Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-12

Denver there were reports that con-
ference of republican leaders discuss
| ed the desirability of sidetracking
Senator Phfpps and appointing him
American ambassador to Great Brit
| ain in 1.-The second Harding term" as
d reward for permitting less vui-
! nerable republican to run for senator
next year.
Mr.. Phipps informs the writer that
he has no intention of abandoning
/ the race. He will have his new demo-
cratic colleague, Senator Alva b.
Adams, or Gov. Sweet as an opponent
Colorado win elect two United States
| senator's I'm 1924.
Colorado liked the Hardings. Even
| partisan democrats found the Presi-
dent and the FIRST lady all they ought
to be--a couple OF exceptionally
courteous. simple. unaffected Ameri-
| cans, playing difficult parts with dig
| nifty and effectiveness. Men and
women saw in Mr.. Harding a man of
| transparent sincerity of purpose, fill-
| ed with more than the usual quantity
| and quality Of human kindness. an
! attractive IL not a dynamic personali-
ty, and altogether a presidential per-
son.
They are used out here to the .'Chau-
| tauqua" type Of public speaker, who
can crate feelingly- on the heaven.
home and mother theme. Many OF
the Coloradans whom the President
! faced in the Denver auditorium or on
his rear-platform Appearances found
| him just the kind Of fellow they've
seen on the Chautauqua circuits and
like. There Is a not incOnslderablle
league of nations sentiment In the
Nj Hs4s,nS ala nss axsn re
| world court program except in the
! most casual manner at Denver.
| Gov. Sweet, when Introducing him,
expressed the hope that the Presi-
dent would talk world court, but he
| made merely passing reference to
it, The presidential reception in
! Colorado was cordial, but not color
| full, or demonStrative, democrats say
| Coloradans are luke-warm on the
! subject of railroad consultations. AS
1 in Kansas they fear the creation of
a Frankenstein monster In the shape
of ruthless monopoly managed I'm
| the distrusted east The heart Of Den
yer in particular is set. as 1t has been
! for years. on becoming ali important
link on great transcontinentta trunk
| line, an advantage the city now does
not share either with Pueblo on the
1 south or Cheyenne on the north.
Boring Grent Tunnel.
! Only recently Denver has taken
| steps to bore a great tunnel through
| the mountain range, which is the
natural barrier to trunk line
\ through this city. There is to be a
municipal bond issue to finance a
great engineering project which Will
| carry out the long-cherished dream
Of the Denver pioneer. David II.
| Moffat, whose ancient plans to put
| Denver on. the transcontinental rail
map were baffied, so they say here.
by hostile eastern capital.
| When Denver thinks Of Moffat and
! conjures up visions of the new birth of
prosperity the tunnel through the James
peak is going to bring. IT is not deeply
enamored of any schemes designed to
centralize more power in the hands of
\ ALLEN capital" Denver dominates polit-
| ically in Colorado.
| There is any amount of Henry Ford
| talk in the state. In both the farming
and the labor communities he would
| command undoubted strength on an in
| dependent ticket. There are no visible
! signs Of an organized movement in his
/ behalf, but il he contrives to get his
name on any presidential ticket in 1924
| he will cut heavily into the normal vote
| of both the republican and democratic
parties.
The Denver Post one of whose
proprietors was invited to go to
! Alaska by the President. publishes
! weekly edition called The Great
Divide which has a big circulation
! writer is informed, IL polled the farm
vote in Colorado and some adjacent
| districts and found that Ford ran
ahead of every other presidential
CONTENDER IN the ratio or about ten
for himself to four for Harding and
| two for McAdoo. Politicians are un-
| certain whether Ford would do more
| damage to the republican or to the
democratic ticket. All they are sure
| about is that he will play havoc
| with both, though there is no fear.
| apparently, that he could carry the
| state. He will not have the demo-
cratic delegation to the national
| convention. McAdoo seems to be as
| sured of that. at least for early bal
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