Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
SENATE CAMP AIGN
WARM ON PACIFIC
Presidential Aims of MCAdoo
and Johnson One Phase OF
Involved Issues.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ton primary test ia impending. this
time in California. with an admins
tration supporter. Senator Samuel NJ.
Shortridge, seeking denomination
against an anti-W orld Court opponent.
The contest, which will be decided
on August 81, has n tinge OF nationvl
interest apart from the World Court
angle because Senator Hiram ".
johnson. Republican. is actively hack
ing Judge Robert NJ. Clarke, Short
ridges antagonist.
In the unexpected event of Short
ridges defeat. JOhnson's star. which
has not been in the ascendant since
California rejected his presidential
nomination ambitions in 1924. would
resume some of it's old-time effulEenCe.
Johnson aspires to succeed himself in
the Senate in 1928. while his longings
in the direction of the White House
are by no means quenched. JudG
Clarke's nomination for the S"N3f"
would be n "Hiram" victory of. the
first magnitude.
Democratic presidential politics are
wrapped up with the California pri-
mary, too. The two senatorial CAN'T
dates in the field. Isadore Il. Dock
weller and John II. Elliott. both ot
Los Angeles. are. respectively, Smith
and MCAdoo adhere ntS. DorkWSu"'
nationally known through his inns-
time Democratic national commute
rnanship from California, IS opposed
by the McAdoo forces as Roman
Catholic wet Favorable 10 TAM
many Hall program III 4''''"''''
politics.
Dock weiler's opponent, Elliott, was
collector Of the port at Los Angeles
during McAdoo's secretaryshlE oi III"
Treasury in the Wilson adniIhs,r"-
ton. Elliott. a former Nasmn&toh
newspaper man, is q Protestant ana Il
dry. The McAdoo group IN CallornE
claims that Dockweiler became the
so-called official" Democratic mont
nee as the result of Il runp "conVen-
ton" at Fresno, which. EiliottS sur
porters contend, was carefully
packed" in Dockweiler'5 interest.
Law Violation Charged.
The McAdoo people further com
plain that the calling of the Fresh"
meeting and the nomination OF "
ticket there were in direct defiance CT
the State primary law. In addition
to indorsing Dockweiler for United
States Senator, the Democratic state
chairman, Ewing. was named Tor
governor Candidates for all other
State offices also were nominated.
Ewing later withdrew. and a san
Francisco leader, Wardell. It candld'i"
of no particular strength, was sub
stituted.
The McAdoo contingent took the
field late and is not OVerconhdeht OF
victory for Elliott. But if the Dock
| weller Wardell ticket wins at the
August 81 primary, McAdooS trends
insist it will not mean their annlhli;t-
ton. On the contrary, they expect to
bob up serenely two years hence. IN
| time to control the 1928 California
delegation to the Democratic national
convention for McAdOo.
! The existing situation may he taken
as q reliable indication that McAdno
will be an avowcd presidential con-
| tender on that occasion. II he cannot
win for himself he will be content 10
prevent victory for his arch foe, M
Smith.
The Republican senatorial race in
| California is q three-cornercd AFFAIR.
with Hiram JOhnsOn's man, Judge
| Clarke, and Representative Line
| berger of Long Beach both after Sen
ator Shortridge's scalp. ShortridSr
! is making his campaign for re-eieC-
ton as a loyal supporter of Fresi-
dent Coolidge. Judge Clarke is op-
| posing him mainly on the World
! Court issue. On that count Senate
Johnson is vigorously on the anti
| Shortridge firing line and is beseech-
! ing his old-time supporters to STAY
! the Senator for voting. to "entanGle
! the United States with tho League
/ of Nations. Judge Clarke made Il
| somewhat tragic-comic figure of him
self early in the campaign by in
dorsins the World Court. Later. when
/ Senator Mckinley met defeat in the
| Illinois primary on the World Court
! issue. Clarke switched his position
and burst forth as II violent anti
court crusader. Senator Borah was
expected before the close of the pri-
mary campaign to do some speaking
against the court in California and
incidentally on Ciarke's behalf.
Rum Issue i'll Both.
The wet and dry issue is figuring
| in both the Republican and Demo
| cratic contests in California. The
| Anti Saloon League. which is very
strong in the State, is opposed, 10
| Senator Shortridge, but refused To
support Judge Clarke. The dry league
! finally indorsed Representative IAne-
! berger, although it has always been
! clear that his chances are slight. The
| Republican contest is definitely J."
| tween Shortridge and Clarke. The
| Senator has the inside track, although
many friends of the Coolidge admin
! istration are Withholding support
| from Shortridge.
! Senators Johnson and ShortridGe
| have been at dagGers-drawn during
most of the latter'S career in the
| Senate. Shortridge tells his friends I've
| cannot account for "Hiram's' animos-
| ity and ascribes it to jealousy over the
| fact that Johnson has been pretty
much out in the wilderness on adj
! miniStratiOn patronage in California.
| Senator Johnson demonstrated dur
| ing the recent session Of Congress
| that he is still a factor 10 be reckon
ed with on Capitol Hill. His success
| full leadership of the fight against con
! firmation of Judge McCamant IF
| Oregon, "the man who made Cool
! idge President was one Of the adj
ministration's important rebuffs. II
Hiram" can follow up the Mccain
ant episode by bringing down Cali
| fornias Coolidge Senator" he will
have very considerably rehabilitated
his shattered political fortunes.
| One of the arguments in use
against Shortridge is that Southern
California, now the more populous
end of the State, is entitled to a rep
resentative of it's own in the United
| States Senate. Judge Clarke is a Los
| Angeles man. At present both Sena-
tors are San Francisco men--John-
son and Shortridge. If a Southern
Californian is in office in 1928 when
Hiram" will come up for reelection,
Johnson's hackers reckon that the
north-south controversy will be in
shape to make the nomination of Il
| San Franciscan logical"
| Copyright. 1897
|
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