The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07

mission, the man who objected to
George Christian becoming a mem
| Der of that body. He is being fire.
quently mentioned as a possibility.
Josephus Daniels, the former sec
rotary of the navy, is being doomed
by his friends, especially from the
Tar Heel state. Mr.. Daniels is no
mean politician when he gets started
and he will bear watching.
The many friends of John Barton
Payne are insisting on putting up his
aerial for him and he is not without
support for he has friends among all
classes Of Democrats.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama,
keeps pegging away on his candidacy
Notwithstanding William Jennings
Bryan puts in a knock on his as too
much wet for Democracy. The one
thing that will kill off his chances
for the Democratic nomination is his
we'll known opposition to the Ku
Klux Klan. No man can make that
sort of campaign and get a nomi-
nation by any big party.
Democratic Hoosiers are still talk
ing for their junior senator, Mr..
Ralston and the Ralston support is
| growing stronger and stronger all
the time, Notwithstanding the fact
that the senator himself is not max
| ing single move in that direction.
He just passes the buck and is let
ting others do all the talking and
manipulating. The only thing that
is being said against his candidacy
is his age. He is thought to be rath-
err old to undertake such a tremen-
dous strain as filling the presidential
chair.
John w. Davis, of West Virginia,
continues in the spotlight as a strong
man for the Democratic nomination
and he has numerous supporters who
are making themselves heard.
Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri,
is out tearing things up by the root
and making them hum. 1t is said he
has the backing of William Randolph
Hearst, but many consider that fact
as a liability rather than an asset.
Governor AL Smith, of New York,
still looms up as a decidedly wet
candidate and will, no doubt, have
the wet Democrats shouting for him
up until the last minute.
Senator Thomas j. Walsh, of Mon
tana, the battle axe of the senate oil
investigation, is being frequently
mentioned as strong candidate, but
he too, frowns on such efforts.
Homer Cummings, former national
chairman Of the Democratic party,
is also being mentioned.
And Senator Joe Robinson, of Ar
kansas, the minority leader in the
senate is being discussed.
A Third Party9
Many people are predicting that
we will have a third party in the
field, this campaign, radical party.
Efforts are being made right now to
get Senator LaFollette to head that
party as it is known that support
for such a party must necessarily
come from the great northwest. It
is being pointed out that such a
party might obtain enough votes in
the northwestern group of states so
as to throw the election into the
house of representatives for deter
|
All of which make a most inter
esting situation at the present time
for contemplation by thinking peo-
/ pie. Meanwhile congress is going
right ahead wrestling with the tax
reduction program and members are
wondering what the president will
do when the measure comes up to
the White House for his approval or
rejection. He favors the Mellon bill
and that bill has been beaten in the
house so far and the Garner Demo-
cratic bill substituted. President
Coolidge has declared against the
Garner bill and it is believed he will
veto same unless it contains many Of
the Mellon tax features which the
president favors.
Will he veto it? II so will IL spell
defeat for him?
Or will he change his mind and
sign same?
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