Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
BOOM FOR BUTLER
F0RPRES|DENCY IS
N0TED|NNEW YORK
Undercurrent for L0Wden and
Wood-No "Boss" in
Empire State.
BY n. O. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, December 24.-From
now on look for a big boom for Nicho-
las Murray Butler for President
among New York republicans. 1t has
been launched and is expected to de-
yelop. This is another of the "favorite
SON. movements, akin to the Calvin
Coolidge boom in Massachusetts, and
others with which the public is ia
miliar.
But don't keep your gaze so fixedly
upon it that you cannot see some other
booms anchored little closer to the
ground and which are likely to outlast
the Butler project. Gov. Lowden and
Gen. Wood are expected to be the ulti-
mate beneficiaries in case the Butler
affair blows up at Chicago.
Dozen Leaders for Butler.
A round dozen of the leading repub-
licans in New York state. men who
are likely to go to the convention as
delegates, can be mentioned by name
who are receiving the suggestion of
supporting Nicholas Murray Butler
with acclaim at this time. He would
be an honor to the state. they say, and
they would be doing honor to the state
and themselves by proposing him as
New Yorks favorite son. The delega-
ton would go practically soild. IL is
thought, and while the Massachusetts
men, with Wood and Lowden in the
back of their mind. would cry, I'VE are
for Coolidge" the New York men. with
Lowden and Wood in the back of their
mind would shout, We are for But
Ter" Then both delegations would
await developments.
The Stars correspondent is fortu-
nate in being able to write, upon in
formation from sources unQuestion-
able in authoritativeness. because ii
comes from the men who are doing
the work, of what is going on under
the surface of the Nicholas Murray
Butler movement Two active cam
paigns are under way in New York
state, one for Gov. Lowden and one
for Gen. Wood.
Gen. Woods Manager.
The men who are handling the
Wood campaign are not the men who
can deliver delegates. The men who
are managing Gov. Lowden's affairs
are the district and county leaders,
who have definite political affiliations,
associations and organizations. or
course, the voters at the primaries
will determine in the end who shall
be the delegates to the national con-
vention that is to nominate Presi-
dent, but the broad fact remains that
the bulk of the influence of party
managers is now trending toward
Gov. Lowden.
Gen. Woods campaign is being con-
Quoted by some of the Roosevelt mi
nor leaders. by graduates of the
PlattSburg military training camp and
by civilian officers of the American
Legion The doughboys of the legion
are not in the movement yet, because
they do not know Gen. Wood. but will
be told by their officers. While every
one expects the American Legion to
take a prominent part. and justly so,
in the political campaign. it is a fact
that the men of the legion are not the
old political wheel horses who have
done things heretofore in republican
politics.
People Want Business Man.
If you ask why Gov. Lowden seems
to be the choice of the political man.
ayers, and why Nicholas Murray But
Ter should not be their last and sole
choice the answer comes right off the
reel, because the pins are being set
to choose a man of affairs-a business
man of constructive nature7-for presi-
Dental candidate.
Nicholas Murray Butler IS admitted
on all sides to be fine gentleman. a
man of pronounced ability and all
that; but the rank and file of the man.
ayers representing. as they believe.
the unmistakable sentiment pervad-
ing all republican circles. say that a
business man must be chosen, and all
observers here unite in the opinion
that such is the dominating sentiment
of the republicans of the state. They
look with uneasineSS at the prospect
of a college president taking the reins
of government.
Gov. Lowden has not yet made his
initial drive in this state. He spoke
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