The Winslow mail., 1924-01-04
COOLIDGE WILL
SEEK DELEGATES
HIS FRIENDS ARE EXPECTED TO
START THE NOMINATION
CAMPAIGN AT ONCE.
HILLES OFFSETS HITCHCOCK
Rx EDWARD 3. CLARK

Washington. - Doubtless President
Coolidge's indirect plea for the Repub-
lican nomination for the presidency
has been found in his message to con-
greSS. OF course this does not mean
that the President had the slightest
idea of connecting his message with
the campaign for convention prefer
ment, but simply that necessarily his
words to congress must contain his
views of what ought to be done for
the country.
Seemingly the political friends of the
President have overcome his desire
that no direct effort should be made
to secure for him delegates to the Re-
publican national convention. The
last word has been that soon after the
meeting of the Republican national
committee, astute politicians friendly
to the administration will begin a cam
paign in the Coolidge behalf.
This does not mean that the Presi-
dent personally will enter into the
contest for delegates. In the words of
old, he will be sin the hands Of his
friends" but in this case, If rumor is
true, his friends will be men who know
the ms and outs of politics, and there
fore know how to do things.
HiIes Versus Hitchcock.
It has been reported in the press al
ready that w. NJ Butler of Massa-
chusetts is expected to be the director
of the Presidents nomination fortunes.
Mr.. Butler Is not anywhere near so
we'll known as are two other men, who,
it is believed will be associated with
him in the work ahead-Charles d.
Hilles of New York and George Har-
vey, also of New York.
So far as the inner politics of the
situation is concerned it seems likely
that Mr.. Hilles will be the man of the
hour. Nothing is lost seemingly in Off
setting Frank H. Hitchcock, Senator
Hiram w. Johnson's manager. Hitch
cock and Hilles have different meth
DDS Of management. The former, judg-
ing from the past, believes in the use
Of the smoke screen, but it should be
said instantly that the belief of the
writer is that the screen never hid
anything politically or personally i'm
proper. Secrecy Of operation, how
ever, is one of Mr.. Hitchcock's ways of
doing things.
On the other hand, Charles D. Hilles
throws his doors and windows open
and let's the public look in 1t was he
who managed Mr.. Taft's hopeless cam
paign in 1912. No politician, however,
ever has so much as intimated that
Mr.. Hilles should be blamed in any
way for the Taft failure in 1912. Some
one has said, with humorous intent
probably, that the fact that Utah and
Vermont were saved for Mr.. Taft
proved that Charles D. Hilles knew a
thing or two. There is general rec
ognition Of the truth of the statement
that Hilles' work, REINFORCED by that
Of all the Republican leadership in
the country, could not have saved the
day for William Howard Taft in 1912.
The Republican politicians here who
are friendly to the administration
seem sincere in their belief that the
President has made an impression on
the people, an impression of sincerity
of purpose and of intention to do what
he can to secure constructive legisla-
ton. The politicians are not entirely
ulation in the states in behalf of this
candidate or that candidate can pre-
vent the people from making their
voices heard. Seemingly the Presi-
dents friends believe the pressure
from below this year may give the Re-
Pinchot's Entry Expected.
Clifford Pinchot has not yet entered
the fight for the nomination for the
presidency. He always has been a
close friend of Hiram w. Johnson,
politically and otherwise. The Penn
sylvania governor, however, probably
already has found in the Johnson Chi
cago speech certain things which he
thinks will make it reasonable for him
to enter the campaign as a contestant
against the Californian.
The war made Clifford Pinchot much
more of a conservative than he ever
was before, but on certain matters he
is still an advanced progressive, and
it is inconceivable that ls, in any
speech intended to outline his poll
cies, will give voice to anything in
tended to gain votes from elements
in the community whose views are not
the Pinchot views. 1t can be taken
for granted that the Pennsylvanian' s
spoken or written platform, If he shall
enter the contest, will be straight out
declaration of principles
If the Presidents friends arctic be-
come busy in his behalf, it is under
stood that they will open headquar-
ters in New York, San Francisco, Chi
caoo Denver and Boston. and in some