Evening star., 1923-04-17
ME universal American game
politics-is finding adherents
of tho deepest dye at the

politics-is finding adherents
| of tho deepest dye at the
| D. A. r. congress these days.
| Rival candidates for president gen
eral have their rival camps Spokes-
men for tho candidates are annouhc-
| ing various rumors at various times.
Proselytes are invading the ranks OF
opponents in an effort to conVer'
| delegations to the cause OF their can
didate.
| The Pennsylvania state delegation
headquarters is at the Wiilara aote, te, 1
literature is arranged and sori;a sorted
there yesterday the doors were were
closed. They entered. Ihey "e.d
comfortably ensconiEnea n,nin rni,tics" IN ic when hen
gentle monkey wrench was throw. .
| into the machinery OF their plals.
! definite announcement was nhaue
a newcomer that no pont,es 0ors Woore
ooncerning @ rumors which had al
legedly been attributed TO the rem
| syIvania headquarters or MIS-. An
| thony Wayne Cook.
| Beneath the roof of the, wizard
also is the District Of Columbia head
quarters of Mrs. G. Wallace w. Hanger
at present organizing secretary gen gen
| eral of the organization. Ihe scripes
made their way thence.
There was no ban on talking pol
itics." Politics were talked with a
will. Supporters OF Mrs. HANGER an !.
nounced that they were were piasims l,n nn the the
| game with CARDS race up Oh 'Ae
No secret was made of the fact that
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey OF
Kansas, one of the rscogmIzsn Re and sa ho0r ho0r
orary president of the organization,
| had swung her personal support 70
Mrs. Hanger. The Kansas delesatloI,
also. it was announced. had pieogsa I, .
support. BY the time everything was
Checked up the impression was ina.
the boom for Mrs. Hanger alreaoy
| included the delegations from NoFe1 ~
carolnat feoTgiaif cgsliifornia h9r'o With Mis-
souri, in the favorably doubtful &c Gas las
| sifcation and Kansas solidly Pledgeo.
| The significant point is mace .na
Mrs George MaynarSd w MIn9f flraf time in
history is taking up the cause OF ia =
eandidate outside of that state, ana
| Mrs, William n. Reynolds OF NOT u
Carolina. who re withare" ssneral 1rv be.
| cause Of III health, has also s"uns
her support toward the Dlstrlct CON
| tingent.
u-s William Cumming Story, the
! tier candidate for the presldency
| general, hailinG from the Eihptn ~
srate has both sides guessing. IN
| osnnch as two-thirds majority 10
needed to assure the office, II taxes
NM verv little to hold the oalance
~ nower. and the progress OF eacn
| cantidate toward the coveted soal
of president general reminds an oo-
server Of the delicate operation OF
waIking on eggs. Scant WORD Is
coming from the headquarters or Mrs.
Story Her work Is proceeding 9
nuietly and unobstentatiously She
has already held the position IN years
! gone BY, wherefore comparisons are
! being drawn by some OF the dele
cares to her position with that OF
Theodore Roosevelt in the presiden-
tiaI race that gave victory TO WOOD
row Wilson Mrs. Story is an hon-
orary president general or the So
ciety for life.
SURPRISES are always in order at
d. A. r. president general elections.
Warm and enthusiastic races FOR the
honor show the interest that is mani
tested by the delegates and the I'M
portance which they attach to the
office. Accordingly, yesterday runors
of the arrival OF a dark horse IN
the race were being spread abroad.
Exactly who this dark horse may
be is speculative and probiematlc.
Today will find state delegations