Evening star., 1923-05-14
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Coolidge Believed Certain to
Run Again With Hard
ing After Farley.
By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

republican conferences dealing will
vital aspects OF the 1924 presidentia
campaign. They were predicated
! broadly on the theory-regardet
| practically as a foregone conclusion
that Harding and Coolidge will
constitute next years G. o. 2. ticket
| The conferees also conducted theil
! deliberations in the confidence thai
| republican victory is as assured az
| anything in politics can be. They
see but two possible flies in the oint
ment-a reversal Of prosperity, which
, is not expected, and the nomination
of Henry Fori by the democrats
| which is not considered altogethe
| improbable. Ford'S yote-getting
power, even against Harding. is no.
underestinated by republican man
! ayers.
! La Toilette Not Feared.
La Follette's opposition is regarded
as negligible. Leading republicans
! formerly identified with Hiram John.
sons ambitions. but now stancl
pledged that the Californian will no
throw himself across the President.
| path. Even Senator Borah is quoted
as conceding the necessity of Hard
ings denomination from the stand.
f, point of assuring republican victory
1
! President Harding, formally and in,
formally, both at the White House
! and elsewhere. during the past few
days were: Fred w. Upham. repub.
lican national treasurer; John r. Ad-
ans. republican national chairman
Charles d. HIlles. former republican
national chairman: Herbert S. Hadley
! former Governor of Missouri; Senator
James w. Wadsworth, jr., of New
York; Attorney General II. NJ
Daugherty; Postmaster General Harry
). New, Albert d. Lasker. chairman
! Limited States Shipping Board; Col
i Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre-
| tary of the navy.
Not the least important item dis
cussed during the leaders powwow
has prevailed in many quarters a
supposition that the Vice President
would not be renominated. There is
ample precedent for not putting up a
| republican vice presidential incum-
! bent for reelection. Already the
woods were full of receptive candi-
dates for Mr. Coolidge's job.
Demand for Coolidge.
1t appears there is a pretty general
demand in the q. Q. l.. organization
for his denomination. He has won his
spurs with party workers all over
the country through being GOOD
soldier" doing ceaseless chores lik
remote when summoned. This readi-
ness to throw himself into the party
breach has endeared Coolidge to many
leaders hitherto alienated by his So
called New England manner" Cool
idse's denomination is now fore
shadowed
Although President Harding $
forthcoming trip across country and
to Alaska is to he strictly non-polit
lcal in character, and will in no sense
20 hit,, i'll.
,, election. various phases of IL were
considered during the conferences
just ended. An itinerary has been
worked out, but will not Immediately
be published. 1t has taken a num-
Der of stNtegic contingencies into
consideration.
Any number of cities, including
Chicago. applied in vain for Mr..
Hardings presence and speech. His
absence from Washington will ex-
tend. in all probability, to September
l. Formal speechmakinG will be en-
tirely 'cut out" on the homebound
journey, which will he by water, from
San Diego via the Panama canal, after
a rail trip through California follow
ing arrival of the Presidents party
in Seattle from Alaska. l. is possl-
BILE Mr.. Harding will sn""k in CT
fornia- but his set addresses are
planned only for the outgoing swine,
to Portland via the southwestern
route.
Firm for World Court.
1t can be stated authoritatively
that the President will go to bat not
aEgressively, but yet in no uncertain
terms, on his World Court PROPOSE
ton in his prepared speeches. He
Will scruplously avoid a combative
tone, but will recede not an inch from
the position he has now or a variety
of occasions definitely espoused.
This writer is informed from a.
competent quarter just what Mr..
Harding meant when he notified the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
that the White House is overwhelmed
with assurances of World Court sup
port 1t has come from 1bne notable
quarter-the large class of citizens
of nations mainly because of the ar
ticle X 'entanglement" issue. That
is regarded in presidential circles the
most significant accretion that so far
has come to the Presidents support
on the World Court.
Mr.. Harding is impressed by the
volume of approval that has eman-
ated from another large and infiu-
ential source-the church group of
the country. irrespective of creed
There is still another impressive
feature. In the past. vociferous anti
the "hyphenated" groups of Irish
Americans and German-Americans
These have been practically silent on
the world court proposal. Their fail
White House as tacit assent.
Outlines His Position.
During his confabs with party
leaders President Harding used a
graphic metaphor to indicate how he
regards his position anent the world
court idea. The President said, in
effect:
I'm somewhat in the attitude of
the president of a big corporation.
poration policy. It's my duty to sub
nit it for consideration of the board
of directors-in this case, the Senate.
It's their province to do what they
lege to put the matter before the
corporations Stockholders-in this
case, the citizens of the country"
1t is in the wholly non-partisan,
non political spirit that the President
will advocate, when he does advocate,
With regard to that issue, as we'll as
with regard to all other issues. War
rem G.. Harding is "going west" as
President-to give an account of his
two years and more of presidential
stewardship, and not as an aspirant
for four more years at the White
House.
His friends, nevertheless recognize
that as it will be virtually his first
appearance before broad reaches of
the people since he became President,
the trips effect upon his political flu
ture will inevitably be important
They are persuaded the human" side
Of him will make an Irresistible ap-
peal everywhere he shows himself.
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