Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 21

. 0P AWATING DEMOCRAT ATTACK Campaign Moves Slowly, With Little Impetus on Either Side. SHAVER PROVES TACITURN Butler, on Contrary, Is Busy Is- suing Statements—Leaves Nothing Undone. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. The presidential campaign is mov- ing forward slowly, but there is no great impetus apparent on either side. ‘The Republicans are waiting for the Democrats to attack, but the latter are a little slow in getting their artillery in position. The Repub- licans feel that they are holding the fort, and it is up to the Democrats to come and try to take it away from them. Meantime Chairman Butler of the Republican national committee, is ex- tremely busy with his defense works. He is visiting the boys in the trenches all along the line, and thinks nothing of being in Boston one day and Chicago next, with semi- occasional stops in Washington and New York. Mr. Butler is proving himself an indefatigable worker. He is leaving nothing undone. Many persons have said that Mr. Butler's task in obtaining the nomination for Mr. Coolidge was nothing at all. Mr. Butler “did not take it so. He went about the work in a manner that left no room for a slip up. Shaver Also Buxy. Clem Shaver, the new Democratic chairman, is several laps behind Mr. Butler, but hopes to catch up. His selection came more than a month after Mr. Butler had taken active charge of his committee Mr. Shaver stiil is merely and cannot be elected forn his position until the Dy committee meets at the Clarksburg notification ceremonies on August 11 Mr. Butler is laps and laps ahead of Shaver in the issuance of state- The Republican chairman has > an adept in that respect. As a matter of fact he is doing most of the talking of the campaign thus far, and IS trying to put a little early “pep” in the lagging battle. Chairman Butler may ent_a_ silent candidate, but he lieves thoroughly in a certain amount of official loquacity. Mr. Butler is not much of a hand on being inter- Viewed. He likes to write out his state- ments in his own way. Chairman Shaver, on the other hand, is proving almost s taciturn as Mr. Coolidge. They would make a fine pair. Mr. Davis w: ed the newspaper cor- spondents that they would not find his West Virginia friend a very taikative vet he said Mr. Shaver would have do all the answering” to Chairman Butler. The latter is batting already in midseason form, so Mr. Shaver has his work cut out for him. Not Member of Committee. Although he is to be elected chairman’ of the Democratic committee, Mr. Shaver will not officially be a member of it. Charles W. Osenton has been re- ted as national committeeman from West Virginia. This will be the first time in many years that a chairman has been selected from outside the com- mittee. As a matter of fact it has long been a rule in the national committee that its officers must be chosen from its members. The Republicans have had no such rule, and usuaily the chairman and the treasurer have been chosen from the outside. It was generally thought the old Democratic rule would apply to Mr. Shaver and that he would have to be clected a national committee member before he could become chairman of t body and director in chief of the Davis campaign. But it appears now that in the closing minutes of the na tional convention at Madison Square Garden Senator Glass of Virginia of- fered a resolution providing that the nation committee could choose its chairman from the outside. The res- olution was vyeported and adopted without discussion, few persons knowing that this drastic change had been made in Democratic administra- tive affai T of Mr. Shaver's friends his election to the committee rdiess of the mew rule, but the enton followers insisted on his re- ction and Mr. S er's name was not formally presented for the place. West Virginia will thus in effect have two members of the committee. The new national comm from West Virginia is Murray Mann of Huntington lzetta Jewell Brown, n important part convention, announced in that she was not a candidate. The Republican leaders of West Virgina are contending it is all wrong to place that State in the Davis col- umn “for sentimental reasons.” They say the State normally is Republican, and some of them have taken occa- sion to come on here to Washington to tell Mr. Coolidge to be of good cheer; that he will carry the State by 50,000, The Republicans will not make a partisan fight on Mr. Davi for they esteem him as a distin- zuished son of the State, but they =ay they will not let sentiment run away with party loyalty and affilia- tion. Inasmuch as some of the Demo- cratic leaders in Massachusetts insist upon giving that State to Mr. Davie, ile Republicans of West Virginia feel it is only fair that Mr. Coolidge should be assured of success in the home State of his rival. (Copyright, 1924.) WILL NOT WED DINES. Edna Purviance Denies Reports as She Visits in Denver. DENVER, July 26—Edna Pur ance, motion picture star, here on a visit to Courtland S. Dines, today de- nied, with Dines, reports that they were to be married. Miss Purviance was present in Dines' Los Angeles apartment last New Year day when Dines was shot by Horace Greer, chauffeur for Mabel Normand. Miss Purviance sald a Salt Lake City hunting party failed to develop, 8o while she was in the neighborhood she came on to Denver to visit Dines, who is a “very dear triend.” P A ) TEANSRANKS NEAT TOGOLFNDTRET Popularity of Sport Shown by Great Increase in | Number of Players. Tennis ranks right next to golf in popularity among the outdoor sports’ followers in the District of Columbia. This is shown by the figures kept in the office of public bulldings and grounds, which has supervision of all the sports and outdoor activities in the public parks in this city, and which will be included in the an- nual report to be made public soon, showing in detail just how the parks were patronized during the past year. | Naturally enough, the long period of rain and cold weather during the carlier part of this summer played havoc with the tennis attendance, and as a result there was a tremen- dous decrease in the number of par- ticipants in this sport, compared with the year ending June 30, 1 According to the figures to the annual report, 95108 persons plaved tennis on the 47 tennis courts under the pervision -of the office of public buildings and grounds during the fiscal year ended June 30, last.| During the preceding twelve months, | 223,709 players participated in this | ame. During the year ended June | 30, 1922, when there were only 39 | courts, there were 163,000 players. Blame Weather Conditions. It is explained by those who are niliar with the patronage of the various sports grounds in the parks, | that despite the figures for the year just ended, tennis is on the boom here, and that the total of attend- ance would have indicated this had the sport not been interfered | with by adverse weather conditions | during April, May and June. 1 Numerically speaking, it is thought | by those in a position to estimate that | there are more individual tennis players than there are golf players, although the records show that near- 1y 300,000 persons played golf on the | several golf links in the parks. It is explained that a greater number of players can participate in golf at the same time than can be done regarding | tennis, and besides, golf can be play- | ed throughout the winter, whereas tennis takes a back seat during the winter months. Therefore it is claim- ed that the comparative figures would indicate that despite the fact that| there were more games of golf play- | ed during the year, there are in reali- | i ty more individual tennis players. —_— As a cure for barking dogs, an | Austrian town has imposed a tax, | starting with 100,000 crowns on the | first dog kept, and doubling the tax | on each additional dog. ‘l Que Street N.W. A Modern Fireproof APARTMENT Ready for Occupancy August 1 ‘ UITES of 3, 4 and 5 rooms with bath. All large, outside, well ar- ranged rooms, with ample ;:‘lme! space. Hardwood oors, inside telephones. Unfurnished. RESERVATIONS MADE NOW permit wider latitude for personal pref- erence as to location of suites. Attractive Rentals Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. 727 15th Street N. Telephone Main 378 THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.' C, JULY 27: 1924—PART 1. “You’ll Like Trading at Phillip Levy’s”’ AL . PmLie LEVYRC g Good Furniture. Cut Prices. Liberal Credit. Service. 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