Seward daily gateway., 1923-12-07
NEW POLITICAL ANGLES

New angles are being added to the political structure. 50 Iapluly that the only certainty about politics Ill lle next six or eight months IS the uncI-- taint> of it all It is evident there Will De a fight to the finish between Jonn- son, Coonuoe and roiI. hcAAoo k auuareLtil lne man 6. the hour TOT lkU G,EIu>ratS.
 senator Johnson5 nnmer.lon ol linst.il Ill the pOnllCdl waters !" le" oaIs ago WAS notice that President Coolidge will not De handed the nolh- lnation oI tne republicans on silver platter, but Coolidge may be conceoeu the nominee ot the republican party But hls program, ds lie pfeseh'1o l' to congress yesterday, had two weak points: opposition to the so,dler po- nus and endorsement ol WoI!dI court. McAdoo is for the bonus ana ID favor of a court, while Johnson IS for the bonus, but against the world court. Johnson realizes that Coolidge, made a great mistake in turning down the proposed bonus legislation, and IS ready to take advantage Ot 1t.
 There is no doubt that Johnson will make a vigorous fight, for he is an ex- cellent peIsuuaI ca.upalgner anu Vote-
 
 powerful organization, at the head or which will be Albert 1. LaShef, pfoHi' nent advertising man and former chairman of the shipping board. John son, however, is said to have aiIenated the ultra-radlcal group by his atutuue toward legislation during the past few years; particularly his failure to vote against the Esch-Cummins bill; his failure to appear when the NeWDeTfy vote was taken, and his vote for a high tariff In other words, he has not consistently clung to the band wagon of the ultraradicals, who at times have been in alliance with him.
 That Clifford Pinchot will enter the lists in the hope of lining up the pro gressiye element which followed the late Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, and which is said to have broken away from Johnson, is conceded among as- ute politicians. Governor PlnChoI 5 recent barrage against the adminlstra- ton on the prohibition question, while proving a boomerang, indicates his trend of thought.
 In the democratic party, McAdoo IS off in a cloud Of dust, having ellmlnat- ed Ford in the Dakota convention IOi presidential preference. He IS count ed a complete dry. and in Texas ana other parts of the south he is flirting with the Ku Klux Klan. Meanwhile Murphy is grooming Al Smith ln NeWI York, who has declared himself ln la vor of a wet plank, and in favor ol any plank which will gain him votes. Oscar Underwood is busy in lhel South, and is declaring noisily that he is the Moses to lead the democratic uarty through it's red sea of troubles and broken promises, to promised land. Wilson claims the League of Nations is the big issue, but Under wood thinks not-fOr political pur- poses and probably Mr. McAdoo will find this plank very troublesome be- fore he gets through his campaigning.
 That the democrats are handling Henry Ford with tongs is shown in developments in South Dakota this week. If it was left to the dear pee pul, Henry would be nominated hands iown, and probably elected, but the 9eople Will, as always, vote for the man placed on the ticket for them by h. ,.g bosses, and not for their po- itir2l choice. It is suspected that Ii Ford runs he will appear on third ,a1 ticket, perhaps allied with the T, Labor party. In fact, it is onceded that the political bosses of 10th dominant parties will have noth- ng to do with the lank Michigander, moving that he is no politician and annot be handled.
 Henceforth the fight will be waged 7ith abandon, but it is shrouded in he fog of uncertainty. At the pres mt time Coolidge and McAdoo are 1e leading candidates of the two ma or parties. And Coolidge has far etter chance of winning than Me doo. unless the members of the merican Lcrion rally to his support SC ci1ier bonus.