Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-17
SOMERSET REPUBLICANS TOLD
UNITYIS The WATCKWORD IN
COMING SEPTEMBER ELECTION
LEADERS CALL ON
COOLIDGE TO TELL
OF STATE SURVEYS

Washington. July 16.-President
Coolidge's conference with William H.
Butler, chairman Of the Republican
national committee. to map out further
the immediate Republican campaign
plans, was postponed today until early
next week.
MIR. Butler had been expected to ar
rive in Washington in day or so, but
word was received at the White House
today that the chairman had decided
to complete all arrangements for the
opening of the party headquarters in
New York before coming to Washing
ton.
The postponement of the conference
with his campaign manager will afford
Mr.. Coolidge further opportunity to
gather reports on the political situa-
ton in various states. He was fur
nished with summaries on the situa-
tion in five states today through the
most extensive series of political con-
ferences in many days at the White
House.
The presidents political callers in
cluded Raymond Benjamin OF San
Francisco, who was state chairman for
six years prior to 1922 and who had
general charge of Republican activi-
ties in that state, Nevada, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho in the 1920 cam
paign; Representative Ware, a Repub-
lican leader in Pennsylvania; Carmi
Thompson, one of the Coolidge pre-
convention campaign managers and Il
party leader in Ohio; Senator Brande-
see of Connecticut, and Representative
Mclaughlin of Nebraska.
Secretary Weeks, returning from
vacation trip to Massachusetts, talked
over political conditions in New Eng
land generally with the president with
special mention Of the situation in
Maine, where the State election will be
held in September.
All of the presidents political callers
said they presented hopeful reports to
the nominee.
Representative Mclaughlin declared
Nebraska considered Charles G..
Dawes. the Republican vice presidential
nominee, zone OF its own" inasmuch
as Mr.. Dawes made his home for sew
eral years in Lincoln, and predicted
that Mr.. Dawes would attract as much
support for the Republican ticket in
Nebraska as Charles w. Bryan, Nebras-
ka governor and the Democratic vice
presidential candidate would bring to
the Democratic ticket.
While not attempting to speak for
ISenator Hiram. Johnson, who contested
for the Republican nomination with
Mr.. Coolidge, Mr.. Benjamin told the
president the Johnson leaders in Cali
fornia, with few exceptions, could be
counted upon to assist in the Republi-
can campaign.
california is as safe for Coolidge
and Dawes this year as it was for
Harding and Coolidge in 1920" Mr.
Benjamin said. Senator Lafollettc
and the third party will not be a factor
in California. The administration has
strengthened itself in California by its
energetic action in stamping out the
foot and mouth disease. and the atti-
tude of the president toward the Jap
anese exclusion provision of the immi-
grafton act has left no bad tastes"
Mr.. Thompson said after comforting
with the president for the first time
since the Cleveland convention that he
would take an active part in the ma
tlonal campaign, although the exact
nature OF his duties had not been de-
termlned. A similar declaration was
MADE by Representative Ware, who will
IeaVe next week for a stay of two or
three weeks abroad but will return
ABOUT the time the Republican cam
palgn gets actively under way.
Two separate calls were made at the
white House by Senator Brandegee.
VINO discussed not only the situation
IN connecticut but generally in New
england and in New York. The latter
state is expected by the Republican
management to be one of the real bat
tiegrounds of the campaign with the
issue there to be decided in a measure
Dy the preference of the business in
1eTests as between Mr.. Coolidg and
John w. Davis, the Democratic presi-
dental nominee.
connecticut as it now appears will
lurnlsh the same ratio in favor of
IooIiuge and Dawes as the rest of New
England Senator Brandebee said.
Senator Brandegee and Secretary
weeks spent more than an hour with
the president. Mr.. Weeks said he did
not Know that lie would be a member
OF the campaign advisory committee
as he was in 1920. but his aid would
be at the disposal of Chairman Butler
at any time.