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'4'I| ‘THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 30, 1924—PART 1. South Dakota Primary Success Revives Johnson Campaign; McAdoo Stronger Coolidge Forces Leave Primary i In Wisconsin to La Follette| Make No Real Contest for Delegates. Democratic Race Tuesday Between McAdoo and Gov. Smith. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. MADISON, Wis., March 29.—Twenty nine republican and twenty-six dem- ecratic delegates to national conven- tions will be elected in the Wiscon- sin presidential primaries April 1 The outlook on the republican side for a solid La Follette dale- gation. If the slate is broken, it will be in the first congressional district, but in this stronghold of ¢ ervatism, the favor the 1 ollette delegates. The first district been thoroughly campaigned t Gov. John J. Bla other L Follette spelibinders. numbers and the attend- ing the meetings have indicated that the La Follette faction is interested in the outcome while tives are not President Coolidse's delegates made a hesitating start, and their cam- Ppaign, except for personal . sing, has been virtually nil. The failure of the conservatives to put up their usual aggressive resistance has been variously conjectured. One that Washington leaders did not want to | 4rouse the resentment of the La ollette republic Feeling assured 1hat the President would have all the delegates he required. they dropped the Wisconsin contest, hoping that this course would prove to their ad- vantage in Novembey Aetivity Is Slight. even straws has and n crowds enthusiasm the conserva- Tn some districts no delegates were nominated to oppose the La Fol- lettes siate. 1In the districts where opposing slates were named, there were no speeches or oth activities. The districts la Follette delegal r campaign in which the are unopposed are the third, seventh. tenth and eleventh— four out of the eleven. The Coolidge men have but four candidate: gates at large against a compl of seven La Follette delegate Should the first district delegates be elected. for de ate Coolidge conservative KENTUCKY REGARDED | M’ADOO TERRITORY | U. S. Senate Race Issue to Be De-| cided at Democratic Con- vention in May. Dispateh to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. March the organization of the cratic state committees at cratic state convention in May de- | pends in a large measure whether JI. | C W. Beckham will enter the race for | the democratic senatorial nomination | against A. O. Stanley. The democratic | state executive committee is em- | powered to decide whether the nomi- nee shall be chosen by a conv or by a primary. Stanley primary, but if opponents succeed | ntrolling the committees. a nomi- j & convention may be led It dned not necessarily follow that Beck- | ham would dodge a primary, for he | lae run in several, and in their previ- | senatorial primary clash in 1914 | Beckham defeated Stanley The other main duts convention in May will be to choose | delegates at large to the national | convention in New York. which it is | | —Upon new demo- the demo- of the state conceded will be for MeAdoo, along with the district delegates Former Senator Johnson N. Camden T'nderwood’s chief friend in Kentucky, was in no position to do any more than promise part of the delegation to the Alabama senator in case Mc- | Adoo should be abandoned and the unit rule be abandoned. The republican state central com- | mittee meets next Thursday to decide © the method of selecting sena- | torial nominee. Cuandidates against John W. Langley. tenth district repre- tative. are expected to increase in number since his indictment A sec- ond candidate, Scott Duff, Perry coun- ty, announced this week - MALCOLM W. BAYLEY S—— COOLIDGE MAY ADDRESS G. 0. P, IN WEST VIRGINIA Special Dispateh to The Star CHARLESTON, W. Va.. March President Coolidge has been invited to address a republican meeting in Wheeling Monday and there is the possibility of an’ acceptanc The meeting is of the “get-to- gatker” variety and will be attend #d by the various primary candidat ind representatiye party men from 11 sections of the state. The three aspirants for United States Senate— Col. Guy D. Goff, former Repre- sentative Bdward Cooper and Dr. M. V. Godbey—are among the speakers. The republican primary contest for governor became a five-cornered af- fair this week when Joseph T. Cargo a retired riverman of Kanawha sounty, announced for the nomina- tion. The bulk of state administration backing will go to former Seoretary of State C. W. Swisher and he alse will be the faverite with the pow- erful coal interests Secvetary of State Houston G. Young will draw matarially from these same sources. Circuit Judge Jake Fisher of Sut- ton appears to have the lead now in the ~democratic primary guberna- torial race. Coolidge and Davis continue a8 averwhelming favorites for the presi- denoy. LYNN KIRTLAND. LA FOLLETTE ENTRY AIDS PRESIDENT IN MONTANA Spectal Dispatch to The Star. A HELENA, Mont.,, March 29.