The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-22
LAF0LLETTE'S
MEN PLANNING
HARD BATTLE
''Whirlwind Campaign" Is
The Order, Declare Cam
paign Managers of it
COP. FIGHT 'DIGNIFIED'
BY Charles p. Stewart
NEA Service Writer

Washington. Aug. 22.-The candi-
dates acceptance speeches" out Of
the way, politicians regard the pres
idential campaign as regularly con"
now.
That is to say, Candidates Davis
and Coolidge made acceptance
speeches. Candidate LaFollette
made none. He didn't consider a
formal ceremony necessary.
On all sides Senators LaFollette
and Wheeler are expected to make
"whirlwind campaign" especially
Senator Wheeler, as much younger,
stronger man than the head of his
ticket. However, nobody looks for
any restraint on LaFollette's part.
Plenty of restraint is looked for,
on the other hand, from President
Coolidge. This isn't pleasing to the
Republican "old guard" They think
the president ought to come out and
president ought to come out and
show himself.
Chairman Butler of the national
committee feels otherwise. He favors
a very quiet "White House porch
campaign" and all the indications
are the president agrees with him.
There's friction in Republican cir
cles over this, nevertheless.
Vice Presidential Candidate Dawes
lis expected to furnish most of the
Republican fireworks.
It's anticipated that , Candidate
Davis campaign will be vigorous but
very dignified. Just as Candidate
Dawes will supply the Republican
pyrOtechnics, SO will Candidate Bry-
an furnish them for the Democrats.
But there will not be so wide q
spread between Candidate Davis and
Candidate Bryan's activities as be-.
tween Candidate Coolidge's and Can
didate Dawes.
Some politicians say Candidate
Davis realizes he's GOT to assert
himself pretty energetically or Can
didate Bryan will overshadow him.
Leading Democrats are reported
not entirely pleased with the way
Senator Walsh defended Davis s
against complaints of the latter's
professional affiliations. They feel
that it wasn't tactful in the senator
to mention murder, treason and
fraud as offenses a lawyer doesn't
necessarily sympathize with simply
because he has defended clients
charged with them.
In fact, all isn't harmony in the
Democratic ranks any more than in
the Republican. 1t was proved by
the elimination of j. Bruce Kremer
as vice chairman when the national
committee was reorganized directly
after the Davis acceptance speech"
This looked little too much like
a re0pening of the, Smith McAdoo
fight, considering that Kremer was
McAdoo's floor lieutenant at the
New York convention, to pass un-
noticed.
As the contest takes shape, the
old-line party managers, on both
sides, are confidentially concedihg
that they think the Progressives
would have decidedly the best of
the situation-if they, the managers,
believed Progressive-ism were any
where nearly as strong as their re-
spective old-line groups. This, how
ever, they don't admit.
Both old parties do say they think
LaFollette may run second, but
that's because they're trying to
minimize the chances of the opposi-
tion group of old-liners-not that
they're trying to "play up" LaFol-
lette.
But both sides recognize in La
Toilette and Wheeler pair of first
class rough-and-tumble campaign
ers, backed at least at present, by
united group of supporters.