Evening star., 1924-05-05
BAY STATE FACING
RUSH FOR SENATE
Coolidge Forces Want Cox to Re-
consider and Seek G.. O. P.
Nomination.
FEAR WILD SCRAMBLE
Gillett, Winslow, rockingham
Among Possibilities.
BY WILL II. KENNEDY.

The senatorial contest in Massa-
chusetts has grown still more inter
| esting over the week end.
William NJ Butler, next friend of
President Coolidge and new leader of
the Republican campaign organiza-
tio-l. has just announced that he re-
nounces his chances of capturing the
Republican nomination fcI' the Sem
| ate, and leaves a very decided i'm
Fpression that he believes that Gov.
! Cox should have the united support
of the Massachusetts Republicans.
In the meantime. on Saturday in
Boston, Gov. Cox reiterated his pre-
viously expressed determination that
rhe is quitting politics.
| When these facts percolated to
! Washington there was a new agita-
! tion among Republican members of
1 Congress from Massachusetts, several
Of whom are standing where the
| lightning may strike. Representative
! Frederick w. Dallinger, chairman of
! the House committee on education.
/ who is on the verge of announcing
his candidacy. left hurriedly at mid
night for Boston to consult with his
political advisers.
WinSIow Also Favored.
Representative Samuel L. Winslow,
chairman of the House committee on
! Interstate and foreign commerce, who
! is today leading the fight against the
/ Howell Barley Railroad Labor Board
bill, is also n favored son who has
/ been strongly urged to try for the
Senate.
Representative Louis A. Frothing-
ham, a former lieutenant governor,
is being pressed by some of his ad-
mirers to enter the lists.
1t has just developed that there is
| Il strong undercurrent of influence
being brought to bear upon Speaker
Gillett, NeStor of the House, with q
record of thirty years continuous
service; that he has strong adminis-
tration support in the event that
Gov. Cox is not the candidate, and
that the Speaker himself, while re-
fusing to make any announcement,
has let his friends carry away the
impression that he is definitely in
tereSted.'
1t is also significant that the
Speaker and William NJ. Butler are
to confer today with regard to the
Massachusetts senatorShip, and that
Mr.. Butler is representing President
Coolidge and President Coolidge's
best interests in the presidential
campaign.
Want Cox to Run.
However, one thing is certain. that
the President and his campaign man
ayers are not willing to take Gov
Coxs word that he is through with
effort to convince him that he should
| run for the Senate as a matter of
party duty and expediency.
OF course. if Gov. Cox runs, he will
be opposed by Louis A. Coolidge, any
how, but it is the thought of Mr.
Butler and his followers that Cox
could unite the Republican vote of
Massachusetts, and bring about har-
mony that would be helpful to the
candidacy of Calvin Coolidge for re-
election. better than any other man.
This purpose also comprehends the
situation that would exist if Cox
is not candidate-one of general
Republican turmoil and upheavaI If
Cox does not run there will be a
scramble for the Republican nomi-
nation, with Louis A. Coolidge, Gillett,
Winslow, Dallinger. rockingham and
several others being thrust forward
Fear Effects of Scramble.
This would mean not only uncer-
tainty and cross-pulling among the
voters generally on this senatorial
candidacy, but would spread the
disturbance of party ranks into all
of these congressional districts.
where there would spring up candi-
dates to succeed each of these men
in the House. The Republican cam
paign managers foresee that in such
a general helter-skelter campaign in
Massachusetts there might possibly
be a capture by the Democrats of
several more seats in the House.
OF course, if Gov. Cox does not run,
it will mean a better chance for
Senator David /. Walsh. Democrat
for reelection, and any further dis
turbance of the Republican ranks
would be still more helpful to him.
All of which shows pretty clearly
why President Coolidge and Butler,
his political manager, are SO insist
emily determined to make Gov. Cox
reconsider and make the fight against
Snnatnr Walsh.