a candldate for United States senator, partly because his friend, Willlam L. O'Connell, 1s managing the McAdoo campaign here and partly because he favors = giving William Randolph {Hearst a complimentary for President. O'Connell announces that the war is on, that the McAdoo people will have candidates for delegates in every congressional district of the state, and the fight against the or- ganization may even extend to state cos. O e republicans already are In the heat of their state prima: camvaign,v C. W. BRYAN CANDIDACY | IS HELD STILL IN AIR Said to Be Regarded as Likely to Enter Race Despite Announcement. vote Special Dispatch to The Star. . OMAHA, Neb., Jgnuary 26.—While W. G. McAdoo, by ‘refusing to enter his name in the Nebraska democratic preferential _primary, appears to have | Sided with the Bryan faction, he has, |at least cleared the atmosphere and brought Gov. Bryan into the OD(»“.’ |The "governor this week sald his| “present intention” was to file for| |governor, but it was said. on Authority, that he did mot concede that his name would not appear on | ihe democratic preliminary prefer- ence primary also. Candidates op- posed to the Bryan faction may vet | i file for both governor and senator. Frank H. Hitchcock came to Omaha | Thursday and started the Johnson {boom by authorizing appointment of a state committee, headed by State Senator C. E. Sandall of York. Mr. Hitchcock sald it was the pur- pose of Johnson to show delegates to The national convention where they must look for republican votes and | this could best be done by primary contests with President Coolidge in Michigan, Illinols, Indiana, the Da- kotas and Nebraska. ; “Selection of the Coolidge campalgn ! committee was _announced, ~with | former Regent . P. Brown of Arbor, Neb., chairman, and Frank P. Cor- Tick of Lincoln, director. Corrick is Working In conjunction ‘with former Congressman C. V. Reavis, now in Ne- braska. GEORGE F. FISHER. BRYAN STILL HOLDS MURPHREE CHOICE Declines to Line-Up Behind Mec- | Adoo, Speeches in Kentucky } Indicate. Special Dispateh to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 26.—If william Jennings Bryan intends to line up behind McAdoo at the demo- cratic convention he gave no indica- tion of such intention during his Kentucky visit this week. e is for Dr. A. A. Murphree of Florida and no one else, he said, Bryan at Frankfort declared’ the democrats enter the campaign with a promise of victory. Congress, he said, will make the issues and the issues to a large ex- tent determine the candidate. “I have never known a Congress so chaotic,” he said. “Thero is no reason why we should {not have both tax reduction and the bonus,” said Bryan, thereby aligning himseif with the stand taken by McAdoo. “The money can be ratsed by special taxes that need not bear upon the masses.” He advocated cancellation of the entire foreign debt, provided all na- tions agree to disarm. Referring to Mexico, he said he thought Wilson's watchful waiting policy better than interference. MALCOLM W. BAYLEY. NEW JERSEY FOR COOLIDG State Develops No Sentiment for Johnson Candidacy. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEWARK, N. J., January 26.—Re- publican leaders in New Jersey are taking no chances on losing the state for Coolidge in the presidential pri- marfes, Coolidge headquarters have been opened here under the direction of Hamilton F. Kean, who has put lleutenants in several sections of the state. Unless there is a distinct change in the situation, New Jersey will send lI. solid Coolidge delegation to Cleve- and. There is little interest in efforts in) behalf of Senator Johnson. Just how hard a fight the repub- licans will have in November will depend upon who the democratic can- didate for President will be. JOHN J. McGOWAN. —ee Additional political news will be found on page 15. ! G. 0. P. Fight On. and the democrats are somewhat co. fident of carrying Ilinois for the democratic presidential candidat. through the campalign they plan tc make against Gov. Small and oth connected with the state administ tlon JOHN R. BUTMA LA FOLLETTE HOLDS WISCONSININ GRIP Senator Certain to Control G. 0. P. Convention Dele- gation—Rift Unlikely. