The Washington times., 1924-06-10

buttons committee, champion engi-
neer Of stone crushers in pulveriz.
Ing campaigns of yore. Today he
blithers of my friend Coolidge"
and says he has had enough from
his party. Whose party?, That
party offered him the vice chair.
manship Of an obscure committee
such as used to go to the gentle
man from Hawaii.
Blaine for La Toilette.
Governor John ]. Blaine of Wis
-consin is for La Toilette. That
lets him in. and eases him right
out again. Senator George H.
Moses Of New Hampshire, chair
man of the national Senatorial
campaign committee. IL he 10 here,
where is he? He was not elected
a delegate. He has not supported
the President, and the regulars"
here refer to him as ''mischievous
Moses"
Senator William e. Borah, promi.
nently mentioned as a candidate,
himself, who in past years would
have had headquarters, red fire,
banners and Autographs tackled
about. and would surely have re.
ceived at least a complimentary
first vote from his own and neigh.
boring States. He isn't in sight.
Neither is any boom for him, or
any room for him.
La Fellette is here, with his
solid Wisconsin delegation, in the
person of his son and his neighbors.
Who cares? Senator Curtis, of Kan
VN11f t. l.
ing.
Adams Goes to Bed.
Adhere is John r. Adams-that
dignified elderly gentleman, pur.
chasing magazine to take to bed
with him and a 2-cent stamp to
paste on his letter home. He walks
on, bows to several acquaintance,
who return the bow, and goes up
in the elevator. He Is only the
chairman of the Republican Ma.
tional Committee.
He is a steady, set man, is John
L. Adams, and he has his own
rigid notions about the world court
plan. That settles him. Tomorrow
ne will go out of party office.
William M. Butler, Cal Coolidge's
hand picked chauffeur of the Cool.
idge car. will take the wheel.
clifford Pinchot, governor of Penn.
sylvania, who got himself a lot of
publicity when he came up to
Washington and. reviewed with
alarm the work of the prohibition
enforcement department of the AID.
mlnlstration, and who was suspect
ed or secret ambition to become a
for the Presidency, him.
SELL Where? In Harrisburg, Just
now, 1t is reported. He wasn't elect.
cd delegate and the Pennsylvania
delegation Is all keystoned and ce.
mented Tor Coolidge anyway.
There are some good names"
among the liberal bloc-Senators
George w. Norris of Nebraska.
Howel of the same State, Brook.
mart. who was just renominated by
an impressive majority in Iowa, an
admittedly precarious State. What
concessions are going to be offered
them, what feelers will be held out
TO pacify or mollify them in an
"right?"
OA OAACnO NAdus
William Butler (no one has vet
had the temerity to make it "Biii'1
mas nothing to give out along these
lines. He is silent man, like the
man with whom he is in ,unbroken
long distance communication.
Reed Smoot of Utah is a dele.
gate. just delegate.
Senator Omena and Congressional
Delegate Barbaldon of the Philip.
pines are here. They are walking
from room to ROOM, wherever there
is placard of a State delegation,
urging and pleading for the party
tc repudiate and not to endorse
the Weeks.Wood plan for leasing
to private interests the $4,000, 900
public utilities Of the island. They
are outstpoken: They say 1t is
very much like the deal Fall made
with the navy oil lands.
Secretary Weeks is here. He has
conferred with the President. He
will tell the committee on resolu.