The Washington times., 1924-06-06
c. D. ?. LEADERS
SELECT NEW
TREASURER
Mellon, Nephew .Of Treasury
Secretary, Chosen-Cool-
idge to Send Message
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written in Pennsylvania avenue. or
that Mr.. Coolidge will point his
finger and thus designate the man
who Is to be his running mate.
The advantages of using a special
message of greeting as a vehicle
for an expression Of the Presidents
views are numerous.
Without any appearance of die
tating," the President could in the
course of his greeting, show what
he considers the best road for the
party to travel. and while taking
pride in the achievements of four
years of Republican administration
point out at the same time that the
party is concerned more with the
future than with the past.
Rows Are SnoIdering.
Such a message, it was said today
by Republican leaders who apparent
ly had heard Of 1t, would give Mr..
Coolidge an opportunity to empha-
size that he inherited the present
Job and many conditions attached
thereto, some OF which have not
been found to his liking.
c. Bascom Slemp, secretary to
the President, 10 due in, Cleveland
Monday. Slemp and Butler are
looked upon as the Presidents
spokesman.
A contest in the Arkansas dele.
cation was decided by the national
committee today by seating the
slate of delegates-at.large, headed
by Colonel II. L. Remmell, Of Little
Rock, the national committeeman.
A contest was brought by Scipio
Jones, a colored lawyer of Little
Rock, who headed a slate of four
delegates and four alternates.
Outside the placid exterior the
preliminaries today a
number Of tart rows were simmer
ing and smoldering. These have to
do principally with the platform.
r. B. Creager, member Of the ma
tional committee from Texas, an
he would wage a battle be-
fore the resolutions committee for
2 plank of outright denunciation Of
the Ku Klux Khan.
Two ''ThOrny Bushes"
This is a thorny bush that few,
Il any, OF the regular leaders want
TO grab with any vigor.
With a Khan candidate for gov.
ernor Of Indiana and the Khan
in several other impor.
tant States, Republicans believe the
least said about the issue the
better.
They feel the same way about the
question. Hence it il
probable that the platform will take
q circuitous route around both is
sues by insertion Of q general plank
In favor Of law enforcement and a
reaffirmation Of the party's posi-
ton OF recognize no issues affecting
race, creed or religion"
The taxation plank in the platform
also may afford a minor flare up.
This plank has been written and
submitted to President Coolidge by
Ogden Mills, millionaire Congress-
man from New York, and one of
the few champions of an unamend-
ed Mellon plan in the House.
Nine Republicans out Of ten in
Congress supported the, compromise
tax bill, in which the Mellon rates
were completely submerged, and
they do not intend TO allow their
handiwork to be too savagely as.
sailed in the platform as "unscien-
tific and the result of political
demagOguery."
Hewing Platform Timber.
Ralph Williams. Of Oregon, who
for the past year has been busily
engaged as chairman Of a commit.
tee on platform collecting and col.
lating platform data from every
State, win call a meeting on Mon.
day to begin consideration of the
timber thus gathered. BY that
time, 1t to expected, Charles Beecher
Warren. Of Michigan, chairman Of
the resolutions committee, will be
on the ground fresh from confer.
ence with President Coolidge.
Republican leaders now on the
ground here are marking time on
the Vice Presidency. The majority
of them want and expect that Frank
o. Lowden. ex-governor Of Illinois,
will be the nominee, Left to them4
selves, the leaders would proceed
to the nomination Of the farmer
governor without any further ado.
However, there are the delegates
themselves to be considered and thus
far there are few Of them on the
ground.
BY Monday. it was said today, all
OF the delegates will be in Cleveland
and 1t then will become visible to
the naked eye whether there is any
Capitalization Of sentiment in any
direction.
Until leaders are content to let
things drift and juggle with the
names Of Herbert Hoover, Governor
Arthur M. Hyde, of Missouri; James
@. Harbord, General Charles q.
Dawes, ex-senator Albert j. Bever-
idge, of Indiana, and a number of
lesser lights for Vice President,
CHILE PRESIDENT URGES
CHURCH AND STATE PART