The Winslow mail., 1923-10-26
REPORT THAT HE HAD TURNED
AGAINST NATIONS LEAGUE
CAUSED EXCITEMENT.
FLATLY DENIED BY SENATOR
Politics Is Now the Chief Subject Of
Discussion in Washington-Both
National Committee Chairmen To
Hold Their Places.
BY EDWARD B. CLARK

Wnen LHo newspapers CdIIISu lWO
stories cheek by jowl, one telling of
| speech by Senator Oscar w. Under
wood of Alabama, announced candl-
date for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency, and the other Civ
ing account of a speech by Samuel nj.
Ralston of Indiana, also a candidate
| for Democratic honOrS.
In the story of the speech by Mr.
Underwood it was said he had given
over his allegiance to the League Of
Nations. In the story of the speech by
Mr.. Ralston it was said he reat1irmed
his belief in the league.
1t took only about twenty-four
hours for a denial to arrive of the
truth OF. the story of the Underwood
speech. The Alabama senator re-
pudiated in toto the report of his ad-
dress He said his belief in the league
was what it always had been and that
he was still its Staunch supporter.
| The League of Nations, despite recent
happenings, probably will be very
| much of factor in the coming nom
| ination campaign and, of course, In the
election campaign which is to follow
AS everybody knows, the Democrats,
like the Republicans have their ranks
| split on the general subject of trying
to find some means to aid Europe, but
there are many more League of Ma
tionites in the Democratic party, or
seemingly so, at least, than there are
in the Republican party.
All Looking for Excitement.
1t is easy enough to understand the
excitement which followed the story
that Mr.. Underwood had repudiated
the league. 1t was said by some Dem
ocrats that this reputation meant his
defeat for the nomination. 1t takes a
| denial of story a long time to catch
up with the story itself. Sometimes
it never catches up, but, of course.
Mr.. UnderwoOd's friends are hoping
for the best. Politics will be the chief
subject of discussion in this town from
now until the election, one year from
November, and now that the heat of
the summer is past with it's general
accompanying dullness, it perhaps can
be readily understood with what avid
ity in cool weather the politicians
seized upon the Underwood-Ralston in
cident for street, office and closet con-
versation.
The Republicans are having some
interesting discussions of their own on
this thing and that thing these days.
A Republican leader the other day de-
| livered himself of a statement to the
effect that President Coolidge was be-
tween the devil and the deep sea in
the World court matter The intima-
tion was, of course, that if the Presi-
dent followed his own beliefs in the
matter he would lose politically; that
the devil of anti-cOurt would get him on
the one side or the deep sea of the
court on the other, unless he COM
| promised.
Some of the Presidents friends were
angry at this statement of the Re-
publican leader for they said that in
a way it was an insult to suggest that
any President of the United States for
purely political purposes would fail to
follow his own convictions in any mat
| ter and would be deferred from doing
right by any fear for his future
National Chairmen to Stay.
The chairmen of the two great ma
| tional party committees seemingly are
| to stay put on their jobs until the
conventions meet. This much seems to
be assured, Notwithstanding the fact
| that rumors have been flying about
! that Chairman Hull of the Democratic
committee was not entirely acceptable
| to many of the Democratic brethren
and that Chairman Adams of the Re-
publican committee was, as the saying
| goes, sin bad' with a good many Re-
publicans of high estate.
A national committee rarely or nev-
er removes it's chairman. Probably it
| can't. Chairmen are supposed to stay
| in Office until the national cons en-
tions meet, when their successors are
named. Nobody knows who will be the
| successor of either Of the men now in
high committee place.
When the conventions meet and the
| presidential candidates are named,
each candidate expresses his desire in
| the matter of national committee
| chairman. If the Republican nominee
next year wants Mr.. Adams to hang
on, he'll hang on, and if the Demo
cratic nominee wants Mr.. Hull to hang
| on, he'll hang on.
Who Will Preside over Senate?
There is speculation in Washing
| ton as to the identity of the
next president pro TEN of the Uni
| ted States senate. Senator Cummins
of Iowa was the presiding officer
| in the absence of the vice president
| for some time, but now that the vice
president has become President, the
| president pro TEN in effect will be the
i president permanent of the senate. 1t
said that Senator Cummins is not
,ver anxious for continuation of the
| nonOr which has been his.
The place In a way is a conspicu-