Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-22
BAY STATE c. 0. P,
TO BACK COOLIDGE
FOR PRESIDENCY
Governors Name to Be Pre-
sented at Chicago-Demo-
Gratis Anti-AdminiStratiOn.
BY \. O. MESSENGER.


that time-just 100000 votes. 1t was
the asset that decided them, however
Gov Calvin Coolidge of this state
rolled up some $4,000 majority last
against 1900 the pre-
viouS year. and the national politi-
clans have recently been inquiring
whether that is all there is to Calvin
Coolidge in the way of presidential
assets.
When Question Will BE Answered,
That question will be answered only
when the convention meets at Chica-
go. and will become acute when there
is a deadlock among the other can
didates. One can say other candidates
because Gov. Coolidge is from now I'M
til the politicians produce the answer
a presidential candidate. Massachu-
sets republicans who desire. to be
sent to Chicago as delegates by the
primary voters are announcing their
for that privilege with the
statement that they are for Calvin
Coolidge for first choice. They have
no second choice.
Well, that is to say. they have no
second choice for public declaration.
but it is we'll known that Leonard
Wood and Gov. Lowden are held in
the back of the minds of many OF
these prospective delegates as their
real choice if the exigencieS of poll
ticS-or rather, should it be said the
ethics of the occasion-did not render
necessary designation of their own
governor as their first love.
Basis of Coolidge Boom.
Gov. Coolidge is being put to the
front because of the fact that his course
prior to the last election and the in
dorsement of him and his course in
Massachusetts republicans should pre-
fer an outsider over him. So the dele
CATION from the state will go to Chi
cago and loudly proclaim I'VE are for
Coolidge" then they will look the field
over and be prepared for eventualities
Former Senator Murray Crane, still
potent in bay state republican politics.
put Gov. Coolidge into the presidential
race. and all republicans readily recog
niZed the argument set forth above.
that it was the only thing to be done
in the circumstances. Without his pre-
cipitation into the equation by the po-
lice strike and the election returns,
Massachusetts would send mixed dele
cation to Chicago representing the con-
servatives who would be rallied by
former Senator Weeks for Gov. Low
den and the old Roosevelt vote sup
porting Gen. Wood, with some scatter
ing votes for Nicholas Murray. Butler
May Demand Second Place.
If another is chosen for first place
assachusetts will demand the vice
presidency, should geographical location
render it possible to reasonably present
such a claim. Gov. Coolidge was pith-
lily described TO the writer by poll
tician here as "a poor camp3gner and
good vote getter.' So it seems the
vote-getting asset is still held in high
esteem.
The four delegates at large to the
convention probably will be Senator
Lodge, w. Murray Crane. Speaker Gil
lett and Charles Sumner Bird. Sem
ator Lodge, if he is convention chair
man. will lay aside the gavel long
enough to place Gov. Coolidge irr> nom
nation.
Gov Coolidge until last November
was little heard of outside his own
state. Here he was known as man
who had worked his way to the gov
ernorship through the recognized
of Legislative experience and
as lieutenant governor.
He is reserved, almost taciturn,
watchful OF opportunities. given to
epigrammatic utterances. Republicans
believe he would make good Presi-
dent and safe one. His attitude since
the strike toward Police Commissioner
Curtis, who. it is claimed. really set
the pins for the firm attitude finally
taken by the governor. has aroused
resentment. This friction. however
has been kept from expression by the
admitted necessity of the state stand
ing behind the governor.
So you have the. situation. Massa-
chusetts sending her delegation prac-
tically solid for their governor. with
Wood and LoWden and Johnson strong
in case circumstances point to the i'm
possibility of nominating the governor
for first place.
Democrats Anti-AdministratiOn
Among the democrats only one thing
seems assured now, that the MasSa-
chusetts delegation to the democratic
convention will be opposed to any
candidate recognized as the fair
haired child of the national admins
tration- Senator Walsh will control
seeing to it that no administration
candidate can have SO much as a look
in with them. After that they prob
ably will exercise their own choice. 1t
is said that Champ Clark and Oscar
Underwood would be strong with the
democrats in this state unless either
of these should tie up with the Presi-
dents undiluted league of nations
plan. If nothing else could be done
that is, if the leading favorite of the
able to the Presidents league-the
Massachusetts delegation would rather
give a complimentary vote to Senator
Reed of Missouri and go home.
Democrats of Importance here say
that the democratic national party
will have no prospects in this state
as long as it bears the hallmark of
the incumbent national administra-
ton. They will attend to their own
local knitting. same as Tammany
does. until the clouds roll by.
Gen. Pershing Not a Favorite.
If Gen. Pershing comes out as a
candidate. it is said Massachusetts
will receive him coldly. The Yankee
Legion which went over seas is very
strong in this state and il is declared
they differentiate sharply between
Gen. Wood as a military candidate.
with his record as a martyr to the
military SYSTEM" and Gen Pershine
who. they insist. is an exponent of il
News from other New England states
is that in Connecticut the home of
National Committeeman King. the ac-
tive force in the Wood boom. there
is possibility that Mr.. King may not
be able to hold his own delegation
soIidly for Gen. Wood. Gov Lowden
is declared to be breaking the Wood
lines there. Maine may pronounce her
Gov. Milliken favorite son and perch
on the fence whiting stick for
awhile New Hampshire is conceded
to Gen. Wood. Little Rhody hasn't
peeped yet.
Labor Vote Discussed
The state of the labor vote i'm Mas
is interesting and well
worthy of consideration by candidates
who are counting on using the radical
and pro-red sentiment of the nation.
Radical views are monopolized by the
.'faddists" here-the parlor socialists
and college students. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Gallasher claims to
have evidence that some of the woman
colleges are permeated with the lad