Evening star., 1924-08-17
POLITICAL BATTLE
GOES ON DESPITE
COOLIDGE VACATION
Davis and Wheeler Expected
Here This Week for Cam
paign Conferences.
3 CANDIDATES CLARITY
ISSUES IN ADDRESSES
Speeches of Dawes and Bryan,
Scheduled This Week, Eagerly
Awaited.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
| The political pot will continue 10
boil in the National Capital this week
! Notwithstanding the fact that one OF
| the principal contenders for the
| residency-President Coolidge-will
be away from the White House. rest
| ing in the Vermont hills
John w. Davis, Democratic nominee,
| is expected to come to Washington
| Tuesday for his first visit of any'
! duration since his nomination. His
previous visits have been only for 2
few minutes. on his way to or from
his home in clarksburg. While here
Mr.. Davis will visit the Democratic
national headquarters and confer with
| party leaders who will be here to
| meet him. George White of Ohio,
| former national chairman. and Da MEL
| Roper will be among them. Glen
| Shaver, the national chairman. will
| be in Lincoln. Nebr.. Monday night for
! the notification of Gov. Bryan of his
nomination for the vice presidency.
and it is doubtful that he will be able
to be in Washington during Mr.. Davis
| visit here. it was said last night al
| headquarters.
| "HeeIef Due lnuFSuay.
Senator Burton X. Wheeler. vice
presidential candidate on the indie
pendent Progressive ticket will come
| to Washington Thursday from Massa-
chusetts, where he has been resting
| for the last two or three weeks,
preparatory TO beginning an active
/ campaign. In conference with Sena-
tor La Toilette. head of the ticket.
and with Director Niles of the La
Follette-W Wheeler Chicago speakers
bureau. Senator Wheeler is expected
to map out his speaking campaign.
1t is likely that plans will be made also
for Senator La Toilette to get into
| action during these conferences. 1t
is expected that the Wisconsin Senator
will first address the American people
via the radio, though this is not yet
settled. If the plan works well
Senator La Toilette may remain here
for some time longer. using the radio.
from time to time. before beginning
| a speaking tour through the country.
Interest In Tickets.
The week will see the pronounce
ments of the two vice presidential
nominees of the old parties delivered
and out of the way. Gen. Charles q.
| Dawes will make his Tuesday night
in Chicago, the night following Coy.
Bryan. Not a little interest centers
in both these speeches. For it has
been understood that both Gov. Bryan
and Gen. Dawes were to carry a good
part of the burden of campaigning
for their respective tickets.
PTeSident Coolidge, in his address Of
acceptance Thursday night, set the pace
for the campaign-and apparently the
campaign is to be one of steadiness and
common sense-a kind of safety first
campaign instead of fire crackers and
Rrn, -<r1-.
Gen. Dawes the common report has
been that he is to furnish the pep
that he is to "jaZz it up But if he
follows the lead of his chief, it is
difficult to see how there is to be much
jazz from the Republican corner of the
triangular contest.
Compaign Issues Joined.
The statements of President Coolidge
and John W. Davis. contained in their
acceptance speeches delivered last
week, taken together with the state
ment made by Senator La Toilette
when he told the Conference for Pro-
gressive Political Action that he would
run an independent candidate for
President. have helped further to join
the issues of the campaign.
President Coolidge is stressng par
ticularly economy in government. If he
follows the advice of Senator Borah OF
Idaho, he will make this the paramount
issue of the campaign. In the opinion
of Senator Borah economy in govern
ment, and the reduction of taxes made
possible thereby, will be very appealing
to the voters throughout the country.
And the array of figures showing re-
ductions in governmental expenditures
and reductions in taxes set forth by
President Coolidge in his address of
acceptance cannot be swept aside
lightly by his opponents. The promise
Of further economies and tax reductions
which he made will have their weight,
it is believed.
League Issue Again.
Another issue-the League of Nations
has been Joined more closely, be-
tween the Republicans and the La
Toilette ticket on the one hand. and the
Democrats on the other Senator La
Toilette was one of the ''irreconcilables'
who helped to defeat the ratification OF
the Versailles treaty and the league
covenant. His position is well known.
President Coolidge has again declared
the United States is not going into the
League of Nations. Mr.. Davis on the
other hand, while following the platform
of the Democratic party which declared
for referendum on the subject of the
league, declared his personal belief in
the league. And so the league issue Is
not as dead as some might desire.
AS between the La Toilette ticket and
the Republican, issues are clearly drawn
on the subject of Government owner
ship and the judiciary. The La Toilette
ticket stands for Government ownership
of the railroads 1t stands for curtailz
ing the power of the courts-particu-
larry in the matter of passing upon the
constitutionality of laws enacted by
Congress. President Coolidge would
leave the Constitution alone; Senator
La Toilette would amend it.
Fight Over Labor Vote.
The Democrats and the La Toilette
ticket are fighting over the labor vote,
with former Secretary Wilson of the De-
partment of Labor championing Davis
and Samuel Gompers and other men,
bers of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor cham
pioning La Toilette, while the Repub-
licans have so far contented themselves
with watching the struggle. But the Re-
publicans admit they are hopeful of
getting some of the labor vote
President Coolidges failure to dis
cuss more in detail the activities of
former Secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall. former Attorney General
Daugherty, former Secretary of the
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