Evening star., 1926-11-29

Western Republicans continue to
put forward claims to the Republican
national committee Craftsmanship,
DESPITE Senator Buffers revelation OF
sticking qualities. The newest candi'
date. though he is understood to be re-
ceptive, rather than avowed, Is Roy
10. West, now secretary of the COM
mittee. West, a Chicago lawyer and
longtime organization Repupllcan'
has been active in politics for the past
| 80 years. He was a crony OF the late
Fred w. Upham, popular and potent
treasurer of the G.. o. P, during the
10 or IL years preceding 1924. Many
of President Coolidge's stanchest
supporters desire a change in the ma
tional craftsmanship. They believe 1t
! would profit the President to"bring 1t
about. AS a gentleman and business
man, Senator Butler commands uni
yersal respect. But as a politician
the rank and file of Republicans-the
men who must carry precincts, coun'
ties and States on election day-do not
assess him highly. With a real battle
looming in 1928, party workers are
likely before long to let the White
House know that they demand a
leader for whom they can uncork
some real enthusiasm.
Representative Thomas L. Blanton,
Democrat. of Texas, has launched his
| senatorial boom for 1928. AS stick
ler for accuracy, he probably expects
| it rather to be said that his con
stituents Of the seventeenth Lone Star
district plan to elevate the Great OBJ
| jector" to the upper branch OF Con
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which Blanton has come to look upon
as a subconstituency, is being circu-
larized with copies of the resolution
adopted at the Democratic convention
in Abilene on August %, 1926. After
| recounting his peoples pride IN
| "Blanton's fights to eliminate waste
extravaganza and graft from the busl
ness of the Government" the resolu'
ton whereases that "were he in the
United States Senate, Congressman
| Blanton could accomplish more for the
people, and his opportunities for help
| ing to reduce expenses and taxes
! would be multiplied" Among the re-
solves taken by Blanton's supporters
! is one to the effect that Senator May.
field, whom tom the Terrible" would
dfspiace. has been a luxury toe
costly and too expensive to be con-
tinued in Office" The reference Is to
the $95,0OO-odd that Senator May
fields seat.contest cost the Treasury.
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Vice President Dawes speech at
Chicago, dedicating Soldiers Field
| where the Army and Navy clashed al
foot ball on November II, Will ranh
high among public utterances OF the
kind. It Is a model of brev1ty, Wnlch
the presiding officer of the Senate, nc
doubt, hopes may inspire many
denfzen of that palace of palaver
| There's nary a trace in the Chicago
address of the oratorical vehemence
with which Dawes appeals to the
multitude are sometimes heavily
charged. That circumstance recalls
the observation made by Sir john
Bradbury, chief British member OF
1.-THE German Reparations Commission
after Gen. Dawes had opened pro-
ceedings in the typical Dawes man
ner. "I never saw so much violence
with so little damage" was the Brit
isher's reply when asked by CORE
spondents for an opinion OF the
speech.
Another World War service man
becomes a cog in the Federal machine
at Washington with the appointment
of Albert H. Conner as superintendent
of United States prisons, with head
quarters at the Department Of JUS
tice. Mr.. Conner Is a constituent OF
Senator Borah and recently has been
attorney general of Idaho. From 1917
to 1920 Conner was a captain of the
361st Infantry. United States Army.
In that capacity he survived all the
hard fighting Of the st. Mihiel and
Argonne offensives. The new prison
Superintendent is a widower a native
of Ohio, At years old and an effective
lecturer on American history, consti.
tutional law and pubic utilities. Mon.