Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08
Parties Must Be Healed Unb1oken Fronts Are to Be Presented
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary of National Developments Based on
Reports From The Stars Special Core
spondents and Staff Writer'S

\ the presidential and con-
~ gressional campaign gets
fully under way factional
differences inta number of
states are making the party man
ayers unhappy. In some states it
Is the republicans who are fight
ing among themselves; in other
states the democrats seem unable
TO get together. And in still other
states, notably in the northwest.
movements outside either of the
big parties are complicating the
situation and making the political
guessing harder.
In New York state, where the
republicans welcomed the Hard
Ing and Coolidge ticket SO cor
daily. a very menacing situation
has grown out of the recent state
convention of that party. accord
ing to a dispatch to The Star
from its special correspondent at
Albany. The convention. it will be
recalled, designated. Judge Nathan
l.. Miller of Syracuse for governor
and Endorsed Senator Wadsworth
for reelection. But the final NOM
1nation must be made at the COM
ing primaries, and both Miller and
Wadsworth are to have opposition.
Opposing Miller for the guberna-
torial nomination are Secretary OF
State Hugo and State Senator
George F. Thompson, while George
has entered the senatorial race
against Wadsworth. Payne claims
his candidacy is backed by Gen.
Leonard Wood. who he says. is
aggrieved at W&dsworth because
of lack of support at Chicago. AS
Wadsworth already faced oppo.
sition from the women because OF
his stand against suffrage, New
York republican leaders are not
at all easy in their minds.
Democrats of the Empire state,
on the other hand. appear to have
gotten together in remarkable
manner. For the first time in
wears Tammany has a presidential
candidate to it's liking. and this
seems to have so mellowed the IT,
ger that he is willing to purr In
the presence of whilom enemies.
New York democrats are going
into the campaign with lot Of
confidence, at least on the sur
face.
In Indiana, which threatened to
have some unbeatable sores as a
result of the contest for the re-
publican presidential nomination.
the different factions are getting
together. according to dispatch
from indianapolis, and now prom
Use to present an unbroken front
in November. Some Of the ost
bitterly disappointed of the Wood
men in Indiana have become ac-
tive members of Harding and Cool
idge clubs and promise to do all
in their power to help put across
the national ticket. Under such
circumstances it is not believed
that soreness against individuals
on the state ticket will have any
serious bearing on the outcome in
In Ohio, too. there have been
have been worrying the repub-
lican management. but the predic-
ton is made that after the pri-
maries next Tuesday these will
gradually straighten themselves
out. They never have been seri-
Gus enough to cause any fear that
Harding and Coolidge would fail
to poll the full republican vote.
From three states come reports
of Non-Partisan League activities
which overshadow, for the time be-
ing at least, interest in the ma
tional contest. In Wisconsin one
of the most bitter primary con-
tests in history is under way, cen-
tering around the seat now held in
the United States Senate by Sena-