The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-30
.N|ADSWORTH AS
|. HEAD Of c. 8.P.
PROBABLE
N. Y. Senator Likely to Be
Picked as Permanent Chair.
man at Cleveland /.
By GLADSTONE WILLIAMS,
Cosmopolitan News Service.


The opinion prevails in Republi.
can circles here that Senator James
w. Wadsworth, jr., of New York.
has strong chance Of being Sc
lected as the permanent chairman
for the coming Cleveland conven.
ton.
Immediately following the an.
nouncement that President Coolidge
and his political advisers had
agreed upon Congressman Theodore
| e. Burton of Ohio, as temporary
chairman and the person to deliver
the keynote address, the suggestion
was advanced in some quarters that
the New York Senator had been
automatically eliminated as a pos
sibility for the permanent chairman
ship.
It was argued that both Con.
gresham Burton and Senator WadS-
| worth were conservatives, and that
political expediency demanded CIV
| ing one Of the two chief convention
positions to a progressive. Accord
| ingly speculation was more or less
confined to party liberals, such,
for example, as Senator Borah, of
Idaho, who has been prominently
mentioned for the post.
Meantime, however, other consid.
erations have been injected into the
deliberations in a way to apparent
| ly charge the situation.
First-Word has come from some
of the Presidents advisers that Mr..
Coolidge does not regard Congress-
man Burton as an out and out con-
| sentative, but Is inclined to place
him In the progressive category.
Second-The suggestion that the
liberal wing OF the party be
recognized by naming a member of
that group to present the nomina-
| ton of Mr.. Coolidge to the conven-
| ton, which would be a concession In
| addition to plans of some conserva.
tive leaders to balance the ticket
by nominating a progressive for
vice president.
Third-The further suggestion,
quite the opposite from the other,
| that conservatives rule out the
progressive element of the party al
| together and have the convention
machinery in the hands of regulars
throughout.
The latter suggestion comes from
those who believe there will be a
third party movement in any event,
| arguing from this that 1t would
serve the interest of the party better
to pull away entirely from the in
surgents and progressiVes who de-
cline to follow the conservative
leadership, members of this group
would attach themselves to an in
dependent enterprise anyway.
| All three considerations augur
well for the New York Senator, 1t
is said. Taking them up in the re-
verse order, II the dominant leader
ship of the party decided to ostra-
else the progressives, then Senator
| Wadworth's conservatism would be
an asset rather than q liability, as
regards the permanent chairman
ship. If the liberal wing is to be
recognized to the extent of having
one of the group named for Vice
| President and another selected to
present the Coolidge nomination.
the way would be open for his in
dorsement, particularly since the
President Is reported to view the
Ohio keynoter as a progressive.
Moreover, Senator Wadsworth is
understood to be the choice Of the
| same leaders who advised with the
| President in the selection of Con-
| gresham Burton. While the con.
vention elects the permanent chair.
man the slate is expected to be
worked out during conferences be.
tween the President and conserva-
tive leaders within the next few
DAVIS