Evening star., 1926-10-20
lOWDEN LOOMING
j ASFACTOR IN 1923
Faith OF West in Illinois Ex-
Governor Threatens
G. o. P. Serenity.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
CHICAGO, H., October 20.-Cosn
ing events are cast .ar~ their shadow
before in Illinois-two years before
They have to do with the presidential
taInpa:gn Of 1928. In the center, OF
them looms the figure of Frank O.
l-owden. During this Winters sur
Ney of conditions in the Middle West
the name and the intentions Of Gov
1I0wden have been encountered On al
hands.
Throughout the rural regions
stretching from the Great Lakes
westward to the Rockies LcWden is
olrIlost everywhere considered a Re
publican aspirant for President Cool
tdge's suoceSSorship. It is the custom
in most parts OF the country to be.
lieve that If Mr.. Coolidge desires re-
nomination he can and Will have il
without opposition. That opinion IS
decidedly not shared in the agricul.
tural spaces.
There, on the contrary. the convic.
ton prevails that whether the Presi-
dent IS n candidate to succeed him
SELF or not he viii find the former
Governor uf Illinois athWart his path.
There Is hut one contingency, ap-
parentiy, that will take Lowden out
Of the race. That is that the Coolidge
administration between now and 1928
Identities itself with d program Of
farm relief immeasurably more salts
factory to the West than anything
the White House has yet produced.
Iowden Held Receptive.
Gov. Lowden Is in a receptive mood
under certain circumstances, but un-
der no circumstances willing to make
an aggressive campaign for the NOM
ination. Since his defeat at the Chi
cago convention in 1920 Lowden has
devoted himself intensively to a study
OF the American farm problem. He
has given practically his whole atten-
ton to It. He is himself n dirt farmer.
His principal activity has been the
presidency of the National Holstein-
frlsian Cattle Association, but his in
tereStS have been spread over the
whole agricultural field. including
tive stock, grain growing and dairy
farming. 1Owden has taken oppor-
tlinity 10 meet the farmers of the
West, face TO face, and expound to
them, az d member Of their common
industry, his views on the rights and
wrongs Of agriculture. There has
probably never been in American pol
:tCS o figure OF LOWden'S stature
who took the trouble to equip him
self SO thoroughly in the complicated
realm of farm economics.
Corn Belt Support.
Lowden does not go all the way
with the McNary- IIaugenites. many
Of whom consider him too conserva-
tive for their purposes. But he goes
farther than the Coolidge administra-
fion. That Is why the corn belt and
the Western country generally are
talking LoWden" these days.
One hears everywhere in the corn
belt that LOwden Is bound to enter
the 1929 contest for the G. O. =.
nomination. He will be put forward.
1t Is contended, against his will, If
necessary always provided that the
administration has not in the mean
time caused the Midwest to scrap
It's anti Coolidge complex. Gov. Low
den's own at'!tuas 10 about like this.
liN has nailed HE farm relief colors
TO the mast
They are not the administrations
colors. He will stick by them. He
VIII in 1928 be for any Republican
presidential candidate who adopts
those Colors, or ColorS that generally
resemble them. But if what has thus
far been offered by the Coolidge ad-
ministration remains the maximum
the West can expect, then Gov. Low.
"Ch 40 ulluctbteulF READY TO De Oraft-
ed. II is insisted that even then
the nomination will have to be offered
10 him, rather than asked for. 1t
Will. Lowdenites. explain. under no
circumstances he fought for
II the West Is insistent enough and
strong enough to get him the nom
nation, Lowden viii not decline 1t.
President Coolidge is bearing the
brunt of the rural Vests discomfort
with things as they are at Washing
ton. but the Vests attitude is sec