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. Blow at Plan to Give Executive . . " LODGE-COOLIBGE TILT ROUSES BAY STATERS TFailure to Back President on Bonus Veto Angers Massachusetts Republicars. BREAK BETWEEN TWO SEEN Record November Vote. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ecial Dispateh to The Star. BOSTON, Mass., May 21.—It would e difficult to exaggerate the depth of Massachusetts' vexation over Henry Cabol Lodge's desertion of Calvin ‘‘oolidge in the hour of the Presi- dent’s tribulations. The writer found ‘inwxelf in Boston on the day the Sen- ite voted to override the bonus veto «nd remained long enough to gauge .sponsible public sentiment regard- The outside country has little reali- #ation of the extent to which Massa- «husetts nowadays “has faith in" Cal- vin Coolidge. It looks upon criticism ©f him as reprehensible in general. Uvon disloyalty to his cause, such as the defection of Henry Cabot Lodge, it looks almost as it would look upon +high treuson. Would Defeat Lodge. 1T it were Lodge instead of David T Walsh who were up for re-election to the United States Senate this year., there is every evidence that the o Nahant would be overwhelm ¥ defeated. Massachusetts re-elected Lodge in 19 most by a fluke. He Won by a majority of less than 8,000, He has been accustomed to win by anything from 50,000 to 150,000. Today, if current comment in Bos- ton is"a criterion, Lodge would be vonsigned to the Salt Creek country by an annihilating vote. People con- ole themselves with the knowledge at the senator’s a precludes as- « pirations for i Oblivion would be his lot. they say, if, at the expiration of his present term, on March. 4, 1929, he should have the courage ‘fo tempt fate. “What's come over Lodge!’ is the question leveled not once, but a dozen tim at this observer by Bos- tonians r light on the sub- aper man stationed &ly shington ‘s he got against Coolidge? President done to him? of responsible Re. ership in the ySenate Coolidge going td put up vith ‘double-crossing’ at the hands of the official Republican high-com- mand in the Senate? These questions are asked more in indignation than in ignorance. Some- Times they are put amid expressions of opinion about Senator Lodge that are not complimentary to his sup- posedly still virile mental processes Oue thing is certain—if there could Lo a great and solemn referendum in Massachusetts today as to the rela- tive merits of Calvin Coolidge and Henry Cabot Lodge, the verdict would not hang fresh laurels on the politi- ‘al % oldest Re Lodge's Coolidge happens to synchronize with 4 period in which Massachusetts finds itself in a sort of seventh heav- ltation over the prospect of lecting to the presidency the first Bay stater to hold the office since the second Adams. Not_since Franklin Pierce has any New Englander at all been in the White House. Planned Bumper Vote. Massachusetts Republicans been planning to roll up a bumper state majority for Coolidge in No- vember. The; scout the idea that any Democrat can beat him in his own territory, or even come any- where near beating him. To achieve huge Massachusetts majority for as become & matter of state How. long's have . are not part of this sentimental conspiracy. They belleve the rTight kind of a Demo- cratic candidate—Smith would be the ght kind, from the standpoint of e somewhat moist and somewhat Roman Catholic Democratic electorate of the stute—could smash Coolidge in Massachusetts. But Republican Mas- sachusetts snorts at the suggestion that Calvin Coolidge is even near- vulnerable. The more enthusiastic among them even talk about a second ferm in the White House for him— four years beginning March, 1925. and beginning March, 1929, se of this vast common- wealth pride in the President that feeling toward Lodge runs high and waxes hot in Massachusetts. It is not softened by the recollection that Senator lLodge was never a full- hlooded supporter of Coolidge in pre- presidential times. The late W. Mur- Crane, William M. Butler, the ent's 1924 manager, and Frank Stearns, his guide, philosopher and friend, never forgave Lodge for his lukewarm enthusiasm for Cool- idge's presidential candidacy 1919 nd 1920, At the Chicago vears ago many of Coolidge's sup porters believed, and s believe, that the Governor of Massachusetts, instead of Senator Harding, might have achieved the presidential nomi- nation with genuine backing from Lodge. lLodge appeared to be “going along” with the Coolidge managers at Chicago. but did so feebly and with- out rolling up his sleev, On the major crisés which Calvin Coolidge faced in Washington, Mas- :achusetts certainly expected Senator lodge to “stand by the President.” “hey expected him to do it as a Mas- achusetls man. as a Massachusetts <enator, and as Republican leader of he Senate. Instead. Massachusetts has seen Lodge desert Coolidge's +tandards on the Bursum pension/bill, on the Japanese exclusion issue, and on the bonus. May Break With Lodge. Massachusetts has scen Lodge de- picted to the country as the break- fagt