—The re- cent primary in North Dakota, in which Senator Hiram Johnson ran third, with La Follette close on the heels of President Coolidge, throws an interesting light on the struggle in Montana, where the same candi- dates will appear on the ballot, with much the same elements in support. With Johnson out, La Fullette proba- bly would have carried North Da- kota, but with La Foltette out Cool- idge would have beaten Johnson as easily as he has. Such, at least, is the opinion here. In other words, the fact that La Wollette has entered the Montana pri- mary of May 27, as a republican cal didate, strengthens the chances of (be President to win the delegation, instead of weakening them. Johnson was already in before the progressive oonference for political action ad- wanced La Follette as a republican randidate, after refusing to indorse him as the farmer-labor candidate. Party lines, so far as the primar; isconcerned, have almost disappeared. TThe names of Charles G. Dawes and Frank O. Lowden also are heard. W. G. McAdoo probably will win the democratic delegation. It is evem poasible #t will go to him by default, as no other candidate hus appeared in ihe lista A0 M. THAYER. leaders will feel well repaid for their florts. Next to the first, the ninth is the most evenly balanced, though it is hardly rated as doubtful this year. Due to the fiercely fought mayoralty contest in Milwaukee, which promises to bring out a huge vote, forecasts might be upset in the two congressional districts there, though the socialist vote, as in for- mer years, is depended on to pull the Ia Follette delegates through McAdoo Meets Smith. The democratic angles that contest presents do not occur on the re- publican side. The contenders are William (. McAdoo and Gov. Al Smith of New York. In addition, Sen- utor James Reed of Missouri filed his name on the presidential advisory ballot, but without the support of a delegate slate. The name of MeAdoo is also filed on the advisory llot. while that of Gov. Smith i not MeAdoo stopped off for a few hours. en route from Georgia to South Dakota. and made two addresses to meetings in Milwaukee. His recep- tion, coupled with the primary sults in Georgia and the greatly heartened his supporters. It is not likely that either McAdoo | or Smith will earry McAdoo off the entire delegution is generally re- ceiving the support of the labor element, particularly railroad men and the drys, while the Smith del Eates are appealing to the “liberal” element on the liquor issue. It is probable hat except in Milwankee a small demoeratic vote will be polled, and this rurther complicates the work the forecasters. Smith is assued of the sixth distriet, McAdoo one dele- where no candidate was Reed's campaign in ppears to have died soon to carry the M Within a few days he his speaking engagements and his managers have done little in his behalf. The Reed plan which was to win the advisory ballot over McAdoo, and then claim tie dele- gates, seems to have gone on the rocks with the Missouri defeat J. C. RALSTON this frer ouri Democrat Leader Deplores Attack On Rival Party By the Associated Press NEW YORK, M: ~Herbert *. Pell, jr, chairman of the demo- cratic state committee, in an ad- dress before the National Demo- cratic Club today deplored “hys- terical outbursts against all publicans for the misdeeds of a few in high places.”” The repub- lican party was 80 per cent hon- est. he said Mr. Pell. however, criticized President Coolidge for delaying the prosecution of the men guilty in the oil scandal, and accused the Jeaders of the republican party of doing nothing to expose the “rot- tenness in their own ranks.” “The work of the democratic political worker.” Mr. Pell said “is the comparatively easy job of sitting pretty and letting things take their course. PINCHOT LUCK BAD IN BALLOT DRAWING Governor's Opponent Wins First Place, But G. 0. P. Plans Fight to Offset Advantage. reh 29, re- Special Dispateh to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 20— Court “rulings that Pennsylvania democrats must follow chunges made in party rules at the San Franci convention and elect thelr national committeeman through their state committee and not by direct primary have taken that contest out of the April campaign and concentrated in- terest on election of a new state committee. As a result of the court decision another odd parallel with the republicans comes about. Both parties will elect nation men by state committee and will elect uninstructed delegations to national conventions at the primary. 1L was not the original democratic plan to do agything of the kind, but circum- stances alter cases in Pennsylvania polities, This week not only defined the manner in which the chief democratic fight will be waged, but determined che order of candidates’ appearances on the ballots on April 22. Under Penusylvania law lots are drawn for osition when there are contests and v a curious turn Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Who is campaigning against Gov. Cifford Pichot for delegate at large. won first place, which will mean thousands of votes for him. However, since the favorable place secured by Strassburger became known there has been a stiffening up of republican organization lines for the “big seven” delegates at large slate, which has the governor for No. 5 on its list. Gov. Pinchot is still a target for some opponents in and out of the state government, this week mainly, because of his assertion that his economy plans are saving the state ,000 each working day. "o A. BOYD HAMILTON. —— COOLIDGE GETS 13 VOTES, Five Won by La Follette in North Dakota Bound to President. Special Dispatch to The Star, BISMARCE, N. D., March 29.—Wil- liam G. McAdoo and Calvin Coolidge were returned victors in the North Dakota primaries in the final state- wide count teday. President Coolidge landed eight of the thirteen Dlaces for delegates to the republican national convention, five going to La Follette, while Mec- Adoo’s victory would have been a clean sweep except for a very small minerity in one democratic factionm. Under North Dakota cuatom, all dele- gates are pledged to support Coolidge in the convention. Lull in State Politics. