Evening star., 1926-09-29
BUTLER CONFIDENT
/ OF c. OF. SUCCESS
Massachusetts Senator
Calls on President-Ex-
poets to Win Easily.
RY l. RUSSELL YOUNG.

U.
Senator William NJ. Butler of Mas
eachusetts, chairman of the RepubH'
can national committee, who is in the
midst of q hotly contested campaign
20 return to the Senate, expressed
confidence today not only that he
would be elected, but taht the admin
istration would experience no great
difficulty in retaining its control of
the Senate.
Senator Butler came to Washing
ton this morning at the invita- ton
of President Coolidge, and conferred
with him during breakfast at the
White House and for an hour after
ward. He then went to his desk
at the nationa! committee headquar-
ters. He said later that he advised
the President that political ana in
dustrial conditions in Massachusetts
are improving continually and that
conferences which he had with the
national party leaders in New York
yesterday satisfied him that the Re
publicans were more than holding
their advantage in most of the So
called battle-ground States.
Holds Organization Is Good.
The Massa achusetts Senator. while
discussing politics with a group Of
newspaper men, declared, in answer
10 questions, that prosperity and
Coolidge would be the issues in Mas
Sachusetts; that the State was better
organized than ever before and that
attacks which former Senator Walsh,
his Democratic opponent, has made
on the tariff has not helped his cause.
gIe said he would be actively engaged
S,a h0 icrr tnfnh4fnya
excepting only for hurried trips he
would have to make to New York and
Chicago for conferences with men,
bers of the national Republican COM
mittee and those who are conducting
the Senate and House campaign COM
mittees.
1t was said by Senator Butler that
his campaign for election is being
conducted by the Republican State
committee and that it is being fought
on strictly Republican lines. He said
there was no doubt about the out
come and that he was happy to re-
port that advices which he has re-
Ceived cause him to feel optimistic
about the half q dozen OF so-called
doubtful Republican Senators who are
campaigning to be reelected.
Political conditions in New England,
the Senator said, were particularly
satisfactory. He has noticed that the
democrats have stopped talking about
Maine. Representative Oldf1eld, chair
man of the Democratic congressional
campaign committee, at the begin
ming of the present campaign, he re.
marked. was willing If the Repub-
licans won in Maine by only IS 900
votes to declare that the latter was a.
barometer State.
Points to 90 900 Margin.
Now. however, that the vote for
Brewster for governor has totalled
more than 22,000, he Is trying to re-
rant. He said that as far a s Maine goes
the interesting figures show that the
total OF the Republican congressional
vote was exceedingly large for an off
year. The Republicans in Massachu.
settS, he continued, had an exceeding
ly successful State convention, which
the President recognized with the
most gracious telegram proclaiming
anew his faith in Massachusetts,.
I'VE have met the question of the
indifferent or apathetic voter" said
Senator Butler. ''by a most thorough
organization of the State, Massachu-
setts is today better organized from
the Republican standpoint than it
has been for years, If ever before. In
the work of arousing the voters we
were happily, though perhaps unwit-
1ingly, aided by the Democratic or
Eanization. which, through it's leaders
and speakers sent to Massachusetts,
made the President the issue OF the
campaign.
Gov. Ritchie of Maryland opened
this line OF attack by announcing at
a Democratic political gathering that
a vote for a Democrat was a sure
IN inc do NJ
Coolidge. Other Democratic leaders fol-
lowed. The voters Of N1assa chusetts.
irrespective of party affiliations, have
rebelled at these tactics. The people
of MaSsa chusetts have adopted the
Coolidge issue, which the Democrats
presented. AS a result, l think I can
fairly say that apathy. has been diSst-
pated. The Democratic national lead
ers, appreciating their blunder, are
now making an effort TO ignore their
earlier pronunciamentos.'
The President was given a first
hand report OF the true economic
situation today by DIR. Jacob Gould
Schurman, Ambassador to Berlin, who
IS in this country on a two-month
leave of absence, and who called at
the White House today 20 pay his
respects.
Powers Are ut Peace.
According to the Ambassador. Ger.
many and France have finally put
aside hatred for one another and have
adopted a policy OF mutual under
standing and friendship, all Of which
is contributing greatly 10 the eco
nomic betterment OF both of these
countries.
1t was due probably TO the Gov
ernment heads and the industrial
leaders Of the two nations that the
bitterness existing in France and
Germany since the World War was
displaced by spirit Of friendly re-
lationship. according 10 DR.. Schur-
man. In his opinion the two coun.
tries eventually came to the con-
clusion that they were gaining
nothing by harboring hatred and
that they would profit by burying
their hatchets and Joining hands.
He said their vision was quite cor
rect, because there has been a de-
cided improvement in the economic
conditions in each of these countries
since this spirit of friendlinesS and
cooperation was adopted.
DIR. Schurman said that Germany
is forging ahead in a splendid man
ner and that prospects for it's future
are decidedly good. The German
government is stable and the Dawes
separations plan has up to this time
demonstrated that it is sound.
There is no American spirit
in Germany, according to the view
point of the Ambassador. Americans
are welcome TO that country and are