Evening star., 1924-03-16
Coolidge and johnson to Meet In First Real Contest Tuesday, In
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary Of Nat;onal Developments Based on Reports
From The Stars Special Correspondents ."> ,.> + !.
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the old parties, or even into the
House Of Representatives. Aid
with the House Of Representatives
constituted ~ tt now u. there would
result . situation out Of which al
most anything might eventuate.
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Elsewhere, 80 far as the repuh-
lican situation 10 concerned, things
seem to be moving on toward the
inevitable nomination Of Calvin
Coolidge at Cleveland next June.
It 10 more the lack Of news than
otherwise by which this 10 einphA-
stsed. In considerable number Of
states CoolidEe's nomination seems
to be accepted ~ SO much Of =, q
foreEone conclusion that The
Stars correspondents devote their
dispatches to state affairs and tho
democratic contest.
There is hardly q mention in tho
week ends dispatches Of Coolidge
scandal or any OF the other inyes-
LEGATIONS under way in Washing
ton. The Ohio correspondent wires
that whatever may; be the effect
elsewhere, Coolidge has not been
hurt In the Buckeye state, and
there appears less concern even
over the fact that Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty is on the Coolidge
ticket as q candidate for delegate
at-large. Belief 10 expressed that
Daugherty will not withdraw from
the ticket, but at the most II will
leave q loophole for the election of
only one Johnson delegate.
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The chief democratic develop
ment of the week seems to have
been a heartenins Of the Under
wood forces as a result of. the
primaries In Alabama. It Is true
the Underwood victory there was
not ~ clean-cut ~ might have
been wished. but at least that con-
test now Is behind his managers,
and with the homo state delega-
tion assured they can enter the
fight in other states with better
prospects OF success. =. 80
An immediate effect is seen in
Texas, where II is reported Under
woods strength Is growing. The
Alabama senator IL helped In
Texas by the stand taken by Gov.
Nef. who Is campaigning for An
uninstructed delegation. but in
posed to McAdoo. Though the
Underwood managers in Texas
would like to ask for Underwood
Instructions, they have fallen In
with the Men program. and there
by stand chance Of getting. a
fair share Of the Texas delegates.
some OF these delegates" It is con-
ceded. will be for McAdoo, in-
structions or no instructions -
In Kentucky the Underwood fol-
loving is reported as cheered by
look there IL for a delegation
which. while not instructed for
McAdoo. viii, under the unit rule,
vote for him solidly. 1t least on
tie frst ballot. Idaho has Joined
the ranks OF states where demo-
Gratis appear to think McAdoo is
finished. but are At sea as TO
where to, 90, Copeland. RalstOn
with some following for Under.
wood. but belief Is expressed that
the state would swing TO Copeland
should the New York senator be-
come an active candidate.
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In California, McAdoo stock 10
looking up again. Withdrawal Of
Senator copeland's name and COL
lapse OF the Reed boom leaves
McAdoo the field practically to
himself, and tho prospect now is
that he will go to the convention
with Californias Endorsement. In
Arizona McAdoo leaders claim he
is gaining strength steadily, but
this Is disputed by impartial OBJ
servers, who hold that we'll
grounded belief that McAdoo cam
not win the nomination will op-
crate to deny him the ArizonS dell
egates.. They want to be with q
winner. - -
II the letter Of John w. Davis
to West Virginia democrats, in
sisting he WAS not . candidate for
the presidency and declaring he
thought no man ought to be, was
inten nded to take him out Of the
race, it fadled to have that effect.
The Davis boomers are more en-
thuSiastic than ever, and the list
Of states In which Davis gets fav-
orabie mention in growing TO be
rather an imposing one. There
arc no Indications that he will go
into the convention with q large
number of instructed delegates.
but he Is bound to be taken into
account when the deadlock comes.
ronvv,~ht 1a24- nv The WasAinetSn Star