counselor of the President and 1he regularly summoned oracle at the White House on critical legislaNve asions, only to see him later as an hstructionist as fatal to administra- on programs as the Democrats them- Iyes. Senator Lodge's private world court {lan, Sprung by surprise in flagrant «disregard of the President and S retary Hughes, was considered most the last straw, in the opinion of Coglidge's Massachusetts backers. According to word just sent here by Robert Choate, Washington corre- spondent of the Boston Herald, who is reputed to be high in White House confidence, a definite break between Henry Cabot Lodge and the Presi- dent is impending. If it takes place its effects would be as far-reaching s those which ensued after the hreaches between Woodrow Wilson and:some of his once trusted con- fidantes. in convention, (Copyright, 1924.) ot e Will Address Legionnaires. | resentatiye John E. Raker of ‘:};gn\lu will address a meet:{ng of Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8, \merican Legion, to be held in honor ‘Henry Lansburgh and Commander hegdore C. Gerber, tonight at the ayel Club, 719 13th street. ~Music ill be provided by Stuart Wal- cott Post. Miss Evelyn Lewis will \ance. A Special Ofter AL Jl:lbv 35 OUTLINED BY Sketches of History of Lafayette square, the early buildings surrounding it and sketches of many persons who played prominent parts in the history of the nation while dwelling on the border of that historic landmark in frony of the White House, were outlined by Maj. Gist Blair before the Columbia His- torical Society in the Cosmos Club last night. This historic square of Washington, which was named after the famous French general after his visit to this city in 1824, was a part of patents issued to John Pearce, September 23, 1685, when he obtained two tracts of land of 500 acres in that vicinity, Maj. Blair explained. From the date of the Pearce patents to the time when the Com- missioners, appointed to establish the ty, entered into their agreement ith the proprietors, the land de- ended through several generations of that family and was owned by them when President Washington on February 3, 1791, wrote William Dearkins, jr., and Benjamin Stoddart asking them to assist him in acquir- ing land “for the purpose of the town.” The plot of ground, which included Lafayette Square, was then owned by Edward Pearce. Mr. Pearce. the speaker continued, s a successful farmer and at that time owned a farmhouse at the north- east corner of the square. The graves of the Pearce family were on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue opposite the President's house, and an apple orchard nearly covered the square. Was President's Square, The square first became known as President’s Square and up to the year 1800 graves of the Pearce family re-| mained in the square undisturbed and surrounded by a small wooden fence, he said. Quoting from “Recol- lections of Christian Hines.” he said that at the time of the removal of the graves “all that was found were a few bones, some black dust and a piece of comb.” Following the establishment of “President's Square.” there were no houses or buildings on_ its borders. “Buildings in the White House grounds,” he said, “were the first to be erected along the square's boundary lines.” “The second house to be built on the square was the old Decatur house, designed by Latrobe, the architect for the Capitol, and was erected by Commodore Stephen Decatur from prize money won in the wars with the pirates of Tripoli”” “The house was erected in 1819 he said. Square Leveled and Fenced. “In 1826 the square was leveied and fenced in with « paling fence. This wooden fence was replaced by an iron one in 1853, when the statue to Gen. Jackson was erected,” con- tinued Maj. Blair “In 1858 the streets on the east and west sides of the square were named by the city council Madison place and Jackson place. Before this time they were called Connecti- cut avenue, 1612 or 15 according to the whim of the people,” he said Previous to that time. in 1843 Lafayette Square was the lobby of the White House, and Congress proposed to use the land for five residences for the members of the President's cabi- net. Lafayette uare had been layed off in walks, completely in- closed and had a pavement put around it, and in 1833 the grounds were further improved and a drain- age system installed. The square was more extensively improved in 1874, Telling of the early buildings erccted along the square, he recallad the building of the St. John's Church, which was ready for occupancy in 1816. The Rev. Dr. Wilmer of Alex~ andria, Va. was its first pastor. He told of many historic events in con- nection with this ancient and place of worship. attendants at this church have been Presidents Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Tavlor, Fillmore, Buchanan and Ar- thur. Deseribes Madison Home. The residence of Dolly Madi now the Cosmos Club, was described after its occupancy by former Pr ident and Mrs. Madison. that he was standing on a platform