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star., MADISON, Wis., January —Wis consin republicans are taking their time In launching the presidential delegate campaign. State Chalrmar Robert M. La Follette, jr., son of Sen- ator La Follette has been In Wiscon- sin for more than a week consulting district leaders with regard to pro- spéctive delegates to represent the faction headed by his father, but in the La Follette camp there appears to be no hurry to announce the dele- gate slate. Republicans opposed to Senator La Follette are moving for- ward in so lefsurely a fashifon that some doubt 18 expressed whether the: will bring out delegates. The general situation, as read fromn recent primary and election result strongly favor Senator La Follett Four years ago he captured the fou delegates at large and all but two of the ~ twenty-two _district delegates This year the La Follette lieutenants are promising to carry their standard into the one remaining district, the old conservative first, and make the delegation solld for the senator Whether it is worth while fighting to retain their one remaining stronghold and to seek to add others to it is a question that seems to be puzzling the conservative leaders. Regulars Avold Fight. Any fight to overcome the La Fol lette lead will be conducted by dele- gates pledged to the nomination of President Coolidge. Conservative leaders have reached no conclusion as to the advisabllity of making a fight for a Coolidge delegation. They feel certain that the President will be re- nominated, very likely on the first ballot. In considering conditions they &re keeping in mind the November elec- tion, and they generally agres that President Coolidge's prospects for carrying the state would be bettered Were no factional fight waged this spring. So there Is some Inclination to give the delegates to Senator La Follette this spring in the beliar that the electoral vote will thereby be assured to Coolidge later. i The first move of State Chalrman La Follette was to restore some de- &ree of harmony among rival lcader: Wwho have been at_ war within th senator's faction. This was accom- rlished by the announce; that the four elective state officlals— Gov. John J. Blaine, Attorney Gen- eral H. L. Ekers, State Treasurer Sol Levitan, and Secretary of State Fred L. Zimmerman—would be candidates for delegates at large. Zimmerman 18 allied with an anti-Blaine group. which has been threatening to bring forward a candidate to oppose Blaine for renomination for governor in the republican primary. This step was taken to mean that Senator La Fol- lette would not permit his followers to imperil his delegatien by inject- ing differences over state policies, J. C. RALSTON. UNDERWOOD CAMPAIGN IN LOUISIANA STARTED Senator Broussard Initiates Move- ment—McAdoo Has Strong Faction in State. Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW ORLEANS, La., January 26— “If the democrats will nominate Sen- ator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama for President we can win,” was the message which United States Senator Edwin S. Broussard brought to Louisi- ane democrats upon his return from Washington the past week to par- ticlpate in the state democratlo pri- mary. As’a result some Underwood ac- tivity has been noted during the week. Senator Broussard has always been inclined to Underwood. His early judgment, he advised leaders here, has been strengthened by later developments, Although Mr. Broussard will be forced to return to Washington In & few days, helieved the nucleus movement has been started in Louisiana. McAdoo also has support here through the agency of his personal friend and stpporter, former State Senator John Marks, who has already launched & McAdoo boom. Leading democrats express the be- lief that other things being equal, Louisiana will be inclined to swing to the support of a southern man, and Underwood fills the bill. Loulsiana republicans are behind Coolldge. There seems no doubt that the Louisiana delegation will go to Cleveland solidly for_him. A. W. NEWLIN. . DIXON VICE PRESIDENCY BOOM GETS UNDER WAY Governor of Montana Mentioned. Dawes for President Wins Support of Many Voters. Special Dispatch to The Star. HELENA, Mont, January 26.—A congistent and persistent boomlet to secure the republican vice presidential nomination for Gov. Joseph M. Dixon is the feature of things political here these days. For the time, rumor has had it that Montana’s governor would be in Hne and now, the Montana Record-Herald of Helena, mouthpiece of the execu- tive, advocates his candidacy. All this, however, will not affect the chances of Mr. Coolidge. There has arisen, however, a new possibility in Gen. Dawes and the suggestion has already been made that Dawes be second choice, in the wildly improb- able event that the President cannot be named. Dawes' handling of the German mess thus far, especially his first resume of the situation, in his Paris speech, has excited admiration out this way that is by no means con- fined to republicans. LOUIS M THAYER,