The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
President Seeking To Line Up
 New England And Southern
 Delegates To 1924 ConVen-
 tion, But West UnfaVorabIe COALITION IS FORMED WITH STAND-PAT GROUP Executive Will Probably Be Only Mild In His Advocacy Of League Court-Friends Of Harding Aid Successor
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERABD Washington, D. O.. Aug. 24 J

When President Coolidge ap- pointed Bascom slemp to the impor tant post of secretary to the Pres ident, two things became apparent to Washington political observers:
 1. The President Is a determined candidate for another term in the White House.
 g. That to achieve a second term, he has formed g coalition with the reactionary wing of the republican party.
 It is obvious that President Cool Idge county on his New England con nections, as well as Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire (the po- lltical Talleyrand who, with such precipitation and without warning abandoned the candidacy of Senator Hiram Johnson of California; to hold that section in line.
 slemp has had such long expe- rience in manipulating republican politics in the south, where there is no republican party, that 1t Is con ceded tho "ergular" delegations, such as those headed by Henry Lincoln Johnson in Georgia and Joseph w. Tolbert in South Carolina, will be lined up for the President.
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 t'nvOrs Cancellation.
 In view of what has transpired, 1t is not anticipated that there will be any departure from the oonvention- ally prosalc in another session of Congress. Mir. Coolidge, if he sug- gests American participation in the electior of judges of an international court of justice, will so circumscribe his suggestion as to make it satis- factory to the chairman of the na- tional, the senatorial and congress sional campaign committees, all of whom opposed President Harding $ original declaration.
 It Is freely discussed in congress sional circles that if Coolidge makes his suggestion, 1t will be ignored and that no offense will be given the President, thereby.
 Regarding other policies of the for mer President the new President will act as the former would have acted. He will appoint Walter Cohen, negro, collector of customs at New orleans; he will appoint Joseph W. Tolbert collector of internal rev enue in South Carolina, and he will insist on a negro management for the colored veterans hospital at Tus- kegee, Ala.
 In each of such actions, there will be no politics, 1t Is not denied by any one who will make bold enough to talk of such subjects.
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 Fight Within Party.
 At the same time. MT. Coolidge, 1t is admitted by republican politicians, some of whom support him, will have a fight before achieving the nomina- ton, New England and the south, sustained by achievements from other sections moved by federal in fluence and patronage, will prove a mighty bulwark. But MT. Coolidge cannot compose the west which grew revolutionary even under the effect of the mild administration of MT. Harding.
 It comes from the west that a po- Hey of "watchful waiting" has been adopted, but that inasmuch as MT. Coolidge has found haven under the wing of the reactionaries, little in the way of relief Is anticipated. Sen ator Johnson Is aware that Collage is of the reactionary school, and he re- alizes that if he Is ever to achieve his
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