Evening star., 1924-10-03
PLOT T0PREvENT
/ ELECTION IS SEEN
G. O. P. Chairman Says La
Toilette and Democrats
Hope to Name C. W. Bryan.

Chairman William NJ Butler of the
Republican national committee, who
is in Washington to confer with
President Coolidge on campaign mat
ters, declared yesterday that evil
denceS had reached him that in Ger
tain sections of the country support
ers of La Toilette are conspiring with
Democrats to prevent the election of
a President OF the United States on
November 4.
Chairman Butler added that intima-
tions of such Il conspiracy being on
foot had reached him and they We're
borne out by evidence of a cirCum-
stantial character. He stated that
Charles w. Bryan, the Democratic
vice presidential candidate is actual
Iy in the race as a full-fledged prcSi-
Dental aspirant. There are four can
didates in the field, Chairman Butler
said, namely, Coolidge, Bryan, Davis
and La Toilette.
Still Confident for q. q. L.
PERSONALLY I feel" Mr.. Butler said.
that these are candidates in the
order named The evidence | spoke of
Is on the surface. II is clearly an et-
fort on the part Of the supporters of
la Toilette and some democratic
groups to prevent an election on No
rember T. on the assumption that
there will be 30 election by the House
and that Gov Bryan might be elected
by the Senate"
Mr.. Butler reiterated his confidence
that the maneuNer would prove 4
complete boomerang, adding that he
looks forward with the utmost con-
fidence TO the election of President
Coolidge and a victory all along the
line for the Republican party. Many
IpD FIi gs}I
would join forces with the Rcpub-
lean party to add to the popular
Endorsement of the President in No
ycmber.
Referring o the issues of the cam
paign. Chairman Butler said that
different issues are being stressed in
different sections of the country, but
that "the election of President Cool
idge is an outstanding issue, failure
of which would mean chaos, distress,
business disaster and demoraliza-
ton"
Pins Prosperity to Coolidge.
Il think" Mr. Butler said. all
serious minded people are beginning
TO realize what this would mean.
With Coolidge elected We are sure
of d business cycle of prosperity,
stability and contentment. The peo-
pie expect this. With failure to
. elect President we can look forward
to Il period of distress. disaster and
uncertainty. How long it would las I
no one can gauge at this moment"
He expressed the view that MANY
Democrats are dissatisfied with the
extent to which John w Davis has
followed the trail blazed by the
Bryans rather than a line of his own
I do not want to discuss the cam
palgn addresses of Mr. Davis" he
said, but it looks to me as If he
had gone from one end of the line
l" the other. l have run into various
Instances of Democrats. some of them
who were respons bic for his nomina-
ton, rcSenting the extent to which
the candidate Of the Democratic partv
is following the line mark ed by the
tail of the ticket. OF course, [ con-
slider Bryan 4 candidate"
turning to discuss on Of the situ-
alton from the viewpoint Of the Re
publican party in different states. Mr.
butler declared that the condition to-
day in the states where there was
the most apprehension is much better
tnan 1t was a few weeks ago.