The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-09
SENATOR LODGE |S. BEING DOOMED TO
 SUCCEED HARVEY
However, He Is Unpopular In England And May Not
 Seek The Post
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! D |

Pressure Is being brought to bear against the President to the end that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge might be St. James.
 Today, 1t Is indicated, though not in an official sense, that if Lodge ardently desires the post, and in per son asks for 1t, it will be given him. It Is said however, that there are reasons why President Coolidge would honor some other one of the teuta- tive applicants.
 The republican national committee sponsors the Massachusetts senator. It wants a more popular man to serve as leader of the Senate. It argues to the President that his own popularity in Massachusetts would be sufficient to elect two republicans next year. and that the sending of Lodge out of the country would not menace the fast dwindling republican majority in the upper chamber.
 Unpopular In England.
 The President Is said to be deterred by the knowledge that Lodge, while possessing the proper dignity and learning, and the necessary. wealth, would be handicapped because of his unpopularity in England His fight against the League of Nations, which is regarded in England as an unfair fight, and one predicated on, his hatred for former President Wilson and his desire that a republican, at any cost. be chosen to the office of chief execu tive, would make him, beneath the surface at any rate, persona non erata across the seas. @
 The President, furthermore, is said to be less cocksure that republicans could elect two senators next year in Massachusetts than the republican national committee. Lodge, with all his learning and his record, his po- sition and wealth, barely escaped de- feat last year it Is recalled, and since that time nothing has occurred, it is believed. to make the republican party more popular in the bay state.
 It is alleged, also, that the Presi dent might prefer to send to Eng land some one who might rival his candidacy before the next republican convention. This phase of the situ- ation has brought into prominent dis- cussion former Gov Frank o. Low den of Illinois, who was a strong contender for the nomination in 1920, and who is a tentative candidate for the present time. Harvey TO Get Busy.
 Ambassador George Harvey return ing to the United States possibly in December is expected to hurl himself into the presidential campaign. It is still said that he might be made chairman of the republican national committee. If he should declare promptly for the nomination of Cool idle that result would certainly ob- tain, 1t is said.
 It is understood that Harvey fla vors Coolidge at the present time It is reported. however that he has not committed himself. His previous record of political .infidelity renders the President doubtful, 1t is said. Harvey might conclude to take po- sition with the so-called revolution ists, and carry a fight against the "reactionary' wing of the organiza- tion.
 It Is definitely established that the President did not ask for the resigna- ton of Harvey. It is reported, how ever, that Coolidge ~as not made un- happy when IL came, On account of his pro- British department, and his alleged fllppancy in wearing velve, knee trousers, he had given offense to many Americans, 1t Is claimed, who insist on proper dignity and an indication of pride in American citi- zenship.