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANCHESTER, N. H, March 20.—A 1ull in politics has been noted in New Hampshire with the state primaries over. The grange is active, however, and at a meeting of the executive committee of the New Hampshire State Grange Thursday it was the unan- imous opinion that indorsement of the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals be given, J. 3. MeCARTHY. 1 committee- | STATE ASSEMBLY ASKS RITCHIE RUN Governor Expected to Make Announcement April 12. La Follette Boomed. | ! Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 29 —Gov. Al- bert C. Ritchie's hat was tossed into the presidential ring by proxy this week whaen the house of delegates, by |a unanimous vete which included |twenty-four republicans, requested | the governor to announce himseif as @ candidate for the democratic nom- ination for President. It is the first time in the history of the state that un assembly has ever asked a Mary- lander to become a candidal for a national office While Gov. Ritchie would make no comment on the passage of the r lution further than to say that b uppreciated the honor but was too busy just at present watching legis- {lation” at Annapolis to give the mat- Iter real consideration, it is believed | his friends that he will make announcement as to his inte 1 New York on April 12 \ movement for a third party with |Senutor Robert M. La Follette o Wisconsin . ux the standard-bearer. was launched here this week by Sen- a specch in which he lauded the abor party as the salvation of iconsin senator with Abraham Lincoln Coolidge Hold Ix Firm. the Cleveland convention will vote {for Calvin Coolidge and that Repre- | his papers to succeed himself as rep- |resentative from the third congress- the primaries appear to be the only ttwo which have been definitely Other congressional candidates said to have been ugreed upon are Law- [Caroline eounty, in the first distriet {John A. Robinson of Harford county former city controlier, in the fourth No candidate has been selected in th {hietn Sidney E. Mud can get the nomina- In the sixth district, Thomas J gomery county and Joseph W. Waolf- ' ire after | Srederick N. Zihlman, whe I5 ex vected to fight for renomination Henrik Shipstead of Minnesoti untry and compared the Wis- the Maryland delegation to | sentative John Philip Hill, who filed ional district, will not be opposed in sett " the republicans {rence Towers, state senator irom in_the ‘second. and Peter K. Ton I but it is said that Repr: ntative tion without oppasition Dawson of Mont- yinger of Washington county the office now held by Representative 1 PONAL IPLATFORM ‘Continued from First Page.) for adherence to old-guard ideals Senator La Follette sent cold chills down their backs when he broad- cast recently his intimation that he might run on @ third-party ticket i the republicans did not unbend and write & platform Dprogressive nature. From the talk heard umong politicians over the platform framing it seems likely that there will be com petition among some hitherto con- servatives to see how progressive they can make it without wetting too far away from normal conservatism * ok % % Protests comlng to senators and representatives from all over the country show that the people are getting “fod up” on the oil scan- dals and the trifling nature of nuch of the testimony as well its unretiability The luttgr feature some of the analys culated to weaken tive campaign issue. But there reems to prospect of the investigation being in full blast far into the campaign and there no diminution of the intention of the democratic leaders to avail themseives of every scrap of material they can work up. The democratic national oom:- mittee, through its press burean is feeding the country press with editorials and comment of the | strictest part character. “Oh, for a candidate” continues to be the cry in democratic circles. as they peer eagerly at the horizon looking for the dust of an ap- proaching horseman with the ban- ner of a prospective winner. Mr. McAdoo, sinee his Georgia and South Dakota victories, wonders “Why look further?” and points to himselr. But the leaders keep on look- ing. They concede that Mr. Me- Adoo will g0 to the convention with a goodly bunch of delegates, imposing. indeed, in comparison with some of the other candidates, but they cannot see him going over the top” with that two-thirds majority. The John W. Davis boom bobs up from time to time, but he is not encouraging it. He is not quite obstreperous to the boomers as Senator Ralston is to Tom Tag- gart and Boss Murphy, though. It looks as if they may have to rope and throw and brand him. Gov. Pinchot, former Gov. Low- den and other potemtial candi- dates for the republican nomina- tion continue to keep very much in the background, leaving Senator Johmson to go it alome in con- testing' the presidential nomina- tion with President Coolidge. Senator Johnson is described as feeling that the Coeolldge gains in delegates has not ruled him out of the running and he intends to o right along to the end with his campaign. PLAN FIGHT TO FINISH. Mississippi G. 0. P. Names Two Delegations, Both for Coolidge. Special Digpateh to The Star. JACKSON, Miss., March 29.