Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-16
KEAN SNUbbED
BY PRESIDENT;
NOCONF FERENCE
Receives Rebuff at White
House-Did Not Even
See Mr.. Coolidge.
Statement Is ISSUED
But Coolidge Knew Nothing
of It-Move to Boost
Own Candidacy
STATEMENT is ISSUED
BY GEORGE H. MANNING
washington Correspondent of the
Perth AmbOy Evening News.

BY GEORGE H. MANNING
washington Correspondent of The
Perth Amboy Evening News.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.--To be
snubbed by the President of the
United States at any time is err
tremely unpleasant for the recip-
lent; but for a candidate for the
United States senate to be coldly
rebuffed by the chief executive right
at the moment when he expected to
materially boost his candidacy BY
the prestige that would follow q
conference with the President on
political affairs and the apparent
presidential approval OF his candiz
dacy is almost disastrous.
Hamilton Il. Keafis =. =
national committeeman for Ns..
Jersey. who is campaigning ~ a.
1eat Senator Walter e. Edge for
the Republican nomination "a fhs
senate, no doubt today feels keen1xl
the rebuff he received at the White
House Thursday when ne attempfe,1
to obtain a conference with Presi-
dent Coolidge, but rallied to get he
vond the outer rooms of the execu.
tive offices wher Secretary C. Bas
com Slemp adriotly turned him
away with the statement that the
PRESIDENTS time was all taken up.
Mr.. keon came to Washington
Thursday morning. as did several
Republican national committeeman
from other states. to attend the
ceremonies and festivities in connee-
ton with the notification of Mr.
Coolidge that he was the Republican
choice for President.
When Mr.. Kean called ar tho
White House during the morning in
expectation of securing a conferences
with President Coolidge he carried
with him a bundle of typewritten
copies of statement to be handed
to the newspaper men painting
rosy picture of conditions in New
Jersey for the Coondge-Dawes tickle.
in general and for Hamilton r.
kean for senator In particular.
Mr.. Kean had apparently antici-
pated no difficulty about walking
right into President Coolidge's office
and talking things over with him.
Some of the most prominent Jer-
seymen in Washington suspect that
he had planned his visit as a bold
stroke to gain tacit administration
oPPtOFoA VI Ills IOT lh6
senate over that. of Senator Edge
and to effect sentimental linking
up of the Kean ticket for senator
with the national Coolidge Dawes
ticket. Why should not the candi-
dacy of the head of the Republican
party organization in Jersey be
hooked up with the head of the ma
tional ticket. Mr.. Kean believed. the
Jersey observers suspect.
But Secretary Slemp who has one
of the keenest political minds in the
Republican party evidently OWNED
Mr.. Kean's purpose for he would
not permit Kean to see the Presi-
dent. The national committeeman
for New Jersey was also unsuccess-
full at meeting the President at the
White House luncheon to the MEM
bers of the national committe little
later and failed to see him before
he returned to New Jersey.
1t was later announced at the
White House that the President had
declined to see Mr.. Kean and that
Mr.. Coolidge was in no way respon-
sihle for Mr.. Kean's statement
given out at the executive offices.
It seems very plain that President
Coolidge played the game very care
fully and shrewdly avoided anything
that would indicate that he was
taking any sides in the clash be-
tween Kean and Edge.
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