The Washington times., 1924-02-12
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Jornson Departs CayIy for
West, and Coolidge Win Talk
in New York.
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Coolidge. and it does seem that he
enjoys it."
Friends Of johnson, on the other
hand. maintain that johnson seri-
Ously believes that the Republican
party win turn to him to save 1t
from Its petroleum perplexities and
that he viii lead It to victory over
the Democrats, in the name Of a
moral house-cleaning and Of one
more good old-fashioned high tariff.
next November.
Point Out Regularity.
They pointed out that johnson on
the central Republican principle Of
the tariff is on shis record as old.
fashioned and regular az any mem
Der Of the Republican Old Guard.
They made It clear that, really his
one domestic issue against Coolidge
10 that Coolidge, as johnson alleges
has been too lenient toward the peo-
pie who permitted the petroleum
contracts and also mas been too
lenient toward people OF large in,
comes in the matter of the pro-
posed Mellon reduction of surtaxes.
JohnsOn's' criticism Of that reduc.
ton did not create Joy and pleased
laughter among his rich financial
hackers. They were. extremely sad
Delighted Coolidge workers carae
here q week ago and reported that
Johnson's angels" had resigned
from supporting him. It was there
upon concluded that the johnson
candidacy was at an end.
It now mySteriously appears that
the johnson candidacy d. not at On
end at all. It IL going on and 1t
begins to ally itself with tho rural
radical revolt in the northwest.
The Coolidge managers do not
for one moment fear that johnson
can wrest the Republican nomina-
ton from Coolidge.
Fears New Party.
Numerous conservative Repnb.
lican leaders, In conversation with
this writer, are freely expressing.
however. a great fear that the
Johnson continued eruption, com
bined with the growing La Toilette
strength, may produce a north
/
will deprive both old political parties
Of a majority in the presidential
electoral college next November
and may throw the choice Of a
President for the next presidential
term into Congress, where nobody
knows or can possibly know what
will happen.
The johnson candidacy has
I ceased to be a merely Republican
matter. Somehow, after all reports
OF its disappearance, 1t Is embark
ing on great new extensive plans
and 1t IL drawing closer and closer
to the northwestern discomfort
which threatens to upset the ar
rangements and the prospects of
the Republican and Democratic
parties together.
It IL beginning to be realized that
in this approaching national Presi-
Dental election there il something
more at stake than the Republican
and Democratic Presidential nomi-
nations.
| Radlcalis1n Real Menace.
It is realized that from the reg
ular old political party standpoint
and from the conservative stand.
point q way must be found of
checking the northwestern radical
ism which may throw the presi-
Dental election into the House of
Representatives and into the Senate
with absolute unforeseen and un.
foreseeablO consequences.
II Johnson's candidacy thrives
in the northwest. there will be a
great outbreak Of rural radical leg
islation in Congress, supported by
regular Republicans, to satisfy the
northwest and to head Johnson and
LaFollette off.
Their candidates, whether, they
} result or do not result in any poll.
tical prizes for johnson or for La
Toilette are among the things which
deeply and inwardly are making
the history Of political opinion and
OF Legislative action in Washington.
That Ia the fact which outwardly
is politely suppressed but which in
the interior Of things il realized
and acted upon.
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