—“On te Cleveland and vote for Coolidge” is the republican slogan in Mississippl, notwithstanding the fact that twe separate delegations have been thosen to attend the national convention. The bitter factional fight among the Mississippi republicans will again be carried to the Dational convention. whers one of the two delegations of twelve men will be seated. a of a the i | is held by as cal- it u® un effec- | be every { »ns at_the Jefferson day dinner in | | t THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. OUTH DAKOTA has mined the question whether Senator Hiram Johnson will continue in the contest for the republican nomina- tion for President. He will con- tinue. . It is not expected, probably mnot by Senator Johnson himself, that he has even the remotest chance of winning the nomination, un- less something in the nature of a cataclysm should overwhelm the Coolidge candidacy, but the John- son campaign will continue as one of protest aguinst things as they are (o serve as a warning to what- ever reactionary sentiment there may be in the G .O. P. that heed must be paid to the progressive thought of the nation. Johnson will have a handful of delegates in the convention and another hand- ful will there pledged for Senator La Follette, mere fact that they w dates with del place Senators deter- as to be to vote The candi- support will Johnson La Follette at better advantage to in- fluence the drafting of the party platform. So It now shap, fluence John re cate and up that the in- n and La Follette may have on the platform is of more Importance, from party standpoint. than the number of delegates they may have. Should their influence be sufficient to help make the platform a liberal and progressive one, there will be small chance for a third party to make inroads republicun strength. 1f, the other hand, the making of the platform should be left the reactionaries, the chances would be good that John- and La lette would cast their fortunes with a third party taking with whatever of their support could persuade to follow them. a on on 1o on e them they # The Star's special political co respondent in California, who cer- tainly has not been optimistic to Johnson's chances of carrying his home state. wires that new life has been injected into the Johnson camp by the South Da- kota results. This is somewhat fiset by the announcement of William Wrigley, jr. that he had withdrawn association with the Johnson campaign, but there is every prospect of a first-class fight for control of the California del gation. with the outcome any man’s guess. Johnson is stronge in the northern par: the state and Coolidge in the southern. It therefore, a question as to the of the margin with cach can invade the other's from siz which n terr iy Final returns from North Dakota show that of the republican de gates to the national convention eight are for Coolidge and five fo La Follette, but under the primar decision all are obligated to vote for (oolidge. Of the candidates for presidential electors, three are La Follette and two Coolidge men, but of will for whoever the nominee be. provided the state. There | ot opinion as to what the outcome North Dakota would have had Coolidge been running agaiust aguinst either Johnson or La Fol- letie, instead of both. but there is vo disguising the fact that the showing made by Senator La Fol- lette under the circumstances is evidence of a powerful hold upen the confidence and affections of orth Dakota voters. all, course, vote republican he carries a difference may in * ok k% Wisconsin is the next biz mary state where presidential preference will be voted next Tue: The only question from a r day. publican standpoint is as to wheth- er La Follette will have a solid’ delegation or whether a bitter fight in the first congressional dis- trict may not result in the election of one anti-La Follette delegate. President Coolidge has many sup- porters in the state, but they have not made any fight for the elec- tion of Coolidge delegates, pre- sumably because there was no chanee of success, and a contest would serve only to arouse unnec- essary antagonism in the breasts of La Follette's admirers. Nebraska comes along the follow- ing week, with primaries on April 8. in which there will be a straight- away contest between Johnson and Coolidge. Senator Johnson spent three days in the state Jast week and addressed large audi- ences, but The Star's correspond- ent reports that his bitter attacks on the President, without any sug- gestions as to a constructive pro- gram, created a somewhat un- favorable impression Twa northwestern states, where several months ago there was talk of a strong Johnson showing, came into the Coolidge camp during the week without & struggle. In 1daho the republican state convention tied up the state's eleven dele- gates to Cleveland with instruc- tions for Coolidge, and complete returns from the Washington county conventions show that all but one of the thirty-nine coun- ties instructed for the President. The thirty-ninth county indorsed Coolidge, but did not instruet for him. This Coolldge in- structions at the state convention, ana Washington republicans are united for the first time since 1910, they already are counting the state safe the G. O. P. ticket. In view of the North Dakota re- sults, a good deal of interest taches to the primaries to be held in Montana early in May. La Fol- lotte has recently been entered to compete with Coolidge and John- son, and speculation is rife as to which of the early candidates will be hurt more by the added starter. * %% * insures as for What democratic news there has been during the week has mostly been favorable tv McAdoo. It now is asserted that the delegates-at- large and probably most of the district delegates from