Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-11
COOLIDGE HOPEFUL
. . OF c. 0. P. future
Recent Senate Defeats Fail
to Shake Confidence in
Ultimate Success.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
helm at the White House within the
next fortnight IN q spirit of "a In
confidence regarding the future OF the
Republican party which he leads. He
is not dismaved by what Democrat tic
Coolidge rehuffs" which set in with
the defeat of Senator Mckinley for
denomination in April and has just
ended with the defeat Of Senator Len
root in Wisconsin.
The President has been kept in con
slant and personal touch with me
political situation throughout the
country. He has been in politics lonS
enough to know how 10 discount over
optimistic reports made by zealouS
subordinates for plea sHre.giVinS pur-
poses. Mr.. Coolidge has been par
ticulary careful not 70 he misled b"
"comfortinE' reports made TO him
about conditions in the Agriculture
West But. taking AL things into con
sideration and weighing them care
fully. the President has come To the
conclusion that Republican party
fortunes. on the whole. are In good
shape. In spots he rea'lzes theH
might he better. Viewed in their en-
tjretv Mr.. Coolidge sees no cause for
either anxiety or alarm.
Cabinet scouts in Field.
Some Of the Western members Of
the Cabinet have been quietly serving
throughout the Summer as ADMINS
tration polit cal scouts. ON the Oh
servations Of one Of them-the most
practical politician of the lot-tht
President is known 10 place speela
importan nee The departmental chie'
in question claims to have discovered
that the whole hue and cry abou'
farm, depression. which accompanied
the drive for the Mc\arN- HauSen leg
Islation at Washington last Winter
and Sprins. was badly exaggerated.
He has given the President the as
xurance that Western agriculture u
rapjdlv and continuously getting back
on its feet through the operation "1
natural causes. The calamity howl.
sent I'D from the corn belt. was founc
10 be largely political in origin. al
though in certain regions. especlal!
iowa there were some trd1catlons OF
genuine depression. These proved on
close inquiry TO spring from the arp
fetal land values. Of which HawkeSe
farmers. ever since the war. nave
been the helpless victims. Iowa itseI
through its own newspapers IL sun
conducting nationwide advertise
n1ent campaign designed to show that
Rrookhart's Commonwealth, AS mar
ter Of fact. is wallowins in prosperity
thanks To it's boundless resources IN
golden corn and husky hogs
President Coolid2e's serenity win
regard to Republican fortunes in me
rural districts is admittedly based
70 large extent. on the expectation
that the 1926 crop yield and prices
will be satisfactory. Present pros
pects are that they will answer that
description. If they~do, the admin
istration is confident that the Re
nublican farming West WILL. as IT
wore, record its loyalty to the g. ".
p at the November elections.
President Popular IA Ever.
There is virtually universal agree
ment that The Presidents own per
eonal strength with the country at
large is about a solid as ever ann
that It has not been impaired by
the disasters which have overtaken
some of his prominent supporters.
The times are good; taxes have come
iown: the Coolidge economy proGran
remains popular. These items form
the bedrock OF the Presidents pres
tizA and ii has not been shaken.
One of the things upon which Mr..
Coolidge has persisted In throwing NO
'ikht during the long Summer OF
nolitical discussion Is his intentions
with regard TO the 1928 presidential
situation. National committeeman
captains Of industry. bankers diplo-
mats members Of Congress and a
variety of leaders Of public opinion
came and went at White Pine Camp.
from July to September, and in most
cases ventilated their views after
conference" with the President.
Many Of them conveyed the distinct
Impression to questioners that Mr.,
Coolidge is undoubtedly a candidate
20 succeed himself. But II can be
stated without fear ~ contradiction
that not mothers son of them
speaks hv the book, as far a. the
President himself is concerned. He
has resolutelv refused 10 be drawn an
that subject II he has made ur his
mind on II, he has not impaired the
decision 10 livins soul--"probahlN
not even 10 Mrs. Coolidge" an author
itv close 70 the While House remark
ed 20 this writer.
All that can be said OF any corse-
NuenCG
nrevails that the President will run
again, provided--and it is an i'm
nor4ant "if'-the state Of the times
AZ the end Of 1927 lie as Salubrious
as II il TODAY That is 10 SAY. barring
q serious business depression durinG
the next Is months. the general eN-
recitation is that Calvin Coolidge VIII
pitch his hat into the ring for sec
ond time in 1928. II he does. there
will Re plenty Of stress laid on the
fact that It is the second and not the
third time. There ts the strongest
sort Of insistence at the White House
thar Mr.. Coolidge Is now in the midst
Of his first term as President Of the
United states.
Democrats See Differently
Meantime. the Democrats see the
pelitical present and future through
snttrely different colored glasses than
+hose President Coolidge is wearing
They see the stormiest kind ot wealth
er, not sunshine ahead for hin, And
cor the Republican party. They cor
ttnue to insist that Coolidge IL SUI
ping" They declare no other inter
pretation can reasonably he placed
upon the Reputation If adnoinistra
ton Senators like Mckinley. Pepper.
Stanfeld. Cummtrs ana Ierroot ana
upon the primary victories Of anti
administration Senators like Watson.
IN India ma, and Moses, in New Hamr-
shire. Democrats say that the vic
tories Of one or two Coolidge sup
norters like Senators Shortrid9e and
eddie cannot alter the fact that East
and West. one after another out
standing administration Senators have
been Overwhelmingly destroyed
The Democrats now count dehnitelN
on controlling, in combination with
the Republican insurgents. til" seven
tieth Senate Of the United States, when
II assemblies in December, 1922. FheH
saw there will he \ rev La Toilette