The Washington times., 1923-12-28
c. O.P. WORRIED
BY s. DAKOTA
TANGLE
Coolidge and Johnson Both
Feel They Must Win in
Primaries.
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Estate proposal convention by the
South Dakota Hiram Johnson ele-
ment.
Then presently comes the name
OF Calvin Coolidge for President.
Then come the names of nu-
merous South Dakotans who are
running for numerous offices, such
as United States Senator and gov
ernor and Secretary of State and
so on, and virtually every one of
these men in anti. Coolidge and pro-
johnson.
Coolidge In Sandwich.
Coolidge is running as the ham
in q sandwich, the two bread slices
of which are a Johnson platform of
principles and Johnson slate of
local office seekers.
The Johnson platform attached to
column three" Is one which de-
nnands at least four things which are
obnoxious to Coolidge. One is a
bonus. One Is that Muscle Shoals,
instead OF being developed by Henry
Ford or some other private person,
shall be developed by the Govern
ment. One Is that the reduction Of
Federal taxes shall be confined to
persons whose incomes are not more
than $4,000 q year. The fourth is
that Section 16-A'-the so-called
mis-called guarantee section ''-of
the Esch- Cummins transportation
law shall be repealed.
On this anti-C Coolidge platform, and
accompanied by q mob Of anti-Cool-
to swim to safety in column three"
which is awarded to him by the
South Dakota primary law for having
been the majority choice" for Presi.
dent in the state proposal conven-
tion."
Column Two" Better.
Johnson. having been kicked out
Of that column by the state pro-
posal convention" tried then to get
into column two''--the so-callea
minority column" 1t is q better
column physically than column
three" because it is nearer to the
voters hand as the voters hand
goes across the page.
The South Dakota supreme court,
however, severely refused to let
Johnson have this column: because
1t was already occupied by a gen.
tleman who had rapidly written a
platform of some 1000 words on
which he was running for Congress
and on which he had already pasted
the word minority"
Repulsed thus from column
two" Johnson was driven into
column one," which Is the abso-
lutely nearest to the voters hand,
and therefore the undoubtedly best
In this column-the Independent"
column--he seemed likely to be able
to make a run totally on his ac-
the second sessions" of the
county proposal conventions"
I Why the County Convention.
The first sessions Of these con-
ventions sent delegates to the
state proposal convention" Now,
just to be sure that the State con-
vention did not ruin the State, the
county conventions have obeye0
the South Dakota primary law and
have met again. Some Of them are
ardentiy pro-Johnson and they
have proceeded to act In the man.
8. D., to Senator Norbeck, who is
South Dakota's senior United
States Senator, and who now spends
his time explaining South Dakota
legislation to Washington.
The second session" OF the
county proposal convention" at
Watertwn, having unanimously re-
pudiated the state proposal con-
vention," and having unanimously
Endorsed Hiram johnson for Presi-
dent, proceeded to take all its local
legislative candidates out Of the
majority column" on the ballot
and proceeded to put them into the
independent column" with john
son.
Some of Johnson's followers will,
therefore, be running in the same
column with him, while others will
be running in the same column with
Coolidge.
Sterling In Column Two"
Meanwhile, United States Senator
Sterling Of South Dakota, who is
for Coolidge, is running in column
two - the minority column -
where he has to see, at the head Of
the column, q platform summary"
which declares for q bonus.
All three Republican platforms In
South Dakota are for q bonus. The
general situation and outlook in
South Dakota would seem on the
best information and belief here
available to be roughly as follows:
The political theories prevalent in
the State are much closer to john
sons than to Coolidge's. NeVerthe-
less, throughout the State there is
personally a large store Of good will
toward Coolidge and his character
If Johnson wins, it will be win
ming by a man helped along by his
theories. If Coolidge wins, it will
have to be winning much more
by the man himself. From the
platform" standpoint, Coolidge is
handicapped against Johnson in
South Dakota. From the personal
ity standpoint, the Coolidge support
ers believe that they can carry the
State for Coolidge, nevertheless.
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