Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
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WASHINGTON fE iTiiiiI
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BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

permanent new alignment in the
Republican party, or will the shift
in leadership and following, result
ing from his nomination, be but
temporary?
This is the question chiefly in
teresting politically minded Wash
ington today as the president and
his henchman squared away for the
campaign battle ahead.
For there is no question but that
the Republican party, following the
Cleveland convention, is under new
management. The "best minds'i Of
the G. o. P. today are not the chest
minds" of four years ago. Just as
the guiding hand of Boies Penrose
and Murray Crane were missed by
the old regime at the Cleveland
convention, and as Henry CabGt
Lodge was shunted into a position
of secondary influence, SO is the
whole oldtime directing personnel
and machinery Of the party organi
cation to be ditched, SO far as the
presidential compaign is concerned.
The Coolidge candidacy will be,
to degree not equaled by that of
any recent aspirant except Roose-
welt, a personal campaign.
Just as Roosevelt's appeal to The
people was strongly individual, Civ
ing him personal strength exceed
ing that of his party, SO Coolidge's
managers believe, the appeal of the
silent, tactiturn man now in the
White House outruns the bounds of
party and gives him a strength OUT
side of and beyond that of the party
whose ticket he heads.
In keeping with this view, the
Coolidge candidacy will be directed
by Coolidge fans. They will be Re-
publicans, of course, but first of
all they will be Coolidge Republi-
cans.
The disappearance of John T..
Adams, George Lockwood and Fred
Upham from PAGES of power in the
national committee is the first Move
in clearing the way for a personal
Coolidge campaign.
The effort is to be to put the
Coolidge candidacy at the head of
the procession, well out in front,
not simply as a part of the general
party campaign to include senator
ial and congressional fights and
state tickets.
Candidates for Senate ana
House, if they want to benefit by
the Coolidge leadership, will have
to come along in the Coolidge fol-
lowing. If they feel that they are
stronger shan the head of their
ticket and are inclined to make
their campaigns independently,
well, the result will be on their
own heads!
Interestingly enough, however,
there are more than a few of the
present membership in Congress
who expect to do just that thing.
Just as Coolidge's managers feel
ne is stronger than the party it's
self, these members feel that in
their individual districts, they are
stronger than Coolidge. Those who
voted the bonus over the presi-
dental veto, for instance, will
claim that as a reason for support
Nov. A. Those who helped put
through immigration and tax pro-
visions out of harmony with the
Coolidge tax and immigration views
will make those acts their chief
claim for reelection.
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Someone is wrong, of course
Either the Coolidge managers magni
fy the personal popularity and
strength of the president with the
rank and file of American voters
or the groups within the party
which view the Coolidge candidacy
with GOODNESS have their glasses or
crooked. They can't both be right.
There is openly expressed belief
that the old, now rejected leader
ship of the party, is looking for
ward not merely with expectation
but with actual hope for the defeat
of the presidential ticket in Nov
Der.
This group will work to save
party control in Congress, if pos
sible, but will merely stand by in
the hope of recapturing control of
the party machinery should the
Top of the ticket go down to defeat
A Coolidge victory, however,
might bring a permanent and new
G. o. P. lineup.
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