The Washington times., 1924-06-11

Aarbord Is FaVofite of East
ern camp-Kenyon Pleas
ing to Western
By WILLIAM HARD.

By WILLIAM HARD.
EVELAND, June ia
grand collision was revealed today
between East and West in the
matter Of the nomination for the
Vice Presidency.
The convention looked up.
Something at last was doing.
There might be fight.
A lot of prominent Fasteners,
with q few Westerners among
them, met and continued in long
sessions to determine who it might
be who ought, in, their opinion, to
Be Vice President.
Fasteners Meet.
These fasteners, who were sup
posed to be acting in harmony with
administration circles in Washing.
ton, were the following:
Bascom Slemp, secretary to Presi-
dent Coolidge; Secretary Of War
Weeks, Postmaster General New,
Secretary of the Interior Work,
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon,
Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt. Senator Wadsworth of
New York, Senators Reed and Pep.
per OF Pennsylvania, and William
M. Butler Of Massachusetts,, Presi-
dent Coolidge's immediate personal
campaign manager and prospective
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
To them Were added in their con-
ference the following westerners:
David Mulvane, national commit
Seeman from Kansas; and James
w. Good, of Iowa, President Cool
idge's western campaign manager.
This conference continued through
many hours and can be absolutely
Authoritatively stated to have re-
vealed the following conclusions:
Coolidge Hands Off.
No directions whatsoever as to
the Vice Presidency have been re-
far. as the White House is con-
cerTed, the convention is still
absolutely free to follow. its own
devices and impulses in its choosing
OF a Vice Presidential candidate. ]
The name of Charles G. Dawes
was totally eliminated by the con.
ference from any further considera-
ton by the members of it. The
reason for this elimination was Gen.
eral Dawes so.called anti-labor
record in Chicago. Because Of this
record 1t was calculated that Gen.
eral Dawes might deprive the Re-
publican ticket of its customary
proportion Of the labor vote,
Much prominence was given in the
course OF the conferences discus.
sions to the name Of General Har.
bord.
General Hartford, now head of
the American Radio Corporation, is
the established choice of the former
service men in this convention for
the position Of running mate to
President Coolidge. This fact has
been fixed by the votes of a con-
ference and of subsequent cOln-
mlttee OF former service men who
are delegates in the convention.
Reasons for Harbord,
. AHO dESuHlSHJS IOr General Har.
Dord are as follows:
He comes from Kansas. He en-
listed first as a private. He rose
TO be q general. He commanded
american troops in France. He is
now head Of a large corporation.
This corporation connects with the
use OF radio sets. There are millions
of radio fans. There are millions
or former soldiers. If you add the
radio fans and the former soldiers
together you get quite a vote. More.
over, General Harbord is admittedly
q splendid person personally.
Ihese arguments. it is authori-
tatively known, made a considerable
appeal to the conference of Slemp,
Weeks, New, Work, Mellon, Wilbur.
Roosevelt, and to the rest.
The conference also considered
all the other suggested Vice Presi.
Genital candidates. It reached no
conclusion about them. It debated
IN particular the proposed candi.
dacy OF Herbert Hoover, Secretary
OF Commerce.
The argument used in supnort
OF Mr.. Hoover was that he was a
logical and consistent running-mate
Tor Calvin Coolidge in the matter
OF a deep interest in business eff.
cheney and prosperity. The argu.
ment used against him was that
while he was food administrator