Evening star., 1924-08-10


the Republicans in the House would
or that some of the Democrats might
be willing to vote for Coolidge rather
than face the possibility of the election
of Wheeler.
The Progressives point out that IL
years ago the Bull Moose Party was
second in the number of electoral
votes cast and the Republicans were
third.
Deadlock Held Certain.
1t must be remembered that it is
the present Congress which will vote
on the three highest candidates for
the presidency if the election is
thrown into the House-not the Con-
gress which will be elected in No
vember. For that reason it is easy
to figure just where the delegations
of the States would stand on the mat
ter Each State would have but a
single vote, no matter how many
Representatives it had in the House.
In the Senate the vote would be by
individual Senators and not by States.
In the present House % States have
a majority of Republicans in their
delegations and 20 have a majority
of Democrats, while in five of the
States the delegations are equally di-
vided between Republicans and
Democrats. Two. or perhaps more,
of the States which have ostensibly
Republican majorities in the House,
are supporters of the La Toilette
Wheeler ticket. though they are called
Republicans and they might well
throw their votes to La Toilette and
Wheeler. But the deadlock is GER
tain in the House, it is figured.
Warning To BE Given.
Many Republican speakers, in addi-
tion to Senator Lodge, will stress the
need of keeping the election out of
the House. and that Coolidge should
be given a majority of the electoral
votes Many of the Democrats also
are opposed to having the election
thrown into the HouSe-though un-
der the Lodge hypothesis. they would
have a better chance of having a
Democrat in the White House the
next four years than would the Re
publcans should the election go to
Congress.
Chairman Butler, discussing his
suggestion that Coolidge-Dawes
non-partisan organization would be
formed. said last night:
'While in New York and Chicago
at our headquarters, my attention
was called to the very considerable
with opposing parties who were sym
pathetic with President Coolidge,
who expressed an intention of voting
for him in November. Personally, L
had also received and am receiving
letters and messages of a similar
character.
New York headquarters advised
me that they hear that in New York
and New Jersey the movement is par
ticularly large. not only in the cities
down State, but up State as well: In
Chicago and in centerS in Illinois
and Indiana the movement was also
called to my attention
Dissatisfaction Is Reported.
"They say that the men and wom-
en- who are leaving their party fold
to support our presidential ticket say
they are taking this step because of
their appreciation of the sincerity
and honesty of the Coolidge admins
tration. Some of them have also ad-
mitted a slight dissatisfaction with
their own party leadership.
'In certain cases they have an
nounced their intention of also vot-
ing for certain local Republican can
didateS, but this is not general. In
the great majority of their communi-
cations they refer only to their IN
tentions as regard the presidential
ticket.
1.-THE curtailment of Government ex-
penses, the solid support being given
to the forwarding of the Dawes plan
for Europe are among the many rea
sons cited for this determination.
Underneath all, however, is the con-
fidence in the President and his judg
ment, the same feeling which gave to
him a nationwide sweep in the Re
publican primary. There have been
a few letters in which the men have
set forth that considering what has
been accomplished in the adjustment
of our own conditions under the Re-
publican administration, they have
the belief this is not the time to
change horses in midstream.
THE conduct of this movement and
its scope will, of course, be deter
mined by the men and women in all
parts of the country who have origi-
ha