Kentucky will be for him. A little while ago, right after the oil disclosures, it looked Kentucky might swing to Underwood, but, appar- wently, there now is less conviction that McAdoo's availability has Leen impaired The democratic state committes in Montana refused by a close vote to declare for McAdoy, but it is said he is likely to carry the primaries practically without opposition. In Wisconsin Tuesday democrats will declare their preference between Me- Adoo and Gov. Smith, with pros- peets for a split delegation. Senu- tor Reed also is entered in Wis- consin, but without a slate of dele- gates standing for him A new democratic presidential possibility loomed during the woek when the Maryland house of dele- gates unanimously adopted a re lution asking Gov. Ritchie to en- ter as a candidate. Republicans in the house were as enthusiastic in voting for the resolution as wers the democrats. The governor has been “too busy” since to bother with presidential politics, but he may make some sort of an an- nouncement at the Jefferson day dinner in New York. April 12, upon which oceasion a number of demo- eratic presidential possibilities will be put through their paces. (Copyright, 1924, by The Washington S central next ) South Dakota Victory Spurs Johnson Fight for Californial Special Dispateh to The Star. LOS ANGELES, March lito has been injected in Senator Hiram Jobuson's presidential cam- paign in California as a result of his victory in South Dakota, and his followers are prepared to make the utmost use of his success in Cali- fornia. The senator’s fight in his home state has not prospered since active organization work was started in his behalf, several weeks ago. There has been a noticeable absence of the for- mer zest with which his adherents entered the contest and much floti- tious enthusiasm has been injected by the leaders, more than one of whom has frankly admitted that they cannot hold California unless a few Johnson victories occur before the P uitaation, of course does mot ‘This situation, promise victory for President Cool- idge without a hard struggle here, but merely reflects a condition in which the success of neither candi- date is assured. Earliest indications of sentiment amomg California re- publicans showed that Senator John- son probably has the greatest con- test on his hands since he became a figure in state and national poli- tics, and subsequent developments have conmsistently borne this out. Question of Sectional Stremgth. Due to the distribution of popula- tion in the state and to the fact that the senator is more popular in north- ern California than in southern Cali- fornia, success for Johnson or for Coolidge resolves itself into a ques- ton of sectional majorities, If the President cuts into the Johmson strength in the northern part of the state, it 1s probable that he will re- ceive in_ the south a sufficient lead to give him the delegation: whereas it gohnnon succeeds in holding his usual vote in the north he will invade the Coolldge territory with a lead sufficient to seriously menace, if mot to wipe out, a local Coolidge ma- jority. somo respects th schological e e Thoving 1a South Dakota wWas Overcome there by a_ blunt statement from Niam Wrigley, jr. one of the senator’s chief backers, that he no loager regards 29 —Now Mr. Johnson as a serious contender for the republican nomination, which he said is sure to go to Coolidge. ‘Although Johnson managers here deny any knowledge of a change in the senators determination not to take personal part in the California cam- paign, indications are increasing that he will spend two weeks or more here, prior to the election, May 6, and that he will conduct an exceptionally aggressive campaign. McAdoo forces, in California, are nsiderably aroused at reports that much of their trouble in this and other states is due to a secret cam- paign of William R. Hearst for the demoeratic nomination. Taking the offensive, the McAdoo men have labeled the anti-McAdoo tioket in this state a Hearst delega- tion and are appealing to California democrats to rally in opposition to the publisher's purported program to become the democratio nominee. KYLE D, PALMER. st i WOMEN BUSY IN FLORIDA. Form Clubs—Seek State and Local Offices for First Time. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 29— That the women of Florida propose to take an active part in the cam- paign this year is evidenced by the organization of voters' clubs, lec- tures on political subjects and the coming out of a number of woman candidafes for various state offices. One woman has already announced her candidacy for the legislature and another is a candidaté for the demo- eratic delegation to the natianal con- vention, while there are half a dozen asking to be elected superintendent of education in as many counties, and several aspire to be supervisors of registration. Interest in national affairs is strong in the state, but there is as yet little outward evidence of preferemce. Coolidge remains the strong candidate of the republicans, and Underwood is a long- favorite with the demo- crats. 