practically on the spot on which many of the great social events of that” day were held, the told of the many great statesmen that had gathered in the Madison home and the prominent position that Mrs, Madison occupied in the social life of this city. After leaving the White House, Mrs. Madison resided in the home there most of the time until her death in 1840. The large brownstone building fac- ing the square on H street be- tween the John's Church and the newly erected United States Cham- ber of Commerce building, was built by Matthew St. Clair Clark, clerk of the House of Representatives in 1822, he said. This house was at one time theyhome of Joseph Gale, editor of the ~ National Intelligencer, a news- paper of the day, and was later re- sided in by Lord Ashburton, when he negotiated a treaty with Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. At this point Mr. Blair outlined the many things that had been done to bring about pan-American tranquil- lity by those who had resided on the borders of the square. On the north- west corner of 16th and H streets Lives of Prominent Men Living on Bor- der of Plot Given Before Historical Society. landmark | Among the | on, | Recalling | THE ’E'VEWG STAR. WARHINGTON, HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE | Abe Martin Says: MAJ. GIST BLAIR to the house built by Hay was the home of Henry Adams. Next to the Adams house stood an old colonial residence built by Thomas Corcoran. brother of W. W. Corcoran. He died before the house was compieted. The house was bought by Thomas Ritchie, cditor and_government printer unde President Polk. Later Gideon Wells, Secretary of the Navy under Pres dent Lincoln, resided there. The house was destroyed to make room for the Chamber of Commerce building. Another house, nearby, long known as the Corcoran House, was occupied by the banker and phil- anthropist, W. W. Corcoran. Farther Historic Detail. Giving further historic detail about the houses bordering on this famous square, he told of No. 22 Jackson place, which was the home of Wil- liam L. Marcy, Secretary of War un- der President Polk. The house later was occupied by many prominent personages, including _ President Roosevelt, who lived there in 1902 while the White House was being re- modeled. He said No. 20 Jackson place was for many years the home of Charles C. Glover, president of the Riges Na- tional Bank; No. 18 Jackson place was the home of William J. Murtagh, founder of the National Republican, in_1860. 3 No. 16 Jackson place was built and resided in by Gen. J. G. Parke of the United States Army, and No. 14 Jack- son place was originally built by Dr. Ewell, a naval surgeon and subse- aquently occupied by three secretaries of the Navy, Smith Thompson, Sam- uel Southard and Levi Woodbury, he said. No. 12 Jackson place was built by James Blair; No. 10 was occupied in turn by Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland, Senator Dolf of Oregon and Nicholas L. Anderson, famous persons of the day. ‘When Lincoln Was Shot. Maj. Blair also recounted the his- tory of No. 8 Jackson place Which was occupied by Col. Henry R. Rath- bone, who attended Ford's Theater with Lincoln, the night that the President was shot. i Where the Treasury annex now stands, on the east side of the square, was a house erected in 1836 by Dr. Thomas Gunnell, city postmaster, he aid. After Mr. Gunnell's death | Samuel D. Hubbard, Postmaster Gen- eral under President Fillmore, r sided there. A house adjoining on the north side was built by Commodore | John Rodgers of the United States Navy in 1831. The house o later | rented to Roger B. Taney, Secretary of the Treasury under President Jackson, and later to others famous in the nation's history. The house | passed into the hands of William R. Seward, Secretary of State under President Lincoln. The Belasco Theater now occupies this historic spot. | Lafayette § are Statues. e described the statues in Lafa- vette Square. He told of their history unveiling, and of events connected with_them. The principal statue in the square, he said, is the one to| | Andrew Jackson, genéral and Pres | dent. In conclusion he said: “Lafavette | Square is a historical monument. It | represents a great past, it contains | great hope for the future. Maj { Blair. who himself lives near the | square, is the author of the “History Silver Spring” and other historical | papers. | Exhibited at the meeting were the kind of hat worn by Dolly Madiso jand many copies of old Washington newspapers. Allen C. Clark, president of the society, presided. i | WoME N LAWYERS ELECT. Miss Easby-Smith Elected Head of | Bar Association. Bar Association of | the District elected offiders for the ensuing vear last night at the Col- lege Women's Club, 1 I street, J follo ’resident. Miss Marie Jasby-Smith: vice president, Miss |Larimore Keeley: secretary, Mrs. Bur- | nita Shelton Matthews, and treasurer, Miss Grace M. Eddy. Mrs. Helena Doocy Reed was elected to the exec- utive committee. 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