The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-14
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 WEST INDICATES |. O. ?. PLIGHT BELLE
President to Give Up Alaskan Tour and Spend Septem- Der on Stump; Re-
 ply to CIamor
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The Age -Acrald

800 Davidson Building
 Washington, June 13.-(Special.) That the political situation from the republican standpoint is regarded as desperate by republican leaders is in- dicated in the fact that the Presi- dent has yielded to the clanor of his friends in distress, and will make a political tour of the west during the month of September.
 The President. 1t is reported, yielded with regret, and only when 1t was represented to him by Fred W. Upton. treasurer of the repubii- can national committee. that 1t was essential to the success Of the party. The President entertains oid-fashion- ed ideas as to presidential dignity. Up to the present he has resisted in- sistence that he usurp the functions of Congress. He Is just as adverse to making an appeal to the people to ra-elect a republican Congress as he is to invading Congress with Dig stick"
 In their recent pow-wow In Wash ington. republican strategists con- cluded that two things were neces- sary: the raising of huge campaign fund, a minimum of $500, 900, and the persuading of the President to take the stump. The raising of the fund was regarded as easy. It took con- siderable effort, however, to shake the President. In the end. however. he yielded.
 To Cancel Trip
 f0 + ts r.Io t0 a to cancel a contemplated visit to Alaska with Secretary Fall of the department of the interior. During September. he will start for the west. and make speeches in many cities west of the Mississippi river. It is understood that while he will not fall into the alleged error of Wood- row Wilson when in 1918 he appealed for the election of a democratic and a patriotic Congress, the President will so state the case that his audi ences will become convinced that he regards essential a Congress of the same political faith as the adminis- tration.
 September was selected for the tour of the President for two reasons. It is anticipated that by September Con gress will have adjourned. By Sep temher l. also, primaries will have been Deld. mere VIII De no special reason for the President remaining in Washington: and there will be no danger of rival republican candi- dates pulling the executive to pieces.
 Good "Famiiy, Head
 The President was in hope that he could serve his friends indirectly. He has never failed to display in public his friendship for and confidence in those of his family" assailed by critics. It Is recalled that during the Newberry struggle in the Senate, at the time the country was shocked by revelations in the Senate. the President and Mrs. Harding appeared in a theatre box with Newberry as their guest. At the present time, tho President never cruises in tho May flower without the attendance oi Harry Daugherty, his attorney gen eral, for whose resignation republi- can as well as democratic newspapers gre clamoring. Frequently, he visits Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jer- sey. who has on his hands the fight of his political life.
 But such a display of friendship and affection would not suffice In the present exigency, 1t Is under