2 There probably are twenty candi- dates for the democratic delegation to New York, and even Mr. Bryan has indicated his intention to abide by the opinion of voters in the' prefer- ial imary. oA P ORGE, HOYT SMITH, RALSTON VICTORY 1S SEEN BY TAGGART I Indiana Democratic Leader! | Assures State’s 30 Votes forl Senator at Convention. | Special Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 29— Thomas Taggart's arrival in Indiana after a month's absence, was sig- nalized this week by intense activity on his part toward reasserting his leadership in the democratic party Smoldering fires of discontent had broken out ‘durin: his absence, but T a series of conference: the democratic chicftain held during the | week the opposition had been reduced ! to a practical nullity and Taggart | | still stands pre-eminent in the party { it is safe to say that the demo- | crats of Indiana will send thirty-four delegates with thirty votes o the national convention certain to vote for Senator Samuel M. Ralston i Taggart loses no opportunity to) urge the nomination of Ralston and : predicts that he will be the pominee. | ! The veteran leader thus far has care- | fully concealed his second choice | despite many invitations to state his | | preference. { There is a belief in some ;ullhnunh Taggart never has it. that he would look kindl omination of Jumes M. Cox of Ohio Ralston fails make the grade. ! Taggart is expected to go east be- fore long to talk the situation over with some of ‘the other leaders. It the general impression here that on his return he will bave some well definied ideas relative to the Ralston movment. HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. — — JOHNSON SPEECHES LEAVE BAD TASTE | Vituperative Attacks on President Fail to Set Well With Ne- braska Auditors. ! quarters, onfirmed on the Special Dispateh (o The Star. { OMAHA, Nebr., March Senator | |Johnson talked for three days in Ne- jbraska this week, attacking President | [Coolidge at length in every address made in the larger Nebraska cities, whereas a month ago in Omaha, com- ing almost unannounced, he spoke to ] 400, his audience this time was near | 14:000 | Failure to come forward with con- jstructive criticism and his boldness in {assailing the attitude of the President | in the existing difficult situation has| {mot left a pleasant taste with the, {public generally, though his hearers| were undeniably many. The coming week, the last for cam- paigning before the primaries, April {8, promises to be devoted to organiza- ition work on both sides. The big guns have been fired. Leslio M. Shaw followed Johnson here with one ech. enator Norris, by not returning to campaign, placed the work in his in- terest in the hands of his friends. A strong organization has sprung to the support of Charles H. Sloan, his op- ponent in the senalorship contest GEORG FISHER. | MILLER WINS ! 29.— SUPPORT FOR G. 0. P. COMMITTEE Will Make Close Race With Cole- man du Pont for Party Lead- ership in State. Special Dispatels to The Star WILMINGTON, Del, March 24 Ac. cording to word from Dover. follow- | ers of James F. Alles have agreed to i support Col. Thomas W. Miiler for | republican national committeeman. | | This is the position that Gen. T.| {Coleman du Pont covets, and over | j which there will be & lively battle in the state convention. Mr. Miller has quite a following, and it is claimed } { | 1 | i i i i that with the Alles support he stands a good chance of being elected. Woman politicians in Delaware are {more active than the men. The wom- | tirely j the right {ure to pass the emergency tax relief {last. {the convention and his word largely Crushing Defeat |»»n have been holding meetings all through the state In an effort to win 1mmr sisters to the G. J. P standards. The plea made by the women has been “harmony } The democratic women have been asleep. They have been tour- ing the state, too, and have combated the arguments of their republican ¢ ponents. The democratic campaign { will be formally opened on Thursday night. ! The republican women sa: ‘inund no diminishing of the sentiment by reason of the charges and probes made in Washington. There was no Johnson sentiment. C. E. GRAY. T COOLIDGE UNOPPOSED | To Have 921 Votes in State Con- vention—Congressional Fights Growing Warmer. Special Dispateh to The Star. SEATTLE, March 28 —Thirty-eight of the thirty-nine counties in Wash- ington have elected delegates to the state convention at Wenatchee April 5, and instructed them to work for a’ Coolidge-instruction delegation. Ome county indorsed Coolidge but failed to formally instruct for him. Cool- idge will be given the entire 921 votes in the state convention. There has been no opposition. Congressional polities is warming. Representative John F. Miller of Seat- tle faces the most serious opposition. William Gaines, county commissioner, is being groomed against Miller in Seattle, while Ray Greenwood of Bremerton, is being urged by Ameri- can Legion men to also enter the race. On the democratic side William M. Short, president of the state federa- tion of labor, is considered a possibie idate. G JAMES DE K. BROWN. Coolidge Is Given 11 Idaho Votes and| {0.K. of Borah Force| Special Dispateh to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, March 29.—The republicans of Idaho, in the state delegate convention held at Lewlis- ton Tuesday, instructed eleven delegates to Cleveland to stand firmly Calvin _ Coolidge for President. Peace was made be- tween administration republicans and Senator William E. Borah, but it was hard-boiled peace, and came after a test of strength in a series of caucuses, indicating that Bo- rah’s friends could muster only about fifteen votes out of over one hundred and twenty-five dele- gates. The convention was unanimous in its approval of John Thomas of Gooding as national committee- 1uan, JEROME BARTELL. | 1 Wirite Platform Coolidge Grip So Firm He May and Name Mate Leaders Foresee Passirig of Old Guard From Power—President Greatest Asset of Party, Observers Assert. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. President Coolidge has such com- plete control of the regular republi- can party that leaders who recently have been in Washington are urging him to write his own platform and name his own running mate, They say that Mr. Coolidge is the one great outstanding asset of the grand old party and that he should have absolutely his own way in shap- ing the issues of the coming cam- paign from the republican point of view There is growing evidence in the movek being made around the Pre dent of what may amount to an en- new deal in the republican Mr. Coolidge, after his nom- ination in Cleveland next June, will name his own chairman of the na- tional committee to conduct the cam- paign. This is always the custom in | the old parties—the candidate having to select his own manager. It is safe to say that Mr. Coolidge's manager will not be picked from among the “old guard.” either in the House or Senate. The President i‘. not unmindfu! of the fact that lhere1 is throughout the country a dispos tion to criticize Congress in a very harsh manner for the way it has been conducting its business during the present session Congress was none too popular with the people when the session began, and it has been steadi- ly going down hill ever since. Fail- party. resolution was a great blow to all in- come tax payers and has not left the country in any too amiable frame of r?‘lnxd toward the leaders on Capitol Hill. Urged to Drop Congress. President Coolidge is being urged to cut loose from congressional ties in the conduct of his coming cam- | paign. There is also every reason to believe that the so-called “old guard' will cut a rather sorry figure at the Cleveland convention. They were the saddle four years ago; thev dic tated what the convention should do and what it should net do. It was a senatorial convention from first to Senators wrote the platform. senators made the nomination, choos ing one of their own colleagues, sen- ators dictated all the committee ap- pointments. The famous ack room conference” at 2:11 am., forecast by Harry Daugherty long before the convention met, was composed large- Iy of senators. ' One senator, from his sick bed a thousand miles away, was in constant touch with the affairs of was law. This yvear all is changed. Three Of Mrs. Thomson Is Blow to Women | | | | Special Dispateh to The Star. i NEW ORLEANS, La, March —The crushing defeat adminis- tered Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thom- son, daughter of the late Speaker of the House, Champ Clark, in the democratic primary for the nomination of a representative from the second Louisiana dis- trict to fill the vacancy created by the death of Representative H. Garland Dupre, is believed to have been a damper on woman's ambitions to hold high office in and from southern states. J. Zach Spearing was nated Other women in Lonisiana who | were grooming themselves for nigh office, including one for con- gressional honors in another dis- trict, have quieted since the Thom- son defeat. nomi- G. 0. P. IN NEW MEXICO INDORSES PRESIDENT Does Not Instruct Delegation of 18 to Vote for Coolidge—Favors Soldier Bonus. Special Dispateh to The Star. SANTA FE. N. M., March 29 —The republican state convention placed itself in a rather paradoxical position here this week by indorsing President Coolidge. and at the same time in- dorsing the soldiers’ bonus and urg- ing New Mexico's representatives in Congress to support it. The resolutions adopted contained a clause indorsing the record of Sen ator Holm O. Bursum, “and especially his untiring efforts in behalf of the ex-service men While the resolutions indorsed President Coolidze, they contained no instructions to New Mexico's cighteen delegates Hearty indorsement of President Coolidge, laying emphasis on his record as President and not on his fitness as a candidate, was voted DAN BURROW GARNER MAY BE NAMED TEXAS DEMOCRAT HEAD Regarded by Party Leaders as Most Likely Choice for National Committeeman. Special Dipateh to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex. March 29 —Repre- sentative John N. Garner of Texas, author of the minority tax measure. and leader of the fight against the Mellon tax bill, will be chosen at the Texas democratic state convention May 27 for national committeeman from Texas, according to political leaders here. Mr. Garner will be generally de- sired, whether or not the present national committeeman, Thomak B. Love, and his candidate for the dem- ocratic nomination, William G. McAdoo, are successful in winning an_instructed delegation from Texas. Mr. Garner has never expressed any preference between various candi- dates for the democratic nomination and is equally acceptable to Under- wood and McAdoo forces. S. RAYMOND BROOKS. MAINE FOR COOLIDGE. Delegation, However, Likely Will | Be Unpledged. | Special Dispateh to The Star, AUGUSTA. Me. March 29.