The Washington herald., 1920-02-18
new ENGLAND
VOTERS AWAIT
LEADER CALL
Gov. Coolidge Dropped as
Factor in Coming Con-
hict of Parties.
ARMY MEN OPPOSED
Candidates Ignoring Eu-
rope Lose Support Of
Large Class.
Special Correspondence of The
wuShinRton Herald.


Boston. Mass, Feb. 16.-one doe;
aot need to go far or burrow deeply
m contemporary New England life
10 find that its voters are not get
ting much leadership in politics
either as to issues or as to men
potentially seryiceable. One man hai
loomed up swiftly and become ma
tionally known because OF his con-
duct as a governor in dealing with
the issue OF dominant authority by
society when challenged by its OWL
servants.
Calvin Coolidge seized opportunity
IN the Boston police strike, and hC
may get the Republican vice presi'
Dental nomination. But now ever
bis most uncriticzl supporters il
Massachusetts, know that the New
England delegation in the Republican
National convention cannot be deliv.
cred to him. even for that secondary
ONCE.
With charG ct eristiC shrewdneSs III
has squelched his ardent friends. re-
tired to the Side-lines awaiting de
velopmentS, and is i'm a receptive
rather than in an aggressive mood.
Faces Big Task.
The fundamental difficulty with
him is that he is not considered big
enough for the national Job at this
hour when so much OF the work OF
the government is to be on interna-
tlonal lines. In New England there
is very large percentage of fami-
lies with many ties abroad. They
have been giving, many of them. for
n4t9aInnaTN aflrr..ffnnaT nd a1f
tic causes international in scope;
and this covering 4 long term of
years. They come of families that
began to travel in Europe and Asia
decades or even centuries ago. Their
ancestors built up successful fleets
OF trading craft and laid the foun-
dations of many fortunes. Last
but not least, there is the very large
foreign-born population with vivid
memories of the Europe and Wes-
tern Asia that was, and having tbs
very latest reports from kinsfolk
in devastated lands abroad. This
last element will favor a candidate
and a party that shows continuing
compassion for suffering Europe.
Desire Broad-ulinded Man.
4htSt NdElOuS elCUltnlS OIL Ine pOpu-
lation have not the slightest sym.
pathy with the extreme chauvinsistiC
nationalIsm Of a Borah or johnson OIL
their own Brandcsee, of Connecticut
and Moses. of New Hampshire. Az
for Senator Lodge. most of them use
extreme language of contempt anC
eenunciation. owing to his course il
the Senate. They intend to punisl
any party or any political leader re.
sponsibIe for "Americanism" OF tn,
exclusive. playing for safety type
They find their most satisfactory rep.
resentative in the Senate in formel
Justice Colt. OF Rhode Island. They
would take the counsel of Mr.. Taft
and President Lowell. OF Harvard Uni.
Nersity. on details of the peace treaty
satification. rather than that of Sena-
tor Walsh. They want a Presiden
fith a record Of something achieved
higher than putting through a sound
budget system for his State or be-
cause he believes that the Congress
should be aided to fight against q
dominating executive.
Oppose Army Omeers.
As IN the Middle West. Southwest
and West, so in New England the
returned soldier. officep and private
s not coming into the camp Of tht
factions or the leaders of the ole
parties that stand for an aggressive
Expanding military program for the
iatfon. Feeling against the Secre.
sary Of War. Gen. Pershing. Gen
March. the general staff and the
West Point officer caste is intense
generally diffused. and will not pass
away soon. For this reason the
candidacy of Gen. Leonard Wood
creates no enthusiasm beyond the
limited circle Of Harvard alumni
loyal Rooseveltians, whilom party
Progressives and society" leaders
who are professional patriots" In
Sew England his candidacy is slip
ping. and in Connecticut especially
because of the forced relegation OF
National Committeeman King to the
ranks and his demotion from the
ulace OF manager of the Wood boom
De can hardly be expected to be ar.
dent for Wood longer: and vet hi,
displacement creates no new friend.
in the Nutmeg State.
Consider Business Man.
OF course what has been said
above must be placed along side
9f other facts. There is quite
General feeling in New England
among Republicans that the vote of
rhe aggrieved, Over-governed, over
taxed business man" is going to
place the section solidly behind any
candidate the party may nominate
for President, though he be a vel
low dog" The comments of able
journals OF the rank of the Hart.
ford Courant and Boston Tran.
script are II keyed to this
tune: and the criticism by them
of the Wilson Administration Is
chronic
The Democrats are divided be-
cause the peace treaty shas drawn
The line sharply between "the
short hairs" and the long hairs
the Yankee and the hyphenated
factions Of the party. Irish Re
public" politics complicate New
England politics just now in a
way that the man from the South
or from Kansas or Iowa can hard
ly conceive, and IL is in maeuver-
ing to meet this Issue 10 solve this
and other racial Dhases NJ What IS