—Gov. Percival P. Baxter will be chosen as one of the delegates-at-large to the republican national convention, and will be selected chairman of the dele- gation, according to predictions made by members of the state committee. The republican state convention will be held at Portland next Wednesday, when seven delegates-at-large aud two delegates from each district, with alternates, will be chosen, Gov. Bax- ter has not in any sense been a candi- date for the position. The convention probably will not instruct its delegates, but Maine is sotidly for President Coolidge. J. CLEMENT MURPHTY, | briefest | delegates-at-large outstandinig guard.” Senators Penrose Murray Crane—a _President-making trio—all are dead. No one has arisen to_take their places. There will be but one outstanding figure at_Cleveland—Calvin himself, The convention will pay del erence and devotion to him and him alone. I§is will be the law undc the new order. President Coolidge already has le it be known that he favors a new type of party platform— one deveid of the usual flowery lunguage, a business like pledge. The leaders of the party are saying there is no ¢ quite so fitted to Write a terse, sharp. machine-gun platform M. oo tdge himself. The holding of the platform 1o th possible point, the fewest number of words probably that anv one of the major partics has pu out in half a century, will rather haj pily obviate the necessity of treatin in detail any of the £ orh vast. the 1 figares of Knox and Coolidg. No Excess Verbiage. The aim and objective of the platform will be a forward There may be some “viewir alarm,” but there will be little time ‘wasted on the usual with pride.” The platform, 'f loaders have their way, will form of a personal pledg: Coolidge himself. Members of the tional commitiee, like the newlv chos en one from Colorado. Clarence ( Hamlin, who have talked and lunched with Mr. Coolidge lately, are firm i their convietion that he has not been scathed by any of the Washington in vestigations and that the Presid would pursue a steady, level cou re-elected These committeemen know that the democrats are going to attack the party as it never has bee attacked before and they are thank ing the lucky stars for sending ther in the emergency a man who less than a year ago was not being cor sidered even for the second place on the ticket So great is the party confidence in Mr. Coolidge that he will be asked to name the vice presidential candidais as well as write the platform. They- probably never has been a tim. in political history when so much car. has surrounded the selection of a sec > nomination will be no haphazard affair this time. Rec- ords will be searched and loyalty will be tested. Inasmuch as all this will be take: care of probably befors convention time, it is difficult to see how the pre ceedimgs at Cleveland can be strune out over mere than two or three day- except by a lot of spell-binding arbitrary adjournment of the session Of actual convention work there wili be but little. CONNECTICUT TO GIVE COOLIDGE 17 VOTES President Certain of Delegation Support—Democrats Still Strong for Gov. Smith 1ook with an pointing th n the from Mr Special Dispatch to The Star HARTFORD, Conn., March i will be all Coolidge with the reput lican state eomvention, which will meet in this city Thursday of next wee and the ten dis trict delegates will be for the Pres dent, probably under instruction though no orders Will be necessar: Lieut. Gov. Hiram Bingham of New Haven will be the tempegary chai man of the convention and will de liver the keynote address. The make up of the republican state conver tion assures the re-election of N tional Committeeman J. Henry Ror back as its chairman Delegates to the demoeratic state convention, to be held in New Il ven, May and 8, will be chosen town caucuses, April 8. Gov. Alfre E. Smith of New York still seem likely to get the lion's share of t votes of the Connecticut delegatio H. I. HORTON NORTH CAROLINA AWAITS DANIELS’ STATEMENT McAdoo and Underwood to Enter Primary, But Neither Could Beat Raleigh Man. Special Dispateh to The Star RALEIGH, March waiting” seems to of the supporters of the candidates for the democratic nation for the presidency No Carolina. Announcement by McAdoo supporters that their cand date would be entered in the sta primary June 7 was met with the equally positive statement by tha Underwood folks that their candidais also would be entered. The boom of Josephus Daniels the McAdoo line-up con- siderably. It was not, however, sq much the Daniel boom that put a damper on the McAdoo enthusiasm as it was the revelation of McAdoo's relations with Doheny. The McAdoa supporters turned with enthusiasm to Daniels. McAdoo has nmo chance to get the support of the state delegation if Daniels will but say the word that he is ready to run. It is by na means certain that McAdoo can count on more than a perfunctory supporg i@ any event. As for Underwood. it is not thought by those who ‘are well informed that he has much of a chance. # ChANEE JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE D. C. MAN MADE G. 0. P. CONVENTION REPORTER George L. Hart Selected—Commit- tee on Arrangements Com- pletes Few Details. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 2 arrangements committee of the re; publican committee meeting here tos day decided several details for thé republican national convention in June. A tongue from the stage, to pro: vide a platform for speakers, will be reduced to five feet in width, thereby providing thirty-six more seats for the press, making & total of 576. The committee on arrangements will meet here about April 30 ta select the convention's temporars chairman. 4 George L._Hart of Washington was named as official reporter of the con- vention; La Fayette B. Gleason. New York, secretary, and Edwin F. Thayer, Inai apolis, sergeant-at-arms. - ‘Announcement was made today thaf the national headquarters conducting the campaign of President Calvin Coo!- idge for the republican nomination will be moved from Chicago to Cleveland | May 1. ) be th Watchiul attitucs varfous nom A block of fifteen roems on ninth floor of Hotel Cleveland been engaged for this purpose th ha